The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 123, Ed. 1, Monday, May 11, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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LABOR TROUBLES THE COUNRY OVER
Continued Agitation Produces State of
Alarm and Capital is Preparing to
Wtihdraw From Field of Investment
-Extensive Lockouts Predicted
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia Pa. May 11. All
Is
ready for a lockout of every building
trades union which attempts to help
the striking journeymen carpentor In
this city. The Masters association Is
reported to have decided to put their
threat into -execution tomorrow. The
union Is waiting for developments and
twenty-five thousand workers may be
Involved within twenty-four hours.
The Central Labor union has plodged
Us eighty-four affiliated unions to give
financial assistance.
Omaha Laundries Closed
Omaha Neb. May 11. The strike
situation In Omaha was given a re-
newed complication this morning by
the closing down of eighteen of the
largest laundries in the city and the
locking out of 500 laundry workers.
This action was taken by the laundfy-
men aftor an extended conference last
night and tho reception by thorn of a
request from the Laundry Workers
union that they do not aeept work for
VIULATORS! CANCELLED
(By Associated Press.) Gov Barnes president of the Com-
Ardmore I. T. May 11 Secretary merclal cluo has received notice of
Hitchcock has ordered tho said of ! the cancellation of the contract entor-
over two million feot of lumber seized od Into with the-Cw company on
by officials in the Choctaw nation re- which tho subscription notes was
contly. The mills woro running In vio-.based.
lation of law. This timber will be' "Cancelled this the Hth day of
immediately sold for tho bonont or April 1903.
the Choctaw trlbo of Indians. Tho "J. W. McLoud Gen. Atty.
action of Socretary Hitchcock makes "Choctaw Okla. & Western It. II."
It impossible for mills to oporato in He has- also received a ietter from
the Indian country.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Cras Buchannan of Indianapolis
Ind . representing hte Knights and
Ladles of Honor Is In tho city.
W. S. Richards Is hero from Still
water.
Dr Chas. B. Gant of Graham Texas
Is a guest at the Royal.
S M. Fentress isa Oklahoma City
visitor In tho city.
R 8. Shepard is horo from Fawnea.
J. M. Brockman of Perry is in the
city.
E. O. Allen federal cattle inspector
is in tho olty from Oklahoma City.
Miss Lizzie King of Pawnee Is a
guest at the Elks.
Mrs. H. O. Gffrson of Pawnee Is in
tho city.
H D. Klmbel of Snyder Is hore to-
day R Tummak of Memphis Is In the
city.
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Poet of the Sierras
VerV MUCH AllYe
(By AsswCJattd Press.) -Oakland
Cal. May lH-Tha report
sent out from Srtn Francisco mat
night that Joaquin Miller the "Poet
.of the Sierras" was dead proves to
have been without foundation. Miller
spent yesterday mowing on his farm
near Oakland andls apparently in per
fect health. 'l
Real Estate Market Lively
"The real estate and abstract busi-
ness has exceedod the most sanguine
expectations" said J. Frank Laux to-
day The office Is crowded daily and
property is changing hands rapidly.
A largo number of oat ol town "resi-
dents are Investing In Guthrlo prop-
erty ---"" -'-- r-
which have been declared "unfair." .
hotels restaurants cud other places
(The proprietors were unanimous lu
their action Its explanation being the
result of fear that .their drlvprs will
bo molested if an attempt is made to
start their wagons.
Officials and Clerks at Work.
Mobile Ala. May 11. Mobile and
Ohio railroad officials and clerks went
in work thin mnrnlnir Rwltr.hlne nnrs
in the. yards here to mako room for in-
comlng freight. Tho non-union men
who arrived yesterday from St Louis
were mot by strikers and prevailed
upon not to go to work. Two of the
men applied to General Manager Clark
for transportation back to St Louis
and were granted It. Five of Uie men
went to work under protection. The
company has posted this notice:
"You are hereby notified that trains
of this company ara engaged In carry-
Ing the United States malls and inter-
(state commerce"
JMr. Robert Mathor vice president and
general counsel of the Choctaw com-
pany to release the donation notes and
contract -of Guthrie
The original list of notes one of
which was signed by you as president
of tho Logan County bank and tho
other by J. W. McNoal as president
lot the .Guthrlo National hank are I
presume. In the( hands of Mr. Crosby
secretary of the company at Chicago
. I have written for thorn and as soon
ag I receive them will cancel them
and return to ;yo)i.
