Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 44, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 August 1904 — Page 1

1

RI BUNE

p v w i r r -

1 t Horn. . ' 4 VOLUME III PLYMOUTH INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904. NO. 44

ii ii- ii i V njy ii n u

V r. i

5 ii I t V i

STAKELBERG CUT OFF BY THE JAPS

Kuroki's Men Said to Have Got Between Two Forces of the Russians. GREAT BATTLE BEING FOUGHT Russian Reports Say the Japanese Have Been Repulsed. Fight Is Probably & Decisive One for Which Kurokl Has Been PreparingRussia Mourn General Keller's Death. London, Aug. 2. A dispatch to a news agency from Tokio says there Is reason to believe that after two days' fighting the Japanese hare occupied SUnoccheng, thus cutting off General Stakelberg from General Kuropatkln. Kassians Lote a High Officer. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. This city was shocked by a report that Lieutenant General Count Keller had been killed. The report has been confirmed, lie was killed July 29 while resisting the preliminary attack of General Kuroki's army on the Yanze pass, thirty miles east of Liao-Yang. The general ivas standing near a battery which was subjected to a terrific fire, when a shell burst close to him and he fell, mortally wounded, dying twenty minutes later. lie was the first high Russian military commander to lose his life In this war. Battle Raging Near Hal-Cheng. London, Aug. 2. A dispatch from Hai-Cheng, dated Aug. 1, gives some details of the first two days of a battle that will probaoly be decisive, as being the crisis of the Japanese movement, north and east The dispatch says: "The Japanese on Saturday attacked the heights of Gangwa pass, the right of the Russian position at Simoueheng. Under cover of their artillery the Japanese infantry charced. but the Russian guns drove them back In confusion and silenced two of their latteries. The Russian losses were slight. Between Hai-Chenjr and Ta Tche-KIao, the same day, there was a long distance artillery duel, which had little effect. Baultni Reputso the Jap. "On Saturday night the Japanese made a desperate assault on Kangwa heights with the bayonet and a hand to-hand fight ensued, but the Japanese "were again repulsed, fleeing down the hill In confusion. The Japanese renewed the attach at daylight Sunday, training all tielr guns on Kangwa heights. By. 6 a. m. the fight had dereloped along the whole front of fourteen miles, and was especially hot against General Mistchenko. The Russian artillery did magnificently, several times forcing the Japanese batteries to shift their positions. KUROPATKINIS MOVING NOÄTH Only a Skeleton Force Left Behind News from the Battlefield. St Petersburg, Aug. 2, a. m. A report from an apparently reliable source Is to the effect that General Kuropatkin's main force had been rapIdly moving north for several days. According to this report no troops proceeding to the front from Russia had gone past Harbin In the past three days. They will be detrained there and every available piece of rolling stock will be rushed south empty for the removing of troops at Liao-Yang and other points to the northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest the Japanese advance on vital positions. London, Aug. 2. The correspondent of the London Times with General Kurokl in the field, in a dispatch dated. July 3L says: 'This army began a general attack at daylight today, which lasted until sunset The Japanese center took Taowan, capturing the enemy's northeastern positions. The left advanced and occupied a position Jeopardizing the Russian right "The Japanese right carried the position against superior numbers. There was tremendous artillery firing throughout the day., and the infantry finished with a brilliant march under the enemy j shrapnel. I. believe that the Russian position will be untenable tomorrow." British correspondents with General Kurokl in the field, in brief dispatches dated July 31, concur in the statement that the Japanese have carried certain positions, leaving only one defensible position between them and Liao-Yang. There is still no reliable news from Port Arthur, but The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent asserts that the fall of this fortress Is imminent Similar reports emanate from Shanghai and elsewhere. ' Fatal Break ef a Clevis. Hartford City, Ind., Aug. L Ma riet ta Fuller, 15, died as the result of injuries received while helping her father unload hay. . She was driving the team following closely behind when the clevis broke, the single-tree striking her in the abdomen, causing a hemorrhage. Puactnre of a Hall Fatal. Greenfield, Ind., Aug. 1. Mrs. Josephine Scott died of blood poisoning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Chappl, of Eden. Two weeks ago, while Ticiting her daughter, Sirs. Scott stepped cn a r.?.H cr taci, punctnrh: fcer foot.

