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Show 1 4 y HIE MORNING EXAMINER OGDEN. --2 laudijg of marines. The members nf the commission Jutve bei-- advised fully concerning the trouble and today received a cablegram from Oners! Itavis, saying that every thing is now quiet. EIGHT MEN K3LLED; TEN A JEWEL THIEF od of 1 Iasi. fi w mouihs ending with June y. tne Pennsylvania which made the most sweeping reductions, is estimated to have taken back on its Mar systems 11.00(1 men; the New York Central has restored ,i i too more; the Heading system, in the neighborhood of 2.000 and the lines as ntsny more. At evm- ruilroad office in New Ytirk and Philadelphia tbe statement waa, "Running on full time in every department, or "Will beruuningou fulltime very soon. In addition to thla railroads which were romiadled to economize In ihe purchase of freight, cars during thq dull period, have all ordered nw equipment. Tbe New York Central lias ordered live thousand new freight cars and 15b new locomotives. The Pennsylvania has ordered 6,000 new freight cars, lieaides a nu inner of m-- locomotives. On tbe other roads orders will exceed 4.000 new freight cars. ttf the list about ten lucre er.pluyea were missing The tauka were of ihe sryle attached tu railroad cure for lighting purposes. Kievuu of the tanka exidoded rmn-luin- inde-jiende- nt - in rapid auoceaaiuji and were follow-fi- t at liort lutervala by the other tanka. The lire spread among property of the People's lilt Light and l'e the company, and ibreateu lo large Murage tankat of the company, about fur a nine l'uiiceiuru were radlua warning peraoua to move from their home. To prevent the explosion of the gaa thr mammoth tanka, Supt. Kalph Well ordered the waate pipes open eil. These pipes run outside of the plant and in a abort time the big the gaa into tanka were the air. Tbia was a daiigeroua undertaking hut it waa chanced and provprevented a larger deing al riiriiou of property. Armas South Chicago avenue directly opposite the gaa atorage buildings waa a large coal abed stored with coal used in the malting of gaa. The huge coal pile waa ignited and In a lew ininules waa beyond control. Whru tbe danger of tbe larger tanka exploding bad been reduced to a mlnlr.iim, Chief Engineer Euxlact with several aatdatanta entered lira gruiuida and abut off the supply pi pea from tbe ruined building to tbe large tanka. He aald it waa almost miraculous that the tire had uut entered the larger tanka. One man waa blown through a wall, lie may live. The exploaloii may have been caused by n search fur leans In supply tanka made by one of tbe employes. The cause of tbe rapid explosions was the presence of 2 small tauks in the storage building. These tanka were each stored with 2250 pounds to the cubic Inch of space of powerful gaa. Tho tanka are used to place beneath sleeping ran and oilier railway cars and will supply one ear with light fur six months. The 22 tanka had been charged and were In readiness for at Inching to the cara. Buildings along Greenwood avenue within a block of tbe place were so severely shaken that many will no Linger be tit for occupancy. A i GUILTY OF FORGERY Defendant In First of the Northwest Land Fraud Cease is Convicted. Portland, Ore., Nov. 17. lleury formerly United Buttes surveyor, was today found guilty of forgery on 21 counts by Jury In tbe United States district court. 'The trial was begun Thursday and carried to Its conclusion with remarkable celerity. It is the land first convict ion iu tho fraud caaea now pending before United Sialea District Judge C. H. Bellinger. Meldrum waa accused of having, while United Stales surveyor, forged the names of eighteen persons to applications for surveys of land la Harney county, Oregon, west and southwest of Harney lake. Tbe contract for surveying this land waa awarded to Rufus Stuoore, 's nephew, for 93,500. MW-dru- m, ed ANOTHER WITNESS Eye Witness Comes Forward In fense of Nan Patterson. De- street New York, Nov. 10. Although two full court days had been taken up in aecuring 7 of the 12 Jurora who will decide the fate of Nan Patterson, the Incidents In the court room have tended to keep up Interest in the esse. The receipt of a letter telllug of an important new wltnean and the finding, during the examination of talesmen, of another person, believed to he an eye. witness, were the principal incidents. 