The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1896, Page 1

VOLUE MLXXX.—NO, 138 PRICE FIVE CEN WORKMEN KNOW THER FRIEND From the Shops at Canton They Marched to the Home of McKinley. Four Thousand. Wage-Earners Show Loyalty to the Cause of Protection. OTHER DELEGATIONS ARRIVE. To All the Visitors the Major Talks of the Necessity of Sound Money and Home Industry. CANTON, Omro, Oct. 17.—The com- : feature of the day at Canton was | at spontaneous labor demonstra- tion whkich took place late in the after- noon. Four thousand Canton working- n called on Major McKinley. They “ assembled at the public square at 40’clock, into line and. marched to Major Mec- Kinley’s house. All went quietly and without ostentation. Hundreds of men cam st as they left the mills, the foun- dries and the shops, attired in blue blouses and carrying their dinner-pails. The workingmen arranged the call them- selves and they filled every inch of room the McKinley yard and were fightly n. Keveral hundred could not wedged get within hearing distance of the speaker. After the spokesmen, Messrs. Krause and Jones, had made some re- marks and a glee club had been heard 1 have witnessed in front of this porch many s which have touched my heart, but which have more deeply moved me than f the workingmen of Canton. t this sssemblage are the wives ones whom you love so much and you want &n opportunity to work. vou sl hearty aud smeere welcome to vhich since 1879 has been on basis, is now assailed by our It invoives the old > nonest payment of the public pensions of our soldiers and of all | ¢ obligations which the people long ago on the side of good faith, good s and common honesty. But with that ent some people are notsatisfied. So pen by them to pass upon this still the question of pro- ee trade or tariff reform. In trade as agsinst protection was the mount issue of the eampaign, and free mphed beiore the great tribunal of an people, and this year -we bring n to you again. We ask you to re- 10 express your reconsidered apd better i0te matored judgment on ‘tuat issue, ¢ three years of dreadful experience. in the city of Canton on Monday November 8, 1892, and ‘in that 1ppealed to fellow-citizens at home as ad appesled to them elsewhere not to over- protective policy which had brought al prosperity, and which at ¥ t was spreading its blessings &nd benefits throughout the entire country &nd in every industrial center, and in the of that sp I said what was true then now. This is whkat Isaid : “But, again, the Democrats have free trade we could buy do at present. . Yes. We struggle between American s was going on, butwhen ed out the price wou!d go upto whatever figure might be dictated by the cturer, and in the mean- scantily employed and at I spoke eveni ening. e rc Free trade cheapens the arti- c artisan; -protection re- du ice of & product by giving th 1 ward for his labor and recety- its reward on higher skilled industry. e cheapens the product by cheapen- oducer; ' protection cheapens the he skilied genius and indus- othing is cheap at abroad thaten- e American people. [Ap- m of free trade is “Buy e cheapest.”” I will give cim worth ten thonsand times more where you can pay the ous cheering.] But where s i1s highest reward, and that is e United States of America, or was four | ago, during tne years of protection every factured product had been cheapened, in that process, thank God, men, living d never been cheapened. While the s of the country had gone down in e, labor up to 1892 had more than held its ,and & workingman at that time was re- ing 60 per cent more for his labor than he eceived in 1860. All we have done by pro- tection is to take care of our .own houscholds and great National family. That is what we ro 10 do in the future by our ballots on the 3d of November. 1+aid another thing then: *“If by your bal- lots you #dopt this free-trade policy while s may b: cheaper in the United States you will have less labor and less wages with which to buy the Was I right, men of Canton ! [Cries of “Yes.”] Those were the words spoken 1o you four years ago and were my best and most mature convictions. Ido not belleve in my reiations with you, with many of you for more than a quarter of acen- tury, I have under:aken to deceive or mislead or mi:guide you. [Cries of “You neverhave.”] My opinions may have been wrong, but they were honest opinions, and none were more than those I expressed in 1892. How ey were truly and worthily spoken you now judge. We have passed from the field of prediction into the kingdom of fulfiil- ment. [Laughter and applause] We have pasicd the period of prophesy sioce then and have experienced in our own homes, in our own employments and 1n our own lives the re- sult of partial free trade and tariff tinkering. You