F

ADULTERATION

Said To Be Rife Amongthe Goods Sold in Hoosier State Stores. FACTS ABE BEING OBTAINED Prosecutions Expected To Be the Se quel Stole to Get Money to Marry -Items. Indianapolis, Aug. 3. As a result or a secret investigation of the foods supplied to the state, the state board of health hopes to have at the next legislature data to show conclusively that as much as 50 per cent of the prepared foods sold in Indiana is adulterated, and that the public is paying for articles and that are falsely represented. For the last three weeks the state board of health has had an agent who has gone about the state procuring sample of food and has brought them to Indianapolis, where they have been turned ovi?r to Dr. Ilurty, of the board, to be analyzed. Several hundred samples have been collected. The results of these analyses will be used in the argument to be made before the next legislature for the state food laboratory. Mach Canned Good It Bogus. The analyses that have been made show that the adulteration of food in Indiana is very general. The examination Is especially-In the lines of canned goods, jellies, baking powder and vinegar and is aimed at foods prepared both iu and out the state. Several samples have been collected that wero sold In Indianapolis. In this city, according to Ir. Ilurty, ten samples of vinegar, labeled pure cider vinegar, were obtained which upon examination showed to be made from a 15 per cent, solution of alcohol, and a little coloring matter, the whole having per colated through beech-wood shavings. Frosecntlons Expected to Follow. The Investigation will also include all chemical preservatives, which have been found to be injurious when used In too great quantities. However, poisonous preservations are regarded as the lesser of two evils, and the most attention will be paid to the adulterants. When the state board of health has gathered its information It will be turned over to the prosecutors in the various counties, who will be expected to take action against the guilty persons. Dr. Ilurty says that the state board has the power to prosecute in such a case. ' s HE IS JUST A PLAIN THIEF Reason for Bis Thefts Rather Aggravates Than Ex ten nates His Crime In p "Spite of the Romance." La port e, Ind., Aug. 3. Charles P. Foster, son of Edward Foster, of this county. Is in jail In Allen county. charged with larceny. The crime has Its chapter of romance. Foster was en gaced tn th daughter of a wealthy farmer, her trousseau was prepared, the minister was engaged for the cere mony, but the groom failed to ap pear. It developed that Foster was with out money. Then came the chapter of crime. Foster planned and executed several robberies, as he now confesses. for the purpose of obtaining money that the wedding festivities might pro ceed. The state declares that the evidence is sufficient to send Foster to the pnitentiary. Homicide Over an Insult. Sullivan, Ind., Aug. 3. Because of an Insult to his mother, Benjamin Blue. 17 years old, shot and killed Bert Willis, 23 years old, the tragedy taking pl&ce at Caledonia .a mlnlne taking place at Caledonia, a mining town three miles east of this citv. Saturday night The defendant was brought to this city by his father acid transferred to the custody of the sher Iff. The insult was the cursing of Mrs. Blue by Willis when the latter was drunk. Poor Show for the Nlmrod. Elwood, InL, Aug. 3. m Squirrel hunters of this city, who were out ear ly in the morning, found that 'the farmers have posted most every woods In the county. Unless a hunter hold a special permit this fall be will not be able to shoot in this vicinity. Farm ers say that game was never so plentl ful, but they are going to protect them selves from the reckless hunters. RAIDERS ARE TO KEEP BUST Russia's Deflaat Announcement Besebrsv soff Get lato Port Arthur. St Petersburg, Aug. 2. The government has issued an official announce ment of the release of the steamer Ma lacca, which was seized in the Red sea by the Russian volunteer fleet crui'sers. It states that the liberation of the vessel was due to the declaration by the British government that the car go was the property the state, . but says it must not be deduced from this fact that the Imperial government abandons its intention of sending out Isolated cruisers, as well as warships, Cnerally to search for contraband of war Intended for Japan. - . Paris, Aug. 2. -The St Petersburg correspondent of The Echo de Paris says that Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff entered Port Arthur two weeks ago on the torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Burukoff, which has since been sunk with all on board except three persons. Admiral Bezobrazoff is now commandlour the Russian Port Arthur squadron

