The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1900, Page 13

FENSRPESAON SXOXS XOX XSO XONGXIQ 02 PHEXPHPH IO NP FOX O N PE RPN DT H B Pdflm * « [ VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO [-R22 28 2o S8 Sl Pages m*mn- SRIRD ROR ORONORINONECY mmmm ; : 02 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS SIGNS OF A DESIRE ON PART OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING STRIKERS TO RETURN TO WORK IN THE COAL MINES Many of the Collieries in the Anthracite Fields That Have Been Closed During the Week May Soon Resume Operations, at Least Partially. CoJE e AIE - 4 T e s \?/E PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 is generally ¢ e tim ment —_——— ON SIDE OF THE STRIKERS. Statements Issued by Father Phillips end Mitchell. his deputies was en- strik- ed for, inasmuch as the ers : red a single member of fore ustra le ard the S 4 his deputies have for the rsons whom it was their plain er arrest if they had Jent that the are fully im- y of observing s worked dili- s a means of set- strike, te ht issued a state- h he comes out flatly on the 2 whic UNDER CONTROL OF TROOPS. Shenandoah the Scene of Activity on the Part of the Militia. ARRISBURG, Sept. 22.—Adjutant Gen- »‘ Stewart received a telegram from | Cioneral Gobin at 10:30 o'clock from Shen- | ndoah saying everything was quiet in the Schuylkill region and under hifs control. | He reached Shenandoah at daybreak with | #ix companies of infantry and reports that | they will not deal with their employes | @ -imiieininl of next week. received by him and co-operate n to locate the he region he expects to with General rst troops to rdviil ' City Regiment, and the Pottsville company ched to the Fourth Regiment. General Miller reached here at rom Franklin, Pa., to consult with r Stone and General Stewart and h duties as may be necessary. General so arrived dur- at Gir b and ¥ ing th ¢ from Indiana, Pa., to advise with the milita officials on any legal matters which may come before them. General Miller is In command of the en- vision of the guard. An order has been issued by the major general directing e commanding officers of the Ninth with headquarters at Wilkes ent, headquarters at Scranton, to hold their ands in readiness to move at short e. The order also directs General bin to take command of the provisional brigade “to support the Sheriff of Schuyl- County in protecting life and property, g order and securing to the citi- of the commonwealth their rights rivileges under the constitution and vernor Stone is being kept fully ad- vised of the movement of the troops and the situation in the strike region. The Governor's troop started from here for Shenandoah at 6 o'clock this morning in y with the two Harrisburg com- of the Eighth Regiment. MANY WILL RETURN TO WORK. At Several Mines the Strikers Are Dissatisfied With Conditions. SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 22— President Nicholls and the members of District No. exécutive board are not apprehensive to-day of any change In the strike situa- tion in this section by reason of ordering of troops to the Schuylkill region. The news caused them much chagrin and dis- appointment because they had hoped for 'e best of orfler there, the same as pre- s in this reglon. Now that troops are the field an uncertainty is growing & miners here as to thelr future. om Forest City, where the Hillside Coal and Iron Company has two oig mines, the s comes that many men are djssatis- with the present status of the strike and have announced their intention to go back to work on Monday. The Delaware, Lackawanna Western Company's men, too, showed restlessness to-day ani a break may come in their ranks very soon, as the company, through General Superintendent Loomis, announced to-day and that as soon as the men get back to work | their demands as company employes ex- clustvely will be taken up and consid- ered. The Pennsylvania. Coal Company stands in a similar pbsition and other companies are ready to do the same. The companies’ decided announcements that e, and the Thirteenth Regiment, with | all in camp by night. The nt was shipped from the y ing and | m. in on duty all night sard headquarters and e M S the United Mine Workers’ ganization, together with or- bringing the militia to the scene, has set the strikers | to thinking and they realize that the bat- tle Is apparently going against them. The washeries, which operated all the week, are No disorder has broken out an The men are peaceable remaining away from the mi DEPUTIES GUARD COLLIERIES. of Militia Said to Have Calmeu the Strikers. still going. here in this region. and are Arrival HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. Calmness T niled throughout the Lehigh region this morning. There is still intense feel- | ing in the public mind, but the sending of troops to Shenandoah, twenty-five miles | from here, is generally regarded as bring- ing matters to a crisis, and the situation here s therefore somewhat relieved. Armed deputies are distributed near most of the collieries ard along pubiic roads leading to mining properties. the usual number of strikers out earl this morning, trying to persuade workers | not to go into the mines, but they did not meet with as much success as on the pre- vious days of the week. Strikers were cereful not to carry their persuasion to the point of intimidation, thus avoiding a conflict with the deputies. So long as the idle men in this district, who number more than 14,000, refrain from gathering in large crowds and marching from town to town there is little likelihood of a general dis- turbance. The situation is practically unchanged. The Markle mines at Jeddo and Oakdale are working with an increased force and the company is making every effort to get all its men back. There is a considerable number of watchmen on the company’s property, and the Sheriff's deputies are within easy reach. Mr. Markie says he is determined to give all the men in his em- ploy who desire to work a chance to do s0, and adds that he will protect them if it takes the cntire military force of Penn- sylvania to accomplish it. There was danger of trouble at Sandy Run early this morning. “ne hundred men from Freeland went there at 3 o'clock to stop the F. C. Kemmerer colliery from starting up. There was a parley near the colliery and the strikers agreed to let the men work on the promise that they will not return to the mines Monday morning. The men and women of McAdoo were L e : OPERATORS MAKE REPLY TO PRESIDENT MITCHELL WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 23.