The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1895, Page 5

THE FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895. (HE BAY DISTRICT RACES, The Steeplechase Furnished the Sensational Feature of the Day. BETS WERE DECLARED OFF. Clancy’s Ride on Mendocino Did Not Sult the Judges, Hence the Decision. White and Clark hope to run out their string »f ill-luck ere long. Commission broke down In his race yesterday and will have to be 1ved for & time. “Pop” Weaver, the veteran knight of the n, in whose name Ichi Ban runs, had a | bet down on the gelding yesterday at the y ve odds of 150 to 1. Had he landed bet Pop threatened to again come out with ng silk tile and tight-fitting breeches tnd again resume the position he once occu- ed when he was known as the Berry Wall of enver. Archibald stood to make a small clean- the victory of J O C and naturally wes v over the judges’ decision. Phil an Ness were consoling each other ing ring at the lusion of the > owner ot Morello was &t s loss to 4 the decision when his horse so stclassed the field. thing particularly eventful ase furnished the | F There were six vent and when the first X n the ring J O C, Dick ey and Mendocino all opened at 11 : books. Dick O’Malley 1 at post time and Men- N stiff play on J his price to 6 to 5. and Joe Frank all ng. in the race from the He went out in front light fully eight nt of his field, which at one have been twelve, and finally lengths in front of docino a good third. i not like the ride W. ) Ma ions declared all bets off ed Clancy indefinitely. The was received alike with cheering the ring, the backers of J wrathy over the judges’ r of the five favorites won, and but of Road Runner through r judgment the talent would well on the days 5 favorite Autenil took the of five and a half furlongs, thro! hard scratching. led until nearing the n Josie G, the second choice, > running, and was only beaten a hard drive by the favorite, with v Hinrichs’ Iatest acqui- zed from 6to 5 to even money, in disposing of his field in the second race, a four and a half furlong dash for two-year-olds, winning by three tengths. Belle Boyd, a daughter of El Rio Rey, downed Prince Hooker for the place. Seraphin’s stable connections backed her n_the third event at & mile, while Runner, the 8 to 5 favorite, and ius, the second choice, carried the ral public’s money. Seraphin was d to go out and make her own run- and, althongh Road Runner closed up a heap of ground in the stretch, finished ngth behind the Emperor of Norfolk ;. Claudius dropped from the nd finished third, but a length away. race, also a mile dash, would only be a cake-walk for Commission pitted ley and Carmel, so the rous and laid 3 to 10 n the cake, but had to for after leading all the nes on Miss Buckley hooked up ith him when straightened in the stretch, teenth from home looked to have aten. Nearer on toward the wire Carmel joined the party, and the passed the fi a_most exc ined the verdict by a head, ey beating Carmel out the same r the place. The race was made MULHOLLAND. nst him. his prettiest, J BUMMARY. 8N FrANCIsco, July 18, 1895. FIRST RAC. eand a half furlongs: three-year-olds and upward: Horse. weight, jocke: St. 35 Str. Fin tel 4 55 215 1n 3 2161 5 1 4 [ 5 510 3 6 65 me, 1:08%. W! ess, 5, Josie G 11 to 5, Cadean €0to1, s Maid 10t0 1, Wild Rose 5 to 1, Ledameo 810 1, Druscilla 6010 1. 1184 8250. SECOND RAC + longs; maiden Four and a halt fur- two-year-olds; purse weleht, joekey. S 3. 105 (Hinrichs).....1 vd, 110 (Peters)......6 Hooker, 107 (Sh: 102 (Che- e Bawn, 102 (McIntyre) iiss Cunningham, 107 (Pig- St. 3o Str. Fin. gh 11 18 5n 52 2n 2 1% 2% 3% 767 5T oY 5 62 6I bl 4 41 41 62 3 3131 7 0.5615. Win- COR).E:. Lo 3 1174 Lady Leinster filly, 102 (E. 00 start. Won easily. Tim b. c., by imp. True Briton-Lillie S. ting: Walter J even, Belie Boyd 10 to 1, Prince Hooker 10 to 1, Gladeite gelding 13 10 5, I Leinster filly 6 to 1, Mollie Bawn 40to 1, Miss Cunningham 8 to 1. 1185, THIRD, RACE—Ons mile: 1 purse $300. Horse. welght, jockey, St. 15 Str. Fin. 117 1171 Clsudius, Seraphin, 86 (E. Jones) 1098 Sympath selling: Road Runner, 107 (Sha 110 f('nnwilé?{nn ic's Last, 103 (Pig- 5 4 32 RO v (1066)Ichi Ban, 108 (F. Jackson)..5 434 & Good start. Wood driving. Time, 1:4214. Win- ner, ch. £., by Emperor of Norfolk-St. Cecelia. Beiting: Serapnin 3 to 1, Road Runner8to5, Jaudins 2 10 1, Sympathetic's Last 12 to 1, Ichi 5010 1. 