Seward Weekly Gateway
" ” SEW \KI>. ALASKA. SATURDAY. APRIL J7. I!)07.
VOL. III. NO. t* _____.
TANANA MINERS
GO ON STRIKE
Operators Refuse Demand for $6
Wage. Eight-hour Day and
Two Shifts.
WORK GENERALLY SUSPENDED
tmployers Say they Will Never
Yield and Output of District
Ytay Be Curtailed.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
ruirbanks. April -7 I'nion miners,
throughout the Tanana district struck
yesterday, the day they had fixed. tor.
ft. » day. an eijrht-hour day and two.
shift* a day. The operators refused j
the demand and say they will let the j
mines «ro unworked alt summer rather
than concede it.
Water is running freely in the creek*
and conditions are favorable for a larjie
output, but if the strike continues
Ions? the yield of the district " ill be
seriously curtailed, a* many of the
largest properties are suspended by I
the strike.
NOME MINING
TROUBLES END
Operators and Miners A^ree on
Settlement and Veil £0
Back to Work
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Aome. April -J All labor troubles
were settled today on account of the
three hi if new j^old strike* and thej
miners went back to work upon terms j
satisfactory to both side*.
It is estimated now that the output ;
for the winter season will be i
non. A coal famine which ha* pie-:
vented the u*e of some machinery, and ;
the labor *tiike* have cut the output !
down somewhat but it i* expected to
be larjfer than last year nevcrthele**.
NAVAL REVIEW
AT EXPOSITION!
Jamestown fair Starts Off With
Pageant Afforded by Mar
fleets of World.
Norfolk, April 2*» The Jamestown
exposition opened yesterday with the
greatest naval review ever seen in
American waters. Fleets from all
leading nations were assembled, to
gether with nearly all ships of the
American navy on the Atlantic. Im
mense crowds thronged the grounds,
all nations l>eing represented by the
diplomatic corps from the capital and
by numerous visitors. It will be two
months before the buildings are com
pleted and all exhibits in place.
At the opening ceremonies Presi
dent Roosevelt made a speech for the
nation and Henry St. George Tucker,
president of the exposition, for the
fair commission.
60LDFIELD MINERS LOSE
AND RETURN TO WORK
Goldfield, Nov., April 22 -The mine
lockout is over; the operators win the
tight over higher wages and the men
returned to work in all the mines this
morning. _
FERRY FOUNDERS AND
THIRTY-FOUR DROWN
St. Petersburg, April 22 - A ferry
boat foundered in the Neva river yes
terday and thirty-four persons were
carried under the ice and drowned.
The other passengers were rescued.
John F. Stevens, who recently quit
the job of chief engineer of the Pana
ma canal, is home and says the ditch
will be dug oy 1915._
•jphe Treadwell mine paid $tf,J85,(X)0
in dividends up to last October.
TAKES CATTLE ~~
HERD TO KODIAK
Prof. Georgeson Goes to Island
With Twenty-two Black
Galloways
The Portland brought twenty-two
head of black Calloway eatttlc. all
destined for Kodiak island, "'hiel*
will bo made a breeding and e.\per-j
intent station by tin* government for j
cattle. Several head were taken there
last year ami w it It this year's increase
and the new arrivals will make a herd
of about thirty head.
Prof. Ceorg» son. chief of Alaska,
agricultural experiment stations, came,
upon the Portland to supervise t lit* |
initiation of the stock in their new j
home. A herder "ill he placed in |
charge there. During the last year.
C p. foe. superintendent of the Kod- i
iak orphanage, has taken care of the
cattle already on the island.
Kodiak island was selected for the
cuttle experiment station because it
h is a milder climate and less snow
than any other available locality along
the southern coast. It has the advan
tage of Kenai in both particulars.
The eat tie brought up on the lort
Uuul are all thriving in spite of their
long s»>a voyage. Several small calves
are in the herd, including one little
fellow who was introduced into this
vale of tears a few hours before the
steamer >ailed from Seattle, in spite
of seasickness in the early stages of
the voyage he U a very healthy calf.
The cattle were purchased in Cham
paign county. Illinois, and near Red
Cloud, Nebraska. Prof. Ueorgeson is
optimistic is ever regarding Alaska as
a Held for hardy cattle, and he intends
to add sheep from northern climates
within a year or two to his stock
farm.
Prof. Ceorgeson will return from
Kodiak on the Dora.
SEVEN DEAD IN
MINE EXPL0SI0N|
four Men killed and Others Fatally
Hurt by Disaster at
Black Diamond.