know the conditions in 1892. You know he conditions now. Which do you prefer? of “The conditions of 1892.”"] fellow-citizens: As iI the dreadful ex- perience of the last three years and a half was not enough for our people to bear, we have in- jected into the cambaign a new and very | grave menace, sffecting the-currency of the country. Tnis menace must be removed be- fore confidence will come back sgain, and the only way to remove it is to defeat the party which proposes it. We cannot have business confidence, we cannot have more uninter- upted prosperity, we cannot have good em- oyment and good wages until we have re- ored confidence to the business of tte United States. We cannot da that until we have established an -unalterable purpose to kecp every obligation of the Government sacred and every dollar of our currency as good as gold. Nor will business activity revive so Jong es we do any part of our work abroad only have stability in their currency, but they must have stability in their tariff laws. These tariff laws must not be ever-changing with each new administration. You kuow— there is not a workingman about me who does not know—there is not an employer of Jabor who does not know that tbe shome manu- facturer must be abie to count with certainty upon the character of his foreign competition betore he can plan his year's work. He must know in sdvance w prices hre will have to meet in this market from his foreign com- petitor before he tan fix the number and wages of his employes or the volume of his output. The sharper the home manufacturer’s foreign competition is the lower must be the cost of his product, if he would keep his mar- ket. Isnot that true? [Loud cries of “Yes.”] 1 need not say to you that the lower the price of the product the lower must be the wages of labor in producing it. Isnotthattrue? [Cries of “Yes.”’] Nor need I tell you that the lower the tariff duties the sharper (he foreign com- petition, the narder the fight to maintain this market and ower will American wages be 1i the home manufacturer cannot compete- with a fair profit upon his capitai then he wiil not manufacture, and when that time comes work-and wages are no more and idleness comes, which is the curse of (his and every other country. Your ballots on the 3d of No- vember, with the ballots of your fellow-citizens everywhere, will determine whether we are to have ashifting currency or whether it shall be agood and sound one and so recognized in every part of the world. These ballots, too, will help to determine whether we shall continue & policy that fails to supply the Government with adequate rev- enue or restore the ane which will supply am- ple revenue and at the same time enable the labor of this country to be employed in doing thework of this country rather than have it done by the labor of any other country, while our 6wn workmen are idle. Your ballots are free. They belong to nobody in this world but yourselves. You have nobody to answer to for Your vote but your conseiénce and your God. A large delegation from Erie County, Va., and one from Cambridge Springs, | Washington County, called on Major Mc- Kinley this afternoon. There were more than 600 voters in the delegations. The towns of Corry and Union City were largely represented. Rev. W. E. Staith of Cambridge Springs addressed Major Mec- Kinley at considerable length on behalf of the visitors. Major McKinley responded with a ringing speech, in which he coun- seled the people to be mindful of Con- gressional and Legislative elections this fall, and then devoted the remainder of bis remarks to money and the tariff, quot- ing a strong paragraph from Macaulay's histo:, ©f England describing the evils of a debased currency in that country. A large delegation from the northern part of Chautauqua County, N. Y., were the next callers. Congressman W. B. Hooker was the spokesman. Major Me- Kinley was greeted with a storm of ap- plause, and he made nne of the most stir- ring speeches of the campaign. Colonel William L. Osborne, secretary of the Republican National Committee, arrived in Canton to-day. Mr. Osborne came from New York and is on his way to Chicago to see Chdirman Hanna. Colonel Osborne is enthustastic over the outlook. “In the East,” he said, “the fight is won. Itis now only a question of organization for the purrose of seeing that every man wbo wants to vote for sound money gets to the polls. Our reports from other varts of the country are highly pleasing and re- assuring. The work in the South is being done under the direction of the New York branch of the National Committee, and we have reason to expect some very hand- some results from several Southern States, I think the solid South will be broken and that the resultin that section will be a sur- prise to the country. Major McKintey's great speech to the ex-Confederate veter- ans last week has helped us very much in the South, for it has demonstrated to all parties that he takes a patriotic view of the relations between various sections of the country and that above all else he is for National unity. The position of the Republicans is growing stronger daily all over the country, and will continue to do so up to the last moment.” — EAST AND WEST NOT SEPARATED, Zom Reed Speaks of Signs That Point to Prosperity. FORT WAYNE, Ixp., Oct. i5.