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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
BIG STRIKE SPREADS.
TELEGRAPH KEYS THROUGHOUT
COUNTRY ARE QUIET.
Suspension of Wire Communication
Affects All Lines of Business
Daily Newspapers and Market
Centers Are Hardest Hit.

With Chicago as the center. the strike
of the commercial telegraphers had
spread to nearly every section of the
country Sunday. The strike fever
seemed to run rampant, city sollowing
city in suffering isolation until the tele-
graph offices of thirty-fve cities had
been deserted by the keymen. Chicago
was virtually isolated. Although few
leased wires were working when the
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company in Chicago
walked out on strike at midnight
Thursday the industry of the entire
country was affected. The men quit
work after voting a sympathetic strike
to aid the Los Angeles operators. who
struck twenty-four hours earlier. Their
immediate reason was that the COM
pany officials insisted on their working
on Los Angeles wires with strike-break-
ing operators at the western end.
The telegraph strike swept in wave
over the East Monday afternoon. first
crippling the service of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph Compa-
MES in New York city, and then
spreading, within few hours, to
Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Atlanta and other cities
of the East and South, so that by
nightfall there was hardly union
man at work in any of the larger
cities. A score or more of smaller cit
les in the East, South and Middle
West also added their quota to the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Legalized Reign Of Terror.

The Russian government has amended
its mode of procedure in the courts-mar-
tial trials by reducing to seventy-two
hours che time between Indictment and
execution. This action comedies with the
reported sudden increase in the number
of executions throughout the country. For
the most trifling offenses suspected citi-
zens are hurried to their doom. One re-
port tells of a young man sentenced to
death for the theft of So, and two girl
accomplices. aged i and 20 years, were
exiled to hard labor for life. The mill
tary courts now pass sentence upon ac-
cused persons without waiting for the
testimony of witnesses who may be de-
tanned for reasons entirely beyond their
control. Practically all Russia is nosy in
a state Of extraordinary defense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
NEWS DISPATCHES ARE MEAeER
Strike Curtails All Messages, Even
Over the Leased Wires.

Over the Leased Wires.
Owing to the almost complete Interrupt
ton of telegraphic communication be-
tween various parts Of the country the
news dispatches in the city dailies, both
those sent out by the Associated Press
and those received over special leased
wires, were greatly curtailed. When the
command, Strike" was flashed to Chi
cago at midnight Thursday every union
operator in the Western Union Office stop
ped right in the middle of his dispatch,
signalled 800 closed his key and left his
desk. Postal operators followed Satur
day, and Chicago was practically isolated
from she rest of the country Sc far as
telegraphic communication was concerned.
Many portions of the country were en-
tirely cut off from the news centers an =
even the messages received from the larg-
er cities were in many cases meager,
showing the strain put upon the available
wires. Operators on the leased wires com
planned of frequent Interruptions and the
service showed the results of general de-
mobilization As a result, there was :.
sensible diminution in the bulk Of outside
news which reached the news centers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
NEW YORK

Cross currents in crop and trade devel-
opments render generalization difficult.
Dispatches to Bradstreet's point to fur
Their favorable progress by leading crops,
notably corn, cotton and spring wheat,
but excepting oats, reports from which
are not favorable. In the Southwest,
Northwest and at large eastern centers
sentiment as to fall trade has been helped
by these developments, and fall buying is
becoming more noticeable as country mer-
chants are coming in increasing numbers.
In some of the large industries, however,
there is quieter trade in some branches
with prices easing. Business failures for
the week in the United States number
15T. against 142 last week, 1871 IN the like
week of 1906. 1876 in 1905, 167 in 1904
and 100 in 1908. Failures in Canada
number Is. against 16 last week and 10
in the week a year ago.-Bradstreets
Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
THIRD BIG KEY STRIKE.
First, i'm 1860, and Second, I'm 1883,
Lost by the Operators.

