Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-19
rELgeRAPn aREvl1lEs.

hIdIue HlOps went OUT on HLlla@e
Fifteen hundred men went opt in re
spouse to the order which was issued
by W J. McQueeaey after a final con,
ference with Manager Rldgway. in
which any concessions were refused
The strike viii ultimately spread
to every road in the Gould system,
ana anect roads all over the United
States. said M McQueeney There
is every Indication that the struggle
VIII be long one and fought hare ON
both sides"
The strike is the result OF an or5e,
posted by the road a month ago an
rogating all contr cts with unions.
Since that time nun Gus confer -acas
have been held befws n the men ard
the company. but 1t was impossible
to reach an agreement. The faL ccu
ference was held this morning, q-tcr
which the order to strike was issued.
jVOIsE CITY, Idaho, March 16.-
On the morning of his 42d birthday
next Wednesday. in the district court
of Canyon county, Harry Orchard.
the self-confessed murderer OF former
Governor Steunenberg, who was kill
ed by the explosion Of a bomb at the
gate TO his residence in Caldwell on
the evening of December 30, 1905
viii face Judge Fremont Wood. pre-
pared to hear his death sentence.
Harry Orchard of his own voliuou.
against urgent pleadings Of his at
torneys and others. refused when ar
ralgned last week to let his previous
plea of mot guilty" stand Orchard
expects to die. He refuses to be in
terviewed He earnestly wishes his
confession to be believed, and believes
that his own punishment in fun for
the crime he committed will tend TO
prove the confession
TRENTON y. j.. March 1G-Mar-
garettu Borden. Is yeus old. the
daughter OF Harry l.. Borden. shot
herself in The heart last night from
grief Three causes are assigned for
her aetion-the objection OF her
to the young man who mad been call
ing upon her, worry because her
mother is dying from consumption,
and disappointment over the placing
Of her two sisters in charge of her
uncle at Atlantic City forcing her to
attend 10 the household duties.
Il am tired OF il au." She said.
just belore entering her room and
firing the shot
DENVER, March lG, While assist
ing his playmate Payalo rastore, to
load shotgun yesterday afternoon.
Gyearoid Clarence Nelson. the only
son OF Robert L. Nelson. Of NavujiI
street was instantly killed by q three
ounce charge OF buckshot. which tore
through his breast. The accident oc-
CURED at. the Pastore home on West
Fortleth avenue, where the Youngsters
We're playing alone Attracted by the
gun hanging on the wall, they decid-
ed to make an inspection OF its
mechanism. When Payuo Pustore.
who is II years oi age, mad succeed
ed in opening the oreech OF the gun.
Clarence discovered cartridge. They
pounded it in and the weapon ex-
ploded.
TRINIDAD, March 1G.-The washer
Of the c. f. x l. Co at Sopris, engine
and boiler room, the upple and chem
ical laboratory We're completely de-
stroyed by fire which broke out Sur
day morning The loss is estimated
at $125,OOO, Nearly 300 men have
been thrown out of employment as a
consequence.
DENVER March 16.-In desper
ate haud-to-hand fight Ira Wiedman.
a special officer OF the Colorado q
Southern railroad. until few months
ago chief OF police and marshal ~
Longmont, Colo. this morning shot
and killed Denver a. Rio Grande
switchman whose identity so far hes
not been established Wiedman was
attacked with long knife by his vic
tim and his coat and vest slashed in
to ribbons before the fatal shot was
hredc
The killing occurred in the Colorado
a Southern yards at Delganey street
at o'clock There were no eye VIII
nesses and the only facts known
We're given out by Wiedman, who
says:
An night | had been on duty in
the yards looking tor train thievea,
who have given US a great deal OF
trouble OF late. was preparing [.
'No home at o'clock when | saw al
man whom 1 later killed come along
the tracks. stepped between the
box cars to await developments. The
man sauntered to the end OF the traia,
walked around the caboose, then
turned back in the direction whence
he had come. was hidden betwean4
the cars The man did not pass m ;,
but stopped at the door of the second
car rom the end. It was sealed AMI
he looked around for a few moments