The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 31. SILVER N MUST RULE Otherwise They Will Take Affairs in Their Own Hands. SUCH IS THE EDICT OF BIMETALLISTS. y If Necessary the Two-Thirds Vote Proposifion Will Be Pushed Aside. GOLD ADVOCATES T0 TAKE THE BACK SEATS. Governor Altgeld the Boss at Chicago, and He Now Favors Bland. The Auditorium, Chicago, 1L, June 30. The first ripple on the political wave was observed here to-day when the Bi- metallic League and the Illinois delega- tion held meetings inthe Sherman House and took steps for the protection of silver’s interests in the convention. Governor Altgeld iwas the principal figure there and his advice was that Illinois and the silverpeople should take the reins and drive the convention their own way. It wasdecided not toallow the National Committee to unseat any silver men or fill their places with friends of gold. Bland is gaining strength in the lead, while the Teller boom is getting out of wind. If it should be mecessary to re- scind the rule requiring a two-thirds vote of the convention to nominate a President it will be dome. The friends of free coinage have the convention in the hollow of their hands and they can do with it as they wish. Governor Altgeld of Tllinois is the man of the hour. e has now the mar- shaling of the bimetallic forces and in- tends to be the floor manager of the whole affair, The gold men will bs sat down upon J3ery hard. There iy peither hope mor salvation for them. JOHN PAUL COSGRAVE. REE s T SILVER CRUSADERS RALLY. From All Sectlons of the Unlon the Leaders Are Marching Upon Chlcago. CHICAGO, Irn, June 30.—The silver crusaders are marching on Chicago. . The advance guard reached the city early this morning and established headquarters au the Sherman House, where the scene during the day was oue of great activity. It was the annual gathering of the Demo- cratic Bimetallic National Committee. There were present silver leaders from all parts of the country. They came from the North, South, East and West, all sur- charged with bimetallic doctrine. Governor Stone headed the Missouri " delegation. Heis a tall, active Missourian and is championing the cause of Bland for the Presidential nomination. Senator Jones of Arkansas was on the ground early. So was Senator Harris of Tennessee. Governor Stone chatted pleasantly about. the political situation. He said the Dem- ocrats in his Btate had won a great victory for the party in declaring for silver, and he thought if the National Democracy would adopt a like platform and set Bland tpon it they would sweep the country. *“We want a platform,” said the Gov- ernor, ‘“‘that will clearly and absolutely declare for free silver coinage of both gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. Such a platform will satisfy the Democrats of Missouri. They ask nothing more, they will accept nothing less. Mr. Bland isthe most conspicuous candidate for the Presi- dential nomination at this time. I do not #‘The Call’s” Headquarters, § the white metal adherents would accept. | Even Governor Altgeld said to-day that | while he did not want to discuss person- | alities, Hill would in a measure be accept- able. “If the Nationa! Committee attempts to force on the convention a Democrat who is antagonistic to silver,” said Governor Altgeld in discussing the situation with me to-day, “‘the delegates will simply take the matter in their own hands. It is the privilege of the National Committee to recommend a temporary chairman, Itis not its duty to force any particular man upon us. While the silver men will have control of the convention, we would be willing to accept a man for chairman who has not taken an active interest in check- ing this wave of popular sentiment that is now sweeping over the country, But we hove that the National Committee will appreciate the fact that silver men will have more than a two-thirds majority and therefore should have a voice in the selec- | tion of a chairman. “*As regards the two-third rule,” contin- ued Governor Altgeld, “we propose to have it expunged from the rules of the | convention. It worked its way into the regulations of the party through the efforts | of schemers and plotters, and 1s absolutely foreign to Democratic discipline and doc- trine. Why, in the convention of 1860 it was the cause of all the trouble. Douglas had a majority of the votes, but he failed to get two-thirds of the majority and there was a split in the convention, and history tells the story of a party almost ruined. Now the Illinois delegation proposes to fight the two-third rule from this hour. #87 that we will succeed in nominating »’but we will do all we can to accom- plish that end.” Senator Dubois of Idaho arrived here last nighit to freshen up the Teller bomb, which seems to have petered out, though Lee Mantle of Montana has been in town for the last week looking after the candi- dacy of the Colorado statesman, whose in- tention is t0 place the name of Teller be- fore the convention if a delegate can be found who Will nominate him, Teller, however, Was Not mentioned at the meet- ing of the BlF!B‘-l“if: League to-day. That i» an indication that he 15 not Iooked upon with much favor by tp, Democracy. On the other band, the merits of Bland ana Boies were generally disengged, They are the leaders in the race at thig time, A brief session of the bimety]);, if ‘tee was held during the mornifz:m:nr:lz fwas decided to tako & firn stans on the question of temporary organization, The sentiment of the committee wag for har- mony, but if Chairman