The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1896, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1896. PROPOSED LAWS FOR WORKMEN Acts in the Interest of Lahor Discussed and Adopted. The State Labor Convention Takes Action on Code Amendments. NO BLACELIST WAS. PASSED. Minimum Weges on Public Work Fixed at $2 a Day—Brands for Convict Goods. The California Labor Convention as- sembled yesterday afternoon at the hall of the Labor Bureau Association, 91534 Market street. There was a. good repre- sentation of the local trades unions, and severai delegates from unions outside San Francisco were admitted to the floor. The following creaentials were pre- sented by delegates who were seated: United _Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joinets of Americe Union No. 304—A. Vols- windler. Journeymen Barbers' Union No, 27—T. Rod- rigues, W. Westman, I Less Sailors’ Union of the Pacific—August Dahl- uist. Carpenters’ Union No. 23 of Berkeley, Cal.— E. F. Wrenn, John Laveile, Robert Steedman. In{ernational Furniture Workers’ Union No. 15—Heinrich Weideling, Carpenters’ Union No. 316, San Jose—H. A. Crawiord. Building Trades’ Council—H. C. Hinken. Pacific Coal ers’ Union—F. Moran, J. M. Clarke, ; San Fran Association— Messrs. Sution, Painters’ Union American Bakers' 51—T. Kealy, T. Lonergan and W. Meares, Golden Gate Lodge No. 1 Plasterers’ Union— James L. Clark, J. J. Connelly and Charles Wilson. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald and his secretary, Mr. Dam, were introduced to the convention. Later on Mr. Fitzgerald participated in the deliberations of the boay. The committee on resolutions presented a report, which was accepted, and on mo- tion of Delegate Furuseth, considered by the convention seriatim. This committee met at 1159 Mission street last Thursday, when W. Macarthur, Guy Lathrop, Hy Meyer, F. Busse, C. E. Hawkes and J. Hill were present. Macar- thur was elected president and Hawkes secretary and the committee proceeded to consider the various bills, recommenda- tions and resolutions referred the previous Sunday by the convention. Itschief work was, however, upon the proposed labor laws compiled and recommended by Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald. Of these laws, bill No. 1, an act amend- ing section 3245 of the Political Code, pro- viding that eight hours oniy shall consti- tute a day’s labor, was recommended without amendment. Bili No. 2, an act to provide for the proper sanitary condition of bakeries and the preservation of the health of the em- ployes iherein, was recommended with the expunging of phrases referring to the Labor Commissioner’s discretion in the premises, The convention acceptea the recommendation and decidea to add a section providing for the appointment of bakehouse inspectors by boards of health. Bill No. 3, which provides for the pro- hibiting of awards of contract for public work to persons baving judgments stand- ing against them ifor non-payment of labor, was presenied without recommen- dation other than the insertion of the words “violation of contract or for'’ be- fore the words ‘‘the non-payment of’’ in the second iast line of sectivn 1. Furuseth opposed it on the ground that it was oi- ficial boycotting, and the principle in the | bill—blacklist, boycott—was a vicious one. He moved that it be stricken out asa whole. The Labor Commissioner said it bad | been dralted from the statute books of | ‘Washington. He appreciated the stand taken by Mr. Furuseth, but the bill he be- | lieved to be necessary on accountof the danger of straw bonds. He declared that he had claims for labor done in street work of this City aggregating over $100,000, but because there was no lien law on public work the laborers had to go hungry. In reply Furuseth made a powerfui speech against the principle in the bill, and on a vote the bill was rejected. The next bill considered is a proposed act to provide for a bond for the protec- tion of laborers on public work. Thecom- mittee recommended reducing theamount of the bond required for this purpose from the full to one-fourth the contract price, believing that this section as it stood create great opposition from smaller ACLOrs. It was & question 1n the minds of the committee whether this would cover sireet contracts; also whether seciion 3 official bonds of officials liable cers were not personuliy respon- sible. This bill was reerred back to the committee ior amendment, with a view ot