118 Cla Ban 1 FOURTH RACE—One mile; sellling: « purse $300. Horse. weight. Jockey. 8t 14 S W, 1377 Commission, 108 (Piggott).....1 1 2r 1n 1089 Miss Buckley, 88 (E. Jones)..3 3 1h 2ns 1169 Carmel, 104 (Chevalier). 2 2,3 3 art. Won driving. Time, 1:413;. Win- ner, b. g., by Imp. Saxon-Louise T. o Beting Commission 3 to 10, Miss Buckley 7 to ,C rmel 6t0 1. 1187 FIFTH RAOE—“Short course,” about « amileand a half; steeplechase; purse 8300. Ind. . 8th. Fin. 1172 13 16 116 e a3 22 1162 Menaocino, 137(W 36 312 1173 Vulcan, 140 (Kidd)......... 2 55 BI? 45 11568 Dick O'Mailey. 137 (Cairns) 3 22 413 b5 1162 Joe Frank, 131 (Madden).. 6 6 6 6 Good start. Won easily. Time, 8:24. Winner, 2., by Apache-Irene. etiing: J. 0. C. 6 to 5, Yangedene 7 to 1, \en- docino 3 to 1, Dick O'Malley 5 to 2, Vulcan 12 to , Joe Frank 60 to 1 ch. g., b B Following are to-day’s entries: First race, about three-quarters of a mile, selling—Cadeau 90, Barcaldine 95, Sheridan 109, Swiftsure 106, Leonatus 102, Wild Rose ruscilla 97, Ladameo B8, e, five-eighths of & mile, selling— g Girl 105, Elsie 97, Her Majesty 110, ount 97, Veragua 104, Spry Lark 101. race, about three-quarters of a mile, selling—Melanie 91, Readrunner 102, Arnejte BB, Royal Flush 108, Realization 100, Sir Rich- erd 104, Nervoso 85, Regal 85, Joe K 78. ¥ourth race, three-quarters ofa_mile, handi- cep—Howard 105, Bernardo 103, Dr.Stevens 85, Silver State 91 F'ifth race, five-eighths of a mile, extra, sell- ing, three-year-olds and upward that have not won three races in 1895, winner to be sold at suction fer §700; if for less, three pounds Edge: T allowed for each $100 to £100. Non-winners of lé\\'o‘;lc(‘\ allowed five pounds. Entries close at8: 5 AMONG THE WHEELMEN. Entries for the Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club Races Saturday. The San Francisco Young Men’s Chris- tian Association Cycling Club will hold two-club races at Central Park track next Saturday, July 20. The entries and hand- icaps for the one-mile handicap race are: E. Edward, scratch; J. Bims, 75 yards; F. Stackpole, 80; J. Keller, 80; F. Bronson, 90; P. Burr, 95; B. Waterman, 110; A. Lar- sen, 125; G. Pecht, 130 yards. The other race will be a half-mile scratch and the above riders will also contest that race. Appropriate prizes will be awarded the winners of hoth events. The club will hold a five-mile road race in August. Captain Thornton, Secretary Hunter and ex-Lieutentant Fuller of the Olympic Club Wheelmen started yesterday on a trip through Lake County. Messrs. Adams, Argenti, Bent and Owens of the Camera Club Cyclists have just returned from there and say the roads are good and that the trip as an outing for cyclists is grand. 1t takes ten days or two weeks todo it properly, still one could spend two months there and find something new of interest every day. Charles 8. Wells, Bay City Wheelmen, I. E. Alexander, Garden City Cyclers, and H. E. McCrea, Los Angeles Wheelmen, left last night for Salt Lake City and the East. They will race at several places on the way, and Wells intends to go on the National circuit. The Liberty Cycling Club will enjoy a theater party next Monday evening and will have a dance at the clubrooms on July 25. The Imperial Cycling Club is arranging for a “smoker” to be held at the club- house Thursday eveninrg, July 25. Next Sunday will be a day of road races and club runs. Already three of the former are scheduled to be run over the San Carlos course, while there will be a country run of nearly every club in exist- ence around the bay. Full particulars will be published in THE CALL Saturday. CRUELTY TO' AMERICANS, The Crew of the Star of Free- dom Barbarously Treated in Mexico. Even Captain Johnson, Owner of the Schooner, Was Imprisoned in La Paz Jail. A story of almost incredible cruelty to American sailors was brought from La Paz, Lower California, by a Mexican gen- tleman who arrived in this City & few days ago, and if the case is pressed by the vic- tims it is of such a nature that an interna- tional difficulty is likely to arise between the United States and Mexico. The suf- ferers were all connected with the schooner Star of Freedom, which was stolen from Oakland Creek five months ago and taken to Mexico by Oscar Bartels. After all the trouble and hardships the schooner