*y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Black Diamond, Wash., April 1M
Four men are dead, live fatally injured
and fifteen seriously injured by inhal
ing gav s which formed after an ex
plosion in the Morgan mine w hich was
caused by a cave-in this morning. The
explosion occurred just as the day shift
wa» starting to work at 7 o'clock. The
mine is badly blocked by the debris
from the cave-in.
Two More Miners Dead
Black Diamond, April 27— Two more
victims of the explosion in the Morgan
mine yesterday are dead, making
seven deaths. The jury at the coro
ner's inquest returned a finding that
the explosion was caused by the cave
in, which generated gases.
CAR SHORTAGE CHARGED
AGAINST ALASKA FREIGHT
Olympia, April 25—A protest pre
sented to the state railroad commis
sion today asserts that the car shortage
is due to the fact that large cargos of
Alaska freight are stored in freight
cars and held for shipment until navi
gation opens to Bering sea.
JURY ACQUITS HERMANN
AFTER LONG DELIBERATION
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., April 27—Bin
ger Hermann, former commissioner of
the general land office, was acquitted
by the jury of the charge of conspira
cy to defraud the government. The
verdict was returned at 12:45 this after
noon. The jury went out at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Hermann is
much pleased.
Valdez Keeps Standard Time
The city council of Valdez has
ondered that cable office time shall be
official in that burg, and also requests
citizens to get in line.
Nome is figuring on ice boats for
Bering sea to keep up ocean communi
cation with the outside during the
winter.
PLACER STRIKE IN
KUSKOKWIM DISTRICT
four Men Take Out $600 in Coarse Cold in
five Days on Rim Rock, Including Two !
Nuggets Carrying Over $100 fach.
Arthur Eaton Brings Report of Discovery on Tributary ot the
Innoko, fifty Miles from Junction of Tachatna With
Main Rivcr--has Petition for Post Office Signed by
>00 Miners to Be Located at McGrath,
Where Townsitc Has Been Platted.
Placer gold from which $000 was
taken out by four men in live days on
rim roek was found late last fall on
Caines creek, an easterly tributary of
the Innoko river, which flows into the
Yukon between that river and the
Kuskowim. The gold is coarse and two
nuggets carrying over $100 each were
picked up by the discoverers. I lie
news is already spreading and a rush
is on from other parts of the Kusko
wim region.
The report was brought to Seward
yesterday evening by Arthur Eaton,
who mushed out by way of the upper
Kuskowim. and over tin* divide to the
Yentna, thence to Knikand from there
to mile 70 on the railroad. He came
alone with four dogs in sixteen days
from Caines creek and he said he
could have made ft in less timej
if he had known the trail.
Backed by Chicago Capital
Ha ton was sent into the region last
fall from Nome with a party of men j
out titteel by a Chicago capitalist to
follow up viigue reports of gold dis
coveries in the Kuskowim region. He
went on the steamer May H from
Nome and up the river
The only important discovery made j
so far i* the original one by a party
composed of Haines, Spencer, Mackey
and one other, but color* are found in
the surface gravel everywhere and
quart/, indications are visible in all
the hill*. About L’oo miners are al*j
ready in the region and are satisfied1
that it will be a great district.
When the Haines party made their
discovery they were out of grub and
they worked five day* with nothing to
eat but graylings caught in the creek.
Then they mushed to Anvik, on the
Yukon, to get a winter outfit, which |
they obtained and returned. Haines!
was stricken with scurvy and had to;
go outside.
Petition tor post umce
So confident are the miners that the i
district i> a remarkable out; for pros-1
pectors that Eaton brings a petition
signed by 200 men asking for the
establishment of a post office with
Eaton as postmaster at a trading
station called McGrath on the Kusko
kwitn at the mouth of the Taclmtna
river. This station is 070 miles from j
the mouth of the river and can be
reached by river steamers. It is fifty
miles by trail from the Gaines creek
strike. In traveling from McGrath to
THINKS HUGHES
MAY BE NAMED
_ I
Watterson Considers New York
Governor Coming Man in
Republican Party
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
New York, April 22—Henry Watter
son, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, expresses the belief that Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes of New York
will be the republican candidate for
president in 1908.
Although a democrat Col. Watter
son is an au admirer of the New York
governor, whom he characterizes as
an able and independent man. He
believes Gov. Hughes is the strongest
man the republicans can nominate.
Western mining stocks stood the
shakedown on Wall street last month
better than railroad stocks.