including as far as possible the ground soucht 10 be covered by tbe preceding bill, No.3. The bill will be amended further to apply to all public work. z The act (No. 5) to establish and support | NEW TO-DAY. PN Brown'’s Jamaica Ginger is made of pure gin- ger. No adulterants —no brandy. Nothing but ginger in solution. An infallible corrective for stom- ach troubles and similar com- plaints. A natural stimulant for the system and nerves. Be sure and get the genuine wPremms FRED BROWN CO., Philadelphia. \sfi“ & cuue Hussapy P a0 i Tree-Planting in Golden Gate Park This Afternoon. At half-past 2 o’clock this afternoon the patriotic ladies of Sequnia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will plant thir- teen trees in the historic arch which has been laid out in what was the Forty-nine Camp of the Midwinter Fair, in Golden Gate Park, at the point where stood the canvas of Mount Shasta. for the trees have been marked by stakes and where a speakers’ stand has been erected. principals in the movement to have an arch emblematic of the original thirteen States are Mrs. Peter J. Hughes of Merion Chapter, D. A* R., of Pennsylvanis, who originated the ides; retary, and Mrs. S. Isabelle Hubbard, the registrar of the chapter. Mrs, The spot is most accessible by walking down the main road to an avenue where the locations There is to be an interesting programme, The Henry Wetherbee, Regent of Sequoia Chapter; Miss Aima Priscilla Alden, the sec A feature of the ceremony will be the planting by the registrar and color-bearer of Valentine Holt Society of the Children of the American Revolution of & scion of tne Charter Osk, donated for the occasion by Miss Marion Burgess Hough of Hartford, Conn. a bureau of labor was referred to the Labor Commission, whodeclared that the bureau should be made a practical institution in its working. It, however, contained a clause relating to & free-employment de- partment, as follows: “To exclude from the office and enter upon a book kept for that purpose the name of any person whom he shall find to be unreliable, irre- sponsible or otherwise objectionable.’” Furuseth here again saw the blacklist and its dangers sticking out; for which reason he protested against the biil. Com- missioner Fitzgerald accepted the objec- tion, which he said he believed to be well founded. The objectionable clause was expunged. An act to define the duties and liabilities of employment agents{No. 6), referred by the committre to the Labor Commis- sioner, was next taken up. The Commis- sioner read his report to the Governor on this subject, and the bill was unanimously adopted without discussion. At the former session of the convention the act fixing tiie minimum rate of com- pensation for labor on public work at $2 a day was presented to the committee with the suggestion that ‘‘unskilled” be in- serted to qualify labor. committee recommended the bill without change, which recommendation was unanimously adopted. The act (No. 8) to add to the political code two sections regulating the bhours of labor of persons employed in bakeries, limiting the time to ten hours, was re- ported unfavorably by the commitree in the belief that it would be beyond the power of the State to enforce the law if passed. Action was deferred until the next meeting, by which time there will be an opinion on the bili from the Attorney- General. An act as proposed toenforce the prompt payment of the wages of laborers in law- ful money of the United States contained aclause which the committee believed was equivalent to imprisonment fcr debt due to labor. It wasaccordingly submii- ted for interpretation. This “act deals | with payment of lzaborers 1n checks, and | it makes it a misdemeanor punishable by | a fine of $300 or. imprisonment_for thirty to sixty days to fail to redeem time checks. It was adopted with the insertion of a clause excepting cases of insolvency from punishment. The act providing for the branding of all articles manufactured in prisons was generally held to be a most important one to labor. The bili was referred back to the committee for information on the ex- clusion of prison-made goods from the State or compulsory branding of all such goods coming into California. The convention adjourned until next Sunday alternoon. AT THE CHUTES. The Reiay Race Ended—A Balloon in the Fog. The relay race, to test speed in moving pedals, which commenced at the Chutes last Monday night, was brought to a close vesterday afternoon. It