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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-09

-->-------------~->- --~-~~~>~-~~~------N~-- hands and undoubtedly felt that they were capable of handling their own at- fairs.
 Secretary ulrich of the local union, said
 "The men were utterly tired of the conditions under which they were work ing and could not stand 1t any longer. When the additional insult of asking them to work with .non-union men in Los Angeles was put upon them, they refused to stand it, and quit work. We could get no information of the situation on the Pacific coast from our national officers. so we decided that it was up to us to take care of ourselves
 When General Superintendent Cook of the Western Union was informed of tho strike he said that he was unable to say anything that would be of interest and th>t he could not outline the action or the company until morning.
 Policemen Sent For.
 Fearing that trouble might arise fol- lowing the Walkout of the men, an ofli- cial of the company few minutes be- fore midnight telephoned to the central police station and requested that several policemen be sent to the main office If the company to preserve order One lieu tenant and five policemen were ordered to report at the telegraph office. After tic o00 men and four women quit they gath cred in front of the building where the teleerap nh office is located and for half all hour filled the air with cheers and whis- tles but the police were given no cause Tor the exercise of their authority.
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NEW YORK SURPRISED.
Move at Chicago Came Before the
 Trouble Was Announced.

New York, August s.-As soon as the operators in the Chicago office of the Western Union Telegraph company went out tonight the company's trunk lines directly connecting cAicago with this city were ordered closed for the night. They will be re-opened tomorrow and such New York-Chicago business handled as the company Is able to despatch.
 None of the officers of the company woi,ld discuss the situation tonight. The
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Furious Musketry Fire.

Singly and carrying disjointed rifles concealed In valises to avoid suspicion, the correspondent continues, party of in Galilaa men Lad been conveyed Sun
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day on the terrace roof that command ed the fort, shore and a corner of the town, and also took in the watergate batteries from the rear. A furious musketry fire along the water front, and a dull booming from the old Moor ish battery showed that after all Muley Amin and his soldiers were doing some thing, They put up poor resistance and their fire soon ceased.
 Tn the meantime the roar of the Cali lees guns increased the correspondent continues, and shells were bursting all over the Moorish quarter. Wounded men were seen dragging themselves along the streets. In twenty minutes all seemed over. the fire ceasd But this was only lull for the firing was soon resumed and was continued intermittently until 6:30 in the morning
 The Muley Aimin with a number of other white robed officials. came 10 the British consulate and offered to surrender. The consul referred them 10 the French consul. They objected saying that 1t was impossible to approach the French consulate because the Spanish consulate was already firing at every Moor who passed ill the street. and they feared a similar reception from the French con sulate. Consul Madden thereupon gave to Muey Amin q formal letter of intro duction to the French consul and advised the Moors to carry a white flag.
 "They went on. Their mission was ap- parently successful. the firing soon ceased, and at o'clock public cries were about procaimng that the town was to be shelled no longer.
 We ate our next meal with quietness.
 Resistance Useless.
 Tt should be explained that the Euro pean residents of Casa Blanca had all along deprecated any action by the French with an insufficient force. and this view the French had been with diff ficulty induced to accept, and even over night in announcing their intention of oe- cupyng the town the French had appar- ently believed their fleet would arrive immediately and that no resistance could be expected In fact. Muley Amin had previously declared his willingness to sur- render the town on being Informed that resistance wou1 be futile.
 With the firing of the first shot the au- thority of Muley Amin and his organiza- ton vanished. His soldiers bolted with their rifles, leaving the town exposed to rapine and pilage. in which they them selves participated. By breakfast time we began to see men staggering along the streets under heivy burdens, and white robbed Arabs carrying guns and mount ed on fine horses began to ride about directing the footing operations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-09
Basis of Aureement.

The basis of agreement in detail is found in the following correspondence, the state being represented by the gov ernor and the railroad by J. s. B. Thomp- son, assistant to President Finley, and Alex P. Humphre, general counsel
 "fIon. B. B. Conner. Governor of Alabama,
 Montgomery:
 Dear Sir-We handed you this morning a memorandum, bearing even date with this and had with you upon the general subject an extended interview. You made known to us that our proposition as therein embodied was not satisfactory. Following the suggestion made by you, we now propose to amend our proposition by providing that the Southern Railway company will apply at once to Judge Jones for such modification of inter- locutory injunction issued in the suit of the Southern Railway company against the railroad commission of Alabama. as will enable 1t to put into effect the stat utory passenger rate of 21a cents per mile (senate bill No. B. pending the final de- termination of that case. the rate to be- scome effective from and after September D. 1907 and also as will enable it to put Anto effect the statutory freight rates (be-
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Title Assum ed.

