The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO. ‘. 11 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TORNADO STRIKES MINNESOTA VILLAGE Barn Raised in the Air and Dropped Upon a Saloon, Resulting in Eight Deaths. Peculiar Pranks Committed by a Wind-| storm Which Caused Many Struc- tures to Crumble. S Eight or more people were kill by & tornado which of the most pranks of the st air and the d ng of it upon 2 taken refuge from the storm us ARIE Minn., S ger [ the storm e barn f from mage. he storm de- m Olson and 1 Peterson. - MANY VES‘EYS IN THE GALE. ST. JOHNE F 2%.—More than | swept cver Morrison, a village in Minnesota. ed and several others badly injured One orm was the lifting of a barn in the saloon, where sixteen people had Pierre the recent r their but oun- hag 1 vessels from St are he alarm as result are French flag ered from the irea it is here, to cr the Grand Banks with a vie of ) the e nt of the . = SHAM BATTLE OF VESSELS AT NIGHT Squadron and Shore Bat- teries at Newport Attacked. a. m— tle squad- s Kear- gunboats with the e land batter- this ported by be tle the defending Captain Fol- manded the at- N. M. Farqu- which com- warh , in time being a well di- putting the could hold within chlight one of the hostile red rocket the craft on was out of action, the fact t pedo boat had the oppur’unl(?' to blow her up constituting victory n the other hand, a bnuleihlu got an op- posing craft within range of her light and k \(!sel under its me the battleship’s a blue rocket. e for the mock\sea fight were t in detail to the extreme, ttention almost as if a real fight nding. Every man was at his and afloat were at anxiety on the first was dhcerned com- 9:45 when gun awoke the from the Jame: 1in quick succession V¥ bark of a Jarge caliber gun and short, metallic ring of light ord- e .'r!;whf;s nd thunder telling the vi 1 begun and that the attack efenders were ready to repel the ng squadron attempted to and Fort Wetherell, t channel, and Fort e 'l'\ (?v west The (urplllu bo ynn and Rogers did succeed in passing rt Preble in under cover of £S5 L got her search- Gwynn husetts and had sig- out of action, when in turn put out of action Then the Rogers fig- Vicksburg out of the two hours the bat- aged, and owing to the vigilance of ~).. defending force only the torpedo boat remained in action decision as te the vietor will come board of arbitration appointed to he battle by points scored by each al ship. The defending squadron believed to be successful for on that the shore batteries and squadron repelled the attack and ¥ one of the hostile boats afloat. WTST ESTATE FOR FORMER WATCHMAN AT WASHINGTON| After Completing Five Years’ Government Service, Fred- erick von Muegge Will Inherit Millions and a Title. Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HO- | TEL, WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Repre- sentative Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio, during his recent visit to Europe, had occasion to investigate one of the most peculiar will case that ever came to hie ce as a practitioner. It involves the disposition of an estate valued at $5,000,- o0 and an ancient German baronetcy The heir to this property was until a few weeks ago & watchman in the United States census office. Frederick von | Muegge was born In Germany thirty- elght vears ago. He was the only son of Baron von Muegge and consequently the immense ancestral estates. He started out to see the world when teen years old and visited every great helr to in Europe, finally shipping as cabin on a vessel bound from Liverpool for Africa meantime the old Baron made effort get his boy to return yme, and after three years of wander- ng the young man decided to settle down. He returned to his father's estate, but he soon became restless under restraini nd again left Germany, and according to his own statement went to India. The ver had In the meantime tried to keep rack of his boy and always assisted him nancially. A second appeal was made to him to return home. He obeyed the plea f his now aged father. | traveled from place to place in the United States, and while in Ohlo about four years ago he met Representative Grosvenor, who became greatly interested in him, The result of this acqualntance was that Von Muegge secured a position In the In- terior Department. He retained the pos tion until the organization of the census bureau, when he was transferred as a watchman. time. He learned that his son was in the service of the Government of the United | States and believed that his runaway boy | had settled down. In making his will he ‘sl!pula\ed that when his son had re- mained in the service of the Government | for five years all of the ancestral estate should revert to him. Von Muegge, s0 it is stated, was fre- quently reprimanded while in the Interiox Department and was only retained there