was a 35-mile race, five miles each evening and five yes- teraay. After the third race had been run, and each awarded to the boys of the California Club, the S8an Francisco Club’'s boys set up a claim that the machines had been tampered with and refused to proceed fur- ther. The California boys continued, and the race was awarded to them, but they refused to accept the cup that was raced for, other than to hold it for a challenge. Tbe winners of individual prizes were: Birdsall, five miles in 9:38, Hansen in10:18 and Olsen in 10:30, Profesror Frank Miller made’ an ascent from the grounds in a balloon, in the presence of a large number of people, but in less than a minute he was lost in the fog. He came down, uninjured, in the German Hosuital grounds. Next Bunday Arion, who has crossed the Niagara twelve times on a wire, will appear at the Chutes and will ride a bicycle on a wire, he and the wheel being a glow of electric fire. ———— Third Street—Nolan’s Must Vacate. The Nucleus building to be torn down January 1. Big stockof shoes to be closed out at a great sacrifice. WKINLEY STOCK TAKES A JUMP Heavy Republican Gains Reported South and in Oregon. Local Politicians Prepare for a Brisk Week of Heavy Campaigning. MANY CANDIDATES INDORSED. Political Gossip and News of Various Meetings and Municipal Clubs. As time grows shorter the local political situation becomes more interesting and the activity more intense. Yesterday was a busy day among the warring clans and schemes were laid for an active week’s work, though no startling developments occurred during ihe day. News was received at Republican head- quarters Saturday that the reaction from Bryan has been marked in Southern Cali- fornia during the past week. A marked defection from the Bryan clubs in South- ern California has been repsrted and it is pelieved that the rising price of wheat co- incident with the 16w price of silver will drive many silverites into the camp of protection. In the same encouraging line cheerful news comes from Or gon. Definite in- formation comes from Portland, Salem and other points that thousands of Demo- crats, weary of Democratic experiments, will vote for McKinley, having keenly felt the evils of free trade. Arrangements have been made by all political parties for a number of spirited meetings during the week at the various halls of the City. The Bryan and Phelan Club of the Third Precinct of the Thirteenth Assem- bly District met at 1006 Mission street, on Saturday evening, President James W. Collins in the chair. John H. Gilmour was the speaker of the evening. He warmly commended Judge tobert Ferral for the position of Buperior Judge. On motion of Secretary Clayton the following indorsements were made: Superintendent of Streets, D. A. Macdonald; Charlgs Gil- dea, Supervisor of the Tenth Ward; P. M. Delaney, Supervisor of the Third Ward. The meetinz closed with a hurrah for the National Democratic ticket. The secretary was instructed to string a Pgelan banner across Mission and Sixth streets, near the headquarters of the club. There will be a Republican meeting at the Potrero Opera-house to-night. It will be addressed by H. H. Howell, J. G. Swinnerton, Fred L. Ford, J. F. Gibson and [rving M. Scott. The meeting wiil be under the direction of the National Republican League. bere was an enthusiastic meeting of the Lincoin Republican Club at 107 Ninth street on Saturday might. The following candidates w- re indorsed : A. B. Treadwell for Police Judge, G. W. Eluet for Superintendent of Streets, Wil- liam Deane for Auditor, M. J. Welch for Senator for Twenty-third Senatorial Dis- trict, T. J. Suliivan for Thirty-first Assem- bly District, E J. Smith for Saipervisor for Tenth Ward, 2nd William H. Powers, nom- imee for School Director. M. J. Welch, nominee for Senator, Twenty-third Sena- torial District, addressed the meeting on the issues of the day. H. A. Planz made an_address in honor of E. J. Smith, Supervisor of the Tenth | Ward. The following gentlemen favored | the meeting with songs and recitations: E. C. Sweeney, T. F. 0'Day, Mr. Spell- man, J. J. Lane, The meeting then adjourned with three cheers for McKinley and Hobart and the Republican munieipal ticket. This olab will hold its high jinks next Saturday evening. General H. A. Pierce of Los Angeles has arrived in this City after a stump- ing tonr of the great San Joaquin Valley. The general visited many strange places since he started on his canvass. He made it his special