London, August S.-Vere and Violet Gold are the names given, according to the dispatches received here by the couple arrested at Marseilles In connection with the trunk murder. They were married at a Roman Catholic church here in 1891 as ''Vere St. Leger Gold, son of George Ignatius Gold, and the bride is desig mated Violet Wilkinson, widow, daughter of Hippolite Girodine. The couple seem to have assumed the title of Sir We're and Lady Gold while living at Monte Carlo. but no Sir We're Gold ap- pears in the books of reference. TheI Q Is an Irish baronet, Sir James F. stephen Goold, living in Australia, who has I brother, We're Thomas St Leger. who married Violet, daughter of Hippolte Gi- rodine of Chatueau La Some. Fran1e, whose address is given in De Bretts Peer age as 56 Drummond street, Montreal, Canada.
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Riqhts of Railroads.

"They also are clearly of the opinion that il is not competent for the state of Alabama to deprive the Southern Railway company of it's right under the constitution and laws of the United States to remove case from the state court to the federal court, or to cancel any license issued to 1t by reason of such removal. Nevertheless the license has been endorsed cancelled by the Hon. Frank N. Julian, secretary of state.
 "The Southern Railway company has a suit pending in the circuit court Of the United States against the railroad commission of Alabama This suit has for it's purpose. among other things, to declare unjust and unreasonable the rates fixed by the passenger act ebeingg sem ate bill No 3 and by the maximum freight bill (being senate bill No. l5O). and by the act fixing maximum rates on certain articles, (being senate bill No 16.)
 "1nterlocutory injunction has been ob- tained in this case suspending the rates fixed by the passenger rate law, Senate bn No. 5, and by the act to fix maxi mum freight rates for certain articles senate bill No. 16), until the case can be finally determined
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Prosecution Promised.

Prosecution Promised.
 I've understand that it is proposed to institute certain prosecutions against the Southern Railway company and it's agents and employees for its alleged vio- lation of senate bill No. S6, being the one under which it secured it's license, upon the ground of its having removed a case from a state court to the federal court, and the license issued to 1t as above, having been cancelled it Is there after prohibited from carrying passeng- CTS or freight between points within the state of Alabama. The Southern Railway company does not recognize either the legality or the justice of this contention. It would be difficult to estimate the h. convenience which would be suffered by the people of Alabama if the Southern Railway company should cease to trans act inc intra-state business upon its lines. The Southern Railway company recognizes that it will be unfortunate for it, and for it's patrons, citizens Of the state of Alabama, if the Southern Rail way company shall be engaged in any seriously disturbing controversy with the authorities of the state of Alabama. It has within the very recent past avoided similar conflict with the state author ities of North Carolina and Virginia. In both of these states it has, notwith- standing the existence of an interlocu- tory injunction, put into effect pending the determination of the cases there pending, the intra-state passenger rates prescribed by the states of Virginia and North Carolina. The suit In North Caro- lima also affected certain freight rates, but the interlocutory injunction with re- speet to these freight rates has not been abandoned
 Willing to Sacrifice.
 While the sacrifice to it's revenue is A matter of no small moment. and a surrender of it's legal rights matter of serious concern, yet it is willing to make such sacrifice and surrender rather than enter into or prolong what might become an angry contest with the auth critics of the state of Alabama. To that end, in accordance with the terms hereinafter stated, it is willing to put into effect, pending the deter mination of it's suit the two and one half cent intra- state passenger rate pre- scribed by senate bill No. B.
 Tn the interest of order and peace if now proposes to you the following settlement:
 "1. That the license issued to it on July 1. 1907, be restored by the cancel lation of the revocation of such license --~~--~-~~---~~-~~-~~
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Willing to Sacrifice.