'J lie letter was written in German and More Than 20,000 Men Who Were signed "L. Black. The writer cltlrai to have wltnexxed the struggl? in the Dropped From Payroll Last June Go Back to Work. cab and says that lie saw Young turn the revolver against his own breast and New York. Nov. 18. A revival or fire. "I saw with my own eyes, on the business on the railroad entering this city has. according to statistics gather- morning nf Juno 4th, a uau in the call, ed by tbe Herald, resulted within the with a pistol In hand. A woman was of seated alongside hint says thr writlast six weeks in the more then twenty thousand men who er. ' saw the inau raise the pisnd wen- - dropped from the pay rolls a perl- - which was in his hand; I heard tho snd wrecked. totally REVIVAL OF RAILROAD BUSINESS Surprises Robbers in Attempt to Rob a Store and is Killed While Trying to Place Them Under Arrest. Detroit, Mich., Nov. John b.dity was shot J S. Patrolman down and mur- dered in cold blood about midnight by one of two burghers whom be delected si work in tho rear of William Dictirich'a store at No. 75, Michigan avccuo, and Herbert H. Picket), special officer for the Michigan Central railroad, was shot through ihe abdomen and probably fatally injured when he ran to the policeman's Tbe murder occurred in the heart of the business district of Detroit, in an ailry back of the corner of Michigan avenue and Wayne street. was Patrolman Dailey's revolver found within a tew feet of the stove window whP-l- i the burglars bad partially opened. He bad evidently turned to follow his assailants after he had received a mortal wound through the cheat a he iejj, on '..his face a yards off iu the direction which his assailant had taken. The patrolmans cry fur help and tbe noise of the shooting awoxe tbe neighborhood and the desperadoes pursued by a roiuirantly increasing crowd, darted westward, zigzagging between Lafayette avenue and the alley that parallels the avenue half a block northward. Officer Picked was a leader in the chase. having becu within a block of tbe ticene when he heard tho shot that killed Patrol vat it Dailey. Pickell had followed the murderer liearly four bloc a when they stopped near Lafayette avenue and Third street and shot him through Die body. The bullet entered tlie abdomen atid passed out near the backbone. Having tired several inure shot a and effectively Intimidated tne pursuing crowd, the j fugitives escaped in the direction of tlie railroad yards that lie west of the Michigan Ceutral and Union depors. Patrolman Dailey was one of the most popular and efficient officers on the force. It is supposed that the piiiKe of i Ihe burglars was to work from Died-- j were rich's store, at which they caught, into a jewelry Mure located next door. All descriptions nree that one or the two was white ami that the man other waa a negro. One was arrested on Hitspielon within an bout after I coi-irc- FALL RIVER STRIK WILL RECEBV Grand Jury Falls te Find an Indictment Against Man Who Has Been in Prison Three Months. (luoperstown, N. Y., Nov. 18. William Coleman, of New York, who baa American Federation of Labor Will Raise Them a Fund of $75,000--lmpassionSpeeches Made in Support of the Measure-Deleg- ate of A. F. of L Offers Lengthy Resolutions Stating Conditions at Fall River. ed been confined in jail here since last August. lias been relaxed, the grand jury having failed to find an indictment. Coleman was arrested on suspicion if connection with the stealing of jewels valued at nearly fifty thousand dollars belonging to the wile of F. Ambrose Clark, stepson of Bishop Potter. The safe where the jewels were kept was emoted during the noou hour and the treasure boxes taken to the cellar I and opened. Hint, and ran as fast as I could. The rubbery was not diucovered unkept quiet until now because 1 thought you hod other witnesses, but lor tlie til several hours afterward. No lang-llilclue to ihe thief was ever obsake ot tho truth, 1 must write you this. I am wtlliug, should occasion tained. it, end if you think it worth i San Francisco. Nov. 18. Resolutions while, to appear" before Mr. Jerome and yourself and say that I saw the JAPS BLOW occupied the time of the American Federation of Labor delegates duiing tbe nutu bold Ihe pistol in his hand. I am forenoon session of ths fifth day of ready io take an oath on this for the UP ANOTHER the meeting. An effort waa made by sake of just ice. Golden to bring before the ARSENAL Delegate convention the conditions existing at Fall River, Mass., where a large number of textile workers are now out mi strike. This waa considered so imToklo. Nov. 18.