The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1895, Page 1

» VOLUME LXXVIIL_N 0. 95. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER. 3, 1895. CE FIVE CENTS. LABOR'S GREAT DAY, Thousands of Workers| Turned Out and Paraded. POSTMEN IN THE LINE. Review of Letter-Carriers by the Postmaster - General at Philadelphia. SOME DISSENSION IN CHICAGO. At Terre Haute Senator Voorhees Denounced the Federal Supreme Court. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept 2.— Na- tional Labor day we ally celebrated in Philadelp Tt event of the day in thi: e this afternoon ot the of Philadelphia® and ies and the informal of the convention of r Carriers’ Association. riers' parade included not men. The reviewing stand -General Wilson was at the League. The United States marine was detailed from Washing- irpose, was at the head of the parade. In the procession tes from New York, Brookiyn, i J.; Albany, ; Passaic, N. J., and New Brunswick, Postmaster-General Wilson arrived ater noon to-day under the escort master Warfield of Baltimore and thedletter-carriers of that city, 275 strong, The convention, which will continue g the remainder of the week, will ally open to-night, when a public on will be given the delegates at the of Music. The convention proper be called to order to-morrow morning Philadelphia Bourse building. ight for the convention in 1896 will rited one. Already eight cities are ield as aspirants for the honor, and delegations representing these cities on the ground buttonholing others as arrive and laying their lines to cap- he convention. The cities that have so far put forth a claim for the next con- vention a Buffalo, Rochester and Syra- cuse, N. Y.; Grand Rapids, Mich; Denver, Colo.; New Orleans, La.; Dallas, Tex., and Atlanta, Ga. CHICAGO, Irn., Sept. 2.—Dissension marked the celebration of Labor day in Chicago. Two rival labor organizations marched in separste parades. This was the result of a long-pending dispute be- tween the Labor Congress and the Trade nd Labor Assembly, and the honors of the day rested with the former. Twelve great divisions, numbering some )00 men, assembled on the lake front at higan avenue at 11 o’clock. Half an At Union r later the march began. rk the parade was reviewed by J. Kier Hardie, Frank Smith of London and John Swinton of New York. The parade of the Building Trades Coun- cil, which is affiliated with the Trade and Labor Assembly, included seven divisions, numbering about 8000 members. The Bricklayer’s Union, which is one of the strongest, refused tc participate in either parade, but held & demonstration at Blue Is 1. TERRE HATUTE, I~p., Sept. 2.—Labor day was celebrated here with a parade in the morning and amusements at the fair- grounds in the afternoon. There were 10,000 persons on the grounds, many of whom listened to the speeches of Senator Voorhees and Colonel McLean, ex-deputy Commissioner of Pensions. When the latter commenced to speak there were calls for the reading of a letter that he had received from Eugene V. Debs, and so persistent was the demand that the speaker had to pause and suspend his remarks to permit the letter to be read. Senator Voorhees referred to this inci- dent later on, and said it was natural that Debs’ fellow citizens wanted to hear from hi The Senator said: “I consulted with Debs’ counsel when the case was before the Supreme Court, and Iknow that Debs is suffering a pen- alty that the constitution does not war- rant. A lawful conviction must be pre- ceded by an indictmentand trial by a jury. A ranker pieee of injustice never blotted the pages of our Federal judiciary. Iam the last person to be responsible for Wil- liam A. Woods, because I opposed his con- firmation by the Benate. I did so because he is a narrow man. He has plenty of ability, but he lacks the underlying princi- ples of honesty. I have no fear in de- nouncing the decision of the Supreme Court. I denounce its decision in the in- come tax case.” The Senator advised his hearers that they must not violate the laws, but should elect men to make laws that would be ac- ceptable to them. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2.