The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO. 111. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TENGEANCE SOUGHT Y THR KAISER Demands That Box- er Ringleaders Be Given Up. Berlin Foreign Office’ Addresses a Note to the Powers. R JOINT ACTION URGED Execution of Those Respon- sible for the Outrages Must Precede Peace Negotiations. SN e Foreign Office powers ent a- of the out- ent of the Emper t The Gov- | contrast with uctions pare no one and ¥ A 4 ! MAY INCLUDE THE EMPRESS. Chinese N s Who Have Incurred | —President Mc- | shington to-mor- | t confronted by impor- nese question which attention, including of American troops from fact that Germany has de- clined to enter into peace negotiations un- il those guilty of the outrages committea upon foreigners shall } general policy to be pursued by ted States. These matters will be discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet, in | which Becretary Long and Attorney Gen- | eral Griggs will participate. The other | members of the Cabinet are not in Wash- | been punished ington. With regard to withdrawal, 1t is stated | emphatica that the President has not departed from his purpose to direct Ge: haffee to retire from Peking unles Ruseia would modify her views, but there n impression that as she h + deal of property in Peking a small } guard may be left to protect it. If this be done the other powers, following the Russien example, may -station sinall | guards in Peking and withdraw the re- mainder of their troops. Acting Secertary Adee recelved to-day | WILLIAMSTOWN MINERS REFUSE TO WALK OUT AND STRIKERS THREATEN TO DRIVE THEM FROM THE DISTRICT Trouble Brewing e Revival of an OldFeudbe- tween the Two Unions —— Deputies Sworn In for the Pro- tection of Life and Property Wuconisco Men Declare They Will Make an Attack Before the Dawning of Saturday Is Proobable. il I | .g‘fij\%n % |833 {g : R ong A Commamy s7og, T A "m\ M L 7 T Ages oF LycomrEny 4 | | | | Rank?gf the Strikers Gain Many Accessions. et Total Number of| Idle Men Now Estimated to Be Over 118,000 Few of the Operators:" Succeed in Increas-| ing Working Force Over That of Monday. * VIEW oF STocraom AT HAZELTon BuyT I Ap/ T8GFATren THE COMPANY STORE, AT WHICH THEY ARE COMPELLED TO DEAL. MEN OF THE MI GRIEVANCES, ON WORKERS' 3 OF WHICH 18 ARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 18— Trouble is brewing to-night in the Lykens Valley region between the union and non-union anthracite miners over the refusal of the men at Willlamstown to join the strike. The strikers in the neighboring towns of Ly- kens and Wuconisco thféaten to compel the Willlamstown men to quit work. A meeting of the Willlamstown men was held to-night, at which it was declded | to stand firm against any attempt on the part of the strikers to force them to join the strike. Sheriff Relff to-day swore In 150 depu- ties, who will act in conjurction with a double force of watchmen on duty at Wil- liamstown colllery.. The Willlamstown colliery was in op- eration to-day Wwith a full complement of 1100 men and boys. Rev. Father Logue, | rector of the Catholic church at Willlams- town, is working among the mine em- ployes there to induce them to stay at work. Some of the strikers at Lykens and Wuconisco threaten to drive out the men at Willlamstown before Saturday and se- rious trouble may be expected at any time. There has been bad blood between | the Lykens and Wuconisco miners and the men at Willlamstown ever since the re- | fusal of the former in 1886 to join the lat- ter in thelr strike against a reduction of wages. —_——— from Mr. Jackson, United States Charge | SBOOND DAY’S DEVELOPMENTS. &’ Affaires in Berlin, a cable dispatch re- g to the announcement of Germany at she will not agree to commence e negotiations until the Chinese re- sible for the outrages shall have delivered up for punishment, As Director Sheng znd other Chinese author- ities have accused the Empress Dowager of encouraging Boxer disturbanees, Ger- many may include her in the list of guiity persons, but in official circles the im- pression seems to be that the Berlin Gov- ernment will in her case urge her re- moval from further participation in Chi- nese affairs. It is held that Prince Tuan, &s the responsible head of the disturb- ances, must be punished. The United Etates agrees with Germany as to the ne- cessity for punishment of responsible per- sons, but 1t s not belleved that the Presi- dent will insist upon their surrender the allies. ~ More Collieries Close and Price of Coal Goes Upward. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18.—The leader of the strikers states that at the end of the second day 118,000 of the 141,000 mine- workers in the anthracite fields are idle. No report of the mine operators makes o statement for their side, but individual mine-owners dispute the strikers’ figures, saylng there are more men at work than the union leaders will admit. The first advance in the price of coal as & result of the strike was made by the Philadelphia and Reading Company to-day, 25 cents per ton being added. This advance was promptly met by the local dealers, who increased the price to con- sumers 50 cents a ton. A cloud appears on the otherwise peace- ful horizon in the shape of a report from Harrisburg that a bitter feeling is devel- oping between the unfon and non-union men in the Lykens district, located in the upper end of Dauphin County and in- volving about 2500 mine-workers. A concession wasvoluntarily