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Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
MEAT DRIVERS GO ON STRIKE
New York Tbreatened vita Famine
~ Wholesale Butehers DO
Net Break IL.

NEW YORK. Aug 5--Deliveries Of tho
meat from the local pscking houses were
completely halted today BY the go wagon
drivers who went on a strike last evening.
Not a delivery wagcn Of the wholesale
butchers was moved during the early
morning hours. The strikers said that
only meat from the Chicago refrigerator
trains was being delivered. and that the
drivers who hauled that may be called out
on strike today. with a stoppage Of de-
liveries from the meat trains. the city
would be quickly affected by a meat
famine. Police reserves were stationed
in the packing house district on the west
side Of the city. but no disorders were
reported.
Inside employees Of the slaughter houses
were at work today. while the heads Of the
affected plants were busy preparing to
break the strike, which was called without
warning By the dffvers- The companies.
II was said. would import strike breakers
II necessary. There has been no little i'll
feeling between tearnsters and the COM
psnies for some time The agreement be
tween the teamsters and the companies
expired August IA and since that time
Representatives of both sides have been In
conference endeavoring to adjust their dif-
ferences. The teamsters declined to accept
the clause in the contract calling for the
arbitration of ali moOted questions.
Representatives Of many OF the big pack
ing and distributing houses said that a
large number Of nonuniOn men were en-
ployed during the forenoon to take the
places Of the strikers. At the abbatoir OF
the New York Butchers Dressed Meat
company il was said that up to noon thirty
Of their trucks. manned by nonunion men
who had been brought in from New Eng
land during the night. had been sent out
to make the regular rounds. Agents of
the Cudahy, Morris, Armour and Swift
Packing companies said that their big re-
friEerating plants on the West Side, where
dressed beef Is received from the west
and distributed. were not affected by the
strike. as customers sent their own wagons
for the meat as usual.
Half a dozen strikers held up delivery
wagon Of the New York Butchers Dressed
Meat company and attempted 10 drag Su-
perintendent Brown of that company and
his driver OF the wagon seat Superin-
tendent Brown. who formerly was q police
captain, tackled the strikers and put them
to flight
A possibility that the strike may extend
until it embraces al branches of the
packing industry was intimsted today by
Joseph A Masterson. head OF the butchers
I craft, who said: I'VE are better organized
than ever before We stand ready to lend
what assistance is asked Of US by the other
/ employees Of the trade"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
VAUDEVILLE TO HAVE BOARDS
New Order by which legitimate
Theaters VIII Furniah ThAs
Ehtertafnmenf.

CHICAGO. Aug. 3--An legitimate the
aters controlled and operated in the smaller
citAss BY the Middle West Managers as
ISOLATION wtll, after September !. devote
three evenings OF each week 70 high class
vaudeville This action was determined at
meeting here yesterday OF the oencers
and board Of directors Of the association.
II Is said 10 be the result Of the rapid
encrOaehment OF the and 10 cent the
aters in the cities occupied by the sss0ciA-
ton The order win Affect 80 play houses
IN Iowa. Indiana. Ohio. Nebraska. Arkan-
sAs. Missouri. Indian Territory. Michigan
and Illinois Forty cities. outside Of Chi
eAgo, IN this state alone win be Affected
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
SPECIAL REGISTRATION

According to ohcial ruling. no
one will be quaiiIled TO vote at the
primary election Tuesday, Ssptem-
Der 3 next, In Omaha or South
Omaha, unless properly enrolled
on the registration books.
The books are now open for
special registration and for trans
fcrs on application at the Office Of
the city clerk In the city hall.
Registered voters who have
moved since last November nay
get transfers by merely asking for
them in person.
New voters or voters who failed
TO register last year for good cause
may be specially registered on
certification of two resident free
holders.
Special Registration closes to-
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
PACIFIC TRIP TALKED OVER
President Roosevelt COafers with
Leading Omeiais Of the
Navy About IL.

