The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1900, Page 1

The Tal VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO. 112. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AMERICAN TROOPS | ARE ATTACKED BY FIERCE FILIPINOS Ninety Men of the Fifteenth and Thirty-| Seventh Infantry Fight a Thou- sand Insurgents. ° Loss to United States Force Is Twelve Including Two Officers, Killed, and Twenty- MANTLA sever crease HOBSON SAYS DEWEY SAN Six Wounded. e shores of Laguna de Bay. The insur- have attacked garrisons and out- posts. In some cases they have charged | towns, fleeing when pursued. Guiginto, Polo, s and Caloocan have been | this treatment. The Manila ail escort of thirty men was attacked at | Cabugao Lake, a two hours' fight ensu- ing. Cab o was also attacked, the tele- | The | graph office there being destroyed i gents have burned the village of | ario. They have been cutting the graph wires and raflroad at certain | points | Armed insurgents have developed in the ricts of San Ji San Mateo and iquina. In the province of Nueva ration wagons w an escort of | were attacked and the wagons Five members of the escort are Advices from Cebu describe sev- | attacks upon American garrisons | elve the capital. The American casual- | side the Siniloan engagement, it = 1t to ascertain, they are at ippine Commission held a long s civil ser- and passed the K NO SPANISH SHIPS OF WAR = Th 1 Constructor Declares Montojo’s Men the Enemy’s Fleet. | | | selves Scuttled the Vessels in ‘ | i 4 opened the valves s themselves. e damage en they were not.injured below the er line?” “Very little,” practically They sank the Our shell fire did very replied Hobson. ‘“We had done them no damage there at all.” | WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—If Naval Constructor Hobson has made any reflec- | tions upon Admiral Dewey he undoubted- Iy will be called to account for them. Rear Admiral Crow shield, Chief of the Bu- f Navigation, who is acting Secre- s disinclined to discuss the matter | t In the absence of full particulars. on is called, however, to the fact cretary Long reprimanded Captain ick several months ago for the pub- fon of an unauthorized interview re- on Rear Admiral Schley, and if as committed an indiscretion he edly will receive similar punish- If the Attent interview contains any tral Dewey's conduct tle it will be referred to Hob- *h remarks as he desires to when his explanation is re- > department will act. GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. of the dead at as follows: onal names ve been report , wife and children. Adashek and B. srnes and children: nd three children: T. M I: Larsen Buren, wife and five childre John Bernardine; Captain G. Butter. C. Mrs. Charles Chouke and children; Mrs. Ellen Com: Mrs. Ada Cook (colored); Henry ©eharies Cap 4 four children: Au Charies Capps, wife ant our ¢l 3 - i1 and family; Mrs. Mary Cheek Willlam Clark; Rachael Co- nildren ur children. ; James Doyle; Mrs idren (colored). six children; Leo Mre. Jane Edwarde John Ellsworth. F. J. A. C. Falco; Frank Fagan; Mrs. Frances Feger; Miss A Frank; Fritz Flake. G. 4 wite; — Gelst, wife and Goldmer, wife and five chil- % and wife; Mrs. Emile Ger- F. Gerioft; T. B. Gibbs, wife and Giesert, wife and daughter: v, Rossa, Theodore, Vir- Mike Hoch: L. Heare, e ren: Joe Homburg, wife filiam Homburg, wife and ictoria Hurlbert, Miss Min- stie (colored); Professor w. A wife and twe and four children five chiléren Hesse and wite Harold,'John Herres; Mrs. three children; H. Hein- roth and four children: W. Heydown and wife: J. L. Hightower &nd child of Dallas; Bessie 1008 (colored) d A. Johnson and wife; Dan Johnson (colored): ackson; Sidney Johnson; Ernest Evans Jones an¢ four children; Wil- 2 Jomes Br.; Ben Juffs, wife and four chil- L August, Lena, Emma and James H. Kessner; | | Miss Tillie Keats; Edna Kuhl. | ' L. | and Miss Eunice Lisbony, daughter of C. P. Charles Lehman and son. Lessek; Theodore Ledtsch; Miss ictoria; — Luddie (colored): , wife and two children (colored). M. Mitchell; H. P. McConnelly and wite: i cGowan; Mrs. J. M. McVeagh; Mark | Manning; James Meade. — Maysach and family; Fannle Maars; Wil- | liam H. McCauley, wife and three children; M. | O. Melice; Henry Miller and family. N. Henry Neimeyer, wife and five children. Conrad Necey, wife and six children. r 5 H. K. Patterson; Miss S. Patterson (colored); | Lucy and Lotta Perkins (colored); Mrs. L. | | T. Lemere and wife: Mrs. W. H., W. H. Jr. | W. P. 7 nd two children (colored); Michael wife and four children; John Paro- | Parol | bich, wife and three children; Henry Pruessne; | ™ Panlett | | H. Perrier, wife and child: Willlam Powels | and wife: Lizzie Pugle. | R. H. Rose and wite; Mrs. Herman Radeker and hild; Willlam Rehm, wife