granted 5000 employes of the Lehigh Coal and Naviga- tion Cofapany in the reglon west of Mauchchunk, who will iereafter work ten hours a day for a consequent increase | in earnings. These men were unorganized | and had not presented any grievances. | True to its declaration made before the strike was ordered the Philadelphia and | Reading Company to-day brought its mules to the surface in the two mines in | Shamokin that had been closed by the strike and announced that they would be permanently abandoned. This action makes it necessary for the miners who have been working in these collieries to seek work elsewhere. The actlon of the 400 or 500 employes of | the West End Coal Company at Mocana- | qua, near Wilkesbarre, in sticking to thelr work stands out prominently as the busy feature of an-otherwise idle territory. They say they have uo grievance, have always received good treatment from | their employers and therefore resist every effort to induce them to strike. STRIKERS GAIN RECRUITS. Six Thousand Additional Men Lay Down Their Tools. HAZELTON, Pa., Sept. 18.—The second day of the anthracite coal strike has failed to bring forth anything that would lead to the coming together of the mine owners and the strikers. Unless there is a break in the ranks of either, it seems to-night that a third party will have to step into the breach and try to bring the two forces together. ¢ President Mitchell, in his statement on the situation throughout the entire an- thracite region, estimates that about 6000 additional mine workers lald down their tools to-day, making a total of 118,000 mine workers idle. To-day was ‘entirely devold of important developments in this district, and the lit- | tle change in the situation was in favor of the strikers. It was estimated yesterday that of 16,000 mine workers in the Hazel- ton district about $000 did not resume work. President Mitchell in his estimate, however, raised th figures to 10,000. Careful reports received from. every min- ing town in the region to-day warrant the estimate that more than 1000 additional men did not go into the mines this morn- ing. Not one operator was reported to have increased his working force over that of yesterday. All was quiet in Hazelton" to-day with the exception of a few petty cases of breach of the peace. A crowd of mine workers numbering about 100 marched from McAdoo through the south side to- day, but caused no trouble. At Jeansviile seventy-five men at work fled upon their approach. Meetings of the strikers were held at elght different points in the vicinity to- night. The following statement was is- sued by President Mitchell in behalf of the striking mine workers: Reports received at our office from districts Nos, 1, 7 and § of the anthracite coal region show that there have been great accessions to the ranks of the strikers to-day. In district No, 7 (Hazleton reglon) not less than 1500 mine workers who mined yesterday failed to report for work this morning, thus increasing the total number of strikers from 10,000 to 11,500 to-day. In district No. 9 (Schuylkill) our forces have been augmented by 4500 mine workers in addi- tion to the 30,000 reprted yesterday. The situation in district No. 1 (Lackawanna- Wyoming) is practically the same as the first day of the strike, only 200 men remaining at work. The total number of men fdle is 115,000. From every section of the anthracite region reports Indicate that much dissatisfaction pre- vails among those Who have up to this time fatled to participate In the strike and we con- fidently expect’that the number at work will grow less with each succeeding day until the mine shall be completely closed. EKNOCKDOWNS ARE FREQUENT. Union and Non-Union Men Quarrel at Sugar Notch. i WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 18.—The close of the second day of the miners' strike finds honors about equally divided -+ | P el oot el Reading further announces that are canceled and that all future B e e S e e |ing Valley. The coal companies were able { to put a few washeries into operation and | the United Mine Workers increased their membership to some extent. A small colliery of the Pennsylvania Company worked part of the day, but all the big mines were idle, the same as yes- terday. The only exception, as was the case on Monday, was the colliery of the West End Company at Mocanaqua. It worked again to-day with full force, the committee of.United Mine Workers who went to the town being unable to get the men to join them. President Nichols of the third district, came up from Hazelton this afternoon and addressed a large meeting of union and non-union men at Sugar Notch. Be- fore the meeting the union and non-union men started to quarrel. The non-union men accused the union men of calling them hard names. There were several knockdowns before the fighters could be separated. As a result of an appeal from Mr. Nichols nearly all present joined the union. A number of special officers were sworn in to-day to protect coal company prop- erty. As a rule the strikers are keeping away from the works. The stoppage of shipments of coal has thrown nearly 1500 railroad men, mostly brakesmen, out of work. MANY DEPUTIES STATIONED. Special Train Distributes Officers Through Shamokin District. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Sept. 18.