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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
Quarry Conference Arranged.

The conference committees from the
quarry workers and the quarry owners
had arranged for another conference at
8 this morning, but on the request Of
the quarrymen it was put over to allow
the quarrymen to hold mass meeting
at GraniteYille this afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
THIRTY -rHaEE VOW IN IAIL.

s0nc Of the ministers Of Barre preached
in the jail al Montpelier Yesterday after
noon. and was told by he matron that
the thirty.thrce whom be addressed were
these because Of rum. Moral-vote NO
Tomorrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02

To Bar Voting Of $1,000 Shares Of
Railroad Stock.

Chicago. March e.--Judge Ball today
denied the petition Of Henry ". Leman-
attorney for tne Fish interests in the
fieht for the control Of the illinois Cen
trail. for an Injunction restraining the
vatinQ Of PSI .ooe shares of Illinois Cen
tral stock bv thar corporation. AZ the
Illinois Central election today There
IS noW no legal impediment = tne cleo
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
ARE WORKING
AT QUINCY
Under Reference Of Matter
to National Executives
WESTERLY MEN STILL OUI
Quarrymen at Cape Ann Didn't Get
Together and Are Out To-day, But
the Paving Cutters Sign
Agreement.

Boston, March 2.-The granite cutters
At Quincy reported for work today
having voted to refer the matter In dis
pute to the national executive commit
tees Of the granite cutters union and
granite manufacturers association foi
arbitration. AT Westerly the unions
have made no concessions and still de-.
mand a new wage scale, calling for q
minimum compensation OF 40 cents per
hour. The paving cutters and black
smiths at Westerly also struck today
At Concord, N. H., there will be no
trouble until May J. when the contract
between The employers and men expires.
The men, however, have submitted de-
manis similar to those presented to the
manufacturers at Barre. a. yet the
manufacturers have not acted.
The Parrymen az Gloucester, Mass.,
have failed to reach an agreement and
may walk out The companies are vii.
ling 10 give an advance but insist upon
q three year schedule.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
FUNERAL OF JOSIAH GALE.
Body Was Placed in Vault at EImwood
Cemetery.

The funeral OF Josiah Gale was neld
from his late home on the East Hill
Saturday afternoon. the Rev f, A. Poole
officiating. There was good attendance
OF neighbors and friends. Two selec-
tions were sung by Mr. and Mrs. a. w.
Allen. The bearers were j. Newton
Gale Of ST Jonhsbury, Fred Gale Of
Plainheld and Charles Gill Of Montpelier
and Bert Webster Of Barre. The body
was placed il the vault at EImwood
cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
Montpelier Dispute COMMITTEES.

Two hundred cutters met at Mont
pelier to day and appointed their dispute
committee as follows: Joe Aiaroni. Pat
rick Mcbride. James Sim, Alexander JAY
and Richard Fountain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
GOES TO ANNAPOLIS.


The result Of the competitive examine
ton for \ candidacy in The United States
Naval academy At Annapolis. Nd. which
took place here February e vas an
rnuneed Saturday. The Snqaeszfal can
.iidate IS William +. Bailey. = son 81
Mr.. and Mrs. levi a. Bailey. uho Iifrs
near the town line between Montpelier
and Berlin Ar Bailey vili probably
take the FINAL examinations &c Ar-a
e1Hs d Jaae.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02

Then there are the allied unions
#t.rgs tool sharpeners numbered ioe poi
.hers 127. Jumpers. boxers aud derrick
.en approximately the same, steam s.a e.,. g.
s<ers so quarry workers geo u
e ,.,A.s eans nssIfifies lherr IS about the
-e,s psoporgion Of workers n these ai-
81 h,s.,-l,es faxccpt uuarryingl as n
~ erazite cutters unions. As VIII pc
sfeS Isl 81 tic greater majority ere
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
Manufacturers Vote to Refer II.