STRIKERS WEAKENING

Breaks in the Lines at Chicago, Where 400 Ask Work, and at Kansas City. riGUKES GIVEN BY PACKERS Number of Men at Work and the Num her Who Struck. Strikers Families Throng at a Food Distribution Negroes Play a Trick on the Strike Leaders Strike of Telegraphers. Chicago, Aug. 2. A break from the ranks of the strikers was made when 400 of the men who had quit work deserted the unions and returned in a body to the stock yards. The packers say that the stampede from the strikers ranks which was predicted Satur day has begun. Of the 400 men who - ii GLIMrSB OF THE STOCK YARDS, returned 240 are skilled workmen employed as butchers and in the mechanical trades of the yards. The remaining 100 are common laborers. According to packers' figures 25.520 employes are now on strike, while 14,771 men are working dally at the plants. Deserting Strikebreakers Back. Besides the return of 400 of the strik ers there was another event that must have caused wroth among the strike leaders. The 400 negro strike-breakers who were escorted from the yards under union protection Saturday night on the plea that they were going to quit work returned to the scene of their labors and laughed at the union leaders whom they fooled. The negro strike breakers wanted to have a good time over Sunday and one or two geniuses among them concocted the scheme of telling the union leaders that they were going to desert the packers. By this means they secured safety outside the yards. Donger Helping the Packers. That hunger is making itself felt in the ranks of the strikers families was shown sharply when more than 1,000 women and children with baskets surged about the two food supply depots established by the union leaders In Gross avenue and at Thirty-fifth and nalsied streets. There was no food for the clamoring throng at the time, because, the union leaders said, there had been a failure of delivery, but thflt the food would be on hand before long. PACKERS DO BIO ("WORK Hoch Cattle SUoghtered-Less Rioting Than Any Previous Day. It was a busy day with the packers. With increased forces of skilled workers and their operating departments more thoroughly equipped than at any time since the beginning of the strike the employers tocok a firm grip on the machinery of their affairs and as a result the stock yards took aa the old hum of activity to a great extent Over 78,000 head of live stock were received here. This is an Increase of 59,000 head over the receipts on the correspoonding day last week. Still there was no panic In prices The big packers bought 8,000 cattle, 13,000 hogs and 10,000 sheep during the day. Before nightfall 80 per cent of these purchases had been slaughtered. Further proof of the claims of the packers that the difficulties of the strike are being oovercome was furnished by the shipment of 500 carloads of fresh meats from the stock yards. The day was5 freer from violence than any since the strike began. The crowds usually seen at the entrances to the yards were no longer la evidence, and wagons carrying meat passed through the streets with their drivers unmolested. When the strikebreakers left the plants at night tronbR? was expected by the police, but for the first lme In the history of the strike they were disappolntd, not a single attack upon the non-union men being made. The night, however, did not pass without trouble, and for a quarter of an hour the police of the Deering street station battled with a crowd of 2,000 men and women as it charged the station repeatedly with sticks and stones, shouting vengeance against the police. The trouble started when the police went to the assistance of Frank Castellano, a strike breaker who had been dragged from a street car and severely beaten. Before the police could reach Castellano he had fired four shots from a revolver at his assailants. One of the bullets took effect in' John Sheehan's arm, and at least 100 men made a rush for Castellano, but he was rescued by the police. The police station : was only two blocks away, and Castellano was taken there for safety. Seeing that their Intended, victim had escaped the rioters determined to get revenge on ths

I I 9 i I r

iöllp

roüce and tried to wreck the station. Stones ar.d bricks by the hundred were hurled at the buildin?, and all the windows In the place were broken. A dozen charges were made by the police and fifty of the rioters suffered broken heads before the mob was dispersed. Three policemen were hit with bricks.