—The operators here, in reply to the open letter of President Mitchell of the United Mine-Workers, make this statement: “Mr. Mitchell's demands simply mean a recognition of Mitchell. tions that he is weakening and ready to fall down. Defeat stares him in the face and the strikers are beginning to realize the true situation of affairs. It is cropping out all over the The men want to return to work. The claim of Mr. Mitchell and other lead- ers of the United Mine-Workers that no depredations would be committed while they were in charge of the strike has been nullified by the acts of the men at Shenandoah. The leaders are unable to control the unruly element.” strike region. i There was | {asain on the march early this morning. At 4 m. 250 strikers from Audenreid, Jeansville and McAdoo and sixty women of the latter place started for Colerain, where an early morning mass meeting was held. a. SAYS MEN DESIRE TO WORK. Statement by the President of the Reading Company. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.—The follow- | ing statement was given out to-day from the office of President Harris of the Phil- adelphia and Reading Railroad Company: | this morning and twenty are idle. The | idle ones are those about Shamokin, M haney City and fhenandoah. In the last two named districts our men generally worked yesterday. They were attacked | by Poles and other rioters as they went home and many of them were injured. “Bo far as we are informed, our men are desirous of working wherever they will be properly protected. Our own pro- tective force has been largely increased and everything possible has been done to keep the situation well In hand.” S PARADE OF MINE EMPLOYES. Many of the Boys in Line Are of Very Tender Age. SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 22.—A parade of 2000 slate pickers, runners, drivers, door tenders and helpers from the mines of Scranton and vicinity was the feature of to-day. The parade was planned by Or- ganizer Dilcher to show how many chil- dren who ought to be In school were forced into the mine by reason of their fathers being pald such poor wages. It was a sight that would move the hardest heart. Fully a third of the boys in line appeared to be about 9 or 10 years of age, and inquiryamong them elecited the start- ling fact that not a few 8-year-old chil- dren were numbered in the parade. A mass meeting followed at Laurel Hill Park, at which addresses .were made by H. McCarty of San Francisco and others. The burden of their talk was an appeal to the strikers to avold being driven to acts of disorder. An address was sent to strike headquar- ters at noon by President Mitchell, ap- pealing to the miners to continue their good behavior and avold being agitated by emissaries of the companies who —_—— “Nineteen of our collieries are at work | | foefosfosfoefote sfoloeforforfonionfeafeofoofortonte efoforionfonfuafocforforfrionte Juforimfsofoafosfofocfuionte sfoleriomireioofe fofocfeciofonfunionfoofoofocds sfoofocfocfocfoferfrfonfosfosfoforte —At the end of the first week of the strike in the coal fields of Pennsylvania there are not wanting signs of a desire on the part of some of the strikers to return to their onfined, so far as reported, to the English-speaking element among the mine-workers. Experience has shown that these men are the most conservative, the foreigners being impulsive . Notwithstanding the serious outbreak necessitating the sending of troops to Schuylkill Count stricts Monday to start mines that are now idle. B i e kS the populace. | through would be sent among them to “incite riot.” The switchmen continue to work as usual, handling coal without inquiring whether or not it is unifon or non-union product. MILLS TO RESUME OPERATIONS. | Amalgamated Workers and Steel | Manufacturers Reach an Agreement. | CINCINNATI, Sept. 28.—At 0 this | morning both sides of the wage confer- ence between the Amalgamated Workers and the Steel Manufacturers gave out that they have reached an agreement. The scale will be signed and all the mills will start next week. No details are given out. At 1 a. m. both sides in the wage con- ference between the Amalgamated Work- ers and the Iron and Steel companies | signed the scale. Each side made com- promises. No details will be given out. ne CONDEMN SHERIFF'S ACT. Mine-Workers’ Officers Also Censure Governor Stone. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 22.—At a meeting of the officers of the local assem- blies of the United Mine Workers to-day resolutions were adopted condemning the action of Sheriff Toole of Schuylkill County In firing on the strikers at Shen- andoah, and also censuring Governor Stone for ordering out the militia. TUNENOWN AMERICAN VESSEL FOUNDERS Goes Down With Her Crew of About Twenty on the Grand Banks. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 2.