The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO. 148. ¢ SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1900. all, PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRYANISM DWARFING NEBRASKA Only Sta_tfi[i Which Cities’ Population Degr_(@fies. Remarkable Contrast to the Growth of Other Sec- tions of the Union. PROGRESS OF PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles, Seattle Spokane, Tacoma and Other Growing Communities Make Big Strides Q4 CALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— According to a Census Bureau bulle- tin issued to-day Nebraska only State which the combined is the in the cities contained a decrease from 1880 population of therein shows to 1900. as against the previous de- ase in the popu- in r classe: aga 1850, Of the forty W0 and eighty- 25,000 and under cities nereased to th k, which, nts, properl Chicago and Phila- ch has a population three citles, St more, whick have each: five Francisco, 1 and Pittsburg, which have a 300,00 and New Or] of & 0 ween eight cities Wa waukee of between 200,000 the act of 1 became effective wn to be gr premier of the ¢ ottt 1,000 inhab- with not quite d the second and e same as in 1890 s of 1850 their posi- iphia then s com- icago Among the most notable changes in the rank of cities which have taken place in 29, as compared with 1830, may be men- med that of Seattle, which has advanced from the 360th to the 148th place: Los An- geles, from the 135th to the thirty-sixth plaece; Duluth, from the 156th to the sev- cnty-second place: Kansas City, from the 1534 to the seventy-sixth place, and Port- Jand, Or., from the 106th to the fort econd. Other noticeable changes in rank m 1880 to 1900 are Tacoma, from 155th to 57th to 106th. kane, from 15 ries in 1900 do not contain any city with pulation of 25,000 or more: Arizona, ndian Territory, Mississippi, Ne- New Mexico, North Carolina, North South Dakota, Vermont and da akota, ming. Massachusetts has the largest number ¢ such cities, namely, twenty, and is fol- | wed by Pennsylvania with eighteen and | New York with twelve. The most significant growth of citles | that for the cities in the State of Wash- | on, namely Seattle, Spokane and Ta- | These three cities combined had | + 4961 inhabitants in 1550, but their pop- | n had increased to $.765 in 1890 and | 233 in 1900, the increase during the | lecade being equivalent to 57.1 per | S { Of the total population represented by | the 156 cities in 1900 (19,693,625) 10,908,696, orl §1.3 per cent, is contained in the seventy cities situated in the North Atlantic di- lision and 6071861, or 305 per cent, in the | srty-eight cities situated in the North Central division, leaving only 3,624,088, or 1i§ per cent, for the rémaining cities sit- |/ wated in the other three geographical di- visions. wing-named States and Terri- | T_ e g ‘;[ W 1 ‘ i i ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN A GREAT RECEPTION BY SYRACUSE PEOPLE SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 25.—The closing | Roosevelt gent counties. Although it orable day, because while in Au- the questions and answers a good natured form and e on the part of either questioner or answerer to enter Into a personal contro- versy. Syracuse itself was a blaze of light, while hundreds of people thronged the The auditorium where the speechmaking was held and the square streets. where the outside meeting took place were both too small to accommodate desired to hear Governor rn three meetings had to be ccommodate the people. It was ace that the first serlous inter- | the day occurred. The Gover- cd ‘at the first meeting upon an exposition of the trust question. During his remarks a man in the upper gallery cried out, “Hurrah for Bryan!"” “Why?” retorted the Governor, squar- ing himself toward the place whence the came and pdusing for a reply, which was not made. “He dges not know,” said the Governo¥, smiling; “it means just about that grade of intelligence.” The Governor said, question of expansion: “In this city Mr. Bryan actually dared | to appeal to the memory of Seward. 11 wonder, well, I don't wonder at Mr. Bry- | but under any other conditions I| referring to the | an, appeal and forgetting that one of the greatest services that Mr. Seward ren- dered to this country was that under his guidance this country expanded over Alaska, and it expanded without the con- | sent of the governed there”— | “How about Metcalf?” came an inter- | ruption. | “Metcalf,” said the Governor in a puz- | zled way. | Then remembering that Mr. Metcalf was president of the D. M. Osborne ma- | chine shops, and had threatened to shut down if Mr. Bryan was elected, he said: “Metcalf is all right. If Mr. Bryan was | half as right he would be fortunate.” | “How about the canals?” came from the | gallery before the Governor could pro- ceed “I will answer you once for all,” said the Governor. “Do you mean in this| State?” Yes,” came the reply back. “I answer,” sald the Governor, “that | they are administered with absolute hon- | esty and efficlency, as you know if you | know anything about them.