The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1901, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 19U1. EMPLOYERS DO NOT CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE BUT STRIKERS CONSENT TO A FURTHER TRUCE NO MORE UNIONS TO BE CALLED OUT TILL HOPE OF PEACE DIES Labor Leaders Say That Extreme Measures Will Be Taken If Not Secured at To- Favorable Results Are Morrow’s Conference HOUGH absolutely nothing was | accomplished yesterday in the | way of agreement to terms of peace between the Employers’ Association and the City Front Federailon the danger of an immediate extension of the strike to additional unions or to other parts of the coast was averted. Conditions will remain " un- changed now until to-morrow afternoon, when a last attempt at settlement of the difficulty by conference will be made. Mayor Phelan got nothing but disap- pointment from his meeting yvesterda with the directors of the Employers’ A: sociation. Only two or three of them were present and they gave their indorse- ment to the letter by Attorney Michael, a document which evidently would de- stroy hope of conclusion of the strike at this time were it made public, for Mayor | Phelan jealously guards the secret of its | contents. The Mayor at once set on foot‘ a movement to urge all the directors of | 1he association to attend a meeting to- | morrow. He interested leading merchaunts in the cause and he hopes that their in- | fluence will result in a meeting that will settle beyond doubt the question 6f the final stand to be taken by the association. This done the Mayor met Andrew Furu- seth, secretary of the Saflors’ Union cf the Pacific, and other labor leaders and urged upon them that no action be taken at meetings of their organizations that would destroy hope of immediate peace until after the directors’ meeting to-mor- row noon. The executive board of the City Front Federation_met late in the afternoon Secretary Furuseth explained the latest development and after an hour's discus- sion_the board decided to comply with the Mayor's request. Truce Till To-Morrow. | The executive committee of the San Francisco Labor Council met last night | and at 10 o'clock gave out the following statement that the exec tiv committe desires to etate at this time is We have decided to request & number of affiliated unions to hold special meetings at the earliest opportunity and h ds of their execu- mmittees to act when ive committee of the on will be requested to cutive committee will further consider The Jeaders continue v have the situation well to-morrow night will sures if the not take ac- | tion favorable to a settiement. | Federation Makes No Threats. “We shall recede from t fon’| we have as sai S seth. “We hi done eve! power to meet the employ but thr ir at they bavc sed a us only on one bas 1 tion of labtor w n Francisco. “We shall not consent to yield up the only rights we have as laboring men We a to allow the employers to rule the industries of this city as did_the Council of Ten in th rk days of Ven- | jce’'s history. We are willing to meet the d by the employers in a spirit but at the same time we de- 5 vers consider the | involved in this struggle, in the r The members of the Em- ation have not shown th: far, but nevertheless we until Monday before | ding what steps are to be taken to the letter of Attorn declares embodies a loyers will grant. that the terms | mand emplic Iamina proposed in t the possession of M to be accepted. chance of sett further trouble there is a | ng our differences without | and we are willing to take | it. For that reason the executive com- | mittee of the Federation has consented to wait until Mon before taking further | Mayor- Phelan to- 3 t he had strong hope of effecting a peaceful settlement of the dispute. He declined to make the letter of the Em- ployers tion public at my request, because he said it was against public pol- | icy to do so. “Should the terms proposed by the Em- sociation be rejected, what will was asked. replied Mr. Furuseth. other unions be called out?” “1 cannot answer that. We will awalit | the result of Monday’s conference. - We | ats thus far, and we | now. What we want is ment of this affair. We | 1 we can to secure it, without the | all our principles as union men | as honest workingmen.” LONGSHOREMEN LEAVE WORK OF DISCHARGING Sailors’ Union Representatives In- duce Oakland Cargo Handlers to Quit. LAND. Aug. 3.