much more affected, the more 50 since
granite i the principal industry here.
Manufacturers Vote to Refer 1t.
Because Of general business depression
Throughout tie country, there is not
quite SO much work on hand at the pres
ent time as would ordinarily be the case
at this period Of the year, Then, too
orders received BY manufacturers during
the past few months have been taken
with the possibility of disagreement
in mind and the contracts have been
rushed during The last few weeks, So
that work under process of construction
has been cleaned up sooner than usual
and shipment made When the plants
in Barre were closed Saturday after
noon, the manufacturers evidently antic-
ipated suspension OF work, for they
put their places IN shape for it, while
one the quarries much Of the machinery
was stored
At the manufacturers meeting Satuf.
day night, the association voted to refer
its disapreements to the national execu
tiyes for adjustment. as per the peace
agreement adopted by both bodies last
year In some Of the granite plants
the apprentices were at work to-day. and
two whistles were blown to denote that
the plants were open to those who cared
to work The association took no vote
on the question Of a lockout, but re-
ceiyed the reports OF the failure Of the
negotiations and then voted to refer
the matter higher as noted.
The authorized statement to the vari-
ous unions by the manufacturers ii as
folIos: Having failed to reach satis-
factory agreement in Barre we have
decided to refer the matter to our ma
tional association for adjustment as per
the so-ealled peace agreement We do
this because yon have turned down all
the propositions we made you, and We
have nothing new to offer. We trust
you will also refer this to your national
body, and that we resume work pending
such settlement"
Good Feeling Prevails.
There has been no display Of hitter
ness in the negotiations thus far con
Quoted. On the contrary, the confer
ences have been dominated by remark
AUlN H9NA ANttiAi| NDCA tnH kIdNitN Va
the affair is taken into consideration
Strike-pay So-called.
There seems to be public misunder-
standing Of the so-called strike pay.
The international unions have large
funds in their treasures TO meet the
need Of the men when strikes are called.
But there has been no strike called IN
Barre yet, paradoxical as it may seem
TO the uninitiated IN union affairs. A
suspension of work has been voted be
cause there is no Working agreement.
Strike pay does not begin until week
after work is suspended. and formal rati
fication Of the branch's action has to be
taken By the international officers
Strike.pay is one dollar per day for each
union man in good standing
The tool sharpeners met this forenoon
at the hall III Nichols block and received
reports of the situation, rafifying the
suspension vote and electing dispute
committee, as follows: w. Fl. Murphy.
Milo L. Bassett, John +. Saldier. d. vi
Stone and George Ganthier Another
meeting Of this union will be held to.
morrow forenoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02

Westerly, r. L, March about 200
granite cItters, employed in the West
erly shops went out on strike SATURDAY
night, demanding 20 cents an hour min
imum wage, in place Of 97ia cents as
paid them heretofore.
The vote was 75 to rs IN favor Of re-
seinding former vote 10 strike, but al
Il required two thirds IN favor tue mos
ton was lost and the strike order was
declared effective
Nearly 80 paving esItters also decided
BY unanimous vote to strike for IN in
crease amounting to about $1.50 per
600 blocks. In other words, they de-
nana nine hours pay for eight hours
work
The blacksmiths, to the number Of 45,
are also on strike with the granite cut
tiers, having demanded the same wages
as the cutters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02

Gloucester, Mass, March 2.-No agree
ment was reached between the represen-
tatiyes Of The quarrymen's and engineers
unions and the granite manufacturers
AZ conference in Roclsport on new
price schedule.
The companies were willing to giyc
an advance over the present scale, but
insisted on three year schedule being
signed BIZ the unions. The unions are
ready to sign for one year. They have
zoo members.
The paving cutters union has voted
to sign three year agreement at the
present scale and win continue work as
usual
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
COMPLETE TIE-UP,
GRANITE WORK:
1850 MEN IDLE

ia the Barre unions and Barre viii be
much more affected, the more 50 since
granite i the principal industry here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
Good Feeling Prevails.

There has been no display Of hitter
ness in the negotiations thus far con-
Quoted. On the contrary, the confer
ences have been dominated BY remark
ably good feeling when the gravity OF
the affair Is taken into consideration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-02
rha Man Affected.

Representatives were present at Sat
urday nights meetings from other com
munities and telephone communication
with those unrepresented was held, SO
shat not a union hammer is being lifted
So.dav in Montpelier. Northfeld, Viii
Eamsfown. Waterbury, East Barre, as
well As Barre while the suspension order
also takes in Morrisville and South Rye
gate. ...4o ,,4
tere n the unions affected showed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
$4,000, 900 FOR COAL.
Estimated Cost of Battleship Fleets
Trip Around the World.