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It was undere these conditions that the strike was called, without the sanction of the national officials. After the men quit work Secretary Russell refused to talk about the controversy except to say that the men had taken matters in their own
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1907-01-03

returned from the north-Peary's; he
went thither in the Roosevelt"
What sheer foolhardiness to start out
in vessels wholly unfit, even when tink-
cred with, to withstand the onslaught
of the ice packs and the angriest of seas !
And yet, what sublimity! Men, know
ing full well the unftness of their bot
toms, still turn their faces northward
unhesitatingly, putting their lives in
jeopardy for possible fulhllment of a
dream
This is not all. Men have gone pole
ward lily provisioned, because their
money supply was scant. Hardly an ex-
plorer has left civilization with all the
scientific instruments absolutely needed
to make the expedition a success scien-
tiically, though no pole is reached. In
til recent years no expedition had suf-
hcient money to buy the services of
more than a handful of the very helpful
and essential Eskimo. But still the pole
has lured all of them, and with stout
hearts, throbbing high with hope in spite
of every Encouragement (greater hope
than the Arctic explorer has no man 4.
they have tried for the pole, and many,
a very great many, considering the num-
Der of possibilities, have reaped the pen
atty of hope more wonderfully glowing
than the Aurora Borealis itself. 1t is
the same as the wages of sin.
What picayune sums of money ,av
been handed out CHATS the right ex-
preston, handed out" as you would
hand out slice of bread and cold meat
to a tramp to the brave darers of the
bitter north.
To Nansen, mostly by the Norwegian
government, $4,000, to build and fit
out the Fran for her famous drifting
expedition which landed him "fartherest
north" Suppose he had had ten times
that sum at his disposal, would farther
est north have been that point in deed
and truth?
The second time the Fran" poked
her nose into ice packs the leader of
the expedition, Captain Sverdrup, had
something less than $4,000 at his dis
posal.
The money that Peary had back of
him on each of his expeditions that are
now history was reckoned in five figures.
Do you recall the very hard time this
indomitable "down-easter' experienced
in obtaining enough money to fit out the
Roosevelt when she lay at her dock
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1907-01-03

the better part Of them. would be
changed entirely, in the twinkIing Of an
eve"
There would be no more "dashcs' for
the pole "Dashes a familiar
word in connection with polar cxplora-
tionl DO you know why explorers have
invariably dashed" for the pole, Be
cause they have never had enough
money back Of them 20 enable them TO
90 for the pole with that slow but sure
persistence that is all-conquering. The
word dash" itself suggests limitations
The explorer is ever conscious of the
fact that he has just so much, or, more
properly speaking. just so little money
back of him. lie knows that it will last
lust a certain prescribed period. And
so he establishes a base-remember. a
base-and one day he begins his dash
for the realization Of his life's dream
against, yes, against the bitter cold and
the coming of the Arctic night, but
above and beyond all, against the van
ishing of his little hoard of the thing
that talks everywhere in this world, even
close to the shadow Of the icy pole itself
Instead of the dash" there would be
plugging" of the most prosaic sort.
With millions back of him, an explorer
would take an army of men into the far
north. lie would provision and equip II
after the fashion of an army of soldiers
sent TO the besiegement of a strong oita-
del There would be vigilantly kept open
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1907-01-03