The present telegrapherss strike is the
third big one in the history Of American
key manipulators. The first two were
disastrous from the viewpoint of the oper-
ators.
1t was on the night of July 10, 1883,
that a message was flashed over the West
ern Union wires of the country from the
office of the grand chief of telegraphers in
Pittsburg. This message read Gen
eral Grant is dead 1t was the signal
to the key men TO quit work and many
newspapers. failing to recognize its sig
nificance, issued extras which were cried
in the streets announcing the death of
General Grant
Prior to the strike much publicity had
been given TO the grievances of the Broth
erhood, which was asking for an in
crease of 10 per cent in the wages and
public sympathy was largely with The
men. The companies had been preparing
for the strike for some weeks and when
the men were called out had a force of
men, more or less experienced, to take
their places. Despite this fact the bust
ness of the country suffered heavily. Dis
patches accumulated in the Offices of the
Western Union and in some instances
they were returned to the sender.
After the first trial of strength the
company gained daily on its operators.
Rumors OF detection in various parts of
the country reached Chicago; the men
We're without adequate funds TO push
their controversy, and after the first week
their cause was as good as lost
The strike was formally declared off
by John 4. Campbell, grand chief teleg-
rapher, a month after its inception, with
out gain to the operators. Many of them
were refused, when they applied for their
old positions. on the ground that they
had fomented trouble and wages remain
ed at their former level
The strike of 1869, which represented
the protest of a new union known as the
League, against an attempt to reduce
wages, proved abortive. The primitive
condition of the telegraph business in
America at that time is well illustrated
by the fact that strike had been de-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Fron, Ear and Near.

Fire in Manila burned 120 native
houses, making 600 persons homeless. A
heavy rain quenched the flames.
Cardinal Domenico Svampa. archbishop
of Bologna, Italy, is dead. He was born
in Italy in 1851 and was created a car
dinal in 1894.
George Peyton, bartender at the Hotel
Jackson in Elyria. Ohio, was cremated
in a fire which destroyed a two-story an
mex of the hotel. Many guests fed in
their night clothing from the burning
building
Seven persons were injured, one Of
them probably fatally, by an automobile.
which left the track on the course of the
Endurance Derby at Brighton Beach.
In answer to a call by j. ". Van
Cleave. president of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers of the United
States. organizations of employers met il
New York with view to creating a fed
GRAFTON Of the same.
Warrants were issued in CharleStown.
W. Va. for the arrest Of seventeen strike
sympathizers. who took part in street car
riots. Women and children. who took the
part Of the striking car men, were promir
nent in the riot.
Three mutinies have taken place in
Korean garrisons. The Korean troops
have been joined by rioters and the Jap
anese officers are in fight. Japanese
troops are marching on Seoul
The grievance committee representing
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
employed on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad. ask an advance Of 20 cents a
day for all switchmen on the system.
Fifty representatives of the companies
owning and operating private car lines
met in Cleveland and organized the In
dividnal Car Owners Association. the
purpose of which is to obtain prompt re
turn OF cars after reaching their desti.
nation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

ranks of the Western Union and Post.
@ strikers. The Postal operators at
Denver, Salt Lake and Los Angeles,
who had held aloof from the strike,
went out, joining their Western Union
brethren.
The operators employed on the
leased wires of the Associated Press
the country's general news association
went ON strike in Chicago and in
many other cities Monday night. The
step was taken suddenly at Z 80
o'clock and was surprise even to the
national labor leaders For the time
being the action completely crippled
the news service of the organization.
The Associated Press employs through
out the country 300 operators for its
leased wire service. The strikers re-
fused to give the corporation any fur
Their time in which to consider their
demands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
1n;d a FewI.ine..

For the last three months the tropical
island of Jamaica, surrounded BY warm
sea. where the evaporzation is great, has
suffered from drouth as severe as any
which visit the inland deserts, far away
from any large body of water
Marcelin Albert, leader Of the recent
revolt in the Midi, France, who was re-
leased from Jail. received cold welcome
upon arrival at Montpelier. His ice adj
mireis reproached him for not returning
sooner after his release and hooted him
until he entered his house.
Edict Of the archbishop Of Toronto.
barring peek -a-boo" waists and short
sleeves from church, is accepted and viii
be- enforced in Roman Catholic churches
in the Kansas cities.
The Hampstead Nondon) borough
council has instructed committee to
draft bylaws dealing with street noises,
especially the intolerable nuisance of
organ grinding and church bells"
Sir Hiram Maxim, the great engineer
and inventor OF the automatic system Of
firearms, has confessed that be was no
infant prodigy-in fact. be believes that
be was the most stupid and also the best
behaved pupil at his first school.
A dumb tramp has been arrested in
Berlin for begging. He used phono-
graph, visiting private houses only, where
his machine poured out a heartrending
tale Of its owners misfortunes.
John Schaeffer Of North Benton, ONO,
has celebrated his 1O1st birthday. lie -
the oldest clergyman in Ohio. and posi-
bly,, in the United States. lie preached
regularly for sixty years.
Bellevue hospital lost patient who
had been there ten years when Alfred
Steward. % years old, died the other day.
Steward went to the hospital in 1897. suf-
fering from a lesion of the spine, and
txen.s-one house Surgeons have been in
terested in his case
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
CHICAGO.