Washington, May 25.-Approxi-
mately 100000 is the estimate of
the cost of the coal consumed by the
Atlantic battleship fleet when it will
have finished it's cruise around the
world. The estimate of the cost of
coal necessary to move the fleet from
San Francisco to Hampton Roads by
way of Honolulu, Manila and Suez
canal has been reported by the chief
of the bureau of equipment as
amounting to $2039.000. The navy
department has been in receipt of I'M
official communication from the Aus
tralian government offering to fur
nish without cost the coal required
during the visit of the command in
Australian waters. OF course the
government could not think of &C.
cepting such an offer and all arrange
ments have been made to use Ameri-
can coal for the entire cruise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
THAW SEEMS RESIGNED.
VIII Stay in Jail Until Commitment
Papers Issue.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, May 25.-Harry
K. Thaw has accepted apparently with
resignation the decision Of Supreme
Justice Morchauser that he is still in
sane and that the interests of the pub
lie will be best served by denying him
liberty Pending the signing of the
papers of recommittment which proba-
bly, will not be done before week from
next Saturday, Thaw will occupy Sher-
if Chambers suite in the county
building here. In the meantime, an eff
fort will be made by Thaw's attorneys
to induce District Attorney Jerome to
consent to the commitment of the
prisoner to one of the state hospitals
other than Matteawan. 1t Is said that
in event of Mr.. Jerome giving his con-
sent to such a change no appeal will
be taken from Justice Morschauser's
decision. Even if an appeal We're taken
it could not be argued before fall,
After his attorney had shown him a
copy of Judge Morschauser's decision
Thaw gave the reporters an interview
and talked volubly about his case and
on everything except his wife, ana
when her suit for annulment of. their
marriage was mentioned. he stood up
and indicated that the interview was
at an end His chief theme was the
newspaper reports of the evidence on
his trial Much testimony favorable to
him. he asserted, was not published,
probably because It did not appear to
the reporters to be interesting while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
FLY TO PIECES
The Effect of Coffee on Highly Organ.
lied People. ar

II have been a coffee user for years.
and about two years ago got into a
very serious condition of dyspepsia
and indigestion. 1t seemed to me I
would fly to pieces. 1 was SO nervous
that at the least noise I was distress
ed, and many times could not straight
en- myself up because of the pain
My physician told me must not
eat any heavy or strong food and or
dered diet, giving me some medi-
cine. I followed directions carefully.
but kept on using coffee and did not
get any better. Last winter my hus-
band, who was away on business, had
the family where he boarded. ssh
He liked it 50 well that when he
came home he brought some with
him. We began using it and I found
it most excellent. While I drank it
least, and I got over my nervous trou-
bles. When the Postum was all gone
we returned to coffee. then my stom-
ach began to hurt me as before and
the nervous conditions came on again
That showed me exactly what was
the cause of the whole trouble so ]
quit drinking coffee altogether and
kept on using Postum. The old trou-
bles left again and I have never had
any trouble SINCE There's a Rea.
son. Read 1.-The Road to MELVILLE. .
| in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time They
are genuine. true, and full Of human
interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
STANDARDS DEFENSE.
In Governments Suit for Its Dissolu.
ton Has Begun.

New York, May 25.-The Standard
Oil company's defense to the govern
ment's suit against the New Jersey
corporation seeking to dissolve the
holding concern on the ground that 1t
is trust, was begun today before
Special Examiner Franklin f. Reiss in
this city. Last fall Special Deputy At
torney General Frank B. Kellogg d.
rected the governments case against
the Standard OIL holdings and tn e
holdings of other members of the
Rockefeller family; also those Of the
others of the comparatively small
group which, it is alleged. controls the
corporation. Mr.. Kellogg brought out
that John D. Rockefeller's share OF
earnings by the Standard OIL company,
in "a years, was $143,499,954. The
governments lawyer also ELECTED testi-
mony and produced evidence respect
ing the methods by which, as charged
by the government, the Standard drove
it's competitors from the oil regions
and gradually absorbed its rivals.
A number OF Standard Oil officials
were examined including William G..
Rockefeller and Wesley H. Tslford,
treasurer of the Standard. Henry NJ.
Flagler was to have been called as a
witness, but was excused until later.
1t is likely that he will be called upon
to testify during the next few weeks,
for the inquiry will probably last a
month or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25

