The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-18

that time the transportation strike that has tied up all traffic on the street railways. the elevated and tHe -uhway~ of the city Is not settled. The city I~ iu bad shape owing Co tI. strike The strikers are in =istrut in their demands Mayor Mitchell has exhausted every means that he knows 'o prevent general strike and the government has oS tablished offices in this city to look after the situation and to lend what aid if l. possible to lend
 SIX KILLED IN WRECK
 CHICAGO. Sept II Six person- were instantly killed and score were more or less seriously in. jured in this city yesterday when an Illinois Central train crashed into street car on the outskirts of the city A yet the blame for the accident has not beea placed, bat it is believed that il rests with the mororman ot the street car
 AT SISTERS BEDSIDE
 NEW LONDON. Sep. l1-Presi- dent Wilson arrived here after hurried rrip from Long Branch to see his sister. who is dying.
 SEA IN BY , NiN eHS
 SEATTLE Sept II William Pa tullo one of the head men of the Seattle office of Balfour X company was beaten up this morning by strik ing lon4-horcmeu as he was leaving a restaurant
 STEAMER AFIRE.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 11-Thc steamer Beaver. her hold still afire passed through the Golden Gate The officers said that the vessel was in no danger When the fire was discovered her loo passenger. were panic stricken, and it was some time before quiet was restored. | was half hour after midnight when the fire was discovered and al tha time the boat was off the Mendo emo coast opposite the wreck of the Bapr
 HE HAD NEW METHOD
 CHICAGO. Sept. Il Arthur r ITeaueon of Omaha chose a rather sensational and unique way of com hitting suicide in this city yester- day. when he walked up to patrol man on the street made | quick grab for the officers hip pocket extracted the police revolver there
  self blew out his brains in ronr of d crowd of people
 NEW YORK TIED UP
 NEW YORK Sept. r With all New York tied up with uothina that is moving in t&e hands of eN r.l.rr2ed men, Mayor Ntche1 ana lhe public service commission this afternoon issued joint memoran dunn. reeommendiug that the strike be terminated immediately. and that the men go back to work pending a settlement between the employers and the union represen tatye- The employers and the union representatives were called up 10 call an immediate meeting and each Was to do all that was possible t0 agree upon some mean~ C. arbitration,
 Conditions in this city are now iutolerabIe Traffic iS demoralized and fighting s q common thing ev- anywhere where the motormen anu condu. tors congregute A police man in uniform is stationed ol each car that moves
 CHARGED WITH MURDER.
 IRONWOOD Mich. Sept 12.-
 
 rested in this city today. charged with murder in the first degree He is alleged to be the murderer of Mrs Elizabeth Nicholas q New York w. dow. who was found straneled to death in her home Money and jewelry to the value of $2S 900 was missing
 BOOZE WILL FLOAT.
 \ saloon, intended 10 quench the long thirst of the residents of Oregon. sailed for the Columbia river bar today According to Captain Bob Jones, of the gasoline power schoon. CT Tramp. the boat carried full cargo of beer and whskey The skipper stated that he would anchor outside of the threemi limit. where he contends he cannot be held up in his operations for violation of the Oregon laws. There he will dis penSe liquor 10 all those who cara to get it
 STREET CAR WRECKED.
 NEW YORK. Sept 12-A green motorman driving a car on the Bronx railway today. wrecked the car and killed two of the passen gers when he lost control of the power and sent his car forward at such pace as to cause it to jump the track. Street traffic is all tied I'D, and the cars that are running are well filled with people The fact that green men are being used and that they are constantly in fear of being attacked makes the tuatiOn very bad here
 SHOT FOR NAUGHT.
 OAKLAND, Sept. 12-Floyd Smith passenger director of the Southern Pacific railroad, was shot by an un- identified man. who is seemingly in, sane There was no reason for the shooting, as Smith had never seen the man before The man is under arrest but neither his name nor anything about him is known. Smith will recover.
 WRECK KILLS MANY.
 FL PASO, Sept 12-Twenty-two passengers were killed outright and many were seriously injured near the town of Ortiz, in Chihuahua today when spreading rail caused the derailment of a train on the National Railways of Mexico All possible assistance is being rushed to the scene of the accident Ac- cordng to advices received here there are many people severely in jured.
 HIS BODY FOUND.