It is reported that seven beilers are
working in the Chandlar.
dairies creek the miners go overland
most of the way.
Medrath was named for I’eter Me
drath, t'nited States commissioner for
that district. A townsite has been
platted there ami it is so located that
i; will probably be the chief center for
the region.
Want Mail from Seward
Kalon expects the winter mail to be
carried from Seward. He says he can
mush from Medrath to Knik in five
days, since lie knows the route. On
tiie trip tliis time be made several
false starts and bad to retrace his
way. On the Kuskokwim lie traveled
a long distance on glare ice. The
weather was mild and after crossing
the range to the Yentna side lie found
a good deal of soft snow and broken
ice.
The most dillicult part of the trip
was through a box canyon tventy
miles long at t he upper end of Happy
river, the tributary of the Skwentna
which leads from the pa-s in the
mountain range. In this canyon be
traveled part of the way on ice at the
edge of the river, but in some places
where the walls rose sheer from ihe
stream the ice was broken ofT and lie
was obliged to go into the water. He j
thinks that in winter the ice is proba- j
1*1 y linn al! the wav through the 1
*
canvon.
To (let Large Outfit
Eaton will go to Seattle on one of1
the next steamers to get a large outfit
and may go to < hicago to confer per- {
sonally with his hacker, H. M. H. j
lfolunder, a millionaire manufacturer
of Chicago, who is largely interested at j
Nome. He expects to induce Holander
to huy or build a tirst-elass river
steamer for the Kuskokwim. In win
ter. he says, the trail to Seward offers
by far the best outlet.
Eaton met fifteen men from Seward
bound for the Kuskokwim. He gave
two of his dogs to the Newcomb part\,
as they were too slow for him, al
though the six he started with were
the pick of thirty-two. With the re
maining dogs he came through. The
four are huskies and look well in spite
of t heir long, fast mush.
The strike reported by Eaton is not
that reported by ('apt. Geiger of the
steamer Quickstep, in Nome last win
ter. The Quickstep party are much
farther down the Kuskokwim. C'apt.
Healy’s steamer Nunivak is at Mc
Grath.
RHODE ISLAND “
FAILS TD ELECT;
Deadlock Over Senatorship in
Legislature Continues to
End of Session.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Providence, R. I., April 24—The
Rhode Island legislature adjourned
yesterday without electing a United
States senator to succeed George P.
Wetmore. As a result the state will
have but one senator until the legisla
ture to be chosen next fall can meet
and elect after January 1, 1908.
The failure to elect was due to the
inability of the republicans to agree
upon a candidate. Senator Wetmore
was a candidate for re-election and the
Aldrich wing of the party was divided
between him and Samuel Colt. The
anti-Aldrich candidate was R. H. I.
Goddard, who was also supported by
the democrats.
T. G. Quinn is now mayor of Valdez,
elected by the city council.
GIANT POWDER
RUNS AT LARGE
Lighter Breaks Loose in katalla
“harbor” an I Sows 9(H)
Cases Broadcast.
Dynamite strews the bottom of the
high sens olT shore at Katalla and
sticks of it are piled over the beach of
adjacent islands, as the result of thrj
escape of a lighter at Katalla. laden J
with giant powder. The story brought
on the Portland that the lighter was I
cleared by the stevedores when part
of t tie powder slid oft’ was incorrect.!
The lighter broke loose from its moor- !
ings and was carried by the waves over |
to the island, according to Sandy Mc
(Jregor. purser of the'Jeanie.
About !MX) cases ot giant powder
were placed upon the lighter from the
Jeanie. which stood oft shore about j
two miles, and had been waiting there j
four hours for the tide to make it
agreeable to tow the lighter into
the “harbor." Before tin* tide was
right a high wind came up and tilted
the lighter, tipping otV part of the
powder. Then the waves grew more
ambitious and drove the lighter to
ward the island, spilling cases of pow
der along its course.
(Jiant powder floats for a short time,
aided perhaps by the wooden cases,
and boxes of the gentle explosive sail
ed at random in the trail of the lighter
before sinking. The bottom of the
sea in that vicinity is now well-mined,
and the rocks of the islands are
smeared with dynamite where the
boxes were broken when tossed there
bv the waves, yet none of it exploded.
The crew of the Jeanie spent a ner
vous night, expecting all the time
that their ship might be lifted out of
the water or buried by a tidal wave,
resulting from an explosion.
