The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1899, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARC 10, 1899 They Complete Their Scheme : The Supervisors Are on The completed the d in which they hope to save themselves | have taken our stand in t atter, a and the ill-gotten prof e _ | our next vote will simply be the regis- ol fron ! the I-sinlative proniBid ter of our first determination. As we f the § nipu priv flairs of the racetrack in haud an-| The going is the opinion of nounce that they will spend cpin to p of the members of the Board of Super- nt u sption of the reso| visors. It S ncent and thnely rs. This announce- | maste of t i ment a direct insult to the officials | to carry out who have so remembered their serve the « ledges and b so acted as honest | of the racecours: T of the municipal government | outlined three men will appes nact 2 law that means so much | {he Supervis next Monday to pl to the healthy life of the community. | agai e final adoption of the [ n reply the gamblers declare that they ' hibitory ordinar These men W ttempt to bribe t 1pervisors | Henry Crocker, Walter Hobart to retire in disgrace from the position | Senator Androu Ly heveiy They will ask the Supervisors to de- his proposed attempt has been £0 |,y gaap action until representatives of openly and shamelessly declared that| e rycecourse may be heard. Any al- every gossip on the street knows 1L |y ja¢ive except the complete prohibi- Lo e naturally | ., o gambling will be accepted been made awar it. In answer they | L0 Of 8am acoeniec declare that neither orhie fex- | Lacetzackicanngt exs B D self. Tt needs the savings of honest men initial action after due deliberation. W over knew that merchants and business men gentleman ides. The plea were be jon that such action will be that represents would prot save their of the racecourse may then state em S m the consequences of their cas: It is an old gam that temptation at t cour The aid Sometimes works with succe After of the police and of every well-meaning | the resolution, which under the ordi ement in th ©unity had been ifi- | ary process of law would become of voked in va stepped in to | tive next Monday, has been referred to supply the r S0 many <ou a committee the people of the city may and none but curselves could find. abandon any hope of relief. “We know that a cry is being in behalf of homest sport, so ent the property interest This cr a dishonest one, and we | Ing Many thousands of dollars thoroughly understand it as such. The have been invested at the local race game that is conducted at Ingleside is | course. The pleaders before the Super- neither sport nor honest. In abolish- | visors will ask for justice as they un- ing this game we are not militating | derstand the meaning the term against honest sport of any kind. We | When this plea is made, however, the are simply striving to save the young Supervisors will remember what men of the city from the offenses that been done by the local Merc lead to disgrace and death and the | sociation, of which Mr. Crocker is voung women from the temptations | honored member. that end in dishonor This associaifon has done everything “In such a crusade we cannot afford | in its power to destroy the gambling to tempc must be killed, and we a. ke no secret of their promise to use CRIMINAL PLOT OF RACING GAMBLERS to Protect Ingleside’s Corruption. Classes Are J[oined in the Struggle to Destroy the. Evil. ide have now | people of the cits | the seriousness of t gan; the ¢ e situation. paig after due delib g in the natu took our stand only tion, the is not touts, The jockeys, 1nd sure-thing men of the in arm d they uper are up retreat from our position and plea of legalizing and port” per the ain their ends s reying upon San F The men that hav permit a ous to thrive in San ¥ that print last Mor intere bec ace, d stly used. can Po and which an Hobart, Crocker and Andr ize with so grave an evi It . h re glad that the evil which the race course San Francisco. The Guard—All restricting heme the cise of ir Juce them to waver in the stand they | 200 the thefts of thi with whi n to waver in the stand theY | to reward the gambling blacklegs of vestorday: T“ye have the | other communities that flock to pit. the rerciai and "’:“""‘\'““‘ ymunities behind us in The Supervisors will be as to re- \gainst the crime-creating | fer the resolution, which has been f the racecour o oo ed to print. to a committee, that of bred in association, Q000000000000 000000000000000000000 o o o 00000000000000D0O0ODOO0O0DOO00O0O0000000OD00000D00000000000000000000000000000000O0 O LABOR’S UNITED SONS - OPPOSE THE TRACK Labor's forces, the brawn and muscle of the city, as represented by the Bullding Trades’ Council, stand opposed to the notorious,adjunct of racetrack, the bookmaker's stand, and‘its close