—The tie-up of the mines in this section is even more complete than it was vesterday. Fewer men reported for work and the breakers could not have been operated if the com- panies had so desired. It is a conserv- ative estimate to say that there are now 12,000 men on strike in this region. Every- thing was quiet to-day, with the exception of a few personal squabbles and a slight disturbance at Mount Carmel this morn- ing, brought on by some miscnievous breakér boys throwing stones at non- union men. A train arrived here at an early hour this morning from the West .and pro- ceeded through the regions worked by the | PRICE OF COAL ADVANCED BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18. Coal and Iron Company and all the local coal dealers to-day ad- vanced the price of coal 25 and 50 cents a ton, respectively. Reading advance applies either to coal at the mines or at tidewater, and the local dealers’ advance goes into operation at once. pany’s ability to furnish the coal. . —The Philadelphia and Reading The The all unfilled orders for September orders are subject to the com- L B e a m ping special deputies at every station s it passed. Three hundred were quietiy introduced before the whistles awaken the men. Several of the operators have ordered their mules to be hoisted out of the mines and have discharged even the few men who were willing to work. In the neigh- borhood of Mount Carmel a few mi sent to the surface coal that still re- mained in the gangways, but the breakers were for the most part still. The Frank- lin mine at Trevorton and the Locust Gap at the place of that name, are the oniy two in this region that are running a full force. A L2 ‘Will Work Ten Hours a Day. LANSFORD, Pa., Sept. 18.—Five thou- sand mine workers employed by the Le- high Coal and Navigation Company in the Panther Creek Valley, Schuylkill re- gion and Nesquehoning Valley will work ten hours a day beginning. to-morrow. This means increased earnings [or the men. The mine workers there are not arganized. NO BURIAL FOR THE DEAD. Not Enough Survivors to Dig the Graves South of High Island. GALVESTON, Sept. 18.—“There are only ten houses in a habitable condition south of High Island,” said H. Spangler, general manager of the Guif and Inter- state Company, who returned to-day from a tour of inspection of the property of his company. carcasses of animals and about 350 bodies of human beings found there. The latter have been partially buried, but the hands and feet are protruding fromi the earth in many places, and there are not enough people left in that section to bury the dead.” Mr. Spangler will endeavor to get a party from here to go over and complete the work of burying the dead. He says that thirty-one miles of the Gulf and In- terstate road has been destroyed and that about elght miles of the right of way also lost by the encroachments of the gulf. It is too early to form a correct estimate of the loss. Mr. Spangler says, however, that he has no doubt the road will be re- built. The ‘situation throughout the country extending from Bolivar to High Island is possibly worse than in any other section blew (o between the opposing forces in the Wyom- | Mineral and Union Coal companies, drop- | of the mainland. » ““There were thousands of | DELVING IN DEBRIS FOR 91 DEAD in the Lykens IRegion yinety-Eight More and a Clash of the "T'wo Factions Bodies Recovered at Galveston. Work of Clearing Away Wreckage Prosecut- ed Vigorously. S SITUATION IS IMPROVED Danger of an Epidemic Averted by Energetie Ae- tion of the Health Officials. GAL work progres: lst is groes; Mexicans, italia s eigners can never be obtain The work wnder the dir Health Depart th vigor to-day. As y Much rem eans of trans: ation t m the Houston relief stations mainland The « very e at work veston Ba Roma. T pro: trains will be Orders have to proceed to ¢ will be heavily taxed to acce the trains. The tracks Galveston Island will be completed to the bridge to- modate al morrow noon. ngines are again ru ning into the Union station and switching in the wharf yards and are bringing |*treight to the ships in port. The waterworks system is being grad- ually restored and the mains now supplying the various hospitals. Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross has been tendered the use of the old Sealy bulldl formerly used by the general offices the Santa Fe Railway, and has ope depot for supplies. She has sent ¢ for medicines and surgical dressing: for the sick and clothing and Otherwise she has recommended money be sent her, as the mercha | supply a great many things A bureau has been establishe s of the | are complete ce Families Must Move Out. General Scurry has ordered that all families living within a block of the pile of debris back of the distriet entirely | swept away shall move out as a sanitary precaution. Congressman Hawley advocates the bullding of a breakwater beginning at the south jetty and extending westward, par- alleling the shore of Galveston Island for a distance of about seven miles. With a base of twenty-five 'feet and crown of eight feet, capped with heavy granite blocks, he believes this would break the force of a tidal wave and adequately pro- tect Galveston. In answer to an inquiry sent him as to the intentions of the Southern Pacific to- ward Galveston, Charles H. Tweed, presi- dent of the board, has telegraphed to the Galveston Cotton Exchange as follows: “Work ‘on our Improvements at Gal- veston has already been resumed and is being pressed forward as rapidly as pos- sible.” The anxiety to leave the city is dying out. At 6 o'clock this evening the revenue i |