—A delegation from | ailors’ Union of San Francisco stop- ped work to-day on four lumber vessels | which were being discharged by Oakland | Jongshoremen, permission having been | »d by the Bullding Trades Council | of Alameda County. The vessels are the steam schooners North Fork and Inyo and the schooners Bella and Laura Pike. | rs on the vessels had gone on soon as they arrived in port. towed Noyo and ing to Derby’'s wharf and s this morning. Before more abor had been performed the San sco delegation appeared | and demanded that the Longshoremen's | Union order its men off the jobs. The | sailors said the union men were taking the places of strikers by working aboard the vessels at discharging. { The longshoremen quit work and the | cargoes are tied up pending further de- | velopments. The consignees claim they will make an attempt Monday to dis- charge the vessels whether the strike is ended or not. Police guard for non-union teamsters has been withdrawn, the Brotherhood of Teamsters having guaranteed the owners | against any overt acts. The brotherhood gave a ball this even- | ing at Germania Hall, the proceeds going to the strike funds. | s STRIKE PICKETS COMPLAIN, Claim That Police Officers Drive Them Off the Streets. There is likely to be trouble om the | water front if the police officers continue | to treat the pickets stationed there by | the City Front Federation as they did yesterday. The officers prevented the pickets from addressing men who sought work on the front, thus destroying their usefulness as pickets and preventing them from gaining recruits for the cause of the strikers, i The pickets complained repeatedly at | the headquarters of the federation and their leaders tried to prevent the police from interfering, but their efforts were unavailing. Secretary Andrew Furuseth of the Sailors’ Union and other leaders of the strike became greatly incensed as picket after picket reported the methods ursued by the police. Furuseth said, in iscussing the various complaints: “The actions of the police officers will ‘cause trouble if persisted in. We have | | | { | Eleventh | street, chosen the best men from among the members of the unions for picket duty. They have been instructed to Keep a watchful eye upon the conduct of their fellow members and help the police of- ficers in quelling disturbances. The fact that there have been no serious disturb- ances is evidence that they have per- formed their duty well. The police do not appreciate the fact that these pickets can control the men. If we removed them they would soon find that out and trouble for which they could not hold me or any one else responsible would occur. ““The officers have no right to drive these men off the streets. In Judge Sloss’ de- cision against the waiters, which was handed down a few days ago, he states specifically that ‘picketing’ is not illegal. Just where the police officers, in view of this fact, get their authority to act to- wards these men as they did to-day is be- vond my knowledge.” s R WITHDRAWALS NOT ALLOWED. Three Hundred Union Porters Dis- obey Strike Order. The headquarters of the Porters’, Pack- ers’ and Warehousemen's Union was thronged with strikers all of yesterday. The men expressed themselves as being satisfied with the situation. They are hopeful that the employers will ultimately vield recognition to the unions. “We are fighting for a principle,” said President O'Neill of the union yesterday, “and if we lose this struggle unionism in San Francisco is dead. The men realize this and all are determined to stand by their principles to the last ditch. It:is true some 300 members of the Porters’ and Packers’ Union did not obey the or- der to strike, but they will be dealt with by the union when the trouble is over. Many of these have sought to evade ex- pulsion by resigning, but their resigna- tions will not be accepted. Six men in the employ of George W. Gibbs & Co. filed typewritten resignations to-day. As soon as received the letters were returned to the senders. Of course no resignations from unions in times of strikes are ever considered. Our loss in this respect has almost been made up by the number of applications for membership received during the last three days. “We are get- ;inE along well and we shall win this ight.” It was reported at headquarters that ten men who had been sent from Napa to work in the American can factory during the strike had quit their work yesterday and returned to their homes, When this report was substantiated there was grea: rejoicing among the strikers. A meeting of the union will be held at 117 Turk street at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Steps will be taken to reorganize the picket forces. e WHISTLE CAUSES ALARM. Its Testing Is Mistaken for a Riot Call. Experiments with the whistle at the power house of the San Francisco and San Mateo electric road at Bryant and streets yesterday _afternoon caused great excitement in various parts of the city, as the unwonted whistling was mistaken for a riot call and many feared that a serious conflict between strikers and the police had begun. The whistle blew “10-1,” the “fire-out’” signal, and