has been abandoned by her owner, Captzin Johnson. The Star of Freedom was seized by Mexican officials at La Paz, and then the case got tangled up in the red tape of the Attorney-General’s office in an attempt to have Bartels and his companions extra- dicted. Johnson went to Mexico thinking he could take possession of his vessel, but found that the expenses and port charges were so exorbitant as to be more than the schooner was worth. This faet, in addi- tion to the barbarous treatment given Bar- tels and his crew, and later Captain John- son, by Mexican military authorities in Lower California, it is believed, will stir up the high officials at Washington, for Bartels, his seaman and tbe cabin-boy were maltreated in a sayage manner, and Jobnson himself, an American seeking justice in Mexico, was thrown into a filthy jail as a common criminal. When Oscar Bartels sailed away with his prize from this port he headed the Star of Freedom for Mexico, and never there- after did he draw in sail until off the sleepy port of San Jose del Cabo, near Cape San Lucas. He had on board a Russian sailor and a small boy, 12 years of | age, whom he picked up in San Francisco, and who were ignorant of the fact that their master had stolen the schooner. On arriving at San Jose del Cabo Bartels was surprised to learn that his coming was watched. He was detained until a detach- ment of twenty-three Rurales arrived from La Paz, a distance of over 150 miles. These soldiers were under command of an officer named Machorro, whose title or rank was Jefe de los Rural Machorro promptly arrested Bartels, the sailor and cabin-boy and locked them up in a one-room filthy | prison at San Jose del Cabo, where they were kept for a night and two days. Mean- while, according to the story told by the La Paz merchant, the Rurales Jefe became intoxicated. Next morning the three prisoners were ordered out. They were not allowed to take blankets or a change of clothes from the schooner. Mules were saddled and the prisoners, after having their arms tied behind their backs from elbow to elbow, were hoisted upon the mules and started off for La Paz, 150 miles away. All through that weary march, which lasted four days, the prisoners were not released. They were tortured by gnatsand clouds of pestiferous insects, blistered by the torrid sun and beswitched by brambles flying in their unprotected faces along the route, but never once were the cords loosened that bound their arms to their sides. The path lay over most terrific hills, barren and burning hot. The boy cried all along the way, but_had to endure the tor- tures with the other two prisoners. He cried for water, which was denied him. Their faces were eaten by insects and they were hungry and thirsty as well as over- come by heat and the torture of being tied to the mules and bound with ropes. Even at night the bonds were not re- moved and the poor wretches were com- pelled to lie upon the floor of some filthy jail or upon the ground without covering. The La Paz authorities did not trust the Rurales and selected three merchants of San Jose del Cabo to accompany the pris- oners. These gentlemen were Louis Cas- tro, Salomon Veyo and F. Viya. Moved to compassion for the tied and tortured men they gave them water and some food, and on arriving at La Paz they caused the arrest of Jefe Machorro, whose punish- ment it was then stated would be ten ears’ imprisonment, but the authorities jniled to take action and Machorro went ree. The boy was discharged at La Paz after an investigation, butalthough the Russian sailor, who spoke Spanish fluently, had as- serted his and the boy’s innocence, they received no_considerstion from the cruel Rurales. He was thrown into prison with Bartels and they were there two weeks ago. Captain Johnson arrived on the next steamer and he, too, was placed under ar- rest, though he had gone to La Paz to re- gain possession of his schooner. The people of San Jose and La Paz were indignant over the brutality which the Rurales showed the unfortunate prisoners and they were the first to make it known. They notified the Federal Government of Mexico and expect that an investigation will be ordered from the City of Mexico. ——————— A strong movement has developed in the Scandipavian Lutheran Church in Minnesota for the adoption of English as the official language of