—Thomas B. Reed of Maine was tendered a periect ovation in Fort Wayne to-night. He ad- | dressed the largest audience assemblea in this city this campaizn and was escorted by a long parade of marching clubs. It was his first speech in the West this cam- paign and be said: “I do not believe the West and the East are separated. I think the same condi- tions exist here that prevail in the State of Maine. She has designated the way of prosperity and she always goes the way she points. We are not following a man who was not known six months ago nor choosing a man or the principles created quite recently. We are no. following any man who says, ‘We believe.” We want proof, history, facts. That is what the Re- pubticans give you.” In conclusion he said he praised the honest - money Democrats for their honesty and integrity. He said a political party 18 ruled by its majority and the Chicago convention was governed by the Popocratic majority, and that majority is south of Mason and Dixen’s line. - ENTRUSIASM IN CHICAGO, Theodore Roosevelt Addresses a Most Démonstrative Audicence. CHICAGO, Irn, Oct. 15.—Theodore Roosevelt, Police Commissioner of New York City, addressed a great demonstra- tive audience to-night in the Coliseum. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Republican College League. The universities and colleges of the city ahd suburbs were represented by large bodies of students who rent the air with their college yells and made the cheering for McKinley a reminder of the Democratic Convention scenes in the same building. Robert Liricoln presided and made a brief speech which was vigorously applauded. Campaign songsenlivened the affair,which was a decided political success. A ik CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. Eepublicans Will Carry the Middle Western States. CHICAGO, J1L., Oct. 15.—The Repub- lican National Committee feels so con- fident of carrying the Middle Western States, where the political fighting has been thickest, that Chairman Hanna has instructed Chief Hahn' of the speakers’ bureau to send all the available prom- inent speakers to California, Washington and Wyoming to close the campaign. Several National Committee speakers are already there, Congressman Boutelte is on bis way and Hon. Robert P. Porter started to-day for Washington, where he wiil make five speeches, the first at Ta- coma. Mr. Porter will make two speeches in Oregon and wind up in California. Speaker Reed has made arrangements to | that we can do at home. The people musinot visit the coast.” Colonel Hahn said there Iy \' l:/g"j'/ AN W \ \ \ W L Ry I //if '" “\\%\Q,. 4 = UNMASKED. was complete organization in the Coast States, all of which would go for McKin- ley on the protection issue, California al- ways having been a gold State. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Foster talked confidently of Republican success in Nebraska ana Missouri, where he has been stumping for the last two weeks. S g T LANDSLIDES IN NOVEMBER. They Are Predicted in Reports Made to Republican Leaders, NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 15.—Senator Quay was early at National headquarters this morning. The reporis to the National Republican Committee, received from all quarters, are to the effect that a landslide is expected in Novembver. John S. Wise of this city, who nas been campaigning in his former State of Vir- ginia, called at Republican headquarters to-day. “'So far as the actual vote is concerned,” said he, “‘we shall undoubtedly carry Vir- ginia, but whether that vote will be count- ed as cast is another matter.” A dispatch received from the Chicago headquarters at the Republican' head- quarters 1n this city to-day says: “Within the last three ‘days Mr. Hanna has re- ceived the most satisfactory reports from the Pacific Coast. The situation in Cali- fornia, Oregon and Washington is assur- ing, and the reports all tell of the good work being done by the speakers sent there recently by the National Commit- tee.” ATTITUDE OF THE VATICAN. Catholic Clergy cf the United States May Be Instructed to Keep Out of Folitics. LONDON, ExG., Oct. 15.