IN the disturbing developments OF the
week, dearer money, weakness in the Sc
curity markets and the more embarrass-
ing teiesraphers strike, there are rcasons
TOT conservatism in business undertake
lngs. Aside from these drawbacks trade
maintains steady course, with orepara-
tons for fall activity more in evidence.
new demands equaling expectations at this
time in the manufacturing branches and
the buying of general merchandise being
stronger. Crop reports carry additional
encouragement, seasonable weather having
brought rapid progress in corn and spring
wheat growth, and this increases conf
dence among the agricultural interests.
Transactions make a satisfactory ex-
hibit in the steel industry, especially for
rails, plates. wire and miscellaneous
shapes, while specifications cause further
pressure upon capacity of rolling mills.
Furnace output is yet in rapid consump-
ton and bookings run well ahead in this
district, but commitments for the last
quarter show hesitancy, buyers awaiting
price concessions.
Some shading in quotations of iron for
future delivery is reported and copper is
easier without bringing out important
deals
Distribution of the necessaries and
heavy materials is seen to be remarkably
active and freight earnings of the Chi
cago roads surpass the high records made
a year ago. Large numbers of interior
buyers crowd the wholesale market for
staple wares and the general buying
makes substantial gain in dry goods, cloth
ing, boots and shoes and food products.
The markets Tor live stock and provis-
ions touched the highest average values
recorded this year, owing mainly TO small
or supplies of the former, but spot grain
and flour were in slow request.
The markets for live stock and provis-
IONS touched the highest average values
accorded this year, owing mainly to small
q supplies of the former, but spot grain
and flour were in slow request.
@Bank clearingS, 1921, $50 16S, exceed
thdSe of corresponding week in 1896 by
1874 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number g6 against so last week and
"a year ago.-ALgn's Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20


of over $50. 900. Gov. Charles e. HugS IS
with his military staff will take part in
the ceremonies and President Roosevelt
and former President Grover Cleveland
have been invited to attend and speak
Military parades will be feature of the
occasion.
Buffalo's Old Home Week will be a
succession of civic and military pagan
try, carnival, sports and games, and the
Electric City will be ablaze with twink
ling lights and patriotic decorations. For
mer residents of Buffalo are asked to
send their names and addresses to James
w. Greene, chairman Old Home Week
Committee, Buffalo, n. Y. A beautiful
souvenir invitation will be mailed to each.
The railroads win offer excursion rates
to and returning from Buffalo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
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icago-Cattle common to prime,
S4.O0 to $T4p hogs, prime heavy, S4.00
to 5000; sheep fair to choice, $500
to $685.; wheat, No. 2, Sic TO S3c;
corn, No. ,, 53c to ode: oats, standard,
4Sc to 49c rye, No. 2, Tic to Zoe; hay,
timothy, $14.00 to $21.0o; prairie, $500
to $11.50; butter choice creamery, pic
to 25c eggs, fresh, 14c to 1Sc; potatoes,
per bushel, 65c to soc.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to $715; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
1928 sheep, common to prime, $500 to
$3.50 wheat, No ,. Sic to S3c; corn,
No. white, 53c to Ole; oats, No. 2
white, 47c to 49c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $40;
hogs, $400 to SG.60; sheep, $500 to
$j75; wheat, No 2, SIC to Sic; corn,
No. 2, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 2, 47c to
49c: rye, No. >, T6c to 7Sc-
Cincinnati-Cartle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $3.50: sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat, No. ?, SIC to Sc; corn,
mixed, 47c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, Sic to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 5000; hogs,
S4.o0 TO 1928; sheep, $3.50 to $40;
wheat, No. :, Ste TO SIC; corn, NO
yellow, sc to 59c oats, No. white,
soc to 52c rye. No. 2, Toe to 76c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
94c to 96c; corn, No. 2, 53c TO 54c;
oats. standard, sic to 52c; rye, No. l,
roc to TIC; barley, standard, re to 74c;
pork, mess, S16.45.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs, fair to choice. S4.O0
to 1913; sheep, common to good mixed,
800 to 1923; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S725.
New York-Cattle, 800 to S6T5;
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50: wheat No. red, SSc to soc;
corr, No =, SOC to 60c; oats, natural
white, 5Sc to zoe; butter, creamery, &c
TO 25c: eggs. western. 16c to Zoe.
Toledo Wheat, No mixed, Soc to
SIC; corn, No. mixed, 55c to &c;
oats. No. mixed, 42c to 43c; rye, No.
.. 74c to 76c; clover seed, prime, $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
GOVERNMENT PERIL IN STRIKE.
weather Bureau ppled, Crop Re-
,.o-fs Raofod and Hanger at Sea.