and twos children; | Reymanscott; Willlam Richardson; Rob- | ert Rutther. wife and six children. | | Louts Reymanendt: Margaret, Maud and E1- vira Rust; — Richardson and family. W. Steerholz and wife; O. J. Sefble Jr.; Mrs. | Lottle A. Schroeder; John Swan, wife and four Sam Smith (colored); Joseph Spalding; Mrs. | Studley and two children; Mrs. J. A. Sullvan and son. ® §. Terrell and wite, V. James Varnel, wife and six children; Andrew Vuletach, wife and daughter. Mrs. Vogel and daughter Bertha; Mrs. Vale- | ton and daughter; Miss Varas. w. Mrs. Flora Warren; George Wilkinson, wife and son; Mrs. Julla Wilson and child (colored). | L. Weeder, wife and six children; F. W. Weideman and wife; Miss Mary Winburger; John Williams. - Ferdinand Young. Mra. N. Zurapanin end eight chiidran. | took part. STRIKE OF MINERS CONTINUES TO SPREAD Men Have Commenced to March and Walk Into the There Are Fears of a Repetition of the Hazelton Shooting of ’97, COAL gg DAVeHIN /) 7 + Wi 2 | esT ms--fl'n:vm coAL FiELD ISUSQVEHANNA Fore | ! _}ScnuyLkl & &7 7 , | >ovuT . \ MR'P BVRG (EST MORTHERN. COAL FIELD * NORTHERN COAL-FIELD CASTERN WESTERN 1IDDLE SOUTHERN | | of bullets to the scattering MASKED BANDITS LOOT THE FIRST pel the Cashier RENO, Sept. 19.—-One of the most dar-| ing robberies ever recorded in this State | occurred at Winnemucca to-day at noon. Three masked men, with drawn revolvers, entered the front door of the Na- First | tional Bark and compelled the cashier to hand over gold coin to the amount of $20,- (00. Laden with their valuable loot they then dashed from the building and made good their escape, replying with a volley hots fired at | them by citizens on the streets. N | i The entrance of the robbers into the First National Bank was first heralded by the curt demand: “Throw up your hands, every — one of you!" Cashier Nixon made a move as though to draw a revolver, but the weapon of one of the outlaws was aimed at him and he threw up his hands just in time to save his life. The robbers then threatened with instant death the first man who made any show of resistance. unKNOWy 200 5¢.MILES L110DLE e 90 - = 140 MAP SHOWS LOCATION STRIKE. <= OF THE ANTHRACITE COAL FIELDS OF PENNSYLVANIA AFFECTED BY THE SEVEN COUNTIES ARE CONTAINED IN THE TERRITORY SHOWN. DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS OF THE STRIKFRS- AT CHAMOKIN, HAZLETON AND WILKESBARRE. " THERE ARE THREE - President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says that 126,000 men in the anthracite coal fields have quit work. Marching has begun in the Hazelton district, and timid people fear a repetition of the horror of 1897, when the marchers were shot down by deputics. So far, however, no overt acts have been committed, and the marchers have induced several hundred miners to quit work. Mine operators continue to threaten to fight the United Mine Workers’ Union to a finish. AZLETON, Pa., Sept. 19.—The | one-story building and the schoolmaster third day of the strike passed off | stood at the door. as quietly. as the two preceding days. Beyond the stoning of a mine worker going | to or from his work there has been nc disorder. about 70 per cent of the mine workers of this region were idle to-day, which 13 quite an increase over yesterday’s figures. President Mitchell did not issue a formal statement to-night because of his ab- sence from headquarters. He said, how- ever, from reports he had received he idle in the anthracite district. that most gratifying reports were re- ceived from this and the Sehuylkill dis- trict. No negotiations for a settlement of the | strike are yet In sight and the situation in that respect is precisely the same as it was yesterday. The United Mine Workers of this section are confining tileir efforts to get the men to quit work everywhere, believing that they cannot successfully carry on the con- test unless every operation in the threc | districts is tied up completely. The oper- ators appear to be doing nothing toward | a settlement of the trouble. They are working the collierles which are crippled as best they can. The mine owners in the Hazleton district complain bitterly of what they call the “cruel tactics” of the union. They claim that the workmen who.are still going to | the mines are being Intimidated and even threatened with serious bodfly harm 1f they do mot quit work. They also add that most of the men now idle desire to resume work, but through fear of as- sault they do not leave their homes. The meeting this afternoon at Jeddo of the employes of G. B. Markle & Co., who operate the Jeddo, Ebervale, Highland and Oakdale collieries, proved to be prob- ably the most remarkable gathering of its kind ever held in the anthracite regions. It was expected to be a heart-to-heart talk between John