and deadly ally, the pool- room of the city. The racetrack is something e: tially foreign to a body which simply deals with labor matters, but things have come to such a pass that the racetrack has forced itself upon the attention of the workingmen of this city. TUnder the regular order of business laid down by its constitution and by-laws the Building Trades Council could take no definite ac this matter, but like all other organizations it sets apart portion of the evening when subjects of common interest may be dis. ed, and it was under this head that the track received a blow from the workingmen last night. ion on a The regular routine business was transacted as usual. Then came a lull. President P. H. McCarthy rapped sharply with his gavel and said: “Brothers, we are now under the head of ‘good of the ord As your president it hardly becomes me to occupy the floor, but there is a subject to which I would like to call your ention and on which I think the members of this body might well expre: their individual opinion for the benefit of the public. In the picturesque outskirts of this there is a crime-breeding spot; a putrefying sore which contaminates all who touch it. It is known as the Ingleside racetrack. You know its ory; 1 know it. There is a trail of blood leading to it. gravestones, the prisons full of felons. ook for the cause. The records of the criminal courts show that many men wearing stripes to-day started on their downward journey at the racetracks. The mortuary records show that scores of suicides ended their lives to hide their disgrace—a disgrace caused by a monomaniac desire to beat the races. “The Board of Supervisors at its tion which, if finally adopted, will pu a stop to this evi The hills are white with 1st session passed to print a resolu- Brothers, I think it but right that we express our honest opinion on this matter. 1 know of no rule which permits us to bring this matter to a final vote, but I think that, as citizens, we should express our commendation of the ten men who have already done their best to what they have already done, driven in. William M. Page, the time-honored secretary of the council, was the next speaker. He is a man of few words, honest and open-hearted. “Brothers,” he said, “1 am glad that our president has called this matter to our attention. Like him, 1 have read the long record of crime and death which can be traced directly to Ingleside. We, as individuals, can do lit- tle to suppress this evil; but the who have already voted on the question, the ten honorable members of the Board of Supervisors, are the choice of the of the citizens. In this matter, at least, the cho- gen ones have done well. 1 personally thank them, and hope that at the next meeting they will make the resolution killing the vice-breeding gam- bling a law. This is something for every workingman to think about and study carefully. Walter Goff of Carpenters’ Union 483 followed Mr. Page on the same lines. He compared the racetrack and its brother, the dewntown pool- room, to the viper which lurks in a tempting spot and venomously strikes the wearied sojourner who haits there for a moment’s rest James W. Rose had another idea and one which struck home. “We are always raising the cry,” he said, “that money is scarce. Outsiders are taking it away. Who are these outsiders? Db not the sycophants of the track take away our dimes, our quarters and our dollars day after da without a voice being ralsed against the practice? The Supervisors are right. Let the races run, and if I wafit to go out let me have the privi- lege of doing so, but keep the commissoned bookmaker and poolseller far away from me."” . Other speeches having the same general trend were made by C. Hussey, E. J. Brandon, C. W. Stark, George Oakes, George Lee, H. J. Skeehan and others. Many -interesting and hitherto unthought of points were brought out, but one and all looked at the bookmaker and the poolseller as evils which should at once be suppressed. D OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOO ippress this evil. Let us thank them for nd hope they will clinch the nail already men majority ©0000000000000000000000D000O00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000O0 ous s of and, as we do, | ¢ We of | a just argument that can induce us to | | with the a of | rancisco.” | & ™ @ WAS NOT A TO BEE HOEOHOHS *® Ex-Secrctary Morton Disproves Allega- tions of Encmics. Mor dustry avall himself an intervie was no Th, horseme bl 1dmi pickiing f business was und th tificati n e BT to be edible. T then w i Hoboken and elsewhere, declar certify. the flesh of dc cats stamp horse meat ‘inspected and wt of meat inspettion and crvice me may result in a _more ral and disbursements of Bureau of from e-mc r human hoss Horsemeat in politician the recc farce. pection, #ORGEOES B i o O e