J. W. McLoud Gen Att .
MR. M'LOUD'S RETIREMENT.
Resigns as General Attorney for Choc-taw-Rock
Island System.
Tha regret experienced by his Guth
rie friends over the announced retire
ment of Mr. J. W. McLoud as general
attorney for the Chootaw-Rock Island
aystera is tempered by a feeling of
gratification that In quitting his for-
mer connections he is to become Men-
y tha Philadelphia capitalists who
originally promoien ana operatnu
he
Choctaw.
Starting in 1880 as a local attorney
for tha road Mr. McLoud in 1891 was '
made gepnral attorney for the Choc-'
taw with headquarters at South Mo-'
AleetGr. In 1896 ho became general
solicitor and when tho Choctaw was
absorbod by the Rock Island his title
Iwas changed to that of general attor
ney.
During Mr. McLoud's connection
with the road occupying the highest
position in the legal department
it has g7own from a coal Una of
sixty-five miles extending from South
McAlester to Wlster a distance
of sLxty-nve miles and In the hands
of ft twelver to a system of 1.500
miles.
Ribbing Up Another Strike."
8t. Louis Mo..t May 11. TJnL .. '-
ployes of tho St Louis Transit com
pany are voting on tho advisability of
submitting rocoglSffifflnOt the union
revision of hours and wages and arbl
tratlon ofall differences. Tho Transit
company employes three thousand
men a majority of whom are said to
be members" of tho union.
Temporarily Averted
New York.' May 11. Ralph M. Eas
ley secretary of tho Civic federation
received a telegram that the Southern I ava-nce or. hwh points in Liver-
Pacific threatened strike has been P00'' "tended by hoavy bales in spot
postponed fifteen days zo glvo time' la EnsHsh markots. Tho local raarkot
for settlement. Thebollerma kors on- responded with an advance of 15U
the Southern Pacific were to have gone J9'nU on the active months no'j1
on a strike today out of sympathy with rocos being made. The bull cljoiad
the striking Union Puclftc machinists realised heavily In order to avert a
who have boon out six months. Sena- bea DaiUc- ThoIocal Pdvance was
tor Hanna acting for tho Civic feder- accelerated by sensational reports
atlon asked that the sympathetic fronj Now Pran8 whlch nad" an
strike be postponed pending effortstrjvan r 37 on July- A raotln of 10
the federation to bring nbout a settle-f14 PlnW ved continued sailing
ment
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Let Every Man !
Do His Duty!
Let every man do his duty.. Let
ovory mnn subscribe to the St. Louis
El Reno and Western road.
Tho railroad committees are work-
ing hard to- raise tbe bonus and they
should bo encouraged.
Mr. O. R. Fegan said today:
"It Is
hard sledding but we t to win out
by Saturday. There huvu .-jn some
very tame subscriptions by a.:uied
men Harry Gray for instance who
gets 57000 yearly In rentals yet who
thinks this road ib worth" but $60 to
him."
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OF LORDS SHOWING THE NEW THRONE CHAIRS.;
Parliament is to be reupeued by King Edward ou Jan l. In the buuo of
lords the customary bem lies will bo removed and tho narrow forms which
have already done duty ana are now kept lu the precincts of the house will
be put In position thus about doubling tbe ordinary accommodation of the
chamber. When Queen Alexandra'. throne an exact tepllca of that so long
used by Victoria was made the two chairs of state were also altered. That in'
which tbe king when Prince of Wales was accustomed to sit was adornedl
with nis crest and the' letters "P. W." That on tho left t the throne occupied
In tola lifetime by tbe prliToe consort
These were replaced for tho last opening of parlUmont by a BimpUJduke"
coronet In each case. N6w that tbe
createu rrinca or Wales Uis-creat and
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Enormous Coher-
ing Movement
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SENSATIONAL ADVANCE
j CAUSEOEAVY SALES
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Bull Clique Realized Heav
ily to Avert Bear -Eanic
(By Associated Press.)