—An un- known American fishing vessel foundered | on the Grand Banks during last week's gale and all of her crew, about twenty in | number, perished. The French “banker’ Thorndyke foundered and fifteen of her crew were drowned, while six escaped. The schooner Eddle lost three men. The schooner Dolphin was dismasted and lost five men. A number of other vessels were greatly damaged and many of the fisher- men who were away {n boats overhaul- | ing their trawls when the gale arose were | drowned. | There are indica- | | @ik e N N e | Buese | ber 19, turning out O ) y, everything is reported quiet jn the entire coal region to-night. The persistence of corporations and individual mine-owners in asserting that they will consider grievances of their employes There is a feeling that individually, but COLLISIONS ON THE FRONTIER BETWEEN PORTUGUESE AND BOERS 2 LONDON, Sept. 22.—A special dispatc from Lourenzo Marques says that ler arriving there report that coll occurring on the frontier between P guese troops and burghers, whom former wish to disarm on entering Portu territory. Several have wounded and further fighting is feared The Portuguese are almost powerless un- til reinforcements arrive. ‘The following dispatch has been re- ceived from Lord Roberts: “PRETORIA, Friday, Sept, 2L.—Methuen completely pouted a Boer conv at Hart River, west of Klerksdorp, nd recap- tured a 15-pounder lost at Colenso. He also. captured 26 wagons, 8000 cattle, 4000 sheep, 20,000 rounds of ammunition and 28 prisoners. “Hildyard occupied Vreyheid the Boers from a The British casualties strong position. were few. “‘Clery has captured a Hollander-Amer- ican belonging to Theron's scouts, who confirms the reports of Theron's death.” CHAMBERLAIN DEFENDS SOUTH AFRICAN WAR Opens the Birmingham Canvass With an Address at a Great Open- Air Meeting. LONDON, Sept. 22.—Joseph Chamber- the | Septem- | {lain in opening the Birmingham canvass ivered an address to a Air meeting. His speech was ignment of the oppo- war In South Africa, h he sald: v mi nents of th | course of wh in the them traitors, but guided in uals."” rlain challenged the Liber- |als to point out a single provocative word or sentence in the disp: s exchanged during the ante-war n ations. He charged the Boers with having broken every pledge and promise made to the British and red that they had long | been planning to kick the English out of 'Snlnh Africa. | - Mr. Chamberlain eriticized the aa | of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, eral leader, and Sir Wi dress . Lib- m Vernon Har- court as lacking in breadth and clear- ness. The country, he sald, wanted to know their views, but when not indefinite they were inaccurate. It was audacious to assume that it the soldlers were back from South Africa they would vote f. the opposition. The speaker appealed to the country not to put the settlement of | the war in the hands of a congress of & contented atoms calling itself a party, but which is only a conglomerate mix- ture, divided on everything except slan- der and abuse of the Colonial Seer: FOUND ONCONSCIOUS NEAR HOTEL RAFAEL Supposed San Franciscan Receives | Injuries Which It Is Believed ‘Will Result in His Death. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 2—A man was picked up in an unconscious condition at | 7:30 o'clock this evening at the entrance of the Hotel Rafael grounds by John Mec- Laughlin, a bus driver. He was taken to the office of Dr. Howard, who found that he had wound over the left temple. One of his ears was nearly torn off, while his left hand was also nearly severed. The man remained in a comatose state | for two hours, but revived, and during a lucid interval said his name was Highand that he lived at 109 O'Farrell street. muttered something about a wife and soon relapsed into unconsciousness. He is about 6 years of age, with a full | gray beard, and apparently in good cir- cumstances. Dr. Howard has slight hopes for Wis recovery, but will be better able | to ascertain the result of the man's in- jurips this morning. High will be kept !at Dr. Howarli's office on Fourth street to await the result of his wounds. It is thought that High was run into by some careless driver who entered the hotel grounds. The driver, on seeing that he | had seriously injured the man, evidently | drove off in haste. Challenges Sennor ‘Hanna. LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 2.—Vice Chalr- sustained a severe scalp | He | Committee has ch'!l.enged Senator "a'xn'i chairman of the National Republican Committee, to a joint discussion. Mr. Ed- miston makes his desire known in a lor communication which contains a lis thirty-four questions for Mr. Hanma to answer in public debate. ——————— CLOSE ON OUTLAWS’ TRAIL. | Capture of the Winnemucea Bank Robbers Hourly Expected. WIN MUCCA, Nev., Sept. 22 —News was reeeived to-night which points to the | speedy capture of the three men who rob- | bea the First National Bank at this | last Wednesday. The dispatch was dated | at White Rock, a lonely mountain station | far In the northeastern corner of the | State, and was sent from there by courter forty miles to Tusearora. It stated that the joint posse from Winnemucca and Tuscarora was hot on the trail of the rob- bers, following the lead of a noted Indi traller named “Jack™ Lowry, and every ‘man of the pursuing party was deter- | mined to stay to the end, which must soon | come. | The country tn which the robber hunt | Is being conducted is the roughest imag- | inable, and the bandits are being followed from one mountain fastness to another with all the speed possible in such a reglon. A number of the horses abandoned by the robbers in their flight have been recovered and the fugitives are now at the end of their resources In the way of ob- taining fresh mounts, while the pursuers are changing horses every few hours. News of a pitched battle is expected here {ut any time. —— Many Buildings Burned. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 22.—A fire In the Hass Keul (Khas Koi?) distriet has destroyed 150 residences, forty shops and | n WW+%MWW+}. man Edmiston of the Populist National ' a svnazogue.