mission to wander away from the line of the railroed into the canvons of the coast range and of the Bierra foothills, where the lumber man lurketh in his lair and where the ex-wool- grower, formerly a Democrat, sits by his hut on the bare hiliside and curses his fate and the Wilson tariff. Among these people General Pierce did excellent missionary work. “Bverywhere I found the undercurrent tending our way,” said the general, “and the tide has set steadily in the direction of protection as the chief issue in_this campaign. This is true especially of pro- ducers in the country, because protection is a vital, tangible issue witu them.” More than 1000 people listened to General Pierce in Oakland last Thursday night. He is a forcibl: and logical speaker and has met with the most flattering success. He addressed a meeting in Ukiah last night. General Barnes will address the street railway employes to-night in the Audi- torium. The general will have much of interest to tell and will say it in his own inimitable style, At a meeting at Hauser Hall Saturday night a Republican club was organized un- der the name of Washington-square Re- publican Club. One hundred and twenty- eizht members signed the roll. The following candidates were indorsed : For Mayor, Charles L. Taylor; State Sen- ator, Thomas W. Chandler; Assembly- man, Josenh Merani; Supervisor Second Ward, A. W. Wessenberg; Police Judges, J. A. Campbell and A. B. Treadwell. A DAY OF PLEASURE. Swedlish-American Politlcal Club Holds an Enjoyable Picnic. The Swedisk-American Political Club held its sixth annunal picnic yesterday at Shell Mound. A large crowd attended and had an enjoyable time. Throughout the day and evening the cing pavilion was thronged with dancers tripping the hght fantastic to tuneful airs. 'he success of the picnic is due to the efforts of the following: Committee of arrangements—Alfred John- son, Gustave Pcterson, J. F. Johnson, August Sjogren and August Peferson. Floor committee—Emil Nelson, G. N. Turner, Gus Siromberg, J. O. Nelson, O. Sjogren, Alex Olson and C. F. Jacobson. Reception committee—Charles Danielson, P. J. Frisk, G. Anderson and John Dahl. The club is an independent one so far as municipal politics are concerned. At their last meeting Major McKinley was unaimously indorsed. The following are its officers:” Alfred Johnson, president; J. Okerblad, first vice-president; C. 0. Classall, second vice-president; Gustave Peterson, treasurer; J. P. 8. Johnson, sergeant-at-arms. U S Workingmen to Meet. There will be a meeting of workingmen at the Potrero Opera-house, Tennessee street, between Mariposa and Eighteenth, this evening, Addresses will be de- iivered by Irving M. Scott, H. H. Stowell, J. G. Swinnerton, W. 8. Gibson, Tirey L. Ford, and C ’s band will discourse patriotic musi e g e comm—— 01d and Young Emmets. The game of football between the old and the young Emmets played on the recreation grounds of Golden Gate Park yesterday was a spirited one and stood 5 to 2 1u favor of the old Emmets. B e NEw and jutiful tints in tissue paper and :I&-mu; nice and cheap. Sanborn, v:u N0 HGHBINDER | DARES TO STIR The Police Expsct Blood- shed at Any Moment in Chinatown. A Forced Armistice Holds the Denizens of the Quarter Quiet. MANY QUEUED TERRORIZED. The Tongs Are Even on Murders and Are Looking for the Chinese Consul’s Scalp. There is a condition of unrest among the Chinese in this City. The action of the Chinese Consul who is supposed to have obeyed orders from Washington and caused the breaking up of a few high- binder headquarters, is an entirely new departure in the warfare that has waged for all these years, and it has added an- other element 1o the strife. The Be On Tong and Be Leong Tong so- cieties, two factions in one same family, have been at outs for more than a year, each haying murdered two of the other branch’s fighting men. Under the ordinary rule observed by the highbinders of the Kong Chow Associ- ation, to which these two tong families belong, there would be declared an in- definite armistice. Not so in this case, however, because each blames the other as the instigator of the smashing-up re- gime which the Chinese Consul is believed to have inaugurated. Incidentally, the representative of the Chinese Government here has surrounded bimself with all the safeguards at hand, and it is as difficult these days to see and talk to him as it was with the late lamented Czar, when dynamite bombs were supposed to grow on trees in