in the harbor of New =
latest expedition was ~
OF all the hundreds Of !
the pole. Yet not enot
put up to enable Peary
ward all the things that
ment and wide expef
should be taken. II
short of half a rillior&
ME s5oo,ooo." Peary ha4'
"and I will reach the pol
With that sum of MOI
posal he would doubles
give a guarantee I, rea.
But why" you ma
Peary. or some one else.
half a million. or a milf
lions-any sum of none
sure the finding of the
the good of finding it, an
it is found, what is Cd
with it?"
A great many perso
these allied questions.
self answer them IN the
to a gathering of BIRTHS
geographers when he "
preparations for his pro
ward: +
my polar creed can
1t is held by many Al
myself, from that spl(
typical American persona
down.
THE north pole shosA|
AS a matter of accession
knowledge, as a matte /
is a prize worth the
struggle for it has B Sna
four centuries. Its ~
the sigr mans n
gloIe a.. non-attai
-pr e. al both to our
- our alleged abilifS ~
THE attainment oil
culiarly an object for
and patriotism. The
world segment is our
ultimate destiny. (W
isthmus and the poll
ing for the isthmus,
mark the pole. Nor
want the pole becs
pole, and because yo}
practically all the 9th
tons of the world ha
for it for nearly four
have not got it yet. and
it will be the crown "A
turtles Of effort and sacl
did heroism."
Half a million, half a
no matter what the sl;
monied man who wants
rolling down the ages
the man who at last FOL
Let the gentleman ste
select from the ready "a
the man with whose !
coupled for all time.
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t again tried for the pole
Usl
an Spi,FbeVen. waited IN
favorable wind IN which o.
rhp for the same glis,ening
icN days ago. az an European
Of Aniic explorers and de-
Ga. men announced their in,cn-
starting soon for that e,enally
r' q ,hc earth.
ra.. ON polar exploration say
"a. there arc scores Of small eN-
heard 81 and followed only
..t, distributed about the Arc
rr agl nearly all buoyed
~ Ultimately making. O. point
Be sal 'o. the pole
iu hundred years. nearly, man
rem hrcd into the piiiless depths
a.re north by this same hope
'ae past fifteen or twenty years
1 h. been among explorers what
! properly be termed Polar mania
We.lman, Nansen. Andre. the
Atuy1i. Captain Sycrdrup, An
taa-Amerieans. Englishmen.
r Italians, Scandinayians, Rus
h-'s.aus. Frcnchmcn. Danes. and
11 negro. have set their faces
and stoutly toward the pole
Jailed to reach it.
. Zoo brief. nature, in her cruel
boss sterile mood, has set an i'm
e barrier between the children Of
and ,ae pole2
poetic answer would be, Yes.
wo.ai.. truthful answer is, Be
81. MAN who has gone for the pole
Been lacked by sufficient money to
'm 90 nail" the flag of his coun-
d. m.'7phorically speaking.
p'' DO more bluntly, il man had
Deem a." tingy with his money these
Tour hundred years. the pole, in all
aa''g would have been discovered
] ago
Declare the leading polar authori
'"-y Nansen, the Abruzzis and
We rest And they have reason on
SIDE, however strange their bald
"s'' may seem to a layman, taught
childhood that II has been the cold
"l' Kept man from the pole since
'f'HnuR of history.
suppose a modern miracle were
'l''' "a multi-millionaire were TO
'.'' Do, entire fortune TO the discov-
"0 pole. Why. straightway the
method Of polar exploration, as
"'l Hc'e several centuries past, or
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her of bases would grow in direct pro-
portion to the total distance covered,
possibly faster
AS besieging army creeps systemati-
cally upon a city, almost imperceptibly
at times, at other times finding it neces-
sary to bring up troops from the rear
or to send back for fresh munitions,
at still other times suffering temporary
setbacks, yet militant and confident OF
ultimate victory through it all, because
of strength and that open line of COM
munication, and an inexhaustible war
chest, so the expedition would creep
close to the pole Then, and only then,
somewhat after the fashion of besiegers
at last keyed up to the pitch of storm
ing city's gates because of very prox-
unity to them, there would probably be
a real "dash" to-not for-the pole
What a short dash" it would be, and
how pre-eminently successful 1t would
simply be foot race on the part of the
vanguard to see who would be the first
TO throw his arms lovingly around the
fearfuly frigid thing.
In the same fashion the south pole
would be brought within the domains of
civilization.
Now, when you stop to think Of it,
there is nothing preposterous in all this,
is there3 Rather, is there not all rea-
son and all common sense in this that
the polar people say'
The unreason comes in in the way that
the average polar expedition has been
equipped and started out since the days
when man first begun to hunt the ends
of the earth.
In all that time only two expeditions
have sailed for the polar seas in a ship
especially built for polar exploration.
One was Nansen's expedition; he went
in the Fran" The other has recently
The state herald., 1907-08-02
rwo N,w MIlls a. ofanIte.

