The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901 EFFORTS ARE AGAIN MADE TO SETTLE STEEL STRIKE President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association Is Strongly for Peace on the Defensive. PITTSBURG, Aug. 15.—Once more ef- forts are afoot to settle the strike being waged egainst the United States Steel Corporation by the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, but their success is problematical. Neither side will admit that there has been a sin- gle step toward bringing about a rap- prochement or that there is any prospect of an exchange of peace proposals. B. M. Caldwell, formerly & mill owner of Mingo Junction, is known to have conferred with the strike leaders with a view to sketch- ing a basis of settlement which he plans to place before the officials of the steel corporation. He is belleved to be the mys- terious man who conferred with President Shaffer for more than two hours at the strike headquarters to-day, although the latter said later he had not seen Caldwell for months. Both sides vigorously denied that they had either made overtures or ived proposals, but it is known. posi- that the plan is under considera- Caldwell is acting independently, @oes not represent either the manu- facturers or the men. No expression from him was obtainable and no line on the terms that have been cor red can be had. It is believed here that under certain circumstances the con- tending sides could be brought together and a settlement effected, but whether such will come to pass remains to be seen. Makes Significant Statement. President Shaffer in 2 significant state- ment made at noon to-day said that per- sonally he was for peace, and that he was fighting only because he was on the de- fensive and forced to fight. Meantime the contest between the two great imterests is being waged with vigor and slightly varying fortunes. The steel seemed corporation to be somewhat stronger at the lower Union Mill of the Carnegie Company in this city, although e strikers are still working hard to pple or close it. The corporation also to the force at Wellsville, and an- nced that at last it had the plant run- and Is Fighting Only me and we are not working In harmony is a lie, Garland May Be the Man. Shaffer did not name the men whom he charged _with unwarranted interference in the affairs of the organization, but for- mer President M. M. Garland is belleved to_be one of the number. Later in the day Michael Kelly, repre- senting the Amalgamated Lodge of Mil- waukee, and Samuel Adams of the Joliet Lodge were closeted with the advisory board. They made an extended statement as to the circumstances under which their organizations failed to go out, and it is said they promised that their men would | go on strike if permitted to give the three | months’ notice provided for in their con-| tracts. The local strike leaders are very anxious to secure a reversal of the vote | by which the Western men remained at | work, and some of them seem confident | that something will be accomplished. It is rumored that the United States Steel Corporation is negotiating for the absorption of the Republic Iron and Steel Company. There have, it is said, been a | number of conferences between prominent | stockholders in the two companies, and it | s said that the terms of purchase have | been practically agreed upon. public plant is a large one, and its pur- chase would add greatly to the commer- cial strength of the steel corporation. Strikers Asked to Attend. Youngstown advices say that the of-| ficials of the American Steel Hoop Com- pany have asked the strikers to attend a | meeting to-morrow at which they propose | to lay before them the terms offered at | the manufacturers’ and the strike leaders’ | conference. The Amalgamated officials | are opposed to the meeting and will forbld the men to attend it. ) President O. G. Powell. president of the International Tin Workers’ Protective As- | sociation, was in conference with the ! Amalgamated officials ‘to-day. It was | stated that they discussed the report that | the American Tin Plate Company was to import black tin plates from Wales. Pres- | ident Powell declined to talk when he left | the strike headquarters. A dispatch from Sharon says: The cotton planters of the South are be- ning to its full capaci: It had been an- ticipated that the day would show some move on the part of the American Tin | Pl Company toward opening ome or more of its plants with non-union men, but nothing was done, and there were no mpts at extensions in other direc- ed men employed at the tube plant at McKeesport, an axiliary of the National Tube Company, | ew down their tools and joined the | g the day the strikers kept a | tch on the plants that are being operated with non-union men and also kept alert pickets around the Carnegie