Russia. There is, therefore, every likelihood that some celestial will be punctured by knife or bullet very soon, and the Chinatown squad of policemen under Sergeant Helms has been re-enforced with a dozen detec- tives, ununiformed, under Sergesnt An- derson, and a half dozen extramen under Sergeant Price. A particularly careful watch is being kept on the Chinese Con- sulate. The Consul is said to be the friend of the Sam Yup peonle on this coast as against the See Yups, who are more numerous, although less wealthy. The latter have recently undertsken to do what the United States Government has never been able to accomplish—that is to get a census of the Chinese on this coast. Their purpose is to show that they—the See Yups—iar outnumber the Sam Yups, and that they are entitled to have another and friendly Consul here, or else kill the one who is not friendly. These Chinese have peculiar ways in which to do business. Yesterday, when Policeman J. H. Crowley went into an overall factory on Merchant street, to serve a _ warrant on Quong Ho for robbing Wong Singina Dupont-street store some days ago, he was surrounded by a score of threatening heathens who undertook to liberate their friend. Crowley managed to draw his pistol and back out of the place dragging his prisoner along with him. There was no blood shed, but it was not that the Chinese tried to stop the effusion. JULI WLALOWE THBER, The Famous Actress on Her Study of Shakespeare in Florence. The Bard of Avon a Perpetual Spring Appealing to Audiences of Whatev:r Class. Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taber, who are to appear to-night in ‘“‘Romola” at the Baldwin, arrived here yesterday and are at the Palace. They came across the country from Denver, playing only at Salt Lake and Ogden while en route. It is only recently that they returned to America from Europe. As Jul'a Marlowe, the noted actress ap- peared here four years ago. Itis theonly time siie ever appeared pefore a San Fran- cisco audience. Aside from ‘Romola,” which is founded on George Eliot’s novel, all the other plays wnich the Tabers will present here are Shakespearean. No less than six of these are to be presented. Mrs. Taber alluded to them lasi night. She and Mr. Taber had just got a little rested after a hard trip over the alkali deserts. It has been excessively hot there, the trains were slow and this made the trip doubly hard. Notwithstanding this, however, Mr. and Mrs. Taber were locking very well. They have during their recent visit to Europe spent a great deal of time in Florence and other parts of Italy, and in England, where Mrs. MarloweTaber made a specialty of studving Shakespearean traditions. “I think no other plays can equal these,” ‘the lady said; “we always go back to them, no matter what may change us for the moment. They are a perpetual spring. I find that no matter where I go, to the great city or to the frontier, the people all like and appreciate them. The people of the wilds are as quick to see and applaud the great points in them as any other. “We had no adventures while en route from New York, but while crossing the At- lantic on La Burgogne the steamer was enabled to pick up another vessel, as you have, perhaps, noticed by the dispatches. Though I understand the political contest is veing waged warmly here, I think ftis npthing to what it1sin the East, where bands and processions are parading all the time, and where speakers on one side or another are holdingthe attention of great crowds, “‘But as theatrical people do not have the local interest to appeal to them which appertains to others, they cannot be said to be ab-orbed in politics as otbers are.’”’ On the completion of the two weeks for which the Tabers are to appear here they will go south. ————— FIREMAN’S FESTIVITIES. Annual Reunion of snickerbocker En- gine Company. The forty-sixth anniversary of the or- ganization of Knickerbocker Engin~ Com- pany No. 5 of the late Volunteer Fire De- partment of this City was duly celebrated on Saturday evening by a banquet at the California Hotel. The spacious dining-hall was tastily and lavishly decorated with flags, flowers, ete., as also the festive board, the center-piece being a magniticent floral ‘*horn of plenty,” the gift of Mrs. Lillie Hitchcock Coit, an honorary member of the sompany. -The NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT! The Greatest Values Ever Offered in San Francisco. 1 case 48-INCH BLACK FRENCH SERGE seae 156 v 40 pieces 48-INCH BLACK TWINE CLOTH. ............ FRENCH 156 uw 1 case 46-INCH BLACK FRENCH CRE- PON CHEVIOT.............. ieces H4-INCH BLACK FANCY CHEVIOT, six different patterns. . 25 156 v $1.00 v 35 pieees 45-INCH BLACK JACQUARDS, 15 different designs ENGLISH $1.00 v 50 FIGURED MOHAIRS. . . pieces 46-INCH BLACK FRENCH 31,50 1w ASSORTED PATTERNS. EXTRA SPECIAL! 1 case 46-INCH GENUINE SERGE, fast black, wile wale. . FRENCH 500 vim [ : QDBPOM o 1892, B 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. fair donor was vociferously applauded for her elegant testimonial. ¢ E. B. Vreelund occupied the presidential chair, and after ample justice had been done the bounteous supply of choice viands and fluids, called the assemblage to order and made the welcoming speech of the occasion. He reviewed the stirring scenes of early davs, and the heroic and di~interested services of the veteran fire laddies in fighting the awful conflagra- tions which so often devastated the tinder- box town of wood and canvas. Other felicitous remarks by the gray-haired pioneers revived reminiscences both vleas- ant and sad, the exercises being mean- while enlivened by vocal music. The presence of handsomely-zowned lady relatives of the “Old Knicks'’ added greatly to the enjoyment of the entertain- ment, which was prolonged until the mid- night nour. The following named participated in the festivities of the evening: Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Vreeland, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bunner, J. Satchel! and two ladies, E.T. Anthony and three ladies, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kimball, G. W. Kennard, J. Kent- zel, J. Grady, J. J. Mahoney, H. Wheeler, Mr. Giannini, T. J. McCarthy, L Hall, Henry B. Livingston. ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG MEN A Large Gathering and Interesting Ad- dresses at Y. M. C. A, Hall, A mass-meeting of the members of the Young Men’s Christian Associ tion and their friends took place at the Association Hall, corner of Ellis and Mason streets, yesterday afternoon. The hall was crowded. General Secretary McCoy pre- sided. The famous Moody quartet sang several songs in a way to interest and arouse every one. C. C. Michener, secretary of the Inter- pational College Membership of the Y. M. C. A., maae the opening address. He spoke of the great work that was being carried on among the students of the country, John L. Speares, State secretary, fol- lowed in a brief address, in which he spoke of the aifferent classes reached by the as- sociation. It was doing a work, he said, that the churches could not do. *The variety of the work,” he continued, ‘‘is so great that no one need be left out of its influence.” After the quartet had sung “Rock of Ages” D. Edward Collins, the banker of Oakland and chairman of the State com- mittee, spoke on the truths of the Bible. He gave some illustrations from his own experience and observation in proof of the statements of Holy Writ. A farewell meeting was held in the even- ing, which was also well attended. —_————— Charged Wiih Grand Larceny. Jack O’Brien, a well-known crook about town, was booked at the Central Station yes- terday afternoon for a crime committed March 9last. The specific charge is grand larceny. It appears that on the date mentioned Q’Brien stole & wagon from the Modern Laundry Com- pany on Guerrero street, ana driving it down town sold some of theé articles of clothing. W. th the coin thus obteined he skipped out to Sacramento, where he was later arrested for peity larceny and given six months in the county jail. “These factsin time reached the ears of Captain Lees, and when O'Brien stepped from the jail in Sacramento vesterday be was immediutely arres Silvey and brougr t ta ¢ 1‘@5 e NEW TO-DAY. | GAIL BORDEN | _‘; EI%OGLE Brand§ Has No Equal I-D EVERYWHERE Prices Paralyzed To=-Day It matters not what a thing is worth — you take it for what you will give. Our Big Auction Sale b« gins to= day at 10:30 o’clock. Crockegv, Chinaware, Glassware, Silver= ware, Lamps, Ornaments, etc., a hundred thousand dollars’ worth, goes on the auction block for what it will bring. Largest, most astonishing sale ever held in the United States. AT _AUCTION. Bee Advertisemewt under Auction heading. COOK 123 Kearny St. MR. ALLAN COWAN, Auctioneer, 29 Per Cent Saved! JUST RECEIVED — A full line of Latest Styles in Plaids for Fall and Winter 1896-97. 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