OYSTER BAY. n. Y, Aug. 9.-The
plans for the cruise OF the battlsship feet
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific oceans
next winter were 10 be discussed BY Presi-
dent Roosevelt and representatives Of tho
Navy department today.
The president has a. his guests At lunch
con Assistant Secretary Of the Navy New
berry. Rear Admiral Brownson OF the
bureau Of navigation. Rear Admiral Evans.
commander Of the Atlantic squadroa;
Francis =. LsuPp. commissioner OF Indian
Affairs; Lawrence Graham. secretary OF
the interior for Porto Rico. and ]. Lincoln
Stehsns. the author.
Mr.. Leupp has recently completed an
extended tour Of Investigation 20 the In
dian agencies Of the west and viii submit
his observations to the president
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
WEALTHY CONTRACTOR KILLED
Dead Body of Evahder McIver
Found I'm Stairway in
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2--The body Of Evander
McIver. a wealthy contractor residing at
1854 Prairie avenue. was found today in q
stairway leading 20 a basement at the cor
ner Of Twenty -ffth and State streets
There were marks OF violence on the body.
All Of the money and vsluables had been
taken. and IL Is the opinion Of the police that
8icIver was murdered and thrown down
the stairway. Death had evidently been
caused BY a blow on the head that frac-
tursd the skull.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
BOILER ON BARGE ExPLoDEs
Seven Men Killed During Test Made
while OverhauIinE the
Machinery.

NEW YORK Aug. Ask men. who
were testing a boiler of a donkey engine
in the hold Of the coal barge Paterson.
were instantly killed today by the expio-
sion OF the boiler. A seventh man was
seriously injured The dead are:
n. NJ HOPKINS. East Boston. Mass,
the captain OF the barge.
c. A. GIBBONS. Winthrop. Mass. en-
gineer Of the barge.
CLAUDE NEIFF, Hoboken. aged =. a
student in the Stevens institute at Ho-
boken. employed as maehinists helper.
EDWARD HEREsEY. Jersey City. ma
ehinist.
LORENZO FITzsIMMoNs. HObOken,
machinist
JOHN DYER. machinlst-
Oliver Brightman Of Winthrop. Mass. a
deck hand, was seriously injured
The barge. which belongs to the Erie
Railroad company. was hauled out on a
railway 1t Teit1en & Lang's docks in Ho-
boken to be repaired. after having been
m service between Boston and New York.
general overhauling was under way.
when Captain Hopkins. his engineer and
deckhand and the four maehinists en-
ployed by Teit,en & Lang went into the
engine room to test the boiler This room
was only twelve feet square. Engineer
Gibbons started q IRE in the boiler, and
IL had been burning only a short time
when the boiler exploded 1t IL supposed
that the water in the boiler was low.
The bodies OF the men who were crowded
into the little engine room without a pos
sibiiity Of escape. were terribly torn and
one mans head was blown on The decks
OF the barge were blown up and the vessel
was otherwise damaged MrA Hopkins,
the captains wife, was at the forward end
OF the barge and escaped injury Her IL
year-cld-son was nearly blown overheard
but escaped with severe bruises
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
STOCK BROKERS ARE RAIDED
Warrington Determines 10 Enforce
Law Against Use of Gaming
Devices.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-warrants were
today Issued for the arrest Of Chesley and
Spence, Wade and Hedges, Allison c
Jenkins and Prank Kane, stock brokers
for violation Of the Law making It an Of
fense 10 set UP gaming tables within the
District Of Columbia A squad OF police
men, detail Of detectives and a secret
service Officer. headed by Assistant District
Attorneys Given and Perry. raided the Of
fees OF these firms. The raid on these
places. which the authorities aIlege TO be
bucket shops" has been under consider
alton for a month.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
FOUR MINERS BELIEVED DEAD
Men Caught fn Cage-in tn Coal
funnel at WfIkesbarre Have
PeFtahsd.