Markle, managing partner of the firm, and his employes, who number 2500, but it developed into a joint debate, in which Mr. Marikle, Presi- dent Mitchell, Rev. Father Phillips and National Committeeman Benjamin James It began in a dignified man- ner, but gradually degenerated into im- passioned argument and wound up very close to personalities. Over.a thousand persons were present at the meeting. Before the arrival of the Markles one of the miners in the crowd moved that the men in the Markle mines strike. A viva voce vote was *aken and there was a great roar of “Yes.” Prestdent Mitchell was in the crowd and he was invited to speak. As he walked up the steps of the schoolhouse John Mar- kle, Alvin Markle and General Superin- tendent Smith of the mines came along the track and the trio stood on the cinder embankment of the road and !istened to the strike leader exhort his hearers. All around them, sitting on the embankment, were the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts of the men, while the school red on more than 126,000 men being | He added | | | | | | | | | | Mr. Mitchell said in brief that he re- occasional | gretted that the men of the Markle mines were divided but was glad that those who opposed the strike were in the minority. It was estimated to-night that | He said the eyes of 133,000 miners were | looking toward them and that it all stopped work the victory would be won; but, on the other hand, if a few went to work it would injure the interests of all the men. Then John Markle made his way toward the crowd of miners and started to ad- dress the men. Mr. Markle was unable to speak for a while because of interrup- tions by many in the crowd. the United Mine Workers' officlals at- tempted to get the crowd to disperse and not to listen to Mr. Markle. The latter, however, won over the gathering. He told them the company stood ready to arbi- trate any differences with the men. He said the company had an arbitration agreement of long standing with the men and that he would live up to it, and ex- pected the men to do the same. He also sald that he would abide by the decision of the arbitrators, no matter what the award might be. Mr. Markle concluded his address by paying his respects to the United Mine Workers’ officials, calling them agitators and charging them with being responsible for all the turmofl in the region. Mr. Mitchell then got on the steps, and, standing beside Mr. Markle, told the crowd that the United Mine Workers would not accept arbitration on that basis. It must be the whole region end not a part of it. 4 Mr. Markle again addressed the men and reiterated what he said last Sunday— that he would accept Archbishop Ryan as an arbitrator, to which Mr. Mitchell re- plied that he would accept the Archbishop on the basis that the United Mine Work- ers proposed, arbitration for the whole region at one and the same time. At this point Father Phillips, who was in the crowd, was called upon and de- livered a speech favoring arbitration. He told the men that there was a chance to arbitrate their honest differences, and if they aid not seize the opportunity they would be giving organized labor the hard- est blow it has ever been dealt and that all the men who refused the offer de- served all the hardship that the operators could put upon them in a hundred years. President Mitchell and Mr. Markle again spoke, and Benjamin James also addressed the men, but their remarks were largely of a personal nature. The meeting lasted two hours, breaking up at twilight. The strike leaders claim that as a re- sult of the meeting the Markle mines will be closed to-morrow, while the firm claims that the meeting was a packed one and that its mines will operate to-mor- row as usual. The McAdoo marchers to the number of 250 marched to Coleraine this afternoon, where they gathered quite a crowd and listened to addresses by strike leaders, ——— to Return to Work. children gazed from the windows of the LEBANON, Pa., Sept. 19.—At & meeting Several of | Itmday about three-quarters of the 1200 | men employed by the American Iron and | | Steel Company, who struck on August 1 on account of a reduction of wages of puddlers, agreed to go back to work at | the rate offered, $3 per ton. | | e | § DID NOT ATTEMPT FORCE. \ | Expected Clash in the Lykens Region | | Sidetracked. | PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.