the works that are completely > were few developments, and ex- t the instances enumerated there ve been no changes in the general situ- | Good order was general through- | strike districts. President | soclates had a busy day ters. They were on | y. and with a “dead line” that | > third floor of the Bissell block | 1 intruders went into conference he ma ho is believed to be Cald- ome *into- the breach with | he made a| statement to the newspaper men as fol- oposition to the A We have not heard fro cially €ince our last con I will say, however, | men are interfering in this matter | with our fight. They had bet- | or they will get the worst | I wish the fight were settled. | we are forced into a fight and | to defend purselves, we are fight- | fully. 1 know of mo plan for a ssure you that no repre- corporation has been to o statement in a morn. s a movement to depose | CITIES Continued From Page One. s that certain interfer at there i | Action Taken by Four Lodges of the | to obey the strike | reached. { with the Tllinois Steel Company as the | Einning to feel the effects of the steel strike, according to advices recelved here. The clos- ng of the mills of the Steel Hoop Company | cuts off their main supply of cotton tles, and | y seem willing to pay any price in order to | have a sufficlent supply when the time comes | o move cotton. The Steel Hoop Compeny's | argest mill, located at Youngstown, is idle, and the workmen say they are determined not | to return to work. = WILL OBEY STRIKE ORDER. Association at Joilet. JOLIET, Ill, Aug. 15—The four lodges of the Amalgamated Association em- ployes of the Illinois Steel Company at | Joliet by unanimous vote decided to-night | order of President Shaffer. The conference was in session from 3 o'clock this afternoon until 9| o'clock to-night before the decision was | The steel mills were closed at noon to enable the members of the association to attend the meeting, which was called by | National Assistant Secretary Tighe, after his arrival here this morning. He was ac- companied by Vice President Davis of the Fourth district. Both men presented the side of the association to the local mem- bers. It was argued that in order to se- cure the organization of non-union work- ers in the East it was essential that the Western men should join the strike move- ment Tighe also appealed to the fealty of the men to the association; he urged them to be men and stand by their union. His | remarks were received with enthusiasm | and presaged the vote that followed. This action will close the entire steel | plant here, {hrowing out of emplovment nlflz‘:‘!y 3000 Men. Fires will be drawn to- | night. The Joliet men had the same contract South Chicago workers, who last night re- | fused to listen to the arguments of Sec- retary Tighe. Tighe will leave for Mil- waukee to-night. ’ et M 2 @ | HIGH WATER FOLLONS GULF STORM | s S Continued From Page One. | does business main- | sloping toward the | articles that San ported to Colombia in small year were brooms, cordage. paper, lard, v, s0ap, starch, sugar, veg- | wine and wood. The total im- | Panama during the year end- b 3, since when no com- | ilable, were from The exports from nama to all parts of the world in the e period amounted to $LOSL1N. De- | ails of the imports into Panama from | countries for the year 1599 are as follows: Great Brit & from France, om_Gn y, $130,205; from Spain. from the United Stafes, $541,425; from na’ and all countries not named in | the foregoing, $195,355. Some commercial facts of interest rela- all countries $1,556,665. P 1 Fro $104 tive to Venezuela are gathered from a variety of official sources. Last vear 403 | vessels arrived at Maracait | by nationalities as follows rw exports of merch mburg to Venezuela amounted to There has been quite a falling | $1.669,320. off in the German trade in Venezuela in the past few years as is indicated by st tistics showing the exports from Ham- burg to Venezuela in a series of recent years as follows: 1898, $1,665,505; 1897, $2,- 70.888: 1806, $3,175.% ,028. in ‘the vear 1899 the exports of coffee | from Venezuela to the United States amourted to $4,09656¢8. The exports from Venezuela to Hamburg in 1899 were $2163,503. Flve years before the exports to amburg were three times as great, the total being for 1894 the sum of $6,596,827. The year 1899 showed a lower total of ex- ports to Germany than any other twelve months in seven vears. | lumacher, United States Consul | { | { as just reported to the f State that the commercial he interior of Venezuela, owing trife, have been great. to eivi CHINESE ARE BEING PILLAGED They Are Chief Sufferers From Raids Along the Railroad. COLON, Colombia. Aug. 15.