—The parade in honor of Labor day occupied the principal streets all the forenoon. Many thousand representatives of labor turned out, making a display which for diversity T and proceeded down Spring to Fifth, | thence to Main, thence to First, and from | there to La Grande depot. The order | of the line of march was as follows: Mounted police, TLos Augeles City band, Los Angeles County Council of Labor, Turn Verein Germania, Plumbers’ Union No. 78, Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners of America No. 332, Retail Clerks’ Protective Association, Typographical Union No. 174, Cigar- makers’ Union No. 225, Los Angeles Mu- cal Union, Los Angeles Musical Union | band, Cooks' and Pastry Cooks' Union No. 5, International Association of Tin, Sheet 'and Cornice Workers No. 108, Bakers’ and Confectioners’ International Union No. 37, Painters’ and Decorators’ Ij‘uon, National Brotherhood of Electric W o;kPrs of America, Theatrical Employes’ Alliance, G. A. R. Fife and Drum Corps, International Educational Labor Associa- tion, Socialist Labor party. Captain A. M. Green acted as grand marshal and Alex Stewart was his ad. The feature of the parade was the magnifi- cent appearance presented by the Cooks’ and Pastry-cooks’ Union. There were fifty of them in line. The United States flag was given the position of honor at the head of the entire line of march. Thou- sands of people witnessed the parade from the sidewalks. Fully 2000 visitors spent the day at Re- dondo. There a programme of athletic sports had been arranged for the amuse- ment of the multitude, and it was carried out with but little change. Brief ad- dresses were delivered by W. T. Williams, Judd R. Rush, Burdett Cornell and B. F. | Colver. L. B. Biddle was the master of ceremonies and presided during the day. The people of Redondo turned their doors | wide open to the excursionists and the utmost harmony prevailed. SPOKANE, WasH., Sept. 2.—Notwith- standing the threatening aspect of the weather this morning, the Labor-day cele- bration of organized labor was the largest demonstration of the kind that has ever taken place in this city. Streets were crowded with people from the country and surrounding towns, the parade being wit- nessed by fully 3000 people. The proces- sion was about two miles long and con- tained floats of all the prominent business houses and manufacturers of the city. All unions were represented in the line of march. 5 The afternoon exercises at Natatorium Park were attended by a large crowd. The orators were loudly applauded. One of the events of the day was the public mar- riage of William Weiser and Jessie Dan- forth. A big ball in the evening concluded the programme of labor’s big day. SEATTLE, WasH., Sept. 2.—Seattle had clondy and chilly weather to contend with in ber Labor day exercises, but this did not lessen the ardor or mar the pleasure of the many thousands who participated. Big delegations came from British Colum- bia and down-Sound points. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis delivered an ad- dress. The yacht racing was particularly good. Captain Hatfield’s Kelpie won in the first class contest. TACOMA, Wasn., SBept. 2.—Labor day was observed here by the opening of the Eleventh-street bridge with appropriate ceremonies. There was no parade of work- ingmen, as George V. Hill, secretary of the Trades Council, had made prepara- tions for an immense turnout in Seattle. PORTLAND, Ogr., Sept. 2.—The weather was fine, with threatsof rain, but there was no special observance of Labor day. Nearly all business houses were open, and only the banks and public offices were closed. To-night at the New Park Theater there was a large mass-meeting for work- ing people and others interested in the | cause of labor. The speakers were mostly local politicians. TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 2.—Labor day was pretty generally observed here. Fed- eral, county and municipal offices were closed. There was no labor demonstration |SCENES IN THE PAVILION |FIRST DAY OF THE RACES. | flected a perfect dream of beauty. Never | STATE FAIR OPENING, Crowds Delighted at the Number and Variety of Exhibits. The Immense Structure Mag- nificently Decorated and Lighted. Three Interesting Track Events Witnessed by a Falr-Sized Crowd. SACRAMENTO, Car., Sept. 2.—There was a fair crowd at the opening of the State Agricultural Pavilion to-night and every one present expressed surprise and | delightat the number and variety of the | exhibits and the magnificent decoration of the immense arc light of the Sacramento Electric Light Company. The exhibits glistened and gleamed like precious | metals and the gorgeous streamers, flags and banners that form the decorations re- before in the annals of the State Fairs has | such perfect system prevailed as under the | regime of the present board of directors, | tion in all departments than those of former years. In theart and fancy work departments there are specimens well worth the study and close scrutiny of all visitors. The pen and ink sketches of Partington show especial merit, and catch the eye of all beholders, and the paintings and needle work of Mrs, Patter- son, a local artist, call forth much com- ment. In the machinery department the ex- hibits are as yet incomplete, and it will be probably two or three davs before every- thing will be working smoothly and in perfect harmony. One of the most attractive features of the fair will be the music of the American Concert band, under the directorship of Alfred Roncovieri.