—All was | auiet in the entire coal field to-day. Even | | the much-advertised clash in the Lykens | | region of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany was sidetracked through tne de- | cision of the strikers at Lykens that it would be unwise to march on the non- | unfon strikers at Willlamstown and force | | them to quit work. Nevertheless there | were fewer men at work to-day than yes- | terday, President Mitchell claiming that | more than 126,000 men are now idle. Con- | tradictory reports come from the Schuyi- | kill region, one to the effect that the | strikers at Morey, after being out two | days, had decided to-night to return to | work to-morrow, but this is received with incredulity at strike headquarters. The mine operators, after generally | maintaining a silence for several days, are showing a disposition to talk for publi- | cation, and as a result several statements from their side are printed. All breathe the same spirit—no recognition of thc United Mine Workers and a fight to the finish with President Mitchell and his fol- lowers. Marching makes the timid men and wo- men in the Hazleton region nervous be- cause of the terrible result of that sort of campaign in 1867, when the deputies shot down marchers. Marching began earnest there to-day. The marchers were peaceful, however, and they succeeded In | inducing several hundred men to quit work, temporarily at least. The Reading Company Is getting ready to reap the harvest presented to it by the tleup in the other coal districts. Neariy all of its collleries in the Schuylkill re- gion have been working three-quarter time, but orders were to-day issued plac- ing them eon full time and henceforth ail the mines will be operated to their full capacity. Even with this extra output | the company cannot supply the demand and it served notice on.the West to-day : that extraordinary orders could not ba filled. Meanwhile reports are coming from all parts of the country of large in- crease in the price of coal to consumers to keeprthe orders down. st L SEEKING A SETTLEMENT. Committee of Miners to Consult With Operators. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Sept. 19.—The most important development of the coal miners’ strike which has occurred since its incep- tion is the effort made to-day by a com- mittee of miners employed at the Natalie colliery, Mount Carmel, who are in close touch with the operators who control that mine—all New York capitalists—to secure a settlement. They came here this after- noon to consult with zeveral leading mine officials as to the best method of effect- 18, e | WESTERN SHIPMENTS ARE CUT. There were five persons in the bank at the time—Cashier Nixon, Assistant Cash- ijer McBride, Bookkeeper Hill, Sten- ographer Calhoun and horse-buyer named Johnson. One robber, at the point of a pistol, made Cashier Nixon open the safe and took from it three sacks of gold coin, each containing $3000. They then threw this gold into an ore sack, together with all the coin in the office drawer, amount- ing to from $6000 to $3000. The robbers then marched the five men out through the back door of the bank to the alley, where they had three horses in waiting. a NATIONAL BANK OF WINNEMUCCA Place at Noon and Com- to Hand Over His Sacks of Gold. 'Laden With Coin' to the Value of $20,- 000 They Dash Out of the Town and Make Good Their Escape. Special Dispatch to The Call The men were kept covered wi il the rses and th revolvers mounted their desperadoes ed. affair occurred within five daring plecs of ckly given and several shots were fired at the robbers as they sped through the town, but without effect. They returned the fire, but no one was hu \s have started who took a river. A posse has also »nda to head them-off escape. he trio is not up the known to a ce rtainty, but is in the neigh- borhood of $20.000. Frank M. Lee of Reno, president of the Winnemucea bank, was interviewed in regard to the robbery and sald that he ad no infor . other than that al- ven out There at present fifteen heavily armed men inted, in pursuit ¢ the robbers,” said Lee, “and as there is a good reward offered for pture. d or @ I do not thi car k they can Mr ee went to W mucca to-night and will immediately ze other posses. He will s e in the effort to captur . At the time ery the bank coin, but greater part of robbers and ba handed over, while Up to a late hour received from the e gold was retained. ws had been parties, ENDEAVORS TO PROTRAC THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR |General Viljoen, Supreme Commander of i Boer Forces, Marchi ng Northward With 3000 Men and Thirty Guns. SPITZKOP, Sept. 19.—General Viljoen, who succeeded Louls Botha In the su- preme command of the Transvaal forces, is reported to be moving northward in the direction of Hectorspruit, with 3000 men and thirty guns. He is known as “the | Firebrand,” and will endeavor to protract the war. LONDON, Sept. 19.—Lord Roberts tele- | graphs from Nelspruit, Vaal River Col- ony, under date of Tuesday, September that the town was occupied on the previous day without opposition. He adds he is in communication with General Bul- | ler and is able to send him supplies. | | Lord Roberts further says General Bul- ler reports that the bulk of his opponents are now mercenaries and rebels. LORENZO MARQUES, Monday, Sept. 17.