™ At Syracuse the Governor was first driv- en to a stand erected on the square in front of the Weiting Opera-house, in which he was to speak later. The crowd was so dense that it was only with the utmost difficulty the police could open a way sufficlently wide for his carriage to pass through. When the Governor got on the stand the crowd surged up against it with Irresistible force, and it was not until the Governor himself induced those in the rear to crowd the other way that the crush was somewhat abated. The Governor's party and the police then formed themselves into what a foot- ball player would call a fiying wedge, and succeeded In reaching the hall | i % i § The Governor talked for an hour, touch- speeches of an arduous day In Governor |ing most of the issues inyolved, but dwell- acuse there were several in- | campaign were made at Au- |Ing particularly on trusts and military cuse, after jumps through | matters He addressed his audfence | ‘mv@ll,\‘ on the same lines as he has spoken | before on these issues. “Now, there is a trust,” he said, “here | ew York—the ice trust. I have no people who have gone into the ice trust e w | emphasize is the it in as investors, just as they would any other corporation ere floated on the market. “What I want to call attention to and utter Insincerity, the base hypocrisy of men like Mr. Croker, - more sweeping terms than I ho denounce trusts in general in far —because I intend to make my words good by deeds % hen the time comes—who denounce trusts as an unmitigated evil and then become the most prominent stockholders in a trust that has caused more indigna- th S tr a: say anything about that any more tha st e cent because of his connection with tha trust. {on the merits under the law. | 80 by the courts; it will be so in my case; | and whether a man is a Democrat or a | [aulter under arrest, and the services of could say without any evidence before me on than any other in this State. “I cannot tell you—nobody can tell you~ | ether t > courts will decide that the ust is an lllegal monopoly and can be ssolved under the statutes. 1 cannot tting as 1 do in my judiclal capacity hether any official was guilty or inno. In each case the decision will be It will be stion but that the general bulk of the | whose shares | BANK DECIDES TO | DELAWARE AND BOLDLY ' INVADES NEW JERSEY P ROSECUTE 'Friends Cannot Save Thiev- ing Teller Alvord. NEW YORK, Oct. %5.—As an earnest of its intention to prosecute Cornelius L. ‘Alvord Jr., the thieving mote teller of the First National Bank, the responsible of- | ficers of that institution will to-morrow |ofter a liberal reward for his capture. | This decision was reached this afternoon, ;talluwln‘ the conference between Chief | of Detectives McCluskey and the presi- dent, cashier and the counsel of the | bank. The amount of the reward has not | vet been fixed. At ‘midnight a dispatch from Mount vernon said Alvord was in New York in the home of an intimate friend. If any negotiations have been going on looking to the restitution of part of the | $700,000 stolen by the note teller of the First National Bank they were broken bruptly to-day. United States Commis- sioner Shields late in the afternoon is- ued a warrant for the arrest of Corne- | lius L. Alvora Jr. Captain McCluskey of ‘the detective bureau was authorized to place the de- Republican won't welgh that much (snap. | the Finkerton Detective Agency, which | ping his fingers) with me.” —_— _———————— First Shipment of Oranges. VISALIA, Oct. 25.—The first carload of had been engaged to keep Alvord under surveillance, were dispensed with. The affidavit on which the warrant was | issued was made by Fisher A Baker, one this season’s oranges was shipped out of | Of the directors of the bank, and its chiet n 500,000 for | should wonder at any man making that | Porterville to-day. This s three weeks ahead of Southern California's output. D ) HOW THE CALL WILL |caunsel. and the charge was embezzle- ment. IF BILLY BOY BRYAN EVER FORMED A CABINET. | | | i | £ BRYAN CROSSES THE WASHINGTON PARK, N. J,, Oct. %5.— William Jennings Bryan crossed the Dela- ware and touched New Jersey soil at 12:10 to-day at this point. Vast crowds had gathered to hear him. He shook hands with every ome who could get to him when the boat touched the wharf and from there to the speakers’ stand the ova- tion was pronounced. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. %5.—The first ady of Bryan's tour of New Jersey, which closed here with six meetings to-night, may be described as a mad rush. From the time he entered Washington Fark, | cpposite Philadelphia, until he ciosed his last meeting here he had made fifteen speeches. The average of their duration was a little longer than usual. He spoke in succession at Washington Park, River- side, Burlington, Trenton (twice), Prince- ton Junction, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Marion and Jersey City (six times). His Jjourney through the State was a surprise tc those accompanying Mr. Bryan, if not to him, for in few States, if any, has he | kad larger or more demonstrative au- diences. His meeting at Washington Park was almost a record breaker in both of these respects and his meetings in Tren- | ton and his reception in this city were only second to the Washington Park meeting in numbers and in feeiing dis played, Probably no candidate for the Presi- dency was ever so much jostled about and pushed around in one day's time as Mr. Eryan was to-day. At most stopping places the police fornd it impossible to protect him from the hundreds not to say thousands of persons who thronged his pathway and followed him wherever he went. > . - » “I have addressed a great many meet- ings of college boys, but I never had a MAINTAIN ITS CHARGE AGAINST COSPER The Call accuses E. T. Cosper, candidate for Superior Judge in Kings ‘County, of extorting money while a mem- | ber of the Legislature from an attache of that body. * Cosper evades but does not deny the charge. He knows that proof of his guilt can be produced, and wants the contro- versy deferred until after the election. The Call is prepared to prove by the testimony of three men—one a member of the Legislature, ancther a reputable newspaper man and the third a responsitle and well-known citizen—that Cospe: did obtain $30 by extortion. The man from whom the money was taken oniy had $100. Cosper demanded $40, but finally consented to take $30. When witnesses to the transaction unexpectedly appeared on the scene, much to the surprise of Cosper, he exclaimed: “Gentlemen, what does this mean?” Cosper had sufficient presence of mind to hold on to the thirty—the same numbher that Judas received. HANFORD, Oct. 25.