R SRCR Y m of a carci PARTY F SCANDAL K G- e > e e @ RN + >0 & 36 @ * P R e SRCEC SRR ¥ "t CUTTERS OF Object to Reduction of | ;ONE HUNDRED MEN INVOLVED STRIKERS Two Largest Yards in the City Af- | s markable offer. e About one hundred members of the Mar- At 20 Cents. ble Polishers’ and Finishers' Unlon, em- | e = =) SR A ved in various yards in this city, have FANCY STRIPED RIBBON, 3% lm]mes wide, all silk; value 30c; will be | quit work sooner than submit to the plece placed on sale at 20c. work system, which would mean a reduc- tion of The WAL 00T iRIBBONS! RIBBONS!: [OF JORSORSOR SO ONOR RO 20 FOR IO SOROR O HORZORROT RO 0TS ON A STRIKE A Beauteous Array This Season’s Novelties We have just received a large import order of the choicest of thislseason’s novelties in RIBBONS. and are prepared to offer the same to the pupllg at prices far below any ever asked for goods of a similar texture. Fancy stripes, both shaded and plain, a_llso the en- tirely new ruffled effects, are included in this most re- Wages. SAY EMPLOYERS | BROXKE AN AGREEMENT. \ fected—Trouble Laid at the Door of the Vermont Marble Company. At 25 Cents. per cent in their wages. n shaded stripes; value 40c; will be pla twe the employers d employes in this business are of long anding e marble workers of this v have long been forced to fight against 1bout 2 en FANCY RIBBONS, i at 26¢. = At 3% Cents. @® | unedual odds. = nishing work is done 4 s , o - ¥ e e o :cY RIBBONS, ruffied effects, entirely new; value 50c; wi T @ convict la- + ed at 35c. S i Francisco | ®© I | fake wages Workmen | + At 20 Cents. § | ave been es 5 \H ALL-SILK TAFFETA RIBBON, all shades; will be oficreq ¢ | day, accordi which they w ‘.l A ® A O @ The emplc ne ¢ § | keep up this scaic of wage, as they Baye | At 25 Cents. "fabor. One farge cont e # LINCH ALL-SILK TAFFETA RIBBON, all shades; value will be ® - “has been s nd a con ® DA e . < \]“"'u- Ly i employ + offered at 2 e + Y 1y held. 3 * ement was entered r]mlw(f;;‘_m\v i t At 15 Cents. 24 rms o o & @ - ‘ - 9 T T Marble Com-| + EXTRA SPECIAL, 300 pieces ALL-SILK COLORED TAFFETA RIB- 7 7 to the terms of this; & BON: value 2c; will be offered at 15c. $ > two firms were to em- 4 4 until May | © = * as to + ’ + 6 kept in this ES S 5 According to the made + o y ! sirikers the union kept © i i : & A veral large job + o S " puilding & At 25 Cents. - R + | ADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy stripes and checks; + atisfied. and WoSk ARD e will be offered at 25c each. 0 the men choice of working by + + : or quitting altogether. Tpe latter | @ $ 5 | course was chosen by the men#and yes- & ® % | terday at noon the workmen of both con- 2 24 vesterday regarding the scandal over @ | corns quit work s i O ¢ Cuba a effort wu made to con- f‘ At Ruffino & Bianchi’s business ) 1.1“ \\l ;: .\‘ ho : ; @ | entirely _suspended. but the Vermc T | Marblée Works secured some men to take S Ay AL DrEacht in hand the most pressing work. Neither ¢ refute the of the firms has any large contracts on S ion given out ¢ 2 hand at present fhe Vermont Marble + en done hin He said: @ Comp v t uml --unn:l_- ted the ; ) \ : Crocke v swn Cemetery, e R s patch .nl'w : ltHil has 'n‘l tationed around it, o e Har- lest it be “destroyed by the strikers.” The g roduct of men who are out laugh at yrecau- + and tion and charac Ll T i s raw bluff™ ; r countrie . ‘where @ | by the company 3 e Rl where | ™he strikers biame the whole trouble on X extensively carried on © | the Vermont Marble Company. and claim | ¢ ® ) Mare * | that Ruffino & Bianchi re drawn into | % o tention © | it by agents of t 1. 2 g 3[BT uilding T ncil last night | 4 + r i % | tendered its moral supy ) m.) strikers. | @ ® A meeting will be held to-night in the P 3 +ooms of the Marble Cutters and a regular Mark t, J d m Alli t Sts" 4 ot sk $| mamt of Caa s Chrp ani e sontl et, Jones and McAllister 3 b This is the second strike the marble 2 that it could T . tters have had during the past year. San Francisco. % Serfections | The trouble was with the Vermont e oon 2 | Marble Company, but that firm made its e Fen peace with the urlon in order that it anagement 4 eht i v t . | was detailed on the case by Captain Bo- the qtiole: # |(nIEBL SECULe & IagEl contrach THALIA CUTTING SCRAPE Den, and he will endeavor to get Caldron ally the political parti ) deter and workers in mi ly was, U th Hils system was a wicked waste money 3 s will show, was abolished b; % B through its officers, and by deliberate | off action, has denounced the book- poolselling evil as demoraliz- ing to the whole community and rupting to cl and employes business men and merchants. The making, of ty owne: | and p sing their unqualified sup- | port, has placed a boycott of wealth | upon poolsellers and bookmakers, forc- | ing them, with the might of law, to va- | cate occupied