weather Bureau ppled, Crop Re-
ports Affected, and Danger at Sea.
That part of the administration remain
ing in Washington is deeply concerned at
the growth of the telegraphers' strike and
is hoping for intervention by the Presi-
dent. 1t has been advised of the PreSi-
dents concern and determination to do
what he to prevent serious interrupt
tion to the business of the country and
the government, but unfortunately The
situation is of a character that does not
admit of interference at this stage.
A general strike would seriously embar-
rass the federal government. Operators
are employed in every executive depart
ment and bureau, while the weather and
crop reporting services depend in the main
on regular and uninterrupted telegraphic
advices. A widespread walkout of teleg-
raphers might result in disasters at sea,
especially as the hurricane season on
the Atlantic is approaching. Mariners
depend upon information furnished by
the government as to the state of weather.
This particular service depends upon adj
vices from the interior, and any prolong-
ed interruption or suspension Of tele-
graphic adviceS from the various stations
of the weather bureau might be serious
to shipping and life at sea.
This is one feature of the condition that
might follow general strike of telegraph
ers that gives authorities great concern.
Already the weather bureau has felt the
force of the sporadic strikes. This is
about the time of year when frosts begin
to make an appearance in the wheat belt
of the Northwest. Prices of grains are
made in New York largely on the outlook
of the crop. The uncertainty as to actual
conditions in the field might have ten
dency to send prices skyward- In any
event any failure of the government in
bringing crop <ports out on time or as
completely as usual woald tend to demon
alize trade in grains.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
ROAD YIELDS TO STATE.
Southern VIII Put i'm Force New
Alabama Rate Laws.

Gov. Conner of Alabama announced
Thursday night that the State of Ala
bama and the Southern railroad had
reached an agreement. The road will put
into effect the new 2h-cent rate law Of
the State Sept. and in return its license
TO do business in Alabama viii be re-
stored. 1t was also agreed th@s the laws
shall remain in force pending the final
adjudication of the litigation by the fed
eral court. The case probably will go to
the United States Supreme Court. The
license of the Southern railway was re-
voked because that road violated the new
State law which prohibits foreign cor
poration from transferring civil suit
against il from State court to ne
federal court This law was not among
those the enforcement of which was en-
Joined by the federal court Violation of
the law subjects the corporation TO
heavy penalty in fines and also requires
the payment of one-tenth of / per cent OF
the capital stock of the Southern IS
State for a restoration of licenses. As
the capital stock of the Southermn is
$1S0O0O,0O0 that road would have had to
pay $4,000 for a new license in addi-
ton to an enormous amount in fines.
These fines will not be assessed nor the
new license exacted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

The average quality of winter wheat
is 800.
The average condition of spring wheat
on Aug. / was 1914, as compared with
S7.2 last month. 500 on Aug. 1, 1896,
500 on Aug. 1, 1905, and ten-year aver
age of S3.4.
The average condition of the oat crop
on Aug i was 75.6, as compared with 81
last month, S2S on aug. 1, 1906, 90.S on
Aug. 1, 1905, and a ten-year August aver
age of $40.
The average condition of barley on Aug.
1 was S4.5, against S4.4 one month ago,
90.3 on Aug. l, 1906. $50 on Aug. /,
1905. and ten-year average of Sc.
The average condition of rye at time
of harvest was $50, as compared with
S9.7 one month ago, 90.S on Aug. l, 1906,
92.6 on Aug. 1. 1905, and ten-year ave..
age of $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
LARGEST LOCOMOTIVES IS BUILT.
Weighs 10000 Pounds and HauIs
Twice az Much as Any other.