—Mr. Kruger, the former President of the South African republic, will not sail for Europe on the German steamer Her- z0g Monday, September 24, as he origi- nally intended. THE HAGUE, Sept. ment of the Nethe: s has been noti- fied of Mr. Kruger's acceptance of its offer to place a warship at his disposal to convey him from Lorenzo Marques to Holland. Cape Ceolony 19.—The Govern- ing their object. They said that the op- erators they represented are willing 1o adjust the principal grievances embodied | in the demands of the Hazleton conven- | tion and they are anxious to get their proposition to National President Mitch- | ell. It is believed that if they can ef-| fect their object other operators will fol- low in the same line. Enormous Demands for Coal Along | the Atlantic Seaboard. READING, Pa., Sept. 19.—The feature of the coal situation to-night is that ship- ments to the West have been cut down considerably and that they will become smaller in that direction as the product from the mines becomes less. The de- mands of the local trade along the At-| lantic seaboard are so enormous that| every carload is needed in the Reading Company's own territory. Western citles | have sent in enormous orders and it s now recognized that they will be the first to suffer if a coal famine should set in. It is believed that there will be a falling | oft in shipments at the end of the week. | TO AID THE DAY LABORERS. Thre Hundred Coal Creek Miners Go on Strike. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 19.—A spe- clal to the Sentinel from Coal Creek says | about 300 miners and day laborers em- ployed by the Coal Creek Coal Company | are out on strike. The men demanded that day laborers be given an Increase In | wages which would make their pay equivalent to that of laborers employed by other companies in the Coal Creek and Jellico districts. The company refused to | grant more than a general raise of Tl per cent, as agreed upon at the Jellico conference last week. The miners are satisfled with their scale, but are striking in the hope of gatning the. raise for the day laborers. mmma!’gmuwonx1 Reading Company Will Police Its Collieries. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 19.—Captain Dantel Christian of the Philadelphia and Reading Iron and Coal Company police | to-night marshalled 100 deputies at this | place. Part of the force was sent to the Northumberland region. More will be sent to-morrow to protect the Philadel- phia and Reading mine workers in the up- per part of the region. The Reading Company intends to thoroughly police its coillerfes in order that the strikers will not be able to interfere with miners who wish to work. o SIS In a Sympathetic Strike. LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 19.—Two hun- dred employes of the Merrimac ‘packing- room to-day struck in sympathy with the print workers, over 400 of whom are on strike on account of being required to work overtime without any increase in pay. | CONCESSION HOLDERS AT EXPOSITION ON- STRIKE Declared They Would Close Their Establishments Unless Their Claims Were Granted. PARIS, Sept. 19.—A large number of concession holders of the exposition and proprietors of side shows, restaurants, etc., who allege that they are threatemed with ruin, owing to the excessive demands of the authorities and the failure of the latter to fulfill their original engagements, announced their decision to-day to close their establishments to-morrow unless the authorities would consent to submit their clalms to an arbitration committee. M. Plcard, director general, was inexorable, but in face of the decision of the con- cessionaires, the execution of which would mean disaster to the fete which will be given Saturday at the exposition to the 22,000 visiting Mayors, after their banquet in the garden of the Tuileries, M. Mil- lerand, Minister of Commerce, has con- sented to the appointment of arbitrators. This is a victory for the concesstonaires, who designedly fixed the strike prior to Saturday’s fete in order to force the Gov- ernment’s han KANSAS BANK LOOTED BY DARING ROBBERS Vaults Blown Up With Nitro- Glycerin—820,000 in Securities and $5000 in Cash Taken. TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. M. — Word reached here to-day that the State Bank of Bushton, a small town In Rice County, ‘was entered by burglars and looted early Sunday morning. The safe was blown open with nitro-glycerin and the robbers got away with $5000 in cash and 320,000 in securities. The bank carried an insur- ance of $5000 on its contents in the Bank- ers’ Casualty Company. There i8 no clew to the robbers.