—Raids con- tinue almost daily or nightly along the line, owing to the entire absence of mili: tary protection. Last night Matachin was again raided and cattle belonging to sy pathizers with the Government were stol- | en. Two women were kidnaped at the | Gorgona station Sunday night and the Cricese there were pillaged. On most oc- casions of this character the Chinese are the chief sufferers. Consequently they ere daily transferring provisions and mer- chandise to Panama, thus intensifying want and suffering along the line. Armed guards consisting of about fifty men still | accompany each passenger train. The presence of the French cruiser Su- | chet tends to allay uneasiness and the| erri of the United States gunboat | Machias is anxiously awaited. It is hoped that she may get here by Sunday. Be- yond the loss of dynamite and powder the railroad has sustained no injury and traf- | fic across the isthmus continues without | interruption, although far fewer local pas- | sengers are now crossing. The Government is concentrating troops | from the more remote provinces. Tele- | graphic communication with coast points | is interrupted and hence nothing is known here regarding the situation at Cartagena end Barranquilla. General Alban has not yet returned to Colon, but he is expected | at any moment with reinforcements. | Troops continue to patrol-both ends of the | isthmus at night. The stripes on some of the men's hosiery shown in the shops would make Joseph's famous coat of many colors look = funeral garment in comparison. 4 | When last seen she had her decks awash, | nician, which was | destroyed bath | 1and’ there as it did nine years ago. | tons each year. had sunk. Her crew was said to have been | saved. The tugboat Velasco went down | s 1'Outre, which is the eastern | of the river, with two barges. | and she is belleved to have gone down. If this boat and her barges have been lost, twenty more people have been drowned. There are numerous reports of individ- | ual casualties all along the river from | Buras down to the passes. All the steam- ers whic for the sea Tuesday r mained de the passes until Wedne: day evening and then went out safely, among them being the Cromwell liner | Proteus and the British transport Mecha- dynamited when in | port a few days ago. Not a single vessel has passed the river since the storm be- £an,” and fears are entertained for the ones which are expected. . There is serious apprehension concern- ing the Cheniere, Caminada and Grand on the South Louisiana coast, west of the Mississippi River, 2000 lives were lost in 1893 by the tidal wave. TUp to this writing no word has been received from that section, which is largely inhabited by fishermen, mostly Chinese and Malays. Up to last midnight everything seemed to be safe at the Mississippi coast towns | Pay St Louis, Pass Chritian. Biloxi, sippl City and Ocean Springs, but since then not a word has been heard | from them. All wires are down, but no great fear is entertained. The only re- ports of damage so far received are of houses and uprooted trees. | The Louisville and Nashville railroaad | is blocked beyond Chef Menteur, thirty miles from this city. The big steel bridge there is safe, but beyond there are several washouts ¢n the road. The New Orleans and Northeastern road is also blocked by washouts, and its big trestle over Lake Pontchartrain has been shaken by the heavy sees break- | ing against it | Much damage has been done at Shell Beach, a settlement on Lake Borgne, | which is southeast of the city, and con- nects with Lake Pontchartrain. All the buildings there have been swept away, and there are reports of loss of life among the fishermen, but the extent of this is not krown. A tidal wave swept over the | i In the city of New Orleans and suBurbs | there has been some damage. At Milne- | burg, one of the laKe resorts, the railroad | | plerhead, running out into the lake for | 000 vards, has been destroved and all| | light buildings demolished. The big build- | ings on shore withstood the gale. There was no loss of life. The steamer Neptune, | tied to this pierhead, pounded herself to | pleces and sank. | At West End the lake rushed over the | revetment and destroyed nearly all the buildings there, The big dancing pavilion at Lakeview was pounded to pleces by wreckage washed by the waves. The shell road to West End_has been | under three feet of water, and Bucktown, | a gambling resort at the end of the re- vetment, has been swept away. It was| at the mouth of a canal, and-the sweep | of water into the canal from the lake | carried everything before it. | The old basin canal, coming in the city | on Toulouse street, overflowed its bank, | inundating the entire second district. A | thousand men have been put to work on | it and are raising its banks. coal fleet of twenty-four barges be- longing to the Monongahela Coal Com- pany, and anchored at Coalport, nine | miles above the