—The Daily News to-morrow wiil publish a dispatch from Rome saying that the Vatican, al- though favoring the candidacy of McKin- N KO HURRY T0 FORCE THE WAY Minister. Terrell Desires Turkish Wrath to Cool " a Little. Then He Will Seek Permission for the Bancroft to Go to Constantinople, CRUISE OF THE LITTLE VESSEL Consumes All Its Coal During the Voyage of Many Thou- sand Miles. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15.—A dis- patch was received at the Navy Depart- ment to-day from Admiral Selfridge, com- manding the American fleet in the Medi- terranean, stating that the Bancroft had safely arrived at Smyrna. It is said by officials in the Navy Depart- ment that the Bancroft must have almost completely exhausted ber coal supply in her long trip of many miles acrossthe At- lantic and up the Mediterranean Sea, and ley, does not approve of the recent letter | that she undoubtedly reached -Smyrna of Archbishop Ireland, supporting McKin- | with her bunkers almost clear. The first ley, because it mixes religion and poli- ties, which the Vatican thinks should best be separate in the United States. It says that the letter will displease Eastern and Southern Irish Catholics who support Mr. Bryan. The dispatch adds that. instruc- tions will perhaps be sent to Monsignor Martinelli, the Papal delegate, concerning the attitude of the Catholic clergy in the Presidential campaigz. Sle Dl e To Hestore Freight Rates. CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 15.—Order is about to come out of the chaosin which the Western freight rates have been involved for some time past. The manta Fe road to-day withdrew its conditional vote of a few days ago, and voted favorably on the proposition to restore rateson the 2d prox. This makes the action of the Western lines unanimous, and seems to assufe a cessation of the rate-cutting that bhas been the cause of so much irritation during the summer and fall. & - Convention of Shippers. i CHICAGO, Inn, Oct. 15.—Behind closed doors at the Palmer House this morning there was called to order a'N. tional convention of carload shippers of | butter, eggs and poultry for the purpose of brinzing into existence a .National .as- sociation, thing that must be doneis to coal her, and that will probable iake several days as there is no great hurry about it, By the time she is ready for work it is thought that the present complicated con- dition of things may have been straight- ened out and she may be allowed to go peabeably and without protest to her des- tination, which is admittedly Constanti- nople. i ‘When the story first came out yesterday that the Baneroft had been ordered to proceed to Constantinople whether the Sultan consented or not, a strong effort was made by those in position to know to contradict the story. To-day, however, they are less anxious to deny its truth. But while partly admitting, they deny that there is any danger of trouble. According to the stories told now the | Bancroft was sent to the Mediterranean at the urgent request of Minister Terrell, who predicted troublous times and ‘as- serted that the United States neceded a guardship at Constantinople; and it was at nhis suggestion' that the Bancroft was purpose, yet not formiddble enough to give excuse for any serious protest, While quiet reigns at the Turkish cap- ital, Minjster Terrell will probably not ask_ |'for the firman permitting the Bancroft to elected as being a vessel sufficient for the | their former friendship, but met with no pass the straits, especially in view of the alarming publications attributing to her a distinctly hostile mission. These repcrts are known to have been mortifying to the Turkish authorities, as they were so totally at variance with the uniform and repeated assurances of this Government that the presence of all our shipsin the Levant was amicable. It is believed therefore that the effects of these stories will be allowed to subside before the little ship proceeds to Tchanak, at the entrance to the Dar- danelles, and that Terrell will await a more favorable opportunity to ask her safe pas- sage to the Golden Horn. ‘With the Bancroft’s arrival Admiral Sel- fridge now has his entire command di- rectly under his eye and actording to his instructions he will at once arrange their crews to bring together all the men whose terms of enlistment are about expiring on the Marbiehead in order thatshe may leave with them for New York. This portion of the programme can only be altered by contingencies arising which might make it advisable to 'keep the entire fleet to- gether fcr some further time, P S e INDEMNITY IS DEMANDED. Torrell Lodges a Claim on Behalf of Frank Lenz's Mother. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEy, Oct, 15.