the church organ- ization and for the total abandonment of the use of the old tongue. Many promi- nent members are convinced that only by the adoption of the English language in the church can.the younger generation, which was either born or brought up in this country, be kept within the Lutheran fold, An organization has been formed by the progressive ministers and elders to secure the change. I T0 CLEAR THE CORRIDORS, The Police Will Look After the Rascals in the New City Hall. AN END TO THEIR SWINDLES. Complaints Made From Many De- partments Regarding the Fleeced Ones. The article which appeared in yester- day’s CaLL regarding the habitue *graft- ers” and ‘“‘macers” of the City Hall and their original style of swindling strangers caused. quite a stir in Police Court corri- dors yesterday, as well as in the courts and other departments, too. The exposure was timely—even more than timely—and i the officials were a unit in declaring that they were pleased to see it. They, too, had become tired of the way affairs had been running. An 1nvestigation made by a CALL re- porter vesterday showed that the bunko- man blight had not only affected the Police courts, and the cases belonging thereto, but that the evil extended through the various other departments of the municipal government which are situ- ated in the big manor-house. It issome- thing which has been growing ever since the Police Department and courts con- nected with the same moved from the old quarters at Washington and Kearny streets. It was well known that the work of getting “straw’’ bonds, or in factany kind of bonds, was carried on there by three or four saloon men, who fattened on the trade. | With the settlement of the courts’ and police headquarters at the new City Hall, | however, there was a transformation in | the way of an amalgamation of underhand industries. The men who before at the new hall bad frequented the corridors and endeavored to become jurymen, or had embraced, figuratively speaking, the unso- Jhisticated pilgrim seeking a marriage ]xrensc or the means to become a citizen, joined forces with the wolves of Merchant street and Dunbar alley when they fol- lowed the removal of the Police courts and Police Department to the new hall. 1t is in connection with the work of the Police courts that most of the crooked pro- ceedings are done. The culpable parties are men who have for years made their | living through preying upon the unfortu- nates who play their petty hand in the game of vice which does not call for a heavy sentence or a yawning of prison gates. ; 3 “I have heard a great deal of this corri- dor work,” said Police Judfe Low, when spoken to about the matter yesterday, “and I think it requires a strict investiga- tion. All that I cando to stop it I will do. Every day people come to meand say they have paid money to fix such and such a case. Why only yesterday there was a woman told me that she had given $10 to a man who said he was Judge Low. I told her I was the Judge, and she was even in- clined to dispute it until she was_abso- lutely convinced to the contrary. It has been'the same all along the line, I know, as far as the Police Court Judges are con- cerned. Who are these fellows? Well, I wish I knew. I do know this, that many | of them are old politicians who are now | out of the political ring, and having noth- ing else to do, lounge around and rope in suckers, as they call their work. Ionly wish a few arrests were made, and I would ive them the full penalty for vagrancy. They are nothing more than vagrants, and should not be allowed to roam around loose and deceive people the way they do.” Police Judge Conlan spoke in the same strain regarding the corridor workers. He recalled his own experience as prosecutin, attorney of the Police Court, and sai that he knew there was a clique of men en- gaged in no other business (for they could work in no other business outside of prison walls) than “‘bleeding” the minor criminal jor his or her relatives for all that was | possible. Each morning before the Police courts open the City Hall corridors are crowded with these human sharks. They have made themselves acquainted with each case that is coming up in the Police courts, and they lie around for the rela- tives or friends of the person who is in trouble. Sometimes they travel in airs, and a brother or ~sister