as nests | of crim | The association has consulted with lice in an effort to destroy the -vil that has its source and | maintenance at the race course. When | the Merchan Association discovered | | that the police were powerless to kill the evil the directors, all standing, appointed one ber to.make it his exclusiv to wipe out the gambling num- business dens that thrive and have their being in Ingle- side. Special attorneys were emple 1t the expense of the Merchants' ciation to assist the municipal authos ties in punishing offenders. The Merchants’ Association did more than this. Recognizing the far reach- | ing effects of the evil that has brought | crime and disgrace, desolation and death to so many people in San Fran- the directors of the Merchants’ ation secured the introduction of a prohibitory bill before the Legislature at its present session. The official news- paper of the. Merchants’ Assoc known as the Merchants’ A ion, ociation Review, declares that horse gambling and its attendant evils had reached | 'h a pass that it has become an ab- slute necessity to San Francisco to secure a legislative prohibition. In this bill the Merchants’ A tion would have placed an solute | ban not only upon bookmaking and poolselling upon horse races, but upon | all contests of whatever sort in which | men or animals engage. The measure | was far more sweeping in its provi- | sions than that which the Board of | Supervisors have passed to print. But | the Legislature in the exercise of its | inscrutable judgment saw fit to defeat ‘h the bill, and the Merchants’ Associa- | tion, and all that it represents in this | city, is now forced to fall back upon | the Board of Supervisors for redress and relief. The Supervisors will, with- out question, remember this fact when | Mr. Crocker and his associates appear before the board next Monday after- noon. It will not be forgotten that an organization, representing the wealth | and the morality of this cit: has fought for nearly a year in vain to kill an evil which the Supervisors with a single vote may destroy. Messrs. Crocker, Hobart and An- drous will appear as legitimate prop- erty owners before the board. They will plead as ones having valued inter- socia- other than an honorable motive in | their pleading. They will present jus- tice as they see it. The other part of | the camy carpet-bag s- | blacklegs who make the | their rendezvous in the day time and | the city their field at night. These men declare that they can bribe the authorities for Immunity | from interference. It was openly boasted on the streets vestérday that Chris Buckley had been employed to | act as middle man in the mpaign and to offer or accept ter The | | liev | them and of those | stand has been taken and a majority | ign will t conducted by the | gambler ] and gamblers know of only one weapon to | use, and that is the coin that was | filched to fill their coffers. It is be- i . however, that the Board of Su- s, which has acted so cour- thus far, will continue to the | crusade for the destruction rrible evil. Members of the as a matter of course, have of the rumors of the street. | know of- the influences asgainst in ‘their favor \" end in i of e hoard, ard a of the members declare that it will be | maintained. ol muik MARIN COUNTY HAS JOINED THE CRUSADE People of Sausalito Ask Their Officers to Follow This City’s Lead. SAN RAFAEL, March 9.—Taking their cue from the action of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco County in adopting an ordinance virtually crippling the revenues of the Ingleside racetrack the citizens of Marin County vill make a fresh endeavor to rid them- slves of the poolrooms at Sausalito. rious legal devices have been tried to accomplish this object and rid the county of an eyesore, but they have all | failed. The last attempt was that of a citizen named H. H. Noble, who tried to have the courts pronounce the pool- rooms a nuisance because their pres- ence injures the property interests of Sausalito and the county generally and because the youth of the community are corrupted by their association with a motley horde of gamblers and race- track touts. From many residents of the “hill sec- of Sausalito and other citizens of the county have come petitions to Dis- trict Attorney Mclsaac to formulate an ordinance similar to the one adopted in San Francisco and present it to the Board of Supervisors for their adoption, It is believed in this way the evil can be throttled. Of the temper of the Supervisors there can be no question. All have given evidence of their ani- mosity to the poolrooms at Sausalito in numerous instances. It is stated that District Attorney McIsaac, in deference to the wishes of his constituents, winl v formulate such an ordinance and pre- ests at stake and there will be none |sent it to the board. dueon