-- - 3 p. nt A telea question (hat it was made a gram front Mojl report the destruc- portant order for 11 o'clock. tion of another Russian arsenal and special A resolution asking that the millers magazine at Iort Arthur. The Jap- of California be organized info a state loca-tion was presented by tbs comSpread of Furniture Wagon Drivers anese discovered, it is said, tbe of the arsenal aud centered their organization and Strike Cauaes Serious Condition. mittee without recommendation artillery fire upon it. After dropping submitted to the executive council for the Chicago, Nov. 18. Tho strike of two hundred ahelia In the locality they further consideration. One of furniture wagon drivers which led to succeeded in Mowing it up. matters which bas created great interare their The street riots yesterday, spread today widening, Japanese est is that of tbe exclusion of Monto other factories iu the furniture gaps and are using them to move their golians from ths United Slates. Thera association. Pkct guns forward. manufacturers' seems to be an undercurrent of senThe Russians continue their spiritlines were established and several that congress timent among all la be memorialized topresent factories were in a state of siege, the ed sorties, using hand grenades pass an act of a nature similar to the Chinese exclusion guarding unionists warning away driv- tehr iattacks upon the Jape. ers of lumber and coal wagons loaded law, which shall apply tu Japanese and with material and fuel for the beKoreans. PRAISE BT0ESSEL. leaguered plants. A number of siu-resolutions have St. Petersburg, Nov. 18. Tbe newsxo anxious are but been presented, Tbe truck drivers union, tho largart devoted to Idea make long tbe petition as to papers today the delegates est local organization of teamsters in Lleut-Geijfc- il Htoesael and acceptable as possible that the comof praitte the world, was drawn into the strike tbe heroic Arthur and mittee bas withheld the matter until garrison of the- furniture wagon drivers today. a general endors w nt of the move- a measure can be presented to tlie deleFifteen of the members were ordered to, ment started at Kieff for a national that shall be acceptable to alL to quit work because tbe employers subscription in behalf of fpmiliea ot gates The delegates to the convention t agree-meuto sign the wage bad, refused killed and surviving defenders. voted to levy an assessunanimously of the furniture drivers. Seven member per week one ment cent of jut more firms were temporarily tied up In aid of ths textile weeks three for APPROVE ROOSEVELT'S POLICY by this action. The police today disworkers out on strike st Fall River, and persed rioters who threatened trouto confer upon the executive council of El Paso, Texas, Nov. 18. Tbe ir-ble. the federation authority to levy adrigation congress today adopted ditional assessments If such a course on tbe report of the In their Judgment should be deemed permanent organization as submit- necessary. 1 ills will immediately realted last night, and the new presi- ize about $75,000 for tbe aid of the dent. Governor Pardee of Califor- strikers. The vote was unanimous and . and an made chair took the nla, was received with great cheering by the address. All tbe officers recoin- delegatee, many of whom rose jn their mended by the committee were seats and tendered rheeks or even'rash elected. Tbe convention ' adopted a as the share of their organizations to resolution thanking President tbe John Golden, representative of Were Distributing Incendiary Leaflets Roosevelt for his letters and for his Workers. Textile United to Soldiers. interest In irrigation and approv- Delegate John Golden addressed the ing his policy on this subject. The and implored them to aid convention Rome, Nov. 18. The police in several executive committee was empow- the 25,000 operatives now on strike by towns have arrested Socialist agitators ere- on committee as act a to ered who have been trying To distribute voting to levy an assessment of 1 cent dentiala at future meet lugs in order among the soldiers leaflets entitled per week for every member of a labor conto save time and expedite the To conscripts, Inciting them tu reorganization affiliated with the Amervention's work. bellion. Tbe must energetic action has ican Federation. That this might be been taken1 by the war office to check accomplished he offered the following even an attempt to create disorders. resolution: thousand texTbe officials are supported by public ."Whereas, twenty-fiv- e opinion. Kansas City, Nov. 18. John A. Kagg, tile operatives in the city of Fail Rivtbe former clerk In the registry di- er, having been on a strike since tbe DASTARDLY KENTUCKY MURDER. vision of the postofflee at the Union 