The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-10-05
Domestic

The BoilermakerS' union, which had
blocked the settlement Of q strike of
10000 metal trades workers ut San
Francisco, decided to accept the terms
of temporary agreement ratified by
allied unions. and complete resumption
Of work ON government shipbuilding
contracts was forecast by the Iron
Trades council.
w. S. Campbell, automobile racer,
was killed in the first lap Of a 25-mile
race at Fresno. CAL, when his car
struck the inner fence. Fifteen per-
sons were injured. William Bolden.
another pilot, plowed through the
crowd.
Bodies of II negroes and seven white
men and three Indians were taken
from the wreckage of st. Louis 4 San
Francisco train No Z, which cOllided
head-On with an empty troop train one
mile southwest Of K~lleyville, Okla.
Thirty-five persons were injured.
Heavy buying of the Liberty 312 per
cent bonds was the outstanding fea-
ture of early trading on the New York
stock exchange. Over S1,000,000 of
these bonds changed hands in the first
hour, at quotations ranging from
1OO.12 to 100.24.
Members of the American Bankers
association in session at Atlantic City,
n. j., vehemently expressed their APP
prOval when Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia university, ad-
dressing them on "The Changing
World" demanded that congress eXer-
else its constitutional rights to expel
United States Senator La Toilette.
III. e. Byram was elected at New
York president of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway company. A.
J. Earling, who retired from the presi
dency, was elected chairman of the
board of directors.
Painting Germany as the arch foe of
the world, as 4 nation drunk with
power and with the sword as it's God,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago
told the inside story of the Venezuelan
incident, when, as president he gave
Germany three days in which to get it's
warships out of Venezuelan waters or
face a fight with Dewey.
Four members of the Forty-fifth in
fantry in garrison at Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,, were instantly killed by an cleo
trio train at Highland Park. But two
of the men have been identified. They
are: Chester Gilbert and H. 7. De
Hart.
Acting under orders from Washing
ION, the entire detective force of the
police department Of the city of New
York, directed by Capt. William NJ. Of
fey of the departmAt of justice, aided
by Deputy Police Commissioner Scull
and representatives of the army and
navy, started a roundup of enemy
aliens in all the five borOughs. More
than 800 have been arrested.
Chicago was chosen as the city In
which the American Bankers asso-
citation will hold its 1918 convention.
c. A. Hirsch of Cincinnati was elect
ed president of the association and
Robert F. Maddox OF Atlanta vice
president.
Railroad unions whose men en-
plOyed by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
railway went on strike, Gripping the
steel mills of South Chicago and Gary,
whipped a number of their members
into line and induced them to return to
work.
On application Of William M. Ben
nett, candidate for the mayoralty NOM
ination against Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell in the Republican primaries at
New York last week, Supreme Court
Justice Golf issued an order staying
the board of elections from certifying
TO the secretary of state the name. of
Mitchell as candidate for mayor.
A United States naval reserve patrol
boat ran on the rocks near the shore
of q small island north of He'll Gate.
The crew Of 20 men were removed
safely.