undue prominence was given District
Attorney Jerome'S cross-examination
of Thaws experts. Besides Jerome
knew how to make it interesting. He
said:
Take, for instance, DR.. Jacoby. His
direct testimony was conclusive, but
not interesting. His cross examination
under Mr.. Jerome was interesting and
the newspapers printed it. Probably I
should have done the same as the re-
porters in the same position"
Thaw did not discuss the action of
the court. He said that Mr.. Jerome
had done what he had deemed his duty
Asked about report that Evelyn
Thaw would withdraw her annulment
suit in order to try to have herself ap-
pointed custodian Of her husbands
property, Thaw said he had no fear of
any such action. Thaw was cheerful
for a man who had just heard bad
news.
Mr. Graham said that the order for
recommittment would probably not be
signed by Justice Morschauser until a
week from next Saturday. In the
meantime efforts will be made to in
duce Mr.. Jerome to consent to Thaw's
commitment to one Of the state hos
pitfalls other than Matteawan.
If Mr.. Jerome consents Thaw will
not appeal from the decision If he does
appeal it can not be argued before the
Brooklyn appellate division until fall.
Mrs Thaw, Harry's mother, and Mrs.
George Carnegie. his sister, visited him
in the Jail today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25

conditions were complied with by the
directors. One of their demands is
that Mr. Van Ianingham be retained
on the pay. roll as manager of agen-
cfes The policy holders are said to be
amply protected. The company has
1925, 900 in securities on deposit with
the Missouri department as reserve
against its liability to policy holders.
Although a substantial basis exists on
which to. preserve the com pany under
a new management, it was reported
yesterday that the new officers had
received outstanding policies in other
companies. 2F
The Great Western made record
bv writing about $27,000,O00 of busi-
ness in the year it has been running.
probably $2O,0QO,000 Of this business
has been actually placed on the BOOKS.
1t has about 1000 policy holders,
many of whom are in Missouri Its
annuity certificates were largely sold In
ST. Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
jOBES IS NAMED.
Judge Pollock Appoints New Receiver
for Great Western.

A third receiver for the Great West
ern Agency company, which owns. S91
shares Of the 1000 shares of stock of
the Great Western Life Insurance COM
pany OF Kansas City, has been appoint
ed by Judge Pollock of the United
States circuit court. G. S. Jobes, vice
president Of the Pioneer Trust COM
pany of Kansas City, was named by
tween the petitioning stockholders of
the agency company the state court
receiver at Kansas City and the state
court receiver in Colorado withdrew
sets and property of the life insurance
company as de facto receiver.
The court ordered reorganization
of the life company, and president o.
L. Van Laningham and his brother-in-
law, Treasurer James E. Smith, re-
signed from the board of directors. J..
B. Case, a wealthy merchant of Abb
lene, Kan, was elected president. and
Herman F. Lang of Kansas City made
| treasurer. Mr.. Case is president Of the
Transmississippi congress Further re-
organization of the board is to follow
under instructions from the court who
Indicated that new men should be
brought in to administer to the affairs
of the company. The receiver was or
dered to call meeting Of the stock
holders of the life company which he
will dominate. .r-.s zafs
Judge Pollock also ordered an ac-
counting of both companies. The re-
ceiver is to determine the status Of the
annuity certificates of which 100000
were sold by the Great Western Life
/ to raise money for promotion purposes
J and decide whether a reserve is to be
| carried against the certificates. The
| court intimated that he would retire
the certificates. in order to. save the
| company and protect the policyhold-
| ers. and made it clear that the rights
| of the certificate holders come before
| the stockholders.
Seventy-five agents of the Great
Western held q meeting and decided
they would stand by the company and
help reorganixe it, provided certain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25

these alone would be about 100000
per day, or over 20 million a year.
In the f1rst year that the cable road
operated, a total of 8.5z8,000 pas
sengers was considered enormous.
Ten times In twenty-five years is the
measure Of the increase.
On Decoration day. 1888, a woman
stumbling at the foot Of a flight of
stairs. at the New York tower, caused
a panic and crush which resulted
in the death of IL persons. This Is
the most appalling of the accidents
in the long life of the structure.
The total expenditures for main
tenance and operation of the bridge
up to the close of 1907 were $21, 343,-
500 and the total receipts were $21,-
267064.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
HE ISN'T SCARED.
Wichita Youth Who Is "Ganged'' Re
fuses to Give Up Topeka Girl