25th of last July, against a reduction 12 2 per cent depot here, yesterday was found guilty in wages ranging4(1from cent in some to as high as per Williamsburg, Ky., Nov. 18. George of stealing a package containing Curd and Emma Durham have been and was today sentenced to four cases, and Curd killed ami Thomas "Whereas, we, ihe United Textile fatally years at hard labor In tbe stale penwounded near Cumberland Fails. The itentiary. Workers of America, firmly believe Curd brothers owned a large tract of that not only are we being forced wage, land and had had trouble with squat to work for an lerx. As tliey were passing the cabin but are also of the opinion that a dewhere the Durham woman lived, they liberate attempt la being made to of were fired upon. Thotnax crawled iwn wreck our organization, portions miles to his home and George was whicb have been in existence since dead when found. The Durham wo1858; therefore, be It man probably wax killed and burned to "Resolved. That we do respectfully cover identity. Bricklayers Union in New York ask the delegates iu convention asInvolved in Building sembled for tho placing of an assexs-men- t Trades Trouble. on tbe members afflliatFd vith the A met lean Federation of Labor, on New York, Nov. 18.' I'll brirk layers the lines latd down in the constituunions, which are working under the tion, viz: one per rent per memlier building trades arbitration agreement, per week, being firmly of the opinion MIX-U- P have become involved in tlie building that by such action both the United trades 1 rouble and strikes or a lockout Textile Workers of America and the involving 11.000 bricklayers in this city American Federation of would Supposed Wife of Men Discovers Hs may be ordered. enabled to win one of the greatbe Had Another Family. Bricklayer are laying tiles hi a new est victories ever secured by organized abattoir at Eleventh avenue and Thirty-nlabor. rehas J8. Death 111.. Nov. IVoria. inth street and a strike was orderImpassioned speeches were made vealed an extraordinary ease of double ed on the protest of the tile iayerr in behalf of this measure. life led !v Dr. T. C. Conklin, a promi- union. The contractor took the 'matDelegate Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sulnent plivsician of Farmington. The ter before the arbitration board and Ihe wife with whom lie wa living at the Master Builders' association ordered livan of the Women's Trade Union depicted the scenes there since time of his death went to lawlxtwn to, mi.n twit to work. The bricklny-hav- e league tin- - strike began. She characterized herself appointed administratrix the conditions existent as more terof the estate, and found that the recrible than those attending on the anords showed that many ears ago her thracite coal strike. Due meal a day. husband had Iwen married to a Miss consisting of soup and two slicex of Steele, anil that the first wife, together with four children, were xtill alive. bread, was, she alleged, the fare ot Ir 400 women and children. To safeguard Children of the first wife will make amounts a fight for the estate, whl-.-tbe virtue of these nnrortuuate women and protect the health and life io about 910.UO0. Hr. Conklin bad two children by liis second wife. of the children site prayed that financial aid might be given until tbe st rike was won. Delegate Driscoll of Boston offered a motion that an assessment of 1 cent Hull, Nov. jg. The board of trade per week for three woeks be levied of an organization inquiry into the North sea incident on every member Ute American Federation ilnxed'wtib .terrtay'a session and the affiliated with of Labor to aid ihe textile worsen commixsioners will reiort ou the subnow on strike, at Kali River. The moject as speedily as possible. At the opening of today's session the tion was carried unanimously amidst Gives up Ministry in Panama But Recnmuiissioneis and others paid high great cheering. Many delegate arose tains Army Rank And Gets in their scats and on behalf of their Pension. tributes to the gallantry of the memc, bers of tho fishing fleet. Dr. organizations offered checks or cash Panama. Nov. IS. General Huertas, representing' the Russian gov- as the share of their organizations. the war intuitu er, resigned today, and ernment, said he would like to soy in Figuring on a basis of a membership 2.0111, (0, it is estimated that aid President Amador, by a decree, accept- behalf of those he represented how of extent of $25,000 per week will ed the resignation, leaving Huertas the much they rrvrct the occurrence and to the conbe how the strikers. After passing he the remarks with agreed given rank of general, unattached. but with measure the tbe convention adjournof the this fishermen. cerning bravery a aalart which ir equivalent to a penwould give him the greatest pleasure ed until tomorrow. sion. 