BREAK AT KANSA8 CITY Ilandreds of Strikers Ask for Their Old Jobs - Injunction for St. Joseph. Kansas City, Aug. 2. Developments in the packng house strike are serious from the standpoint of the strikers, as hundreds of their number have returned to work, many of them being skilled workmen. The serious break in the ranks of the strikers was caused by their growing tired of waiting for strike benefit money promised from Chicago, and because they could not afford to remain idle longer without pay. Few of the men who applied for work were refused their old places, and those who were not taken back were assured that they will be re-employed when it becomes necessary for the packers to increase their forces. Many who returned to work are cattle and hog butchers, whicn will assist materially in increasing the output of the packers. The packers assert that the strike is practically broken here. All talk of a sympathetic strike seems to have ceased. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 2. A temporary Injunction restraining the striking packing house men at St Joseph from picketing the plants in that city, from interfering In any way with the employes of the concerns there, or from interrupting the business of the latter has been granted heie by" United States District Judge Phillips. II IG HER COST OF MVIXO Z.acfes One Per Cent, of Being; as Much as the Wages Increase. Washington, Aug. 2. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of the labor buiireau, in the eighteenth annual report of the bureau, gives the results of a comprehensive inquiry into the cost of living since 1S90 and into the average wage rate during those periods. The showing, so far as concerns wages, has been made public heretofore, an investigation of 51S occupations, represent ing sixty-seven industries in 3,429 separate establishment having shown an average increase in wages during this period of 10.G per cent The inquiry into the cost of living shows that living for workingmen's families having under $1,200 income per year has Increased during this peri od 15.5 per cent In order to ascertain this average increase the labor bureau secured the income and expenditure in detail of 2.5G7 families in thirty-three states, retail prices leing taken. The statement shows thai, the 2,507 fami lies consisted -of an average of 5.31 persons and that the average income for the year 1001 was $827. Federation Will Give Aid. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 2. President Golden and Secretary Hlbbert of the United Textile Workers, have returned from their trip to Washington for the purpose of securing for the striking cotton mill operatives here the support of the American Federation of Labor. They were given every assurance of moral and flnanc-al support and feel highly satisfied with the result of their trip. Donnelly la Not Discouraged. Sioux City, la., Aug. 2. Michael J. Donnelly, president of the Amalgamated Butcher Workmen and Meat Cutters of North America, arrived In Sioux City and spoke to a large mass meeting of strikers. When asked if the backbone of the strike was broken as the packers claim, President Donnelly said that the cause of the strikers was stronger than ever. Strike or MKaty" Telegraphers. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 2. Members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers In Dallas have qut work In obedience to an order for a strike of all the telegraphers employed on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas system. The strike is for a 10 per cent increase of wages, and extends all along the line. Struck la Opposition to Advice, Lebanon, Pa., Aug. 2. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel and Tin Workers inaugurated a strike at the Lebanon plant of the American Iron and Steel company. The 700 men who belong to the Amalgamated Association obeyeed the order. President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated association, advised against a strike. Union Ultimate m Ignored, Cleveland, O., Aug. 2. The cutters and flattenere employed in the machine glass plants of the American Window Glass company have ignored the ultimatum recently issued by the Amalgamated Association of Window Glass Workers of America and refused to stop work during the ramme. CC0EE3 OH THE BAIL FIELD3 Chicago, Aug. 2. Following are the base ball scores: League: At Pittsburg Chicago 0, Pittsburg 4; at New York and Brooklyn Rain. . American: At St Louis Philadelphia 4, St. Louis O; at Chicago Washington 2, Chicago 4; at DetroitNew York C Detroit 8; at ClevelandBoston 8, Cleveland 0. ' Association: - At Kansas City St Paul 2, Kansas City 4 thirteen innings; at Columbus Toledo 2, Columbus 3 twelve innings; at IndianapolisLouisville 5, Indianapolis 14; at Milwaukee Minneapolis 10, Milwaukee 0. Western: At St Joseph Omaha 0, St Joseph i; at Siour City Bain; at Des Moines - Denver 4 Dcj Moines 2.