Harrity should appoint as temporary presiding officer of the convention a delegate unfriendly to e gilver interest the members of the ‘league, the great majority of whom are delegates to the convention, will unhesi. tatingly spring & silver man for the posi- tion. A committee consisting of Senator Jones, Goverror Btone, Senator Turpie, Governor Altgeld and Benator Daniels ' was appointed to confer with the Execu- tive National Committee relative to the chairmanship. It will be readily seen that this commit- #As composed of men of one purpose, apd that is to direct the thought and ac. on of the convention. They are de- rmined that the platform shall contain declaration for the ~unlimited coinage of jlyer at a ratio of 16 to 1. nator Hill of New York would be ac- ptable to many of the silver men as porary chairman of the conyention. is probsbly the only gold man whom h That action was decided upon at a meet- ing to-day. We want the wishes of the people free from all hamperings, so that Wwhen the issue goes out before the country [Contin ued from First Page.) WH THREW THAT BRICK? A Conundrum That Caused a Hot Fight Between Strikers and Policemen. Fifty Union Men Bad'y Clubbed and Sent to the Hospita’ at Cleve- land, Ohio. CLEVELAND, Oxro, June 30.—The big- gest row which has yet occurred at the Brown Hoisting Works took place this afternoon, when the men quit work. The non-strikers, who are also non-unionists, marched out as under police protection to the streetcars. When the cars came along they refused to stop, although commanded to do so by the police, the motormen being presumably in collusion with the strikers. Meantime a mob o) at least 5000 men were surging all around the band of police who were guarding the workmen. When it became evident that the streetcars would notstop it was determined to march to the Fourth Precinct for safety. A start was made in that direction, the mob grow- ing more noisy and violent every moment. Finally the police could stand it no longer. Drawing their cinbs, they charged, Scattering the strikers right and left and knocking them down by the dozen. Twenty men were seriously injured and taken to the hospitals, while maay others received scalp wounds and bruises, Fully fifty people were injured by the police. All the ambulances and all the availabie police force of the city were called to the scene. Senator Jones of Arkansas, One of the Noticeable Membars of the Bimetallic L-ague. 1 The immediate cause of the charge was a brick thrown by a striker, which bit Ofticer Siddell on the head. The potice made a second charge, chasing the strikers across lots and hitting everybody in sight, and the fight was over for the day, but threats oi vengeance are made, and the police are preparing for a big fight to- MOTrow. —_—— INFURIATED POLES. Raid the Beres Stone Quarries and Defy the Authorities. “ CLEVELAND, Oxio, June 30.—The em- ployes of the Cleveland Stone Company, who have been on strike at Beres since June 11, made a raid on the quarries there this afternoon and drove out some twenty men who were at work. The men took refuge in a blacksmith shop and were res- cued with difficulty from the mob of 300 infariated Poles. Mayor Christian tried to persuade the strikers to disperse, and failing, sent to this city for Sheriff Leek, who, with fifty deputies, hurried to the scene. President Worthington asserts to-night that the men will return to work to-mor- row despite the strikers, and the strikers say they shall not. A meeting was held in the Polish schoolhouse, to which none but strikers were admitied, and so critical has the situation become to-night, with o fficers and strikers patrolling the streets of Beres, that the Mayor will probably ask for troops if there is further trouble in the morning. GERMAN ARSENAL ON FIRE in the Neighborhood Are Fleeing for Their Lives. People Troops Fighting the Flames, With Only Seven Men Killed at Last Accounts. BERLIN, GerMANY, June 30,—An arse- nal near Fort Mosel, one of the forts in the vicinity of Metz, the capital of Lorraine, was discovered to be on fire to-night. - The discovery caused consternation among the people in the neighborhood for the reason that there is an immense amount of 'ex- plosives in the arsenal. The garrison troops were hurriedly turned out to fight the flames and prevent, if possible, an ex- plosion, which, should it oecur, would be disastrous. While the soldiers were at work there was an explosion of a compara- tively small quantity of ammunition, which killed seven men and injured a numoer of others. This caused much ex- citement, but the troops bravely resumed their work. Large quantities of gunpow- der and shells were hastily removed to places of safety, but there yet remains enough to blow tie arsenal to atoms, should the fire reach it. Shortly before midnight the fire was still burning, but was thought to be under control. AR et 2 Steamer Suni by a Collision. LONDON, ExG., June 30.—The British steamer Santarense, from Penarth June 2 for Para, was sunk by a colliion witn the “British bark Dundonald, from San Fran- cisco March 10 for Hull. The Dundonald _proceeded in a leaky and otherwise dan gerous condition with the crew of the Santarense on The rs of the Bantarense were ianded at lfi.u by the Norwegian bark Hiawatha. 1 IAY GOULD'S FIRST Wikt Affidavit of an Aged Minister, Who Performed the Mar- riage Ceremony. An Examination Conducted Privately, All Present Being Pledged to Secrecy. TUNKHANNOCK, Pa, June 30.