who Kua come down to do all that is possible for the accused party is introduced to a bogus judge or attorney and with the un- derstanding that all will be right. $10 or 1$20, or even more sometimes is given up. When the case is called in court the yielder of the coin is surprised to find that the Judge or prosecuting attorney is an- other man altogether. These are only everyday cases, however. The evil of the mob of ‘grafters,” “macers,” or whatever they may be termed, extends further. It encroaches on every department of the City govern- ment when there is a chance for a per- quisite. ““We have complaints every day,” said genial Harry Piper, who is County Clerk Curry’s chief assistant. ‘“Some one comes up to the marriage license office and wants a matrimonial diploma, and when the usual $2 fee is called for they say that they fixed that with somebody In the hall, who said he had a pull on the County Clerk. When we say that we do not do business that way they become indignant until they are convinced that our office has nothing to do with their outside transac- tions. That gang of workers should be cleaned out of the hall. They are nothing more nor less than petty larceny thieves.’ License Collector Lees 1s another official who bas a decided objection to the mob that gathers daily in the Police Court cor- ridor of the City Hall. The eagle-eyed | members of the mob hang around the en- trance next to his office and many are the complaints which are made to him that outsiders have received money in consider- ation of their receiving a free dog license. Of course they do not get it. Chief Crowley, when spoken to about the matter, said that he had heard of it lbroufzh reports that had been made. He had already taken steps to check it, and had ordered Captain Douglass to see that corridors were kept free from the bad characters who lingered around waiting to give strangers the “glad hand,” while with the other they Teached for what they thought the victim had in_his ket. There is one thing in connection with the crowd if the police go after them in a thorough manner—they are all well known. As Judge Low remarked, “Ar- rest them for vagrancy.” If they have a “pull,” in the wave of feeling against them it may not be sufficient to keep them out of jail for at least a few months. At any rate the visitor to the City Hall will feel much relieved if upon his entrance he is not met by a smooth-tongued, glib man who insists upon knowing why he came there, etc. Mass-Meoting at San Jose. The Board of Trade of 8an Jose is making en- thusiastic preparations for the mass-meeting of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion, which is to be held there Saturday after- noon. Over BOO invitations have been sent out, and it is expected that a big crowd will go from this City. Hugh Craig and Julian Sonn- tag are to be among the speakers. A Mining Incerporation. The New Era Gravel Mining Company was incorporated yesterday with $500,000 paid up capital stock, held as follows: William Brady 93,330, T. J. Hibbert $46,665, Byron Burrls 670, Wallace Dinsmore $46,670, E. A. hes $46,665, A. B. Luther $120,000, J. B. Toplitz $3350, 1. H. Mayer $96,650. ————————— For Injuries at Alameda. Robert P. Jansen has begun suit against the count of injuries sustained at Alameda on September 22 of last year. In the complant flledzeaterdly by Delmas & Bhortridge, it is stated that the plaintiff had just alighted from atrain when he was struck by another that rapidly passed on the parallel track. One leg was broken and his skull was fractured. e INSURANCE MEN COMING. Portland Does Not Intend to Take Orders From San Francisco. The effort of the local insurance mana- gers to enfarce the non-intercourse law in Portland has bronght trouble about their heads. The Portland agencies will have none of itand an embassy of prominent insurance men of the northern metropolis is on its way to this City. It is composed of Manager Folger of the New Zealand corporation and Messrs. Bates and Church, city agents. They will be armed with an ultimatum, which, translated, may mean that the San Francisco agents are ‘‘ordered to mind their own business and let their Portland contemporaries do the same.’ Portland is one of the few cities on the coast where the insurance business is car- ried on without a loss, and the agents of that city do not propose to take any dicta- tion from the so-called disrupted ring of San Francisco. Some of the most prominent managers in San Francisco stated yesterday that they will not enter into any new compact, so there is no likelihood whatever of a combine being formed for a long time to come. RAILS TO SPANISHTOWN. The New West Shore Railroad Company Will Want Cen~ tral Basin. Glimpses of the Project for a Rall- road Down the Coast to Santa Cruz. The new West Shore Railway Company, which announces its purpose to promptly build a railroad from San Francisco down the line of breakers, through Halfmoon Bay and Pescadero, to Santa Cruz, is a thing of real interest. The new railroad company, which filed articles of incorporation last Friday, says that it is going to build that road at once. The company is yet playing in the dark, and the directors will afford only glimpses of their plans and expectations. Those who signed the articles of incorporation are: C. M. Sanger, Behrend Joost, R. S. Thornton, J. W. Eisenfurth, Louis F. Dunand, K. J. Willets and R. Herman. At an election yesterday the first five named were elected respectively president, vice- president, treasuver, secretary and at- torney of the company. At the office of Mr. Eisenfurth, the capi- talist, in the Crocker building, President Sanger, Vice-President Behrend Joost and a good-looking business lady were seen yesterday. The lady seemed to know more about the road than anybody, and to be the most discreet in reserving information. Mr. Joost and Mr. Sanger joined in mak- ing the statement: The road will positively be built. We will begin work in sixty days and part of the ma- terial is already here. We don’t want to say just what the material is, nor just where the road will run, nor much about our business, for we don’t want to show our hand, nor the route, nor anything of the kind at this mo- ment. are going ahead and keeping out of the papers. The company was_incorporated a San Francisco and West Shore Rail Company, but the San Francisco was offi- cially lopped off yesterday. Mr. Sanger went home and Mr. Joost and the business lady dropped intimations which showed that the company’s plans are to_enter the City limits near Colma, probably lwing‘i:ns in_from the ocean b of the San Pedro Valley and a tunnel, and then circling round the San Bruno hills and reaching the water front at about Central Basin, in the neighborhood of the Potrero. To this terminal ferry-boats are 'é(;be run from the business part of the ty. *“We will probably ask for a lease of Central Basin similar to_the lease given the Valley road,” said Mr. Joost, “‘and there will also be another branch connect- ing with the City by another route. No, the 8an Mateo electric road has no con- nection with it. We will run ferry-boats, | Tam willing to say.” | The capital stock of the company is fixed at $2,000.000, of which the amount required by law is subscribed. The South Pacific Coast narrow-gauge road sold for $6,000,000. *‘No,” said Mr. Joost, ‘‘the road cannot be built for $2,000,000, but the amount of stock is placed at a low figure because we | want to pay dividends right away and none of the stock is for sale. The money | is arranged for, but I am not at _liberty to say where it will come from. Well, it will be both San Francisco and Eastern money. It is all arranged. We don’t want to say much just now because we don’t want people to gamble on where we will go.” It was told that most of those interested had been working up the project for three years and that the company has the rates and estimates of three surveys made in the past. One of them, Mr. Joost said, was made by Jay Gouid’s direction several years ago, when he was interested in the Santa e road. “Stakes are set every foot of the way,” said Mr. Joost. The line will not be a very expensive one to build, Mr. Joost says. After gettin, through and acress the range of tnnglcg hills that turns into bluffs about Mussel Rocks on the shore, most of the way will be along compuatwcl{ level valleys that slope to the sea. The line will follow the shore, and for superb scenic attractions will offer the ocean on one side and moun- tains, redwood forests and fruitful valleys on the other. The distance by this route to Santa Cruz will be only seventy miles, and the great shortening of time to the Long Branch of the