CENTER OF POLITICS

Much of Interest Will Be Doing at the State Capital This Week. TAGGABrS WELCOME IS FIRST Fairbanks Notification a Second Featurestate Democratic Convention Notes. Indianapolis, Aug. 2. Democrats and Republicans throughout the country will turn their eyes toward Indiana this week, as two events of national Interest are scheduled to occur in the Hoosier capital within the next three days. Tonight Thomas Taggart, the new chairman of the Democratic national committee, will be welcomed home with the opening gun of the Democratic campaign, as many leaders of prominence will be present Notification of Fairbanks. Tomorrow afternoon Senator Fairbanks will be formally apprised of his nomination for vice president This is primarily a natloual affair, for the participants will all be national leaders, and Senator Fairbanks' speech of acceptance will be his first utterances on national Issues as one Qf the party's standard bearers. At least thirty, and possibly thirty-five, of the members of the notification committee, headed by Elihu Root, of New York, who was the temporary chairman of the Chi cago convention, will be here. Kern for Democratic Leafer. The powers that be in Democratic state politics desire that John W. Kern be nominated for governor by the Democratic state convention, which will meet in Tomlinson hall, Wednesday, at 11 o'clock. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the leaders over Indiana in favor of Kern and in favor of conceding to the wishes of Thomas Taggart especially since he has been elected national chairman. Taggart desires Kern to accept and members of the Democratic state committee, most of whom are in sympathy with Taggart, are saying that Kern should be nominated. , Kern Is Not Saying si Word. . "Not a word," said Kern, when ha was sought for "an expression on the movement to nominate him for governor. I can't help that" he said, when told of the talk that his friend9 are making in his lehalf. "Everything will work out all right' IS HE DEAD OR K IDS A FED? Little "Rich" Byers Das Been Nine Weeks Bllsslas;, and No Clew to Ills Whereabouts. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 2. It was nine weeks yesterday afternoon since little "Rich" Byers was reported missing at Seely vllle,' the coal-mining town ten miles from Terre Haute, and in the nine weeks search has been made up and down the highways of Indiana and southern Illinois on reports that a boy answering his description was seen with "movers," as theso-called Cypsies call themselves. t Reward offers by various persons amounting to $000 have been made, but ever since the terms of the reward were changed to remove the stipulation for conviction of the kidnapers no overtures have come from any one. This fact and the failure to find trace of him among the "movers' have renewed the belief that the little fellow perhaps met an accidental death. BveU Boys at Indianapolis. Indiana polls, Aug. 1. Three sons of President Roosevelt spent a few. minutes in the city on their way to St Louis to visit the exposition. They were not on a special train but regular passengers and before the train toppeed Theodore, Jr., had Jumped to the platform and was taking a hasty look at the city which furnished his papa's running mate, Kermit and Archie were content to take the view which open car windows afforded. Old Man Takes Poison by Mistake. Kokomo. Ind., Aug. L Mistaking a bottle of carbolic acid tor thd cough medicine which he had been taking recently, Isaac Webb, aged 97, and the oldest resident of Howard county, swallowed the contents of the vial and died' in great agony. Webb had hardly been ill a day in his life and often declared that he expected to pass the century mark. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 1. The jury In Samuel Sharp's case found him guilty of manslaughter and bis sentence will be from two to fourteen . years In state's prison for the murder of John Zimmerman. The conviction of Sharp was brought about by the evidence of his wife, who confessed that her husband, together with Hile and James Eley, brothers, killed Zimmerman, who was caught in Mrs. SharrV company a month ago. Hile Eley is a former sweetheart of Mrs Sharp and she vows that she will convict both brothers at their trial next month. It deyelops that Hile Eley Jilted Mrs. Sharp two years ago and and she has boasted of getting even with him for marrying another woman. Two Drowned While rubln, Cleveland. O., Aug. l.-Cohn Kockers and Jacob Margo, of this city, were drowned in Lake Ede while jlshing from a boat ' : Condition of Kz-Senator Test. Sweet Springs Mo.; Aug. L ExSenator Vest passed a good night and his condition,!? practically unchanged.