through the influence of Mr. Grosvenor, After being transferred to the census of- fice he s sald to have been gullty of breaches of discipline and was finally dis- charged. His old friend, Representative Gros- venor, immediately obtalned for him a position In the internal revenue service and he is now stationed in a town In Ohio. Representative Grosvenor says at the expiration of a year more he wil have fulfilled the requirements of the After remaining at home forabout & year he suddenly left for Ameriga., He W will and will then come into poseession of the estate in Germany. with | | Baron von Muegge dled In the mean- | LEADERS CLAIM MANY RECRUITS TO THE RANKS OF THE STRIKERS Expected Clash With Militia Fails to Occur, Although Troops Patrol the Roads Leading to the Collieries and Escort Miners Desiring to Return to Work. Strike lead not n h el ] ers in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania continue their ¢ of ye;terda'.'~ efforts they clam an increase of abou: 2700 to the ccur and the soldiers on duty confined their operaticns to prot controversy has made overtures to end the strugzle. ask of inducing ranks of the strixers. The prediced clash in the Sc ecting men desirous of returning to work in th2 collieries. | | + HILADELPHIA, Sept. 2¢.—Instead of the expected clash between the troops and striking miners in the Schuylkill region to-day a pegce- ful calm pervaded the district and there was not the slightest disorder for the soldiers to be called upon to quell. In fact, in all the districts of the anthracite coal flelds the day was extremely quiet, | there belng no demonstration whatever on | the part of the strikers. While the operators claim that a num- | ber of their employes returned to work at the mines in the Schuykill region, it was early In the day evident that operations aid not assume the activity which the | mine owners had yesterday anticipated, | and indications to-night s that to-mor- row will find more idle collieries than at any time since the strike began. The soldiers moved over the roads lead- ing to the collieries in Schuylkill County | from early morning and thus afforded protection to those desirous of returning to work. No opposition was encountered, | however, and not very many avalled themselves of the protection offered. The strike leaders claim many additions to their ranks, and President Mitchell | himself estimates that the striking force | was augmented to-day to the extent of 1800 to 2000. No overtures to end the struggle have | been offered by either side. The strike | leaders are occupying themselves in In- | ducing mine workers to quit, and the operators are endeavoring to mine all the | @ . 4 g2 Juefodefudedutufmfeiniefuifufminiminfmfeimlemebio e el @ | coal they can with their reduced force. Meantime coal shipments from the mines are daily growing less, and reports of advances in prices for the commodity are received from all trading sections. 2o ek STRIKERS MAKE, SOME GAINS. Presence of Troops Causes Consider- able Indignation. HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 24.—Contrary | to the expectations of both the operators | and striking coal miners there were no de- | velopments in the strike situation in the Lehigh region to-day. It was thought in some quarters that owing to the prescnece of troops in the anthracite coal flelds a break would occur in the ranks of the | strikers or that a large number of addi- tional men would refrain from going to work. The operators, as a rule, predicted a break In the strikers’ ranks, and the labor lenders were equally sure they would tie up this region tighter than ever. To-night both sides claim that they have made good gains. It seems, however, from the most reliable reports recelved here to-day from the entire region that the strikers made a net gain In point of numbers. The M. S. Kemmerer colliery at Sandy Run, on the north side, was tied up to-day, but the operation is not a large one. President Mitchell said of the whole region to-night: “Reports received by me to-day from the lower anthracite (Schuylkill) region indicate that at least 2000 mine workers joined the strikers to-day. A large num- ber of these came from the Reading Com- pany’s mines. In the Lehigh Valley re- glon we 1ade large gains. I have not received definite information, but I shculd judge that a good many men heretofore emploved left work to-day. “Meetings held on Sunday by the United i | @ to e oiiosfocfoforfonfeofosfofonfonfontonfelovfunteafosfofectunfosfosfoforforfonfonfrafoforforfunfrafeofotecforfenfoofrofecfofunfonfeefecfols aofoforforfonfunfecfocfocfofonfunfonfocfocfofufomfrafoofofoffen) THERE IS NO BREAK IN THE RANKS OF THE STRIKING IRON WORKERS group of men: % o PHOTOG HAZLET | PHERS IN | i 1 A _jEcrion of JM‘/D«:O NTHRACITE REGIONS, D THE THIRD A GROUP OF MINE THE ABOVE PICTURES ARE REPRODUCTIONS OF PHOTOS TAKEN FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD BY ITS THE PENNSYLVANIA , ANOTHER PART OF McADOO A ONE SHOWS “BRE! KER" BOYS AT AT GERARDVILLE. COLUMBIA, Pa., Sept. 24.