Pacific Coastis counted on as an immense advantage in the com- petition for passenger traffic. The ideas of the promoters is that such a railroad would at once popularize and populate Halfmoon Bay, Pescadero and other éaces as summer vesorts. These places have been famous in that way for years, but have been enjoyed only by visi- tors who were willing to make a very long, though charming trip, by stage over the mountains. The business inducements offered to a railroad by this stretch of rich and peculiar country are fully reckoned upon by these railroad people. They have been pre- sented in newspapers in inviting ways many times in many years. Just over the crest of the hills south of Colma is the San Pedro Vallef from which great four-horse teams nightly draw great loads of vegetables to the San Francisco markets and to the box-cars which daily leave Colma for the East carrying those cabbages and caulifiowers to Chicago and Kansas City. A railroad would cheapen this transportation, gain a considerable revenue and stimulate gardening industry all through that region where the foggy moisture of the sea and the richness of the soil are peculiarly kind to the green things sold in the market places. For fifty miles the dairy industry is ex- tensive and waiting the stimulation a rail- road would give. Thereare great redwood forests close along the route, and deposits of bitumen, limestone and other minerals. Mr. Joost says that the company will run sgnr tracks back into the valleys among the farms, dairies and forests and operate them with electricity ground out by mountain streams. The company will ask for bonuses and other aids as well as franchises and water- front privileges as soon as it gets ready for practical operations. An unusual number of silver weddings will be celebrated in July in Germany. In that month in 1870 the troops were mobil- ized for the war with France, and what men were. eng?ed made sure of their girls st once. Soutbern Pacific Compeay for $50,000 on ac- | by marrying FAVORS FOLSOM'S STONE Granite-Cutters’ Union Urging Its Use in the New Depot. RAYMOND COMPANY'S STAND. Comparison of Figures to Show the Advantage In Cost to Be Galned. A delegation from the Granite-cutters’ Union called upon Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald yesterday to inform him that action had been taken by the union in favor of the use of granite rock from Folsom for the new depot, the affiliated colleges and other prospective State under- takings in that line. The delegates were Robert Flood of Oakland, W.F. 0’Donnell, Charles J. Coyle and A. W. Sargent of this City. Both Messrs. Flood and Sargent were able to use ex-Congressman John R. Glascock’s name as a reference. According to the representations made by the delegation an attempt is being encouraged by President Knowles and Secretary Hosmer of the Raymond Granite Company to get up a secret meeting at Humboldt Hall next Sunday to startan agitation against the use of Folsom rock for any public purpose in this City, and the men who will in all probability com- pose this meeting, so said the delegation, will be simply the employes of the Ray- mond Company, none of whom are mem- bers of the Granite-cutters’ Union. Some time ago a difference of opinion arose between the Granite-cutters’ Union and the Raymond Company about the number of hours which was to constitute a day’s work. In consequence there has ever since been a bitter estrangement, and the members of the union do not go to the quarry of that concern looking for work. The_ Granite-cutters’ Union of North America has a membership of about 8000. At the last meeting of the local branch the whole question of quarrying and cnt- ting came up, and as a result a resolution was adopted pledging the union to recog- nize the advantage to be gained by the State in the use of Folsom granite. The proposed meeting at Humbolat Hall was also fully discussed, and it was learned that it would be nothing more than a non- union gathering and that only between thirty and forty persons would take part in it. [t seems from the statements made by the members of the union yesterday that the labor involved in quarrying is very in- lenificant when compared with the skilled labor employed in the cutting, and that the quarrying is done mostly by aliens who do not become permanent residents of any