Weighs 10000 Pounds and HauIs
Twice as Much as Any other.
The largest steam locomotive in the
world is about to be turned out from the
plant of the American Locomotive Com
pany at Schenectady for the Erie railroad.
1t will haul on grades a train of loaded
cars a mile and a half long without the
aid of helpers. Its weight is 413,00O
pounds. The engine is in reality two en-
gines under one boiler. 1t has four cylin-
ders. The engine is designed for pusher
service and will operate on the Susque-
hanna hill between Susquehanna and Gulf
Summit Pass. While the hauling capac-
ity of these enormous engines is more
than double that of the heaviest freight
engine now in service on the road, the
load on any single pair of driving wheels
is less than that of many of the ordinary
road engines of the present day. In view
of this fact the advantages offered bv this
type for the concentration of power in
single unit are readily recognized.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
LIGHTNING KILLS MANY.
In the United States 500 People n
Year Meet Death from This Cause.

Year Meet Death from This Cause
An average of 500 people are killed in
the United States each year by lightning.
according to data collected by the weather
bureau. This means that about one in
each 100000 of population is killed in
that manner.
The belt of most numerous visitations
includes all of Florida except the south
ernmost tip, the lower edge of Georgia
and the southeastern corner of Alabama.
In that belt an average of forty-hye thun-
derstorms a year is experienced.
The zone of next greatest frequency
includes the more northern parts OF
Georgia and Alabama, aud its annual ay-
erage is forty storms.
Thirty-6ve year are experienced in a
somewhat irregular belt north of this,
and including still more northern parts of
the States last named, as well as the
whole of Mississippi and Louisiana, near
|ly all of Tennessee. the adjacent corners
of Illinois and Kentucky, the southern
part of Arkansas and the eastern central
part of Texas.
Another belt of equal intensity extends
sections of Indiana, Iowa and Missouri.
The region from the Virginia capes to
Connecticut escapes with an average Of
twenty-five such storms, while Boston is
visited by only twenty. The frequency
diminishes until the Rockies are reached,
and on the Pacific slope there are prac-
tically no such storms.
The region Of greatest danger from
lightning stroke does not coincide with
the zone of greatest thunderstorm fire.
quency. but includes southern Vermont,
the whole of Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Delaware, West Virginia,
Ohio, Kentucky Indiana, eastern Illinois,
Virginia and the greater part of Mary
land In this zone more than five deaths
to each 10000 square miles a year are
caused by lightning. Three to FIVE deaths
in 10000 is the rule in region including
Chicago, st. Paul, Des Moines, st. Louis,
Memphis, Atlanta and Norfolk.
Between one and three fatalities per
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MANS HEARING RESTORED.


Hurled Fifty Feet by Bolt of Light
ming, Defective Sense Is Cured.
stroke of lightning has restored the
hearing of William B. Chase of Dead
wood, S. D., who has been stone deaf for
seventeen years. Chase was out in the
hills when fearful storm arose. He
ran for the shelter of a tree, which he
reached just as lightning struck it, tear
ing it to pieces. The man was thrown
fifty feet, and when he was picked up he
remarked In a dazed sort of way: Say,
/ heard that crash all right. Guess l
can hear anything now" He was cor
rect in his guess for later he could hear
the faintest whisper twenty feet away.
Doctors say his hearing has been COM
pletely restored, and that he never will
be deaf again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

10000 is the rule in a third zone, includ-
ing Eastport, Montreal, Duluth, Bis
mar:k, Huron, North Platte, Galveston,
New Orleans and Jacksonville. In the
country westward less than one death to
10000 occurs.
-Four times more persons of outdoor
pursuits than of indoor occupations are
struck. Men, like animals, are more apt
to be struck when collected in groups
than when alone. Out of every three
persons struck one survives, and proba-
bly, more than half would recover if means
were employed to induce artificial respira-
ton. as in cases of drowning.