WILKEsBARRE- Pa. Aug =z-Four Of
the six miners WHO were yesterday caught
in the cavein in q tunnel OF the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company are still entombed
and il is believed they are dead. The
voice Of James Boyle. one Of the entombed
men. was heard early this morning. but
since then silence has reigned. Two Of
the men craElsd from under some OF the
debris after seventy hours effort
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
OMAHA ROAD FINED $4,000
RebatinE Gets Railway and Former
General Freight Agent Also
In Trouble.

MINNEAPOLIS. Ninn-. Aug. "a fine
OF S3o.qco was imposed upon the Chicago.
St Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
company and its former general freight
agent. Hiram NJ Pearee. ordered 70 pay =
q 600 hne by Judge Page Morris in the
United states district court today. The
Omaha road. njointly with It's former
general freight agent. was convicted in
the same court. April Il. Of granting re-
hates 70 the Spencer Grain company.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
MEXICAN VETERANS GATHER
AanaAI Rssnion opens at Jansstswn
Exposition, Addresses Be-
fnR GiySn-

NORFOLK. Va. Aug 0-The annual
reunion Of the SatiOnAl Association Of
Mexican War Veterans opened a. the
jamestown exposition today. Welcoming
addresses Were made by exposition ofneiAls
with responses by Colonel Louis ?. Beslsr
Of Baltimore. president and Mrs Moore
Murdock Of Dallas. secretary
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
BURTON BUYS NEWSPAPER
F0rner UHised states Senator % Take
Charge 81 salina Publiea-
tfSn.

ABILENE. Kan. Aug 2-FormsE United
States Senator J. r. Burton OF Abilene and
L c. HOusel and J. H Ystter. the latter
two connected with the business Ofics OF
the Topeka Capital. today purehas&d the
sAlinA CKan-) UniOn- The paper Vim be
made q daily and Burton VIII take edi-
toriAi charge Mr.. Burton win continue to
reside IN Abilene and conduct the home
rule payer here that he established after
his release from yAu a. Ir0nt0n. N0.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
FRITZ DIES OF HIS INJURIES
Payne WhitRey's Chauffeur s1eeumbs
20 His Injuries at LOuviers,
Prince.

LOUVIERS. France. Aug Ez-Joseph
Fritz. the chauffeur OF Payne Whitney
who was injured while driving an auto
mobile near this city. and who ran down
and killed q peddleT died today, His com
panion. Pouget. has been arrested. the tss-
tinony taken proving that the automobile
was going a. the rate Of thirty-hye miles
an hour when the accident occurred
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
RECOGNITION FOR HONDURAS
state Department at Washington De-
cides 10 Admit Country TO
List ef Nations.

WASHINGTON. Aug 2s-A distinct
forward movement towards the establish
ment Of a permanent peace in Central
America was made today when upon the
Invitation Of the State department Senior
Ugarte, the representative in this coun-
try OF the provisional government Of
Honduras, called upon Acting Secretary
OF state Ades and was by him informed
that the American government had de-
cided 20 extend formal recognition to the
government OF President Dayila-
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
FOUR ARE KILLED IN WRECK
BIOektOn Accommodation TrAiR is
Ditched ny Spreading Rails
Near AdZer, Ala

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Aug 2-The Bloc
ton accommodation train on the Birnging-
ham Mineral railroad. branch Of the
Louisville Nashville railroad. vas
wrecked by spreading rails between Adger
and Johns today, -Four persons were killed
and eight or ten injured
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
MONEY NEEDED IN PANAMA
Lack of Funds Hamperfng Progress
on RAiIroAd-Men Being
Iafd OF.