repeated it three times, and then, after an interval, twice more. At the baseball game the croW%d in the grand stand became greatly excited and a hun- dred or more left the park and started for the water front. About that time a fire alarm was rung in from box 73 at Sev- enth and Howard streets, and the crowd, supposing that the signal indicated the location of the riot, hurried along the streets in that direction. On the water front the “riot call” was heard and many people boarded cars, in- tending to hurry to the ‘“‘danger district” in the vicinity of the railroad yards. The whistle that caused so much con- sternation had been out of order and was being tested after having been repaired. The “fire-out” signal was given in order not to confuse firemen or to mislead the public. The unusual repetition caused the excitement. R GUARDS FOR INSPECTORS. Secretary Gage Approves the Sugges- tion of Collector Stratton. Secretary Gage of the Treasury Depart- ment telegraphed to Customs Collector Stratton yesterday his approval of the suggestion that fifteen additional customs inspectors be appointed from the civil service eligible list to guard the customs inspectors and others engaged in_ driving teams for the United States draymcn hauling goods to the Appraiser's store and bonded warehouse. The new appointees will be required to discover the identity of and arrest strikers and others who may molest or in any manner interfere with the non- union’ teamsters employed by the Over- land Transfer Company. The compensation of the new officers will be 33 per diem and their term of service thirty days. It is likely that the most_efficient of the appointees will hs | selected to be retained permanently on the force after term. Two teamsters were sworn in by the Collector vesterday as customs inspectors They, are driving for the Overland Trans. fer Company. These make the total num- ber of teamsters twenty-five who have qualified as United States officers. ———— Police Surgeons Kept Busy. Fred Kamlade, a sub-foreman employed by the Renner Draying Company, was treated at the Emergency Hospital yes- terday for a lacerated scalp. He claimed that the wounds were inflicted by police the expiration of that officer 470 at the corner of Bryant and | Fourth streets. He said he was crossing th street with some friends when the of- cer struck him several times with his illiam Henrich, residing at 517 1loward mpted to steal a rice ou a c! as being driven down Third street yesterday. Several strikers, observ- ing nis action. inarked him: as a non-union man, pulled him off the truck and beat him. His wounds, which consisted of a gash over the eye and bruises on the head and face, were treated at the Emergency Hospital, Victor Randit, employed by Dunsmuir & Co. as head carpenter, was attacked by a mob in front of his residence at 221 Har- rison_street last night and badly beaten. At the Emergency ‘Hospital, where he went to have his wounds dressed, he said that the two children of the grocer with whom he dealt came to his house shortly after he had finished his evening meal and told him that their father wanted to =ee him. He went out on the street with them and had got but a‘few feet from his door when he was set upon. Randit say{ he knows of no reason for the at- tack. George Harvey, a barber residing at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Fifth and Mission streets, while on his way home last night was badly beaten by a number of men. His wounds were dressed at the Emer- gency Hospital. Harvey says he does not know why he was assaulted. J. N. Hammond, a recent arrival from Honolulu, was set upon by a number of teamsters last night at the corner of Turk and Tavlor streets and injured severely. Hammond told the attaches at the Emer- gency Hospital, where he was sent by the police, that he was looking for a room ‘when the assault occurred and knew of no reason why he should be attacked. While waiting for the patrol wagon to appear Officer Feld was struck in the face by Marshall Griffin, one of the men who as- saulted Hammond. Grifin was arrested and charged with battery. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE DOMESTIC PORTS. NEAH BAY—Passed in August 3—Stmr Cen- tennial, from Nome. MORE SHIPS ARRIVE AND FLEET AT MISSION FLATS GROWS LARGER WHILE FREIGHT PILES UP ON WHARVES Forty Negroes From Stockton Put to Work on Mail Dock Along With Chinese and Japanese Stevedores Handling the Cargo of the America Maru---Colon Turned Into a Boarding-House *. HE strike situation on the water front was not materially changed yesterday. The inactivity of the last few days was still apparent, and there was nothing to indicate that the conflict is any nearer an end. All the ship owners and steamship com- panies having vessels at the docks are making every effort to procure help in order that they can send their vessels out, but the fleet of tied-up vessels on the Mis- slon Flats grows larger every day and the piles of freight on the wharves are grow- ing with each hour. The officials of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company are making herculean ef- forts to rid themselves of the cargoes that town around the bay is being canvassed for men, but it has proved difficult to se- cure the large number they need. Forty negroes .were secured in -the neighborhood of Stockton yesterday and landed at the Mail dock by the bay steam- ers. They were put to work immediately with the Chinese, Japanese and the few white men employed on the wharf. With this addition to their forces the Mail Company was able to handle considerable merchandise, but the number of men at work is still far short of the number re- quired to make any appreciable headway. ‘The mixed lot of stevedores is handlixn the cargo of the America Maru. The City of Sydney, which is still fully loaded, is tied up at the small wharf between the “Mail dock and the Fremont-street dock. She will have to remain there until the longshoremen finish . dsicharging the cargo of the other vessel, which will re- quire some days, The Colon ha€ been brought in from the L e e e e S A e e A\ Police Disperse Rioters and Prompt action on the part of the.police quickly quelled a serious riot last night on Fourth street, between Mission and Howard, where a mob of more than 600. men were attempting to.wreck the non- union barber shop of Goldstein. & Doan, 105 Fourth street. Emil Berringer, engineer of the Crock- ett sugar refinery, who was on the out- skirts of the crowd watching the_affair, was ghot in the right arm above the el- bow, the bullet being fired by A. Gold- stein, one of the proprietors of the bharber shop. From 11 o’'clock until midnight a squad of police guarded Goldstein in his store pending the arrival of a patrol wagon, while other officers kept the street ciear for a considerable distance from the shov. The trouble had its inception two wecka ago when Goldstein & Doan withdrew from the Barbers’ Union and secured non- union help. They announced that they would keep their shop upen until 10 p. m. and if necessary would work all night. Prices were cut from the union rate of 15 cents to 10 cents and a bitter feeling was engendered. The union pickets have patrolled in front.of the shop for the past two weeks. Last night, shortly before 11 o’clock, a crowd of men congregated in front of the offending barber shop. Doan & Gold- [ have been landed on their dock. Every | -4 stream and moored to the west side of the Mail dock. She will be used as a board- ing house for the men, as it is feared that if the strikers get an opportunity to talk to them they will leave. Considerable_difficulty is being experi- enced by the North American Commercial Company in securing a crew for the Cone- maugh, the loading of which was com- pleted yesterday. The strike has caused a delay of five days in her departure, and it is probable that another day will elapse before she succeeds in making a start for Alaska. A crew was secured for the ves- , but owing to the vigilance of the striking sailors the owners were unable to get them aboard the ship. The men were gathered together yesterday morn- ing ard sent to a lodging house on Bran- nan street and told to await the arrival of the police escort which was to protect them on the way to the ship When the police arrived at the house they found that a number of union pick- ets had succeeded in convincing the non- union men that they would not like the trip to Alaska and they refused to go with the police officers to the Conemaugh. Their actlons compelled the vessel's own- ers to send her to the ission Flats, where she will remain until a crew is se- cured. A part of the Filipino crew of the transport Pennsylvania was secured for the Conemaugh, but as there was some question as to the legality of the action the Orientals returned to their vessel. The George W. Elder arrived from Port- She carried a nd permission granted the union steve- dores by the Federaticn. The men quit as soon as they had taken the goods off the vessel, and the captain of the vessel and his clerks started in at the rest of the freight. The stevedores who loaded the Sierra and who since the departure of that ves- Pairol Stree's With Drawn C stein claim that the pickets started the The crowd quickly grew to huge propor- tions and loud ‘mutterings arose. The proprietors of the shop hastily extin- guished the lignts and closed the doors. Mob Attacks the Shop. Instantly a yell went up, “Kill the scabs; lynch them!” and the signs'in front of the place were torn down. Stones were hurled through the windows and an