STRIKE FACES DEFEAT

One Thousand New Men Employed at the Chicago Stock Yards in One Day. MANY AEE SKILLED-WORKMEN Strikers Induce a Few to Desert and Return Home. Strike of 80,000 Coal Miners Seems To Be Brewing In Pennsylvania Progress of the Telgraphers. Chicago, Aug. 3. More than 1,000 strike-breakers entered the stock yards yesterday, making it the banner day from the packers' standpoint In the time which has passed since the strike began. A train load of 200 men came In early from Cleveland, O. Nearly all the imported Ohio strike-breakers were skilled workmen, and when the news of their arrival reached the ranks of the strikers there was something like consternation. The arrival of the train was known to the strikers, but they supposed that the 200 men on the cars were all that the packers had succeeded in getting into the yards. Many Skilled Workmen Included. Later the strikers learned that through various avenues the packers had run in 800 men in addition to those received from Cleveland. The arrival of these men was covered With the veil of secrecy. Many of them came in under cover of darkness, and later in the day they arrived in detached groups. No one but the police, the packers and the reporters knew of the great influx of new working material until the men were in the yards and safely housed. A large percentage of these men has been drawn from the ranks of skilled workmen who do not belong to the unions. The greater part of them came from Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis. Desertions from the Yards Decrease. These additions to the ranks of the workmen have enabled the packers to extend their work materially. At the Hammond plant it was reported that 75 per cent of the usual work was being done. The Hammond people killed 1,000 cattle aud 1,000 hogs. The packers declare that the desertions in the last twenty-four hours have been smaller in number than any day since the strike began. Desertions, they say, are being reduced to a minimum and soon they will cease altogether. Indnoed to Go Back Heme, Union pickets succeeded in intercept ing fifteen strike-breakers who reached Chicago from Milwaukee by boat The union men took the new arrivals in tow, gave them breakfast and succeed ed in inducing them to return to their home town. STRIKE OF MINERS IMMINENT Trouble Otor Cneck Welshmen May lVead to a Walkout of 80,000. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 3. When the meeting of the United Mine Workers' executive board of district No. 1 ad journed District President Nicholl3 gave out the following statement: "The executive board of district No. 1 decided to approve of the position taken by the miners' representatives on the board of conciliation. The instructions of the Pittston convention will be complied with: The board adjourned sub ject to the call of the chair, in order to allow the officers to investigate and report bacK ihe names of such compa nies and collieries at which collections for check weighmen and check dock ing bosses are not being made in accordance with Umpire Wright's de cision. The meaning of the foregoing ts plain when it is known what were the "instructions of tb Pittston convention." This conven Jon was held two weeks ago. It instructed the ezecu tive boards to declare strikes against all operators who refused to abide by the decision of the conciliation board and the rulings of Umpire Wright on the question of collecting wages for check weighmen. District No. 1 con tains about 80,000 mine workers of all classes and includes the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys. The coard operators say that Wright did not decide that the collections should be made for the payment of check weighmen as desired by the un ions, but only gave his views on that matter, and that in giving his views he exceeded his authority as umpire. XX THE MEN OUT BUT SIX Situation Alleged on the KatyM by the leaders of the Key-Punchers. St Louis, Aug. 3. At the headquarters of the Order of Railway Tele graphers it waststated that 450 opera tors and station agents on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad system are out only six men of the whole force having remained at work. Not one of this number, it was also stated, has returned to work. The Information received there was to the effect that passenger trains are from three to twelve hours late, and that the regular and extra freight train schedules are demoralized. In a telegram received at the Order of Railway Telegraphers headquarters from Sedalla, Mo., it was reported that owing to the strike all the regular freight trains on that division were an nulled. The officials of the order-are strongly of the opinion that they will win. Vice President Allen, of the SI., K. and T., says that less than one-third of the men are out and he puts the

total number employea at vnij ow. ne added that "We would hardly know that there is a strike 'if the men who went out would stay away from the stations and stop tampering with the wires." He also said the company was rapidly filling the vacancies caused by the strike. 4 FACTS TIIAT DO NOT "CONSIST