—According to the sentiment expressed to-night there will be no break in the ranks of th= striking ironworkers at Columbia, who to-day quit work upon the attempted en- forcement of a reduction of 25 per cent. The strike affects about a thousand men and boys employed in the four mills of the Susquehanna Iron & Steel Company here and six or seven hundred more employed at the Aurora furnace at Wrightsville, the Vesta furnace at Watts Station and the York Rolling Mill at York, all of which are controlled by the Susquehanna company. The $3 rate is in force at the milis in the combine, but the strikers refuse to accept it because $4 is paid at one of the Lebanon mills and other independent works. Mine Workers at which men who had not struck were urged to help In the fight bore fruit. As a whole I feel more en- couraged to-night than T have at any time since the strike began, and I am confldent that within the next few days the entire anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania will be idle. At no place to-day did we lose a man."” In regard to the efforts of Archbishop Ryan to bring about a settlement through arbitration President Mitchell sald: “Archbishop Ryan will call upon the presidents of the raliroads which have mining Interests In this region at the re- quest of the United Mine Workers and will tender his good offices In the struggle. If the officials refuse to meet his Grace it will certainly demonstrate their insin- cerity to the public concerning their will- ingness to treat with their men, and will place them in the same position as that once occupled by Mr. Vanderbilt, who very forcibly said that the public had no inter- ests which a corporation was bound to re- spect.”” When Mr. Mitchell was asked if the striking miners had received any benefits from the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica sirce the strike was begun he stmply said, “No." A battalion of the Eighth Regiment ar- rived at McAdoo, the nearest point In Schuylkill County to Hazleton, early this morning. Lieutenant Colonel Hutchinson, in command, said he was ordered to make a demonstration by marching his men through McAdoo and the surrounding towns. Each man carried twenty rounds of ammunition. The troops were recefved by the inhabitants with evidences of en- mity. Many jeered them. One woman, after the troops had passed, shouted to a “If you don’t shoot some of those fel- lows you are no good.” Edward J. McGeehan, the Burgess of | the town, declared the action of General Gobin in sending .soldiers there was an outrage, as the town was peaceable. “I shall not ba responsible for any overt act committed in this town while the troops are here,”” he said. URGED TO SETTLE TROUBLE. Governor Stone Asked to Act, but He . Has No Authority. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 24.—Governor Stone received telegrams to-day from | Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland | and numerous other citles urging nim to. use his good offices toward settling the strike difficulties. There is po provision | of the State constitution authorizing the exccutive to use any such power. The advices to-night from Tower City are that the 1200 employes will go out at that place. | WORKERS SCARED AWAY. One Demonstration So Successful That It Will Be Repeated. SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 24—A demon- stration by the strikers at the Bellevue mine, occasioned by a false alarm that the mine was to be started, had the effect of scaring away a squad of Itallans who Wwere on their way to the washery. En- couraged by this success the strikers are contemplating similar demonstrations st all of the elght washeries that continuc to operate in this region. If this is done trouble can be looked for as the com- panies have declared that they will work the washeries at any cost. The Delawarc, Lackawanna and Western Company wiil send speclal trolley cars to collect its Bellevve washery hands to-morrow morn- ing and these will be guarded by armed deputies. Soft coal is coming into Seranton n| large quantities. The factories are ex- | perimenting with it and the manufactur- ers say that they can get all of it they | want. [ ¢ SAYS LABOR WILL WIN. | Gompers Predicts a Victory for the | Anthracite Coal Miners. CINCINNATI, Sept. 24.