'flie army will not be disbanded It to the purport of these remarks Juki now. General Y uandht. secretary to tuuvey the Kitatdan government. of tlie war office and an old veteran, San Francisco, Nov. 18. It Is slatAmong tlie claims Wliceiptnn has been apimlntcd to the coin maud of of tlie Minn claimedSkipper ed that the Socialistic element in the $75(1 for injuries the troops. Everything is quiet. The lo his health and shock io his nervous American Federation of Labor wtil rensorchip on tnexeagex has been sus- system, and for saving the Mino make no effort at the present aeesiun pended. when she wax unstea worthy. of that body to rouimtl the federation The skipper of the Gull claimed $250 to Socialism, but would he aailriiod Washington, Nov. 18. No alarm is for injury to his health, and $11,000 for with llie adoption of a number of Sofel at the odl' es of Lie Panama Canal seven square miles of territory. The cialistic resolution! which have been rotnuiii-Kioon Recount, of tbe disturb- Crane. Others claimed from $200 to inimduced and among which are the ance on the isthmus, followed by ths 5(hL folluwiiiB c FACTORIES IN STATE OF SIEGE - SOCIALIST AGITATORS ARRESTED . FOUND two-nior- y building at Seveniy-tblr- d Greenwood avenue was a 19, 1904. NOVEMBER RELEASED Bodies of the Dead are Removed From Ruins Fire Adds Horror to the Disaster Explosion Breaks Windows and Throws Walls out of Plumb Within Radius of a Mile. Chicago, Nov. IS.- - Twenty-- ! wo gas laukfc in llic big mil road gaa hi a( lull at Seventy third fcirvet Kbit boniii Chicago avenue exphxied dead unlay. This afUT.uiou eight had been removed bodiet of employ that 1 111111 the ruiiiK and it wan said UTAH," FATI'ISDAY MORNING, 1-- I 'S "That we hereby make it impcra-- i live upon all organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to have their me tubers study the economic conditions and to do everything In their power for the enlightenment. and intellectual advancement of the proletariat." convention "That the twenty-fourtof the American Federation of Labor go on record as favoring the nationalization of the trusts for the benefit of all the people and call upon ail trade unions in tjte country to use their best efforts and especially the power of their ballots for that purpose. "That the Incoming executive council of ths American Federation of Labor be instructed to use its best efforts to induce congress to pass a bill which will secure to every wage worker In the United State who has earned no more than $1,000 average wages per year, a pension of not less than $12 per month at the age of sixty, and thereafter for the rest of hie or her natural life; provided, however, that such wage worker la a citizen of the United States and has lived in this country for at least 21 years continually at the time when the application 4s made. "That we declare our intention and to hereby instruct all affiliated bodies,conhold absolutely aloof from all nection with the militia, until the military system In vogue lit Switzerland la adopted by tbe United States. "Since his arrival in this ronntrr, Hi imperial highnrss has bee Carpi pressed with the good will sad rauitt. ous attention universally shown hia by the people of the United Staten "Genuine sympathy for Japan com. tained for them in the present trank is a source of profound satirfoita his highness, and he hope esnegh that his mission of friendship and goof wilt may In soma measure be l undttrm of strengthening that lie of amliy nt good correspondence which happily between the two countries. Ha Imperial highness especially feel gratt. ful to the president of (he United Bw who, representing as he does the of the people of this gnat lias extended to hint a rkk cordial weloome, and his Imperial highness does not hesitate to ear that ths unaltered pleasure he has already 4s rived and will hereafter derive fro his visit to this counlr.v, sill for that of his military arhiere. mente in the battlefields of llasrlra. QUESTION AS TO WARE'S OFFICIAL ROOSEVELT" " GUEST OF h STATUS. YVaehington, Nov. 18. A question been raised as to the date when has the resignation of Pension Commissioner Ware takes effect. The resignation was dated Nov. 18 and accepted by the president the next day. Neither in the resignation nor acceptance was there any mention of time when the resignation should become operative. The commissioner's note was brief. Since tbe presidents aceptance has been received the commissioner has been discharging his duties nntil the present, and inquiry has developed the fact that it was his expectation to remain iu office for some weeks yet. Tbe question as to date has been brought unofficially to the attention of the secretary of the interior, but he haa not as yst taken steps In connection with the matter. The claim is made that Wares occupancy of tlie office terminated when the president acted upon it and that no act of the commissioner's since that time is legal. $8.