— United States Minister Terreli has lodged with the Turkish Government a claim for $40,000 indemnity on behalf of Mrs. Lenz, mother of Frank Lenz, the Pittsburg bi- | cyclist who was murdered by Kurds while traveling through Turkey in 1895. TEN DAYS BEHIND. BARS That Is the Fate ot a Young Man Who Blackmailed a Married Woman. She Was Anxious to Secure a Letter and Paid for It by Piece- meal. CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 15.—J. H. A, Cum- mings, & young man who claims to be a San Francisco newspaper reporter, was placed on trial before Judge Clifford this morning to answer to an indictment charging extortion by threats. Harry Til- lenberg, who was named as an associate of Cummings, was not present, the deputy sheriffs having failed to locate him, Mrs. Julia Barrata, wife of a stock broker, caused the arrest of Cummings several months ago while he was keeping an engagement. with Ler to secure a sum of money. One year ago Tillenberg be- came acquainted with Mrs. Barrata, at that time Julia Adler. He paid herattentions for several weeks, when an estrangement took place, and the young woman saw no more of him until last June. . A, He then professed his desire to renew success, as the young lady in the mean- time had married Barrata. In August Cummings called on Mrs. Barrata with a letter of introduction from Tillenberg. The husband was away at the time and the wife granted Cummings an inverview. He told his hostess that he had letters in his possession which, if made public, would result in her separation from her husband. She was surprised to find that Cum- mings had secured letters written by her to Tillenberg prior to her marriage in Oc- tober, 1895, and had changed the dates. Fearful-of the scandal that she imagined would result she gave $10 to her visitor for his silence. Insiead of getting the dreaded letter she was only given a por- tion of it. . This portion was just one-fifth of the letter. trips, each time securing $10 for the pieces of paper. When the whole of the letter had been purchased she hoped she had seen: the last of Cummings. Her hopes were false, however, as he appeared . with another document. She then took her husband into her confi- dedce, and arranged for the arrest of Cum- mings. = The defense was that Cummings was a private detective engaged by Mrs. Barrata on a family case, and that on learning thet he was an acquaintance of Tillenberg she offered him $50 compensation if he would get two letters in her former sweet- heart’s possession. Tillenberg is said to be well connected in Chicago. Mrs. Barrata was not in court. Cummings entered a plea of guilty. Judge Clifford heard the evidence and sentencea him to ten days in the County Jail. AT B COASTED DOWN TO DEATH. Foreman Marsh Took a Foolish Slide Down the Pikes Peak Cog Road. COLORADO SPRINGS, Covo., Oct. 15.— H. C. Marsh, foreman of the Pikes Peak cog road, died from injuries received to- day while coasting down the rack route on a toboggan slide. He started from the summit shortly after the passenger train onh an arrangement fitted up with a double set of cleats to retain hold on the center rack or cog rail of the road and which is fitted with a peculiar brake applied from the sides. The rack rail is covered with grease and oil, dripping from the hump back engine, and is exceedingly slippery. Mazsh shot down the 16 per cent grade like a bolt of lightning, taking the curves with a speed that was hair raising. He rounded Windy Point and started down to the Halfway House, when the brake brokze in an attempt to apply’ it, and the toboggan, with nothing to impede it, gained in momentum at a frightful rate. The passenger train that had left the summit wasoverhauled and Marsh crashed into it with terrible force, sustaining in- ternal injuries from which he died within an hour. He was 33 years old, single and came here from D :rlington, Mo., to which place his remains will be sent for burial. Sl st Strung Up in Short Order. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 15 —Henry Mit- ner, a negro, assauliea a young white woman at Garfield last night. A posse was quickly formed, pursuing anda over- taking him in the mneighborhood this morning. He was. strung to a tree one mile from the town and iiu body riddled with buliets. Cummings made four more,| WEYLER'S FORCES ROUTED BY REBELS - | Five Engagements ih Which - Spanish Troops Are Defeated. Six Hundred Men Lost During Attempts to Capture Supplies for Cubans. MACE(’S MEN ARE VICTORIOUS. Now the Captain-General of the Oppressors Will Make a Final Effort to Subdue Patriots. [Correspondence of The United Associated Presses] HAVANA, Cusa, Oct. 10 (via Tampa, Fla.. Oct. 15).