PANAMA. Aug 2-LAck q funds is
checking canal work -Four thousand men
have been lsid OF on the new line Of the
Panama railroad. and II Is stated that the
department Of municipal engineering has
been ordered 20 lay on loo more A re-
duction in the clerical force IS also looked
for. The excavation for August viii show
. big increase over July
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ny ROOT

General Horace Porter Makes Them
Public at The Hague.
THE HAGUE Aus. z--Gensral Horace
Porter at today's session OF the committee
charged with the examination Of the OBJ
ngatory arbitration proposals announced
that Secretary Root had instructed the
American delegation not to vote on any Of
the lists presented by various powers. CIV
ing the subjects they would agree In
variably to submit 20 arbitration. but 20
insist on the American proposition. regard
ing general arbitration as being more likely
TO be accepted. and also TO keep the prop
ositSon regarding eontraetuai debts separ-
ate from obligatory arbitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
EIGHT THOUSAND ARE FREED
King CHARLES OF ROamania Grants
Anaesty 20 TAoss Who Were
tz Revolt.

BUCHAREST. R0umAnis- Aug. "a
King Charles today granted amnesty 10
all those who were Implicated in the re-
cent AgrarfAn revolt. with the exception
Of about zoe militant priests and those
already sentenced for murders committed
during the uprising The prisoners. who
total about s.beo. viii be released forth
with
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
MONEY TO MOVE THE CROPS
Birst csnsiaersble Transfer 81 Car
rsAsy West fer This ParDSse
Takea Place.

NEW YORK. Aus. 2s.-The hrst con
siderabIs transfer of correney 10 the west
for the movement Of crops ard other
interior needs Of the country was msne
By the sebtTeAsury today. Five hundred
thousand dollars was trAnsferasd 20 chi
oasO sna another tsss.sos 10 san Fran
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
FIRE COVERS CITY BLOCK
Cincinnati Suffers Three-ouartsr
Million Loss.
MANY BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED
DweIlers in the Tenements Are sent
Flying fer RefuEe with only
Tine ts save Their
Valuables.

CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. IA shift of
the wind aided the fremen in their heroic
efforts to overcome the IRE that started
In the Eagle White Lead compsny's plant
last night and I'VE hours after the flames
were discovered the fire was under control.
after wiping out property valued at Sso,eoo,
driving hundreds of tenement dweilers
from their homes and leaving waste several
acres Of ground Nearly everything on the
irregular block. bounded by Broadway.
East Court street. Hunt street and the
Norfolk & Western tracks were destroyed
Numerous crowded tenements fringed the
FIRE section and families hurried to places
OF safety. many carrying their valuables
with them. Trolley and telephone lines
had to be cut BY the hremen. gripping
both kinds of service and adding TO the
loss by the fire itself.
Only one man was injured, and his in
juries were not serious.
The principal losses were: Eagle White
Lead company. s5o.ooo: Morrison & snod-
grass window sash manufacturers. sl0o. coo;
D. T. Williams valve compsny. sloo,ooo: b
II. Kroger, wholesale and retain grocery
warehouses. $4,000: z. Roberts a Co..
wholesale lumber. SsN0oo; Isaac Joseph &
Co. waste and scrap iron, Sl1s. 600; Cincin-
nati. Lebanon & Northern and Norfolk a
Western railways. S2ooO Minor losses to
fenements, saloons and retail groceries
bring the total to about s75a.ooo
For a time the big plant Of the Krehbiel
Printing company was threatened but the
efforts of the fremen avaiied to save IT,
The Kreger Grocery company's big ware
house. from which about eighty retail
stores belonging TO that firm are served.
was destroyed. thereby Gripping the bust
ness Of the chain OF stores whose supplies
are delivered daily as needsd.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
Court Created by Convention Of 1885,
Covers Ground.
D1sLIKEs TO BE MINOR POWER
Classification Of Nations Distasteful
to South American Republic.
SOVEREIGN STATES ARE EQUAL
strong Protest Against Permanent
Judges for Larger Nations and
Temporary Ones for the
Smaller.