-00- 0. MAY BE BIG STRIKE DEATH CAUSES CLAIMS OF HULL FISHERMEN GENERAL HUERTAS RESIGNS YVood-hoitn- n FUSHIMI LEAVES FOR ST LOUIS Is Pleased With American Expression of Good Will for Japan. Washington. Nov. 18. Pri' e Fush-itn- i, hla party aud his e .,ls left Washington today for St. lands. Before leaving, on belialf of the prime, Mr. A. Sato, grand master of the household of bis imperial highness. Prince Fuohlml, made this statement : rte At St. Louis an elaborate for the reception of tbe prograa prince hu been planned. Tlie prince and party li scheduled to leave San Franriaro m ths 28th of December fur huttie. Washington. Nov. 18 Tiie Tepon or W, B. Slialleuberger, second aasistaat postmaster general, shows (lie auuai rate of expenditure for all inland oai! transportation service during tits vw waa $67,931,430. To this is added & t 616,053 for foreign mails. HONOR Expected to Attend Banquet Gives Republican Campaign Orators. by New York, Nov. 18. At Ihe dnwr which l,2u0 of the nten who mad lieechcs for the Republican candidate in the recent campaign are to gin a on ths night o! ihe Waldorf-Astori- a November 30, President Roosevelt u expected to he the guest of honor. Tt entire first floor of the hotel haa btn engaged. Secret ary of State John Bar. Senator C. W. Fairbanks. Cbairaiu Gortelvou, Governor ondl. Governor-elec- t fllggtns and a score of RrnuNi-ra- n statesmen of national reputailoi have been invited. President Roosevell has not hidiw-e- d whether he will attend or not H is going to St. Louis just before thr date set, but as he will remain aaly i" one day at the exposition, i present arrangements, the committer h charge of the dinner hope tu preni upon him to accept. The affair is to be known as 8 Roosevelt and Fairbanks Jubilee B quet. It will be the biggest poHUi dinner held in this city for many ymn Scores of the famous profcwiosii speakers will he called on. it is wi, for one or speeches. two-minu- te Washington, Nov. 18. Luther 0 ant, Jr., of New York, has bea P pointed a special examiner in the bte eau of corporations. BURNS IN Bures All But One Person are Rescued-Bo- at to Water's Edge and is a Total Loss. New Y'orit, Nov. IS. YVhile bound down loing Island sound on one of her regular passages from this city, and New London, the freight steamer Mohawk of the Central Vermont railroad, took fire off Horton's Point, L. I., aud was burned to the water's edge early today. Her crew, excepting tbe watebman, were rescued by a passing steamer and taken lo Fall River. It is believed the, Mohawk will be a total loss. The vessel left New York last evening with a. full cargo of general merchandise. She bad 22 ..n persons hoard, including two women. As the steamer passed Horton's Point, the light house keeper saw flames breaking from the boat and a few minutes Inter she waa wrapped in ffamea. Assistance wax near at hand in the shape of the Fail River liner, Boston, which bad closely followed the Mohawk down the sound, and tinsc on hoard the burning steamer with the one exception noted, were taken off. The flames had i Massed beyond control. however, and she was abandoned to her fate. A few moment after tbe Boston had resuated her Interrupted of . irip. there came the soundblasted explosion and a mass of w ris accompanied by a burst shot up from the center of ' When dawn dotted freighter. ihe steamer was lying last on off Hortons Point and only tion of her upper works showed ihe surface. This gradually diw )' ed as the fire ate its hull of the boat. The nn TT, keeper was unable to name of the abandoned tea; It waa not until the rcnM t bad reached Fall River thst ot the unfortunate craft known. Attempts to send from shore to the burning a ere unsuccessful. t CREW TAKEN TO FALL W'1 Fall River.' Mass., steamer Boston hniiijm iron the Mohawk tnrlfdingi five of ihe crew and of officers of the resaw. grM w atchman of the nteatncL , 4 named Larsen, was d he waa burned to hist-pose- |