a promis LADIES NIGHT AT THE OLYMPIC 00 o e e an g e e R R e e S e g to_carry out his promise. a Boiler-maker, told Policeman Wilson of his injuri Skt hoe bl RO ent him to the Receiving Hospi- | Child Study Club. which were slight,’| uted Januar: rable one year after date, | al 5 per cent. According to nt, the major promised to pay ‘ational Bank on the day the failed to keep hi ory note ex: 19, 1898, and with inter the compl t the First Wilson tal, where his wound were dressed. Caldron told the police that -« | man who cut him and promised to swear | Hotel thi s afternoon at 3 o'clock. ment of gricultur The Am an taxy E pec ot heirw tdo b apont e pollete Jds and expenditures % | McLAUGHLIN DIDN'T PAY. Joseph Caldron, Pollcemen Joy and Wilson partme I will complete led and precise publi- Stabbed Six Times During | arrested Fred alias “Jockey” y ion of all of my offic ..,1] microscopic ‘-r”;n!hvr Suit Brought Against the Major to a Fight ‘alllln’rjx|L‘I\gl|l‘rl \r:;‘;lri‘nlrirrm;l‘ P(\lm\hi\fln;”"‘m ey aia e of Recover on a Promissory Note. | ;.. Caldron, a boijjer-maker, living | but claimed that he acted in self-defense’ ment inspect- Major Frank McLaughlin was yesterday | u¢ 42 Turk street, got mixed up in a fight | Subsequently the officers arrested “Kid fce ccedent to their & | made defendant in a suit instituted by | i, the Thaifa early yesterday morning and a}ag"mm i'g';‘h.(:‘(}“egg‘}\f’"fih";“‘fi e from reputable veterinary colle it dnspectors X1 J. A Lawrence, who claims the politician | was cut six times in the back and arms | fy,¢ Madden handed Maynard the knife these meat. inapectors were made up, as a rule is indebted to him in the sum of $1128 30, | with a Half an hour later he | which he used on Caldron. The San Francisco Child Study Club will at he knew the |hold Its regular meeting at the Occidental Mrs. not becam 1e, but he 2. due, - : M his arrest yesterday, | G Wale will read a paper on ‘“De- yromise. O'Brien, O'Brien Brien rep- | out a ant for his arrest yesterday, | George d a Pecent the plaintift in the actlon. | but he failed to do so.” Detective Egan | velopment ‘of the Senses. FURNISHES MUCH EXCITEMENT A Large Number of Fair Admirers See Their Hosts Defeated at Baseball and Water Polo. PP P A S D S S S S P e e et el Sl e e e e e s as an an aa | KeeLNG ENDEAVORS © ComcEaL The Bfi:-t—- UMPIRE M| coFFROTH R e R R A ST R S S S S * > * & 2% “ * D¢ e ‘ * D R e O e R S ] It was ladies’ night at the Olympic Club last evening and every person present got brimful of pleasure and excite- ment. Generally upon occasions when the club throws open its hospitable portals to the fair sex large numbers avail them- selves of the privilege. Last evening proved no exception to the rule in this respect and the many swell gowns worn by the guests added to the attractiveness of the scene. The only cloud that marred the pleasure of the memberg of the Olympic Club was the fact that they received a couple of black eyes in both athletic events which were given fop the beneiit of thelr guests. The first number on the programme was a game of indoor baseball between the Olympics and Reliance team of Oals Jand, in which the latter was victorious to the tune of 10 to 4. The Olympies started out with a confident rush as if they were sure winners. They were the heavier and appeared to be in better condition, but about. the fifth Inning they ace quired a bad case of “rattles” and their game became exceedingly yvellow. Although they were defeated the utmost 0o nature prevailed and both teams combined after the game to mob the umpires, Messrs. Ryder and Coffroth. The two teams lined up as follows: Olympics—James, Morton, Monahan, Laine, Kreling, Cosgrove, Follansbee rahan and Denham. Reliance—Gross, Moskiman, White, Resenheim, Holmes, Dieckmann, Dean, Audiffred and Platt. s The water polo game followed. The Lurlines were the contenders with the Olympics and they won by a score of 3 to 2 after a hard-fought game. In the first haif the Lurlines proved to be the faster swimmers and had no trouble in put- ting the ball over the goal, but before the half was up they showed signs of weakening and in the second half they had all they could do to keep the Olympics from pulling victory out of defeat. Had there been ten more minutes of play there is hardly any doubt that the Lurline boys would have been defeated. The playiog was fast and at times there wa. tendency upon the part of some of the players on both sides to rough it. This resulted in some bruises and a number of duckings, but it afforded lots of sport to the spectators. The two teams were as follows: Lurlines—Geddes and Pomen, forwards; Lyons and Harris, and Smith, backs; and Foley. goal. g Olympics—Hinkle and Cooper, forwards; Pope and Hobson, centers; Melrose and Habennitch, backs Han- centers; Kennersors ; and James, goal. LN