RIO JANEIRO. Aug. Zs.-An oficial re-
ceItsl OF the position OF Brazil in the mat
ter OF the organization OF a permanent
court OF arbitration at The Hague has
been made public. II says that Brazil
does not insist upon a superior position In
the Anglo Gernan-American project for
the organization Of a new permanent court
Of arbitration. Il pronounced itself as
against the creation Of such q court as an
utterly useless step. inasmuch are there
exists AZ The Hague q permanent court Of
arbitration created by the convention Of
lsee. Brazil also puts itself on record as
against the classification OF the sovereign
states represented In the conference into
states Of arst. second third. fourth and
fifth class independent and civilized ma
Cons II b declared should not be invited 10
a conference In order that they may sign
conventions in which they are ciassed and
classify themselves as powers Of the
third ana even OF the fifth order.
The demand made by the Brazilian dele
gatlon 70 the conference is that the pr1n-
oiple of the equality OF sovereign states
in their international relations. accepted
by the convention of 1899 continue to be
recognizee Brazil insists that the inter
ests OF peace win not be served BY the
creation between the various states. By
means OF cantrzctual stipulations, Of dif-
ferent degrees OF sovereignty which hu-
initiate some al the profit Of others, and
which undermine the fundamental institn-
tons OF all, and by proclaiming. by a
striking analogy. the judicial predominanoe
OF might over right
Better Not Create New Court.
II holds that II the establishment Of q
new oourt on such foundations is insisted
upon Il VIII be better not TO creste II at
all Consequently the Brazilian delegation
70 The Hague. acting in accordance with
the instructions received from its govern
nent proposes q reform OF the present
permanent court OF arbitration Each state
Aviiiing and able 10 pay the emoluments es-
.tablished by the conference would have an
arbster permanently at The Hague Par
ties In litigation would have the privileges
OF submitting their differences either 60 the
plenafy caaf4 or II s1biters selected among
those attached to The court II the other
project, estabiishing permanent judges only
for the six great military powers Of Eu-
rope the United States and Japan and
temporary judges for the other countries,
classified on a scale OF importance abso-
iuteiy arbitrary and unjus:. Is adopted
Brazil VIII not sign the convention Brazil
will content itself with the court OF ar
bltration already IN existence and It vii
not figure In an international act as a
power Of the third class
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
CHICAGO RAIDS CRIMINALS
Policeman Kills FOOtpsd and Takes
His Companion.
CHIEF sHIPPY STARTS CLEANUP
Two Men Fatally shot and Three
wounded I'm Free-fOr-An
Fight In Knox County,
Kentucky.