PORT BLAKELEY
MILLS BURNED
Biggest Lumber Plant in World
Totally Destroyed by Flames
In a Few Hours
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Port Blakeley, Wash., April 2.'! -The
lumber mills of the Port Blakeley Mill
Company, the largest in the world,!
were destroyed by tire early this morn-!
ing, blaze starting at midnight. The j
residence district of the town was un-1
harmed and ail of the 300 employes j
who were in the mill when the fire j
started escaped safely. The blaze was
generated by friction in the bearings
of machinery.
Assistance was sent from Seattle by
the city tire department, which aided
materially in checking the flames,
which were harder to light because of
a high wind blowing from the sound.
None of the lumber fleet was injured,
the boats all moving out to deep water
quickly. The loss is estimated at
$600,000, of which 75 per oent is cover
ed by insurance.
To Rebuild Port Blakeley Mills
Seattle, April 24—The Port Blake
ley mills will be rebuilt without delay.
BOUND FOR COOK INLET
TO OPEN COAL MINES
Seattle, April 25—A party of twenty
two Michigan men, headed by George
VV. Ross, will sail tonight on the
steamer Bertha for Homer, on Cook
inlet, to develop and operate coal
mines there. They expect to employ
miners at Seldovia.
EMMA EAMES DIVORCED
FROM JULIAN STORY
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
New York, April 27—Emma Eames,
the prima donna, was granted an ab
solute divorce today from Julian Story,
the noted painter.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan silver
lead mine in the Coeurd'Alenes, Idaho,
has paid dividends aggregating $8,406,
000 since it was discovered by a mule
twenty years ago- The capitalization
is $3,000,000 and the February dividend
was 6 per cent.
The “Citizens” carried Fairbanks
over the “Business Men” In the city
election.
ELLAMAR GOES
FOR $1,000,000
Famous Copper Mine of Prince
William Sound Sold to
II. C. lilliott.
OTHFR PROPERTY CONTRACTKI)
Member of Biq Syndicate Negotiates
for Acquisition of I xtenslve
Mineral (iround.
Cy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seat ilk. April’J4 II. <Klliottof the
IIithhard-l'.lli )tt Company. today pur
chased the Kllamar copper mine for
i.ooo. and also made contracts to
take over other copper proper ty in the
vicinity of that mine on the eastern
mainland of I Vince Wiliam sound.
Negotiations have been progressing
quietly.
INLET COAL TO
GO TO NOME
W. G. Wharf Contracts Output of
Port Graham Mine to Paci
fic Cold Storage.
Nome will take most of the output of
the Port Graham coal mine this sum
mer. The Pacific Coal Storage Com
pany has contracted to take the out
put for its operations at Nome and will
send steamers from there to get it.
W. CP Wharf, owner of the n.ir. .
came up from Seattle on the Pennsyl
vania to go to Seldovia. He states
that he expects the mine to v i»*i<l from
7000 to 10,000 tons this summer and
that nearly all of this will he taken to
Nome. He says he could have mad*
contracts for several hundred thousand
tons this year as the fuel famine in the
states is getting worst? and tin? big con
sumers are much perplexed to g< ■?
their needed supplies.
The first run from the mine will be
taken by tlu? Sari Juan Pish Company
for the plant which it will install at
Kenai. the material for which is now
coming on the bark Amelia.
ERUPTIONS KILL
10OO VICTIMS
Volcanos Near Santiago de Chili
Bury Valladia District
Under Lava.
By Cable to The DeUy Gateway.
Santiago de C’hili, April 26—Several
volcanos are in eruption near this
city; the district of Villadia is destroy
ed. 1000 people were killed and many
thousands more are homeless as the
result of the overflow of lava covering
a wide area. The inhabitants are
fleeing and leaving everything. This
city is covered two feet deep with
ashes. _ _
TREMORS IN NORTH ITALY
SCARE THE INHABITANTS
Rome, April 25—Repeated shocks
of earthquake were felt in various
parts of Northern Italy this morning
and the inhabitants are in a panic.
SHOT FOR CALLING MAN
“FRIEND FROM MISSOURI”
Wallace, Idaho, April 25-Because
William Quinn called Deputy Sheriff
Hicks “My friend from Missouri” the
officer shot him early this morning and
he will die.
Quinn Dies From Wound
Wallace, Idaho, April 2(5-William
Quinn, who was shot by Deputy Sheriff
Hicks, died last night. Hicks claims
he tired in self-defense.
The Orr stage has again broken the
record between Fairbanks and Valde/.,
cutting the time down to six days and
fifteen hours.