at- tempt was made to break down the locked doors. Goldstein warned the crowd of men to go away, hut was greeted with cries of erision.. The men inside the shop hud- dled together in the dark, Goldstein an ann taking positions near the doors. “‘Come on, boys; down with the scabs!” was the cry again raised, and a rush was made against the doors. Goldstein at this stage fired a shot from his revolver into the floor of the shop, hoping to frighten the men' away, but a determined shout went up from the crowd, and then Gold- stein fired from his shop through the ‘broken glass of the windows. Officer Brown was forcing his way through the crowd when the shot was fired from the shop and the bullet passed directly across the policeman’s chest. . Berringer was on the opposite side of the street, on the edee of the crowd. and trouble by calling out, ‘‘Protect the unions; come on, teamsters, help the bar- | bers’ unfon.” SCENES ALONG WATER FRONT, WHERE FORCES OF LABOR AND CAPITAL ARE ALIGNED. & sel have been coaling the Australia at the sugar refinery wharf finished the task yeslergay and the Australia was brought around to the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany’s dock. Captain Howard of the Aus- tralia says he will commence loading Monday and expects to have his vessel ready for sea at the appointed time. The collier Bristol is still in the stream, awaiting an opportunity to- discharge her cargo of coal. There are now tnirty-three vessels tied up on account of the strike. The ships_that were added to the list of idle vessels yesterday were the French bark McMahon, from Cardiff with 3300 tons of coal aboard; the schooners Mel- ancthorn and Del Norte, and the steamer Celia. The three last named vessels are lumber-laden. Beadle & Co., owners of the steamer Point Arena, are making every effort to get their vessel ready for sea by to-mor- row. The Point Arena was launched four- teen years ago, and in all that time has never missed a regular trip. It is probable that she will succeed in getting out, but will be several hours late. The Pomona, which arrived yesterday mornf::g from Eureka, brought a cargo of livestcck. She went directly to Butcher- town and discharged. When the Pomona arrived at Eureka on her last trip her en- | tire crew walked off the vessel. She was | heavily laden and the captain was at loss 1o find men to handle the freignt. He appealed to the Chamber of Commerce, and that body appealed to the people of the city for aid. They responded to the call and in a short time a gang of ama- teur longshoremen was at work hustling merchandise. The unloading of the Po-| mona completed in such quick time that she was able to leave on her return trip on_time. The French bark Cambronne, which ar/! rived yesterday with a cargo of coal, went | to Mare Island to discharge. The coal was the preperty of the owner of the vessel, and as he saw no chance of securing la- borers to take it off he sold it to the Gov- ernment. He left for the navy yard late in the afternoon. The Government officials, tiring of wait- ing for machinists to complete the repairs on the transport Logan. have ordered that vessel to Mare Island, where the | navy yard mechanics will place her in| sea-going condition. The repairs on the | Logan will require an expenditure of | many thousand dollars. It is expected | that the Sherman will also be sent to Mare Island for repairs, To place the E&e&"{]nan in good condition will cost about | | The Chilean crew of the Aconcagua are still at work unloading that v . They have accomplished but little, and it is said that the owners of the ship will send her out without a cargo rather than keep her here until the situation imvroves. 3 il ffeefefefeeffelo ool ool ool @ NON-UNION BARBER, DEFENDING HIS SHOP AGAINST MOB, SHOOTS INTO CLAMORING CROWD AND WOUNDS PASSER-BY ubs and Pistols After an Out- break in Which Engineer of Crockett Sugar Refinery [s Shot. the bullet entered his right arm. Ere the sound of the firing died away Police Ser- eant O’Connor dashed up with a posse of s hc:fl(ag;ld:hely u!edfllh%h‘ clubs freely he crowd of angry men on the sidewalk and roadway. & Police Draw Revolvers. So ugly was ‘the attitude of the crowd th?