- Its programmes will be greatly enhanced by the descriptive illustration of the music as played. Out at the park everything has been completely renovated and the old sheds, stands and paddocks, under the hands of ascore of carpenters and painters, have been placed in a condition that reflects credit on the board of directors and honor to-the capital city. The cattle stalls are rapidly filling up, but a large proportion of the horned exhibits are not expected to arrive until Thursday. As vet the swine exhib:t is small, but it promises to far ex- ceed the display of former years in this line. One of the best arrangements made by the directors has been the engagement of twenty of Morse’s experienced detectives— men who are familiar with the personnel of the criminal element as a schoolboy is with his primer, and who have received instructions to refuse admittance to any known crook and to point out all disrep- utable characters to the local police force that they can escort them out of town. The work of building decoration in | honor of the Native Sons is in full blast, | and an army of workmen has been busy all day stringing carnival colors in tasty TAKEN IN THE WILDS: Arrest of Dr. George W. Fraker, Prince of Swindlers. LAST SEEN IN A BOAT. Companions Swore That He Was Drowned and Insur- ance Was Coliected. CAUSED SENSATIONAL SUITS. Finally a Detectlve Traced the Missing Man Into the Woods of Minnesota. DULUTH, Mix~x., Sept. 2.—Living in the wilds of Northern Minnesota, fifty miles from a postoffice, with only a boy for a companion, Dr. George W. Fraker, who planned one of the most gigantic and suc- cessful insurance swindles of modern times, was to-day captured by officers who have been on his track for the pasttwo years. - Up tc August 12 last there was a standing reward of $10,000 for his arrest offered by the insurance companies. In the latter part of 1893 Dr. George W. Fraker was physician to St. Elmo Hotel, the leading hotel in Excelsior Springs, the and it is very evident that the infusion of | designs on the buildings of the city. This|famous health resort near Kansas City. | new blood has worked a radical change in | early beginning insures a completeness of Together with seven or eight companions the method of conducting this enter- | decoration never before known, and the | the doctor went fishing on the Missouri prise. | Native Sons need have no doubts but what | River one day, and after dark, while in The exhibits, while in many instances Sacramento’s welcome will be as hearty | the company of George Harry, James incomplete, sufficiently display by their | outlines a promise of a far better exposi-‘ Continued on Fourth Page. Triplet and Jake Crowley, a negro, he dis- appeared and was seen no more. These SCENE AT THE RACETRACK OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOWING PREPARATIONS FOR THE SPEED TRIALS. [Sketched at Sacramento yesterday by a ** Call” artist.] | \,/ and attractiveness has never been equaled on a like occasion in this city. Fully two- thirds of the trades in line were uniformed. They marched in the bright sunshine to the music of bands, each industry being illustrated by a gayly decorated float show- ing the operations of the trade represented. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Bept. 2.—Beautiful weather contributed to the success of the Labor-day celebration. All the banks, ex- changes, courts and city offices are closed, and many retail stores gave their clerks a holiday. The labor organizations united in a parade of the principal streets at noon, and afterward assembled at Concor- dia Park, where the remainder of the day was spent in amousements of various de- scriptions. Nearly 4000 were in line. LABOR DAY ON THE COAST. How the Holiday Was Observed by the Sons of Toil. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 2.