New York 'May 11. Tho wildest ex.
cltement in cotton this season occur-
red today when an enormous covering
movement was started by an unexpect-
by the bulls at this point whereupon
the market became more paolfic
Steel Laid to Keystope.
:twa v. & w. rauroau is pamsjon u waimnsiarm.
raffdly built The steel laying "gang rT'm-5fltof'roiirc9l-r is loffrnell
reached Keystone this week and the
contractors say they expect to roacli
Hwnee by the middle of June says
the Pawnee Democrat
Whan the road
it is expected
( DUut nt0 Pawnee
that a train service will be put in op-
' eration between here and Tulsa.
Whan ho line is completed into Enid
the service will then be extended to
that ' y.
An juwainbly ot tho Loyal Ameri-
cans with a membership of seventy-
five was organized at Vlnlts Monday.
bore his arms na tbe letters "P. A.'
Duko of Cornwall and YorkaMSbeeuj
the "tv W' havbeea restored. -
Russia's Alleged
No Great
DROWNED!
(By Associated Press.)
t -- .. ftl. M.h.il
rt.ns. w.ijr. mo. mu ii-"Mmrmliifc- .4 . tli.T. .mk....
Twlt rtfVrtil 11 r liAl. n IahaI I
Jujtwi ttsvu i uuivir'i ill i ivvut
packing houso and Mrs. Lydla Kon-
noy aged 31. whoso husbnnd 13. E.
Ronney ls.n railroad Watchman woro
tlrovv'nod' In tho Kaw rlvor nonr Kttro
lato last night whilo boating. Tho
couplo had hired a small boy to man-
age the boat and started out at 11
o'clock. Whllo In t' middle or tho
stream Uniy foil overboard and Wero
drowned before the boy could glvo as-
sistance. Tho boat remained upright
and the boy who sat with his back to J
the couplo. was unablo to toll how tho
accident occurred Tho Rennoye oanio
hero from Kansas either Abilene or
Coffoyvlllo.
Alleged -Job to Locate
County High School
A story Is prevalent to the effect
that a "Job" Ib on In regard to tho lo-
cation of the county hlgl school. Mr.
J. 0. SovoriiB says tho prayers of East
and Wost Guthrlo citizens will bo Ig-
nored and that tho high school build-
jlng will bo Ippatod out In tho'eduritry
that tho county commissioners havo
cooked up a doal to bunco Guthrlo
' people In the high school matter.
Guthrie people do not want tho
high school locatodtout of town. Thoro
is plenty of Poom.ln tho city and thoro
Is no call to go to tho country.
Little Chnlrman Jncksou and his
gang of brldgeinen are not fast enough.
Tho commissioners by the way arp
working tho bridgo proposition to n
finish. Thoy havo loadod tho county
down with a whole lot of Inferior
bridges mnnyor which are rusting In
hogs. Jackson and his associates
however are preparing to take anijthor
trip to Chicngo. Thoy should bo close-
ly watched
Local Traveling Men
Organize Council
Tii.. traveling salesmen of GutlU
reroHo-iatelogram this monilng froni
W L Holens grand oounolllor of the
I f T . at TopoKa that tnoy will be
gran'.-l a charter to oignnbe a coun-
'" l It will be known as Quthrle !
t..ir.. The new Unlge will start
1 i membrrsiiip of about forty
rut ni.. rs and ihere wll M aoout ten
Hu-iiiiii-ni ui ouit-r cixiuc-ia Lmnsierreu
o ' F...U1 an tu I'x-al organisation's
i 1 1-!.. W. T Welch and I) Levi
h.. bnve been Instrumental In getting
h i hartin for the local counrll. say
iiflveilDg men are Much elate-l
.. i it'..- grand councillor action
Thieves Operating
Again in Guthrie
I ii' v-- hare again begun pliK
ii . ii- uadi- in Uie city and several ii
. n. - are reported to have occurred
Satuniu) evening.