‘]l }t{he l)mh(‘ers then drew their revolvers and keot them int sizht. Berringer was found lying on the ground and i hurry call was sent for a patrol wagon. He was ta}\‘(en to the City Receiving Hospital where Dr. Murphy extracted the bullet from his arm anrd he was allowed to go home. Berringer stated that he took no part in the demonstration, but was on his way to his room when he 'saw the actions of the crowd. He stopped for a moment zug ]t;wln"rev.?h(ed his wound. oldstein claimed that h when he fired the shot into the ‘crowd. With his partner, Doan, he bitterly de- nounced the actions of the pickets wio hag Dr?it‘lbltnteddthe trouble. A police guard remained i Goldstein & oan’s shop. ndlfrr.;:gxe(l?g night. = A report that another man had been seriously ‘shot and had been taken' away by his friends during the excite- ment proved to be without foundation. Goldstein was charged at~the Central Police Station with assault to commit HE futile peace yesterday began ers’ Association in the office of At- torney Michael, in the Mills building. The unsatisfactory. In the forenoon the Mayor had notified Mr. Michael that his reply to the last not satisfactory and that he desired that a meeting of the directors be called. Steps were at once taken by Mr. Michael to notify the directors, the hour of meeting being set at 12. ‘When noon came but two or three di- rectors were present. The Mayor went into conference with them, and after stating his reason for desiring the meet- ing called he was informed that the .‘more explicit” statement made by At- torney Michael met with their approval. The directors present were obdurate, none of them desiring to see the association recede in any degree from the stand it had taken, and Mayor Phelan left the of- fice without having made the slightest progress towards the desired settlement. Mayor decided that one more effort should be made. He met representatives of the labor organizations at his office shortly after 2 o’clock and explained the situation to them. He asserted he had good reason to_believe that the stand taken by these few directors was not rep- directors would result in action_ that might result in a settlement of the labor difficulty. tatives that prominent merchants were in- terested in his efforts to bring about an understanding and that these men had pledged themselves to help secure a full attendance of the directors of the Em- ployers’ Association to be held to-mor- row, and he asked that all measures look- ing 'to extension of the strike or to a such meeting could be held. quest would be submitted to the executive board of the City Front Federation and to the executive committee of the San Francisco Labor Council, which bodies kept under lock and key. Mayor Phelan will not give it out for publication, nor will he submit it to the labor leaders until it shall have received the indorsement of the full directorate of the Employers’ As- sociation. NS REJECT EMPLOYERS’ CONTRACT Box Makers Will Not Return to Their Former Positions. At a meeting of the Boxmakers’ Union last night in B'nai B'rith Hall it was defi- nitely determined that the members of the union who were recently locked out by their employers should not return tomwvork under the propcsed agreement, which, they assert, does not accord to them the right -of supporting the principles of their union. This action was taken in reference to a circular which the managers of the box factories have been distributing among their former employes. The circular is in the nature of a con- tract, which must be subscribed to by the men before they will be allowed to _return to work. It binds them not to join in sympathetic_strikes, not to boyeott rot to intimidate their fellow workmen to become members of a union. The executive committee of the Labor Council was_present at the meeting and advised the boxmakers to remain true to their rights as unionisis and not to re- turn te work. PAINTERS’ DEMAND GRANTED. Majority of Employers in This City ‘Willing to Increase Pay. The executive committee of Painters’ Union No. 73 met last night at Labor Hall and received reports from the members of the union, showing that their demand for an increase of 50 cents per day in their wages would probably be acceded to by a majority of the employing paintérs. There are 283 employers in the city, and the re- ports from the members show that fully 175 of them will grant the increase. The men will report for work as usual to-morrow morning and remain at work where the demand is granted. Where the employers refuse the increase the men will refuse to go to work and will report to the executive committee of the union for instructions. The executive committee will be in session all day to-morrow at g15% Market street, but it is not expected that there will be any trouble. TEAMSTERS RECEIVE MONEY. Brotherhood Issues Allowances Ac- cording to Needs of the Men. The members of Teamsters who are up yesterday in front of the headquarters at 762 Fourth street to receive strike ben- efits. Although the paying commenced negotiations of at noon, when | Mayor Phelan met a portion of the | board of directors of the Employ- ! conference proved to be short and very | letter from the City Front Federation was | resentative and that a full meeting of the | He assured the labor represen- | more rigid tie-up of the water front or | wholesale district be