—In pursuance of a commission issned on June 19,'by the Supreme Court of the city of New York, Judge Mills, Beach M. Smith and Joe Kelly, acting as official stenogra- vhers, and F. F. Drake and H. Harding, as Commissioners, at the home of the Rev. Nathan Leighton, at this place, took Mr. Leighton’stestimony and that of his blind ‘daughter asto the alleged marriage of Sarah Ann Angell to Jay Gould. George 8. Coleman ot New York and ‘Walter E. Ward of Albany represented the interests of Mrs. Angell and ex-Judge John F. Dillon of New York City repre- sented Helen Gould and Edwin Gould. Elihu Root of New York was joined also with the Gould interests. The matter to be determined was whether or not Mr. Leighton, who was a Presbyterian minister, located at the little village of Champlain, N. Y., in 'April, 1853, ‘united in marriage the plaintiff, now Mrs. Ssrah Ann Angell, and Jay Gould, then a struggling young engineer. ¢ Early in the year an aunt of Buffalo Bill came on here in the interest of Mrs. Angell and interviewed the old minister, now 85 years oid and retired, and as a re- sult of that interview an affidavit was drafted and he accompanied Mrs. Cody to a local Justice of the Peace and make oath to it. In that affidavit the man was described as Jason Gould. The examination was conducted privately, all present being pledged to secrecy. e s CONFEDERATE REUNION. Twenty Thousand Veterans and Their Families Meet at Richmond to Unveil the Davis Monument. RICHMOND, Va., June 30. — Nearly 20,000 veterans who followed the fortunes of Lee, Longstreet and Jackson have gath- erea here, many of them accompanied by their wives and families, to attend the sixth annual reunion and the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis monument. The exercises will continue for three days. There are in the organization known as the United Confederate Veterans nearly 1000 organized camps, many of which have come to the reunion in a body, and, in addition, more than twenty camps of the Sons of Veterans are here, a lnr%s ?ro- rtion of the members of the Uaited ughters of the Confederacy, represent- ing each of the Southern States. and thon- sands of prominent citizens from all over the SBouth and Southwest. Almost $30,000 has been expended in the lavish prepara- tions for enterteinment, and the E\ustu will enjoy the fullness of Virginia hospi- tality. G Geynenl Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi will deliver the oration of the occasion. Mrs, Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis will entertain the veterans in the old Davis house. ' One of the greatest attractions of ‘the gathering is a tableanx of beautiful Southern girls, who attend as sponsors, one for each of the Southern States. Striking features of the reunion will be & mammoth chorus of 1000 trained voices, and the gathering of Mosby’s famous rangers. A meeting of the bourd of directors of the Davis Monument Association and the Davis monument committee from the United Confederate Veterans was held last night to award prizes for the monu- ment design. Percy Griffin of New York was awarded first prize, Edgerton 8. Rogers and W. C. Newlands of Richmond, second and third. It is understood that at a later meeting Griffin’s design will be adopted for the monument. This design is 2laborate and expressive of the Southern people, ana it estimated will eost $200,000. Bt U] TEMPTING FATE. A Daring Mariner Will Endeavor to Voyage Around the World in a .Cockleshell. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 30.—Oaptain Adolf Frietzel, well known as one of the most daring seamen on this side of the Atlantic, is going to make an all-around the-world voyage in a cocklesheil. The captain has already made one trip across the Atlantic in his open sailboat, the Nina. The new craft will be built of cypress, oak and red cedar, and will be 28 feet long with a 10-foot beam. All the material will be of the best quality that money can buy, and the tiny craft will also be furnished with a double set of raiis, and a complete outfit of books, charts and other nautical apparatus will be taken along. The start will be made on July 4, and the captain in- tends going via the Illinois canal down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, thence acrcss the Mexican Sea to Aspin- wall, by rail across the Isthmus of Pan- ama, thence north along the Pacific coast to’ San Francisco, thence westward to Honolulu and the Samoan Islands to New Zealand, to the principal ports of Austra- lia, thence to Japan, to China, to the Philippine fslands, to Singapore and East India ports, thence through the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Suez canal and the Mediterranean fo the European ports, and thence across the Atlantic to New York and home to Brooklyn. — AN ASTOUMNDING STATEMENT. Over Fifty Thousand Armenians Slain i by the Turks. CHICAGO, frL., June 30.—The secretary of the Armenian Relief Society in this city has just received a letter from S. M. Moore, chairman of the society, who is now in Turkey. Moore makes the as- tounding statement that since the troubles began over 50,000 Armenians have been slain by the Turks. Atrocities of the most awful kind are described. The present situation in the devastated region, the area of which is about the same as that of New England, is said by Moore to be far from hopeful. e R LB ANOTHER MINE DISASTER. Coal - Diggers Disobey Orders and an Explosion Results. FAYETTE CITY, Pa., June 30.