Granite. Colo-Two mills have been
completed aud will Immediately begin
treating ores. The Ruby concenirutOr
has daily capacity OF ATTY tons and ii
constructed on modern lines, consist
ing Of erushor, rollers, Wiley and
Fruo yanncrs. concentrating tables
and producer gaa plant. that saves
thirty.two per cent, Of energy from tho
coal. First the plant will treat the
dump material that assays ON an ay'
erage EiSty,on ounces IN silver. some
gold and n good per cent. ut lead. Two
mills runs made last fall at the Snug
gel mill. Aspen, returned concen'
tratcs that nssaycd $50 and $3.50 per
ton, and the estimated net proht 10
tho Ruby Mines Company viii average
nt least 81 600 per day
The Sargent company has finished
tho iyc,ton stamp mill at Mlloy, aud
the initial run was made with ores
from their properties ON Mount Allen,
that asnay from 81 10 so per ton on
the surface. with stfeakH OF high grade,
Tho plant consists Ot stamps and con.
eeniratinF tables. and hah been erected
for testing the ores, aud. II successful.
viii be Increased Hs necessity DO.
mnndH,
The state herald., 1907-08-02
Find the Holy Grail.

London.-Tho express prints n story
of the discovery near Glastonbury Alb
hey OF glass vessel Of beautiful work
manshlp and apparently Of great an.
tiquity. which one. at least, Of the dis
royerers. believes is the Holy Grail OF
the Arthurlan legend. The Holy Grail
Is the cup from which Christ Is re-
putcd TO have drunk at the last sup.
per. and, according 10 ancient British
tradition. It was brought to England
by Joseph OF Arimaihea after the cru
cinSion.
The vessel is Of blush green glass
Of some kind. cunningly lnlnid with
silver. a number Of eminent persons,
including some peers with ccclcsinsti'
cal interests, Ambassador Reid, Pro
fessor William Cro0kcs and the Rev.
Il. J. Campbell, have examined H. II
is now In the possession Of Professor
Crookcs. who have undertaken to solve
It's history.
The state herald., 1907-08-02
r. MlLLloN-DoLLAR MINE TEMPLE
Magnificent Structure Now Assured
for Denver In Near Future.

Denver. - Denver has practically
been assured the big Sl,000000 mining
temple which is to be built under the
direction of the American Mining Con
gress.
At a special meeting of the directors
of the congress to take place in Den.
yer during the latter part of August
plans will be made to raise the funds
necessary TO begin the building. 1t is
the intention to buy land as site for
the temple early this fall.
Though the committee to have
charge of selecting the site has not ar
rived at definite conclusion as to its
probable location, it is expected that
either Eighteenth or Nineteenth street,
close to the site of the new federal
building will be the most favorable.
Judge J. II. Richards of Boise is one
of the principal members of the eXecu-
tive committee interested in building
the temple in Denver, having been Sc
lected as one of the three members
of the committee that will have general
supervision over the erection of the
big mining monument In Denver. The
other members are Governor Buchtel,
representing the state. and Meyer
Friedman, president OF the Chamber Of
Commerce.
Members of this committee, In addi-
| tlon to the directors OF the congress,
Will assemble at the Chamber of Com
mercc at the meeting during the latter
part of August and when the business
directly connected with the mining
congress is transacted the fund plans
wall be discussed.
Judge Richards has given much of
his time toward the best method Of
raising the necessary funds and II is
the belief of Denver members Of the
congress that he will present an origi.
nal plan. When the temple movement
was first suggested he argued in favor
| of Denver as the most suitable place
for the big building, explaining that II
was pretty nearly in the very center
OF the really wealthy mineral district
Of the United States.
! II has since the first proposition of
| building mining temple in Denver
been the view of Judge Richards that
large investments in the building will
be the most convenient and at the
same lime viii assure spcrdier build.
ing Of the temple. Judge Richards will
be one of the heavy investors
Upon learning OF the new progress
In the temple building movement real
estate men have attempted to figure
out the probable location of the TEN,
pie aud 1t IS their belief that Il will re.
suit IN boom In surrounding property
similar to what Is now taking place In
the neighborhoud Of the site for the
new federal building.
In addition 10 more definitely dccid.
Ing ON n plan for raising funds for the
building Of the temple and the sclec.
ton Of site, It is expected that the
directors of The movement will ask
several architects 10 furnish sugges.
tlons for the temple and to arrange
outlines Of new building schemes