—The workingmen celebrated Labor day here in 2 most creditable manner. The various unions in the procession were all well rep- resented and they presented an excellent appearance. The procession formed on Temple street S\ NSNS S AN I S SN N = GENERAL VIEW OF THE PAVILION AT THE OPENING OF THE STATE FAIR. [Sketched at Sacramento yestorday by a %Call? artist.] three parties afterward swore positively that they witnessed his drowning while in a leaky boat. But after a strict search his body could not be found. Some three or four months previous to this he began loading up with life insur- ance, taking $10,000 in the Kansas Mutual Life of Topeka, $15,000 in the Hartford Life and Annuity, $15,000 in the Providence Savings Life of New York ana $8000 in the benevolent societies of that place, a total of $58,000. George Harry and James Triplet, who swore to having witnessed Fraker’s death, were men of bad char- acters, Harry being arrested only the other day in Eastern Missouri on a charee of having committed burglary in New Mexico. Triplet was a well-known char- acter in the Indian Territory and wassaid to have been drowned a short time ago. Before going on his fishing excursion Fraker had drawn all his money from the bank, saying he was about going to Cal- ifornia to bring bome the orphan children of his deceased uncle. Forty thousand dollars of insurance money was payable to his brother-in-law in trust for the children. After thorough investigation all the companies except the Equitable refused to pay claims, where- upon James Lincoln, executor of the will, brought suit in the District Court of Lib- erty, Mo., which wasafterward transierred to the United States Circuit Court at Kan- sas City. Robert T. Herrick was appointed jointly to conduct the case for the com- panies and was assisted by eminent legal talent. In the latter part of 1894, after an in- tensely sensational .trial, lasting two weeks, the jury, acting for the court, de- clared for the defense. A new trial was granted on technical points, but in Febru- ary, 1895, judgment was given for six months, until August 12, 1895. On that date the full amount was paid to the ex- ecutors and the companies withdrew their offer of $10,000 reward. Herrick, who deserves to rank with the best detectives of modern times, obtained a clew in the latter part of 1894, which he has patiently followed ever since, until a week ago he learned the whereabouts and assumed name of the doctor. On Thurs- day night he arrived in Tower, together with John Wilkinson, Chief of Police in Topeka, to assist in taking Fraker back. They learned that Fraker went by the name of Schnell, but lived with a young man in a woodsman’s hut fifty miles from Tower, on the Itasca County road. A war- rant was secured in Tower, and Sunday morning, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Archie Philip, they started for the place. Fraker and the boy were arrested and handcuffed, and when the warrant was read Fraker was thunderstruck, but ad- mitted his identity at once. He was brought to town, together with his com- panion. Fraker readily agreed to accompany the officers to Missouri without waiting for extradition papers, and was taken down this morning. In conversation he stated that he had expected his relatives to get a portion of the insurance money and him- self some also, He had been greatly ben- efited, he szid, by the water of a spring where he stopped, and had about made arrangements to buy tje place. He would have spent $20/00, he said, in improvements. Dr.! Fraker was brought to Duluth this noon on the Iron Range train in charge of Deputy Sheriff Philip and accompanied by Robert T. Herrick of Topeka, Kans. KANSAS CITY, Mo., S?t. 2.—An a}mli- cation will be made to Ju ige Foster of the United States court sitting in chambers here to-morrow by attorneys for the insur- ance companies who paid policies on the life of Dr. Fraker, who was found to-day in Dover, Minn., to’ stop the payment of $40,000 of the sum which is now in the hands of the Probate Court at Liberty, Mo., awaiting apportionment among Fraker’s heirs. Fraker had $58,000 insurance on his life, divided as follows: Hartford Life and Annuity $15,000, Kansas Mutual of Topeka §10,000, Equitable Life of New York gm,ooo, Provident Savings of New York $10,000, Lloyds Accident §5000, Knights of Pythias $3000. A. O. U. W. $3000, Modern Wood- man §2000. CRUSHED IN A WRECK, PassengersinaCrowded Car Struck bv an Engine. WORK OF A “WILDCAT.” The Locomotive Ran Away and Telescoped the Rear of a Train. MANY WERESAVED BYJUMPING One Rear Coach Smashed to Splint- ers, and Scores of Excursion=- Ists Injured. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 2—An ap- palling railroad accident occurred av 3:30 o’clock this afternoon near the Woodlawn station of the Seabeach Railroad. While train 3, drawing seventeen cars, which which were crowded almost to suffocation by excursionists, was standing at the Woodlawn station, a ‘‘wildcat’” engine came thundering along the tracks in its wake and crashed into the rear car, tele- scoping it. The car was filled with passengers, most of whom came from New York. Many of the people saw the engine coming along and jumped and thus saved their lives. The great majority of the passengers were on board at the time, among them a num- ber of women and children. A colored porter on the platform, who saw the en- gine coming along without engineer or fireman, yelled to the passengers to make their escape. Engine 61, the ‘‘wildcat,” smashed into the rear car demolishing it into kindling wood, and burying men, women and chil- dren under it. There wasa mad rush of surging humanity from the doomed train. The groans of the injured filled the air, and the snorting and puffing of the impris- oned engine made a deafening noise, For some time the scene was a regular pande- monium. Scarcely half a dozen people kept their heads or were able to render assistance to the injured. Patrolman Kelly, who was on duty at the station, turned in several ambulance calls, and five ambulances from the surrounding hospitals promptly re sponded.. In the meantime the woodwork of the wreck caught fire and was rapidly in a blaze. Four cars were completely de- stroyed before the train hands were able to uncouple the cars. As soon as it was detached the engine drew the other cars out of danger. By this time all the pas- sengers had disembarked ana there was the wildest kind of excitement. It was thought that at least ten persons were killed outright. The groans of the injured filled the air and could be heard almost for miles. Peo- ple rushed from the near-by houses and the telephone and telegraph wires in every direction were put in motion to call for aid to the injured. Four cars were telescoped by the force of the collision. The engine which caused all the mischief ‘was used for shunting trains at the Sixty- fifth street and Third avenue depot of the Seabeach Railroad. It became unmanage- able and dashed forward, throwing the engineer and fireman from the cab. There ‘was no obstacle then to the wildcat en- gine. It dashed along at a fearful rate of speed. Engine No. 3 was in charge of Engineer William Mullan and Fireman Harry Jan- sen. They were on their way to Coney Island, Charles Petit was the conductor. All the cars were badly smashed. The list of the injured is as follows: Joseph Roe, 356 Elm street, New York, fracture of ribs; removed to the Norwegian Hospital. Abraham Levy, 75 Sheffield street, New York, severe scalp wound. John Blake, Navesink, N. J., injories of body. William Gregory, 11 years old, of 127 Harrison street, Jersey City, severely in- jured. Lizzie Wolf, 42 years of age, 348 East Sixtieth street, New York, dislocation of right ankle and scalp wound. August Suddebrostrong, 40 years, 400 East Thirty-first street, New York, severely injured. Moritz Frankel, 32 years, New York, severely injured about the body. Joseph Roeman, 26 years old, New York, slightly injured. Louis Held, 24 years of age, New York, severely injured. Joseph Freedman, 26 years of age, New York, leg bruised. William W. Kemp, 36 years of age, Brooklyn, slightly injured. Joseph Lewenson, 26 years old, New York, slight cuts and bruises. C. Sugarman, 24 years old, New York, sprains and neck wrenched. Mrs. Alexander, Joseph Seveston, George Holland, James McCue, New York; W. A. H. Kemp, Brooklyn; Eliza King, Laura King, Newark, N. J.; William K. Pioneer, Jersey City; John Lenihan, Jennie Abron, New York; Joseph Friedman, Jersey City; Patriek Matthews, Newark; Harry M. Kaffabaum, New York; August Mieling, Jersey City; Rev. John Edmunds of Arl- ington, N. J.; Charles H. Woods, wife and child, and Miss L. Montclair, New York, severely injured, removed to the Nor- wegian Hospital; Albert Emmett Fostell and George Hammond, New York, severely injured, taken to the Norwegian Hospital. Edward H. Freeland, Newark, N. J., leg broken; James Hueston, Kearney, N. J., leg fractured and severe internal injuries, will probably die; Joseph Frink of 427 East Fourteenth street, New York, frac- ture of leg and severe bodily injuries; Au- gust Georgem, New York, fatal internal in- juries and severe woundson body, will die; Gustav Millin, New York, severely injured, removed to the Norwegian Hospital: Will Setafek, New York, severely injured about the face and body; Charles H. Merchant, New York, fracture of the leg; Nellie Burleton, New York, severely injured, re- moved to the Norwegian Hospital; John Hoefel, New York, slightly injured; Kate Franklin, New York, slightly injured; Maggie Walsh, Newark, scalp wound; Al- lison Coneyman, Newark, slightly injured. Jor additional Pacific Coast news see Poges 3 and