community. A quantity of stone sufficient to keep 200 cutters busy could be gotten out of the quarry by ten or twelve men; in fact, the proportion of unskilled to skilled labor is usually not over 2 or 3 per cent, it was asserted. As the artisans will there- fore be greatly benefited by the im- tation of Folsom rock here, the union ledged its members to handle and cut it 1f the State decides to use it. A committee of three of the union re- cently conferred with Harbor Commis- sioners Cole and Colnon respecting the new depot, and the following is the sub- stance of a communication anent that matter from Secretary William Davidson to Mr. Fitzgerald, omitting some unim- portant references. The reason for the };Iacing of confidence in Mr. Fitzgerald is ound 1n the fact that the union is greatly interested in the work he is doing respect- ing alien contract labor and the free em- ployment bureau, and the union hasas- sured Mr. Fitzgerald of its hearty co-opera- tion in labor reforms: As secretary of the San Francisco branch of the Granite-cutters’ National Union and as one of a committee of three which called to see you on the 8th inst. in reference to the proposed new depot, I wish to say that we are only working on rumor and hearse; ‘;xu at present, and our information is limited, but I will state 10 you the resolution that was passed by our branch. Itwas that we would cut the Folsom stone, irrespective of whom it might be quar- ried by. We wonid like to see the State put up its buildings with its own granite, and we have pledged ourselves to do A o power tohave it that way. The following fignres will show you the dif- ference in cost of the various granites in the State on the basis of 80 cents per cubic foot (twelve cubic feet in a ton) and a freight charge of §3 per ton for the Raymond granite and the other granites beinglanded here: Ray- mond granite, $12 60; Rocklin granite, $12 10; ;{gcnln granite, $12'10; San Diego granite, Now you can readily see what a great saving it would be to theState if it could get the same rate of transportation from Folsom as it would for broken stone for roads, viz.: 85¢ per ton and the cost of quarrylng b merely the Iaintenance of the convicts employed and the providing of the necessary tools. Another point I wish to give you is that a cutter can accomplish more work on the Folsom stone than most of the other granites. Yours respect- fully, WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Secretary. The committee of the union will see all the State officials interested in the pro- posed buildings and endeavor to induce them to give preference to the Folsom granite. NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS, What the World Has Learned by Re- cent Experiences. A British naval officer of high standing sends a summary of certain important facts in connection with the recent naval engagements in the East. Here are some of the most interesting: Contrary to prophecy, large guns were not disabled through being dented or T- forated by small projectiles propelled at high velocity. The unarmored ends of the two Chinese battle-ships remained intact after Yalu, and the vessels came out of action in a sea- worthy condition as far_as the structure of the hulls was concerned. Torpedoes were ineffective in the open-sea action. Well- handled torpedo-boats, although losing some of their numbers, were effective against a fleet debarred from maneuvering, Japanese torpedo-boats were fired on and driven from their objective by friendly warships during an early and abortive at- tempt to enter the harbor of Wei-hai-wei A flotilla of fourteen torpedo-boats was an- nihilated, with a solitary excestion, bya small number of moderate-speed cruisers. The burst of one well-placed 10-inch shell disabled the shielded big gun of a pro- tected cruiser and drove her out of action. The engines of the surviving ships of either fieet were intact, although fire was concen- trated on the centers of the vessels. Fighting-tops were useless at the aver- age range of the action as fought. Rudders were not damaged, although in a few instances the connections between the rudder and the bridge were impaired. Woodwork, either in the form of boats, bulkheads or decks, was disastrous from the entailed conflagrations and splinters. 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