—The following is the ac- count of the last fight in Pinar del Rio, gathered from information received hére from Spanish sources: Maceo left the hiils with about 2000 or 3000 men to meet an expedition which had landed on the extreme point of the island, somewhere about Dimas, which expe- dition, it appears, is not the one brought by the Three Friends as reported, but one fitted out in France or some otber place with Cuban funds coilected in France, and commanded by a well-known Havana lawyer named Fernando Friere Andrade. The expedition appears to have been the most formidable ever landed in Cuba and is said to have comsisted of about 5000, rifles, 1,000,000 cartridges, 5000 blankets and waterproofs, two or three cannon, dynamite, medicines, etc. ‘Weyler, being informed of the landing and that Maceo had sent forces to convoy the expedition to the hills, sent five columns, in combination with each other, to intercept his way and if possible to cap- ture the convoy. As a result of this com- biration there occurred five successive en- gagements, in which the Spaniards are said to have lost over 600 men without obtaining their coveted object, since Maceo is now reported to have reached the hills in safety without losing a single pack mule on the convoy. In all of these engagements Maceo has outgeneraled all his foes and has demen- strated his great capacity as a military leader and his remarkable skill and cour- age. Maceo, having succeeded in reaching bis mountain strongholds with the power- “ful elements he has now obtained, it can be safely prédicted that it will be utterly impossible for the Spaniards to dislodge ‘| him, as il would require nearly 100,000 men for that purpose, according to the opinion of well-informed and impartial persons. There is no doubt that be has sustained great losses, but everybody be- lieves that they are much smaller than those of the Spaniards. Calixto Garcia, with 5500 men and four pieces of artillery, leit the Bayamo district recently in the direction of Camaguey. He is believed now to be in that province to join, Gomez. His ultimate purpose is unknown. e FOR A SUPREME EFFORT, Spain Massing Troops to Conquer Cuba or Give Up. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 15.—A special cable to the Herald from Cadiz, Spain, says that a Spanish official is authority for the statement that if Spain has not put down the insurrection in Cuba by the first of Mareh it is the intention of the Gov- ernment to give pp the struggle and let the island go. Spain is massing troops on the island for a supreme effort. McKin- ley’s election in March is feared by the Spaniards, who think that if he occupy the Presidential chair the United States will take & more active iuterest in Cuban affairs. Tomas Estrada Palma, head of tbhe Cu- ban Junta, was shown last night the dis- patch from Cadiz announcing the intended evacution of Cuba by the Spaniards., He made no effort to conceal his satisfaction. It has cost Spain $11,000,000 a month to sustain het army in Cuba. She is already six months in arrears on account of the island. Shehasno money and no credit. She has, moreover, the Philippine revolt on her hands. On the other hand the Cuban position has grown stronger day by day. We have between 30,000 and 40,000 men in the field, fully armed, besides a like number armed with mae chetes.” “If the Spaniards abandon the fight in March, how will the belligerents be treated? Will there be any reprisals? “None whatever. Emphatically not. The Cubans have been fighting for hib- erty; not from hatred of S8pain. Weshall not imitate. the cruelty of our enemy. Any Spaniard choosing to lay down his arms and remain as- a non-combatant will be welcomed by the Caban Govern« ment on equal terms with the native Cu- bans. Indeed, we need their help to build up the island. “Qur first work will be to establish a permanent Government to take the place of the Provisional Government which has served during the war. [t will be a Gov- ernment of, by and for the people, like that established in this country after the War of tne Revolution. The island is-dis- tracted by the corrupt Spanish rule and by the war. We mastat once build up and restore confidence in the ability of a Cuban republic?” 1*How about annexation ?” ° “While our present purpose is to cone sfitute by ourselves an independent State, 1 consider that Cuba is commercially an- nexed to the United States, for we are in a great mneasure commercially dependent on the United States.’ But we shall wel- come the end of the war, because it will mean the end of the bloodshed and the loss of property. Unless the Spanish sur- render it must continue indefinitely.” A Herald special from Havana, via Key West, says: A Havana tobacco-buyer who accompanied the column of General Mel- guizo and happened to be an eve-witness of the latter's engagement with Maceo’s insurgents in Pmar del Rio province says Melguizo, on the morning aiter the