gang of west side boys in the
Twelfth street neighborhood took ex-
ceptions the other night to Jesse Lee.
Wichita boy calling on a girl who
lives on South Quincy street and when
the couple returned from a buggy ride
about 10 o'clock that night this gang
of young toughs were waiting for
them. AS soon as the buggy stopped in
front of the girls house the boys sur
rounded the vehicle, thrust a couple Of
pistols in the Wichita boys face and
took the lines away from him. After
making the horse cutup a little lust
for fun" these amateur hiShwaymeu
jerked the boy out of the buggy and
slugged him. The girl escaped into the
house. The toushs took possession Of
the rig and carried the Wichita lover
off with them. Chief Of Police Eaton
is watching for this same gang OF
tough west siders and will introduce
them to the police Judge If he can get
his hands on them AS for Jesse Lee,
he is game. and says he will continue
to call on the girl in spite Of his rough
treatment. This Is the third time he
has been held up and slugged by these
boys while calling to see his Topeka
sweetheart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
SIX CARS PILED UP.
More Than 200 People Involved in
Trolley Accident.

Philadelphia, Pa. May 25.-The street
car accident late last night near Chest
nut Hill park, IL miles from the center
of the city, in which two persons were
killed and more than forty injured
was one Of the worst trolley car crash
es that has occurred here for a number
Of years. The dead are:
MARY J. WAGNER, aged GA. ofCorn-
wall, Pa.
CHARLES ALLEBACH, Of this city,
All the injured probably will recover,
although several are in a serious con-
dition.
Six cars carrying more than 200 per-
sons were involved in the accident. An
open car heavily loaded, was returning
to the city and when on the crest OF
steep hill became unmanageable- The
motorman shut off the power and ap-
parted and the car ran backward down
the hill at great speed It crashed into
the car following it and the force OF
the collision sent the second car back
into a third and other cars at the
bottom of the hill. All the trolleys were
badly wrecked and scarcely person
in them escaped without fnjury,ft being
necessary to remove 40 to hospitals. AL
the injured persons reside in this city
There were numerous cases OF frac-
tured limbs but most Of the injured
suffered from decorations.
The crashes of the cars and cries OF
the injured reused the quiet suburb OF
Chestnut Hill into instant action and
the residents formed themselves into
rescue bands until the physicians ar
rived. The injured, who were scatter
ed all over the roadway, were removed
to the nearby residences in automo-
biles and carriages, and cared Tor.
Later those who could not be sent to
their homes were removed to the Chest
nut Hill and Germantown hospitals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DECORATED
In Honor of the 25th Anniversary Of
Its Opening.

New York, May 25.-Twenty-five
years ago yesterday. there occurred
one of the wonders of the world. 1t
was the opening on May "a, 1888,
with a great demonstration, of the
Brooklyn bridge. In commemoration
of that event. American flags were
flung to the breeze yesterday from
the top of the great stone towers.
For few years after the opening,
wisacres looking up from the ferry
boats held many conferences as to
how long the structure would last.
They never dreamed that the bridge
could possibly stand the strain put on
it for a quarter of century. In fact,
soon after the opening, there was
much discussion over what was
termed the folly Of permitting
heavily laden wagons on the road
way.
While the record of the number of
persons crossing the bridge is no
longer kept, the number of trolley
cars alone crossing gives fair idea
OF the traffic. Between three and four
thousand cars now cross the bridge
every day and each car seats sixty
persons. therefore, the passengers IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
Three Went Over the Falls.

Portland. Ore, May 25.-A special
to the Oregonian from Spokane.
Wash. says that John Sharpless, John
Miles and a young Englishman named
Richmond. all of Nelson. b. g.
were swept over the falls in the
Kootenai river today and persisted.
Their bodies are missing. 1t is be-
lieved that the men either mis-
calculated the force of the current
or an oar broke and they lost control
Of the boat. Sharpless and Miles were
well known men