postponed till after | The Mayor was informed that his re- | must decide whether further time for | negotiations_be granted or not. Attorney Michael's last letter is still and | the Brotherhood of | now on strike lined | FEW DIRECTORS ATTEND MEETING HELD TO CONSIDER PEACE TERMS Attorney Michael’s Letter Approved but the Mayor Does Not Consider Action Repre- sentative of Position of the Employers f at 8 o'clock in the morning and continued until late in the afternoon but one-fourth of the strikers received their allowance. The paying will be commenced again to- day at 12 o’clock. The sums which were pald to the men varied according to the extent of their families and a great part of the day was | consumed #h computing the” amounts re- | quired in each separate case. Single men | were allowed on_an average of § each, | while the men with families received from | 86 to $12. Through the entire day hun- | dreds of the striking teamsters came and | went from the headquarters. Not the least disturbance occurred. The men for | the most part received their benefits and | left at once for their homes. | The brotherhood claims that it has money enough in its treasury to last for | several weeks to come. The International Brotherhood has offered to assist the strikers financially, but thus far the offer has not been accepted. YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH FORGING ORDERS Arthur Rees Arrested Through the Detective Work of a Young S Lady. Arthur Rees, 20 years old and residing at 09 Steiner street, was arrested last evening by Detective Tom Gibson and two charges of forgery were registered against | him at the Hall of Justice. He is accused of having forged the names of W'illlag | Rayhill, a livery stable keeper at 627 Haight street, and ;Ed Hinkle, a ra(i_ee);gl;:e man, to orders of $20 each, drawn - | tively on James R. Kelly of the Hibernia | Bank and Sam Bernhard of the Bernhard | mattress factory. Rees attempted to real- ize again by using Rayhill's name, and his capture was the result of clover detective work on the part of Miss Kelly. | “On July 2 Rees sent a boy to Bernhard | with the order purporting to be from Hinkel and received the money. On Au- gust 1 he presented the first order at the Kelly residence from , Rayhill and the amount was paid him without any hesi- | tation. Yesterday afternoom he sent Clyde Blair, a seven-year-old boy residing at 21» | Turk’ street, to the Kelly home at 309 Leavenworth again with an order, which was presented to Miss Kelly. The lady became suspicious and told the youngster to call in the evening. In the interim she telephoned to the stable and found the order to be a forgery. Then she notifled Captain of Detectives Seymour, and he detailed Detective Gibson on the case. ‘When the Blair boy applied at the house last evening he was questioned by the of- ficer and told to walk direct to the man who had sent him. He followed directions and the arrest of Rees followed at Hyde and Eddy streets. | The prisoner confessed. His parents are well-to-do people, but he is regarded as an incorrigible youth. Two years ago he was a companion of Sam_Anderson, who robbed his employers of $800 on a check drawn on the Crocker-Woolworth Bank, and was at that time arrested, also by | Detective Gibson. | ATTACKS HIS RIVAL WITH A REVOLVER Joseph Smith Shoots Robert Loring Twice, Inflicting Only Slight Wounds. Robert Loring, a ship plumber at 508 | Howara street, was shot and slightly in- jured last night in his room in the King | House, at the northwest corner of Fourth | and Howara streets. Loring says that he | was assaulted by Josepa Smith, a waiter, who became jealous of him because he had won the affections of Mamie Brag- ley, who is sometimes known as Mrs. Smith. According to Loring’s story Smith was deliberate in the attempt to kill him. He claims that he was in his room, and hear- ing a knock he opened the door and was confronted by h. Without a word Smith epened fire on him, wounding him twice. Loring says he grappled with Smith and got the pistol away from him. The wounded man walked into the Central Emergency Hospital and asked to have his wounds dressed. Dr. McElroy found that the bulleis had entered about -the shoulder and p: through had left two slight fle: Smith was & Guilfoyle and charged at the Southern station with ault to commit murder. —_— e ——— Looted a Railroad Car. Louis Hoffman and Patrick Murray were arrested by Railroad Detective Me- Bride and Officer Robinson on Kentucky street last evening and charged - with | burglary. They backed an express wagon against a Southern Pacific freight car, opened the door and were in the act of carrying away sacks of grain when the capture was mads —_————————— { Dies While Sawing Wood. 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