—Last night Michael Barbaras and Louie De- resti, together with three or four other coal-diggers whose names are not yet known, contrary to orders entered the Washington mine, belonging to Biggs & Flinn, to take out their tools. A terrific explosion of mine gas occurred and Ba- rabaras and Deresti were instantly killed. ‘The fate of their companions is not known, but they are also believed to be dead. The explosion caused considerable damage to the mine. Owing to the presence of the interior cannot now be explored. POPULISTS IRE ALERT, Are Not Pleased With the Probable Action at Chicago. MAY ACT INDEPENDENT OF DEMOCRATS. Butler Sounds a Warning Note Against the Schemes of Whitney. WILL NOT BE THROWN DOWN IN THE STRUGGLE. Leaders of the People’s Party Prefer to Name Their Own Candidate for President. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30.—The improbability that Teller will be nomi- nated at Chicago and that a thorough Democrat will be selected, leaves Populist leaders to carry out their threats to nomi- nate a man of their-own at St. Louis. The attitude of most of the Populists is strongly suzgestive that what Democrats do will ot e pleasing to the Populists and that they will travel the rocky road of politics alone. Senator Butler of North Carclina is as- suming a most independent attitude toward the Chicago convention. In a letter to his paper, the Caucasian, the official Populist organ of North Carolina, bhe shows his position clearly. The letter has not yet appeared, but an advance copy of it is in the hands of THE CALL corre- spondent. After eulogizing Senator Tel- ler's course at St. Louis, Senator Butler writes as follows of the political situation and of the bolt at 8t. Louis: *“A number of Democrats are mow predicting that Teller and his friends will go into the Democratic party. Of course this is idle talk, for he will do no such thing. What a grievous blunder it wonld be for Teller and his friends to leave one old party and go into another one with equally as bad a record. simply because it is making mare fair promises ai this time. There is but one hope for silver and the people, and that is for every man who opooses the gold trust and monopolies to rally to- gether under the people’s banner at St. Louis on July 22. “The announcement that ex-Secretary ‘Whitney would hold up on his European trip, and that he and a number of other prominent gold men would go to the Chi- cago convention, has bean seized upon by silver Democrats for party advantage. These silver Democratic leaders who have so long deceived the people and kept the financial question in the background when they knew i: was the overshadowing ques- tion, but who are now trying to hold the honest rank and file of their party in line when they can no longer fool them by de- claring for silver, are busily engaged in putting up a man of straw and knocking him down to show their courage and pat- riotism. They cry out that Whitney is going to Chicago to get the Democratic party to declare for the gold standard, and that if the people will put faith in them they will show how they will defeat Mr, ‘Whitney and his evil schemes at Chicsgo. Now, the truth about the matter is, that neither Whitney nor any of the gold men are going to Chicago for the purpose of get- ting a gold plank. The gold wing does not want two candidates for President this year. He is going there for quite another purpose. It is to prevent silver men from uniting this vear. “It is true that when Mr. Whitney gets to Chicago he will urge Southern dele- gates to agree to a'gold plank. When they decline he will urge them o accept a compromise plank. When they decline he will agree to a straight free-coinage plank, on condition that the silver men will agree to a compromise candidate for President, and here is where the deal will be made. Whitney will say to them: ‘It you take Mr. A as your candidate the East will not furnish any campaign funds, but if you take Mr. B, who also claims to be a silver man, the East will put up the money for your campaign.’ “‘The thing that Mr. Whitney and the gold men fear most is that the Democratic National Convention might indorse Teller for President, and they fear that if this were done the St. Louis convention might also indorse him, and thus the silver force might be united. But, even if Mr. Whit- ney fails in everything else, his last card will be to have the gold men apparently indorse or submit to the action of the Democratic conventien, in order to discredit it and make the union of the silver forces impossible. Whitney knows that the Democratic party is so odious on account of its false promises and treachery to the people that any candidate and any course that bears only the Democratic label is doomed to defeat in the coming campaign. He wants the Democratic party to run a free silver candidate and to be defeated in the com- ing campaign, but he wants to hold the party together, to keep Southern Demo- crats bound to Northern Democrats, be- cause in 1900 it will be necessary for the gold men to control the National Demo- cratic Convention, put up a goldbug for President, and elect him through the ma« chinery and by the help of the Demo- eratic party, including the South. Thisis Mr. Whitney's scheme, and for this, and for this only, he goes to Chicago. “Those who doubt this will learn to their sorrow that it is true when it will be toa late, and we predict in addition that sil. ver Democrats will be caught in his trap, either knowingly or unknowingly.” The fear of Populist leaders is thatif their convention should indorse the Demo- cratic nominees their party would be for. ever swallowed up in the Demoough party. It would lose its identity in all future