CHICAGO. Aug. p-The Chicago police
rounded out a day Of warfare against Grim
inaIs last night by killing a holdup man
just after he had robbed a citizen and by
capturing the robbers companion. Thomas
Kelly, who had q record OF crime. was the
man who was killed His slayer was
Policeman Patrick J. Fee. Kelly had held
up Michael OMEN. a steam filter.
companion Of Keuy's Thomas Roach. was
arrested at the same time. Earlier in the
day the police had gone actively TO work
to rid the west side Of crooks. AS re-
suit more than twenty thieves and pick
pockets-some Of them criminals Of inter
national reputation-were shown to the
detectives in the central bureau at the
nightly lineup. II was the result OF the
first days work Of four squads OF picked
men. sent out to rid Chicago OF its recent
influx Of criminals.
This raid on criminals Is TO be kept up.
says Chief shippy. and is to be extended
to other sections Of the city.
Fatal shooting in Kentucky.
LONDON, KY. Aug. 2--News has jus,
been received here Of free for all gun
fight near the Knox county fair grounds
at Harbourville. in which two men were
a woman were badly wounded.
Constable L r., Campbell who sought 70
queII the disturbance. was shot dead. Ed
ward Smith died Of his wounds yesterday
John Warren is seriously hurt and may
die. Ralph Tuggie. a policeman. is in
serious condition. warren's mother. with
babe at her breast. was shot through
one arm and the member was amputated
The only arrest is that of John Bailey. who
is charged with having fred the buIle;
that killed Constable Campbell. Nearly all
the fighters who escaped unharrned have
fed into the country.
Black Hand Murders Two.
CoALDALE, Pa. Aug. IA double
murder, for which the black hand is
held responsible, was committed on the
streets here today. and adds another
crime 10 the long list that has been com
mitted In this neighborhood by unknown
persons.
While Frank Pecknolas and Samuel Am
brose were walking together along Ridge
street they were attacked by several men
and stabbed TO death. Peknoles' throat
was cut almost from ear to ear and Am
brose received a knife wound that pierced
his heart As robbery was not the mo-
tive and as the (black hand" has been ac-
tive In this section the crime is charged to
that mysterious band
Revenue Posses Fight Each Other.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue Capers today received
a telegram from Internal Revenue Collec-
tor surber at Greensboro. n. C. saying:
Deputy Collector Hendrix with posse
from Raleigh. n. C., and Deputy Collector
Henry, with posse from Durham, met at o
noonshine sim last night Each took the
other for raOonshiners and fired on each
other. Deputy Marshal Gordon was NOR
tally wounded and Deputy Collector Henry
| and two possemen were seriously wounded.
Commissioner Capers teiegra phed in
structions that no expense be spared in
caring for the wounded.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
Burned i'm sight OF Mother.

LACROSSE. Wis. Aug. 2--One life was
lost and i've other persons had narrow es-
capes in the destruction by fire Of the
home Of Mrs. Mary Kersters here today.
With a great deal Of difficulty Mrs. Ker-
sters and four Of her children were taken
out Of the burning structure; but her old
est boy. Fred. aged II. could not be reached
by the firemen and. refusing 10 jump. was
burned to death before the eyes OF his
mother and a large crowd Of spectators
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
DOMESTIC.

The Interborough Metropolitan railrOaj
Of New York City refuses to permit
public inspection Of its books under the
new public service commission law.
Page
President Roosevelt calls the high on
GERS Of the navy TO oyster Bay for a
consideration of the problems attending
the Pacific trip Of the Atlantic squadron
Page i
Western legitimate theaters jetermiae
TO present vaudeville three nights each
week Page i
Seven persons were killed in an cx-
plosion Of a small boiler in a barge near
New York Page
-Four miners entombed near wiIkesbarre
are believed to be dead. Page 1
Control OF the Chicago & Alton road
passes TO the Toledo, St Louis Western
road. Page !
Chicago's chief OF police announces
that an effort will be made to clean the
city Of criminals. One footpad was killed
by a policeman Page !
Brazil dislikes the terms OF the inter
national court Of justice agreed TO at
The Hague because it attempts to classify
the powers. Page i
Fire loss aggregating s75o.oo0 is suf-
fered by business men Of Cincinnati
Page L
Meat drivers of New York City go on q
strike without warning and meat famine
is threatened Page !
Texas has filed suit against the Har-
vester trust, claiming penalties aggregat-
ing tl,IOo.O00. Page i
Two Austrian laborers were killed al
Winfield. Wye. in a riot by sherifrs Off
GERS. Page i
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
HEBHA9KA-

Great Northern railroad shown 10 have
refused cars to shippers in northeast Ne
braska for routing TO Omaha in hearing
before Railway commission at Lincoln
Page i
Judges Sedgwick and Reese make state
ments regarding use Of railroad passes
Both deny using them since 1905. Page Q
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
FOREIGN.

Eight thousand prisoners were releas
by King Charles of Roumania- rag.
= State department al Washington recS
niEes the provisional government of He
durAs and lays the foundation for pes
in Central America Pare
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
SUN ev OF THE BEE I
THE WAITER.

FORECAST FOR NEBRAsKA-Fair sat
urdsy.