liie Dome or ut. uaipn amun wan'
entered and a gold watcfa and some The ultra-fashlonalil- mui(Bj s-
small change taken from the doctor's enloyed a delightful Samrda eiumn
trouser pocket. The trousers ware musical given by MUs Crawford ani
foundi-Bl?njda.rinom!ng In Uie baaH tha.Isrs Crawford at Uielr chara
'&rd. l lhg'hom Ttt MayWood. In honor of and
The home Qf3- A. Douglas was also introducing their guota Mr. and Mrs
Visited but. thajpbbaca faHJ tga J p Sevrn.lijlM Jaura Rrewr
yiransg Jgf (juthri. and Mts Griffith and Misa
Thd home if J. J. Houston shdvM'lEly of St.LoKla3!o.v&ft house was
signs Sunday mojnlng of efforts beng doeoraied wosf effectively along un
ano o pnect'an entrance oio irpnt
"windows. -Were'found raised buEnoJh-
ing was taken rrora tne nouse. -
Designs Creates
Excitement
Pekln May 11. Tho Fronch minis
ter reports that Minister Conger fot
Wife lnitructlcjflB
Chinese .governMonV
.has notified the
of tho
TissuraacM
regarding Manchuria Whicti Rasiia has
glvon tlio United Stales 'directly
thrOUirh thn AftinrlfflTl nmlmaaAitAf Ma.
" --.. ...watuu tMve-
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dor Casslnl and says tho Russian
chftrgo at Pekln has given tho Chinese
officials similar assurances. Tho
Fnmdi mlnIjter. add? that tho Chlneao
Officials art) not'gr'aVoly concerned by
Russia's alleged designs on Manchuria
being fully satisfied with foregoing as-
surances. Tho feeling horo which la
(strongly sympathetic. With Rusla has
boon grrfallyflRvUll bn' official ad
vices fiom Washington summing up
results of tho conferences hetwooa
Socretary Hay Ambassador Cassinl
and hto Japanoso mlnistor particularly
tlio contradiction of tho report that
Hay had tclographod to President
Roosovolt relative to tho qiiostlon ot
oint action on tho port of Groat Brit-
ain. Japan and tho Unlwd States
which report aroused serious appre-
hensions hore of a poslblo International
entanglement
Frisco Dea!
'.PtFi 04p.e.MMayLtjneot
ing of tho dltfrtrTortheRGck Island
railway system horo today tho Rode
IslanttFrJsco doal was approved
Prosidontarro Wf&ht ol rhe
Rock Islanu uallroau company gavo
out tho following statement this af
ternoon:
"By th aeal the Rork liland seciroa
control of tho Frisco system. It does
not take over the management of tho
road tho two remaining Indepnndenr
linos oporatod In an independent roan
uar put H does secure rontrol of tho
capital stock. The Rock Island now
has tvo outlets to the coa.U tho nno to
Galveston and one by the way of tlio
Sabine pass."
Governor 'Missed the
Train for Anadarko
GovarnorFrcqiQtt rotfved o i o
Sfnftn from SeCTetttry HitchcocK s
afternoon elating that ha secretary s
party would ranch Anadarko n:ay
and would oompleta tho vial f. a
mprrQW.jJJwyn Anlarifo th.- v
ErtfiX tlferice to iho Chin... i
aohoola in Kay county arriving lit
Qutbrla Wednesday
Rocau of thn fallnr.- qf a i.k-iI
hackmai. o T IiIh l.uma In i n
to take him to .!.. 7 r Klnh-
tran citwDr Kt-rfnumi al.in.K.i. '
hl8 rl Analarko whn . he a
i 1RV.) int SerreUry H. ntwurl. uu I
party toil It u .. I 1 1 - . .
rnor n'i leata .onx.rmw m-jrnin?.
reai-hliiK .tiaiIarko In .In- afterisiH.o
ami arcou pany 8cretai v Hitrti'.-
to (ii-iln'lf We'lnt-wlay ai"-moon
Tli- arrati.jnenlB for th rerc!.' .'.
lll i' i pletei when word I ri
ceHc ra-ng rim exact time wh
tin- s r y'a party wil! iarb .
Tli- -i iry and hlg trav.lluK
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DehflKtfui Muncale.
auiaiea .nnen wmi carnations in
shades of j)lnk and white antj tropical
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Niblack, Leslie G. The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 123, Ed. 1, Monday, May 11, 1903, newspaper, May 11, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc72048/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.