—Samuel Gomp- | ers was here to-night to deliver an ad- | dress on labor at the fall festival at Music Hall. He was very promounced in | his opinfon that the men striking in the | anthracite region will win. “Behind them,” he said, “is unutterable want. They have been hungry so long | that they will suffer nothing uncommon | from the protracted idleness. It is pit- | iable to see the suffering of the men and | their familles because of paltry wages. | 1 speak from what I have seen, for I have just been In the anthracite region. The American Federation of Labor wm} give them all possible aid. Cold weather | will cause an increased shortage In coal | soon, and this will affect the operators. I have sent organizers into the fleld and the strike will solidify. The strikers wiil have the sympathy of the general public. The laborers in this conflict have every- thing on their side but the opinion of the operators.” FEW MEN RESUME WORK. ‘While Ranks of the Striking Miners Are Augmented. E SHENANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 24—The ranks of the striking mine workers were considerably augmented to-day in this re. gion, and although the employes of the line workers to quit, and as the result uylkill district did Neither side protect tion fact diate vic men rep to was James Me( ploym t the Lehigh Va dle. The Girardville compan which @1d not resume to-day The only colliery that worked In Schuyl- Kill ¢ perated b r coal of Shenandoah was the Park place. Five collicries were in opera- tion between Shenandoah and Mount Car- mel. There were no attempts at violence at any time du 1 miners were Intercepted by strikers on their way ng the y. Sev v to the C: bridge colliery, but they suf- fered no injury. Fo-night at closing time a crowd of strikers assembled in the viein- ity of the same mine but were dispersed by the provest guard In anticipation of trouble the troops were on the m early in the morning Battalions wer t in varfous dfrections to move over roads leading Ve lieries in the neighborhood of Shenandrah and other ba s were sent by in to McAdoo, Auc a d Mabkanoy Clty All returned to Shena to-night and reported that no disturbance had occurred The only incident that curred 4 n the day in Shenandoah was the fune: Jobn - Chansekl, the Tila, wio day's riof About shot and killed during F' 2000 union mine workers follow to the grave, while nearly foreign men and women walke sidewalks to the cemete held In the Polish Cathelic ( as m when the cortege reached the cemete “Mother” Jones, who arrived here morning, addressed the assembled mir | workers. The procession was passed the way to the burial ce by two bat- talions of infantry returning from the | mines. SR DAL | THREATENED STRIKE AVERTED | Men in Colorado Gold Mines Com- promise With M.wagers. VICTOR. Colo., Sept. 24.—The threaten- ed strike of the miners employed In six of the largest gold mines in this district be- cause of an order recently issued by the English management of Stratton’s Inde- pendence requiring all miners to strip naked and pass before the superintendent for inspection to prevent their purloining valuable ore has been prevented by an agreement entered into to-night between the miners’ committee and the managers. The order was modified so as to only make it necessary for the thelr outer clothing. meetings between the represen both sides to attain this result. - DID NOT ORDER SHOOTING. men to remove It required several of | Denial That Employes Were Told to Fire if Attacked. SHENANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 24—Dr. James of the Cambridge Coal Company to-night emphatically denied that his | partner, J. C. McGinnis, had made the speech sald to have been made by him | this afternoon in which he instructed his employes to shoot at once If attacked. Mr. James said: “We have been particular to caution our men not to fire any shots. We have | advocated peaceable measures at all times. In case any disturbance arises, then we will depend on the troops.” - — FEW COAL TRAINS RUN. More Than a Thousand Reading Em- ployes Thrown Out of Work. READING, Pa., Sept. 24—Only a few coal trains passed through Reading to- day, ahd the coal was mined last week. The product in the mines has been pretty well cleaned up. The trouble in the region will throw over 1000 trainmen In the Skuylkill Valley from - Pottsville to Schuylkill temporarily out of employment. The Reading Company has issued orders to change engines burning anthracite coal 80 that they can use bituminous. - Strike in Tennessze. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 24—Four hundred miners of the Coal Creek Com- pany’s mines at Coal Creek, Tenn., struck to-day after voting asa the contract for the year offered by the manager. Pierson Confesses. HAMILTON, Ontario, Sept. 24—George Plerson, the companion of Annie Grifin, ! who was shot and Kkilled last night while artving from Waterdown, has confessed to the murder and is now lodged In jail. Plerson at first said that two men driving past in a rig had done the deed, but on beltg closely questioned by the police he broke down and sald that the girl and he had made up their minds to kill them- elves and he shot her and then attempted suicide, but his nerve falled him.