—A Call corre- spondent last night interviewed E. T. Cosper, who was accused by The Call of having demanded money from an employe of the last Legislature. Mr. Cosper absolutely refused to answer the charges yes or no or make any other statement, but to-night the Hanford Sentinel, which is Cosper's mouthplece in his fight for Judge, contained the following article: “The San Francisco Call came out again yesterday with an attack on E. pearance that the friends of Mr. Cos- per who have had occasion to observe the matter advise that no attention be paid to it at this time. The Call tele- graphed the article to its representa- tive here in Hanford and instructed him to show it to Mr. Cosper. That was done last night as Cosper was en- tering the opera-house. He told the representative to ‘go it.” The evident scheme of The Cail is to draw Mr. Cosper Into & controversy with it throuvgh the paper or to blackmail him. discredited Call would only lead to further dispute, for it undoubtedly has hirelings at its command to swear to any statement that it makes along that line, and again, all know that no single man of moderate means can af- ford to fight the sewer of San Fran- cisco journall ‘Men worth millions Caf Bas had Conver the sais apent of al er the of fraud In hot.l.gn and the people of this county laugh the charge to scorn. ey now ask him to accuse himsel: of having demanded a part of the sal- T. Cosper. This time The Call asks Some who have seen the article and, &f¥ of an employe of the A two questions and demd_; ht.w they ° indeed, many of them Who understand ;"‘_‘t,mm"m&%,g?mhmfl, him be answe yes or mo. nature the methods of the yellow press, know robbers people g of the attack has such & malicious ap- that whatever answer is given to the Snows T e /| which he expects to make } 1 nicer meeting than this in my life.” This is what Mr. Bryan said to a number of the Princeton boys who followed him from his train at his meeting place at Princeton ’lenr’llnn this afternoon. He arrived at | the junction at 5:30 o'clock and spoke | from a slightly raised stand on the green in the rear of the railroad station. In- cluded in the audience were from 1000 to 1500 of the students of Princeton College, which {institution is located three miles | distant from the junction. The mecting | Was one of the most orderly that Mr. Bryan has had In his whole campaign ' tour. There was not an interruption from | beginning to end. When Mr. Bryan ar- | rived he was greeted by the college yell | and there was a similar demonstration | upon his departure. His address there | was entirely to the students. He said: | I want you to consider that in this na- tion monopoly exists, and that it is rap- idly approaching an industrial despotism. 1 want you to consider whether it is well for a free government to have its indus- | tries. collected under the management of a few men, so that the rest of the people will receive their daily bread at the hands of these few. Many of you are preparing | yourselves for the legal profession, but | you will find under the system of monop- | oly that the law business of the country | will gravitate toward the offices of the | great corporation attorneys, while the rest of the lawyers will be law clerks in the offices of those attorneys. You will find | that as monopoly increases the chance of | the young man becomes less, and when | you take away the hope that has inspired | him in the past you render him a less ef- fective man. This nation Is the greatest nation in the world, because here there more hope for the young man; here life is before the young men. There is no class | distinction; there is no caste. In this| country the son of the humblest citizen may aspire to the highest rewards in the | industrial and rolitical world, but under | an industrial despotism you take away the prospect of independence, and under this | system you will find that political des- potism will follow, for when one em- ployer can coerce thousands of employes | and threaten them with idleness and star- | vation unless they vote the ticket the em- ployer favors, you will find a government «f the people, by the people and for the people will be a thing of the past. “I want to call your attention also to the system which is now being proposed Dby the Republicans known as the coioniai | system. One of our great Institutions of learning has established in the college a department for dealing with our depend- encies and colonles. Young men, we have never had colonles, and when we have | reached the point where we want colonies we have reached the point where we do not have a reputlic. You cannot have one | idea here and another idea in the Orfent. Governments cannot come up from the people here, and in the Philippine Islands come out of the mouth of the cannon.” | | 1 | | | | | e F Long’'s Western Trip. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Long will leave Washington on Saturday for his Western trip, during the course of eral poiitical speeches. He goes from here direct to Colorado Springs, where his daughter re- sides. —_—— Joe Wheeler to Take Stump. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 35.—A spe- clal to the Times from Decatur, Ala., says: General Joseph Wheeler has made appointments to speak at a number of towns for the Democratic nominee for Congress, Judge Willilam [TCHELL CALLS OFF THE STRIKE Ending the Troubles In the Anthracite Coal_L‘ields. Full Redress for AIl the Alleged Wrongs Not Yet Secured. s STRENGTH OF UNION SHOWN Xin: Workers Told to Continue the Batfle for Their Rights and to Demand Their Wages Semi-Monthiy. HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 25.—The fol« lowing statement was given out for publication to-night by President Mitchell of the United Mine Work- ers, in which the strike of miners in the anthracite coal flelds is called off: “Temporary Headquarters, United Mine Workers of Amer N “HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 25, 1%0. “To the Miners and Mine Workers of the Anthracite Region—Gentlemen: After curefully canvassing the entire strike sit- uation we, officers, district and na- tional, have concluded that your vietory is so nearly complete that no good end yo | can be derived by continuing the strike longer. The contest has been In progress for thirty-nine days and the companies employing you have, with few exceptions, signified their willingness to pay the scale of wages formulated by the Scranton con- vention of October 12 and 13. “We are aware that some disappoint- ment and dissatisfaction has been caused by the failure of the operators in districts 1 and 7 to separate the reduction In the price of powder frem the advance in wages, but after careful inquiry we are satisfled that each mine employe will actually receive an advance of 10 per cent on the wages formerly pald. In the Schuylkill and Lehigh regicns the largest companies have agreed that the siiding scales should be suspended amnd that wages should remain stationary at 10 per cent until April 1, 191, thus removing one of the iniquities of which you have com- plained for many years. “While it is true that you have not se- cured redress for all your wrongs, while it is true that the increase in your earn- ings will not fully compensate you for the arduous labor you are compelled to perform, you have established a perfect organization, which, if maintained and conducted on business principles, will en- able you to regulate many of your local grievances and make your employment less hazardous and more profitable than before the strike began. The companies agree in their notices to take up with their employes all grievances complained of. We would, therefore, advise that when work is resumed committees be se- lected by the mine employes and that they wait upon the superintendent and present their grievances in an orderly, businessilke manner and ask that they be corrected. “Your attention is respectfully called to the fact that the laws of the State of Fennsylvania provide that miners should be pald semi-monthly upon demand. We should, therefore, advise that each mine employe serve notice on the companies that he expects to be paid his wages twice each month, as provided by law. “The practical benefits to the miners which accrue from thorough organization have been so clearly demonstrated during this strike that it should be needless for us to urge upon you the necessity of main- taining your union intact. We trust, how- ‘ever, that those who are now members of the union will be unceasing in- their ef- forts to induce all other mine workers to ally themselves with the United Mine Workers of America at onge, as it will be impossible for you to secure higher wages in the future, or even hope to maintain the present rate of wages unless you are prepared to offer a united resistance if any attempt is made to reduce your earn- ings upon the expiration of the present offer. “Aw there are some few companies who have neither posted. notified nor signified in any other manmer their willingness to ‘| pav the 10 per cent advance In wages and suspend the sliding scale, we would ad- vise that unless the men employed by such compantes receive notice before Monday that the advance will be paid they remain away from the mines and continue on strike until the companies employing them agree to the conditions offered by the other companies. The employes of the companies who have offered the advance of 10 per cent and abolished the sliding scale are hereby authorized to resume work Monday morning, October 29, and to be prepared, if called of, to contribute a reasonable amount of their earnings for the maintenance of those who may be compelled to continue on strike.” ‘The address is signed by the national and district officers of the United Mine ‘Workers of America. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2%5.—A confer- ence between the officlals of the big coal carrying companies and several individual coal operators was heid to-day at the of- fice of President Harris of the Philadel- phia and Reading Railway Company. The conferees were In session about ome hour, and although all information a8 %@ what took place was refused.