rat Forward by the Strike Leaders for Their Side of the Case. After the day's work was ended the packers said that 1,300 new men were put to work yesterday, and that the strike was near its end. and the yards doing 80 per cent, of their normal business. Despite these declarations the pens at the stock yards are filled with cattle and hogs that buyers make no bid for In the market According to commission men and officials of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company out of the live stock received Slonday and yesterday over 19,000 sheep and 10,000 hogs were re-shipped, and unsold stock Is rapidly accumulating in the pens. It is on this statement and what further information their own men have been able to secure that the strike leaders base their claims that the packers are still badly crippled, notwithstanding statements to the contrary. In a statement given out by the packers It is asserted that out of the 25,520 union men who went on strike 3,050 have returned to work. These desertions from the unions, added to the new employes secured since the strike began, it is declared, make the total number of men now at work 15,843. On published statements that the union leaders intended protesting to the city health department that the housing of employes in the packing plants was a violation of the city ordinances, an inspector from the sanitary bureau investigated all the plant.", but nothing was found that would warrant the department taking any steps against the packers. Sympathetic 8trlke Indorsed. Cincinnati, Aug. 3. The convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has lnciorsea tue ac-uon or President Shea and the executive board In calling out on a sympathetic strike the St. Louis packing house teamsters in support of the striking butcher workmen. Many delegates express the opinion that unless the teamsters come to the rescue the strike of the butcher workmen may be lost, and think the teamsters should support them to the last ditch. Packers Growing Stronger. Kansas City, Ausr. 3. Many packing house strikers applied for their old positions, and most of them were re-employed. The packers appear to be dally growing stronger. TRAIN THUGS DESCRIBED Held Up n Train on the Illinois Central' and Robbed the Passengers of Their Valuables. ' Chicago, Aug. 3. After a search, which started within one hour of the hold-up of the Diamond Spebial train of the Illinois Central railroad Slonday night twenty Chicago policemen and fifteen special agents of the railroad company find themselves without a clew as to the identity of the robbers, who relieved the sleeping car passengers of 1,000 In money and valuables while the train was in motion and the train crew was Ignorant of what was going on. The men are described as follows: The leader' Short, thick-set man: wore light colored suit; left leg of trousers torn; smooth face. No. .2: Height about 5 feet 7 inches; sandy complexion; light hair and smooth face; wore dark clothing. No. 3: About 2o eara old: smooth .'ace; 5 feet 8 inches; rather slim and boyish, and wore dark clothes, well worn. No. 4: About 23 years of age; smooth face; 5 feet 9 inches in height; rather slim; dark hair and wore dark clothes. TAGGABT WELCOMED HOHE Two Thousand Sleet and Escort Him to Tomlinson Hall, Where S.OOO . Greet Olm. Indianapolis, Aug. 3. Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national committee, has arrived home and was given a public welcome in Tomlinson hall by the Democrats of the city and county. The speakers were Mayor Holtzrnan, Taggart and ex-Senator To wne, late of Minnesota, now of New York. Taggart was met at the station by 2.000 men In line, composing the Democratic clubs of the city. The escort also Included many prominent Dcmocratsof the state gathered here for the state convention. . Gathered at the hall were 4,000 people, who gave the national chairman who had served three terms as mayor of the city a rousing reception, hundreds waving flags. Responding to the address of welcome Taggart said he could not win the national fight alone, and wanted the co-operation of ail Democrats and independents. CC0RE3 OH THE BAIL FIELD 3 Chicago, Aug. 3. Following are the base ball scores: League: Weather everywhere. American: At St Louis Philadelphia 9, St Louis 3; at Detroit New York 2, Detroit 1 ten innings; at Cleveland Boston 4, Cleveland 1; at Chicago Washington L Chicago 5. Association: At Columbus Toledo 2, Columbus 12; at Indianapolis Louisville 3, Indianapolis 2; at Kansas City St Paul 4, Kansas City 1; at Milwaukee Slinneapolis G, Sillwaukee 8. Western: At Des Moines Denver 5, Des Moines 4; at Sioux City Colorado Springs 5, SJmx City 8; at St Joseph Omaha 9, St Joseph 7 tea Innings.

'? ; t

V'