city, had a rough expe- | rience, and every tug in the harbor was sent up here to save the barges. Six of them, with an aggregate capacity of six thousand tons of coal, sank. The tow- boat Henry Marx, belonging to the Inter- state Transportation Company, pounded a hole in her bottom at Gretna this morn- ing and sank. ‘The world has 2,250,000 acres under to- bacco cultivation, which produces 850,000 | have to have ze chance to study.” ILLNESS OF TIVOLI SONGBIRDS HARASSES THE MANAGER'S SOUL “Doc” Leahy Worries Himself Il Trying to Get Politini to Substi- tute for Collamatini, Who Has Toothache. MANAGER'S lot is not always a happy one, even though there be a nightly selling out of seats and standing room is at a premium. Diva Collamarini is cutting a wisdom tooth, and the plump contour of her face is considerably accentuated by the attendant swelling, particularly on the right side. In fact, the inflammation was so severe that she could hardly open her jaws. Then the question arose, would she be able to sing Wednesday night? Her part in “La Favorita” was a most diffi- cult one, and Tenor Russo asserted that Collamarini was ‘“vera seek.” The resourceful management immediate- 1y commenced to round up its singers in hopes of finding a substitute. First Soprano Barbareschi was interviewed, but she had not sung the part since the first year of her ‘“carer.”” with the accent on the first syllable, so her appearance was out of the question. “Ah!” sald Doc Leahy, “there is Poli- <> Zia FPora Ny e CenTRAL 7o tini. Tl gamble that Poly knows the art,” and a requisition was issued for olitini. “It is tree year since I have sung eet,” said she, “but if Mr. Lea please, I sing cet on zé naxt performance; you know I This proposition was fair enough, but it would not save the house that night if Collama- rini failed to appear. Arrangements were at once made to | have the contralto come to the Tivoll at 4 p."m. and with Director Steindorff and Tenor Agostini go over the score. t 2, however, was in bed with a raging headache, with a doctor in attendance. Here was an un- looked for complication, and Leahy, | though used to handling vocal disabilities, felt that he was at the end of his re- sources. Poly must be got into shape to sing, or the evening's performance would £0_up in the air. “Ah! Madonna!” sald Politini between groans, ‘I can navar sing to-night! I have ze bad Inck all ze time! Ah, my poor head!"—this with many superlative Italian gestures. The score was left with her, however, and at 4 o'clock Steindorff, accompanied by Agostini, repaired to her apartments. Her headache was better, but she was still very ill. She despaired of singing that evening, and plaintively inquired if ‘““Madame Collamarini woud not be able.” Politini had never failed her manajaire, but she was so “vera ill.”” Steindorff sat down to the plano and Agostini began to sing the cues, and it DARKEST STAIN HOUSE TO TRY LONDON EDITOR Publisher of the Globe Ordered Before Bar of Commons. LONDON, Aug. 15—The House of Com-~ mons to-ddy, on the motion of John Red- mond, the Irish Nationalist leader, or- dered the editor and publisher of the Globe, an evening paper of London (Con- servative), to appear at the bar of the House to-morrow afternoon for gross breackh of privileges of the House In ac- cusing the Nationalist members of cor- ruption in connection with private bill leg- islation. The Globe editorial, to which exception is taken, sald: The same spirit and the same motives which ! have made Tammany the synonym for polit- ical obloquy have made the Natlonalist party what it is. Many connected with it are the very ruck of the population, whose sole ob- ject is to make as much money by political bbery and corruption as they can. Any one ho has Irish private bills, corporation contracts and franchises across the water can bear ample testimony to this. The Globe, hearing of Redmond’s pro- posed action, attempted to explain that 1t had not meant any imputation on mem- bers of the House of Commons, “but upon the wire-pullers and parasites who have made politics in Ireland a profession, as thelr kinsmen have done in New York.” Redmond, in calling attention to this “very degrading and scandalous libel,” said the libel concerned the House of Commons as a whole far more than the Irish members. The latter had not com- | plained of the violent, rancorous attack of Chamberlain at Blenheim because lher knew him of old In connection with Irish politics and his opinion was valueless. But the charge of personal corruption was a different matter, and the House ought to vindicate its own honor. He moved that the House declare the Globe's arti- cle to be a gross breach of the privileges of the House. Balfour, the Government leader, con- curred. He said there could not be the smallest doubt that a breach of privilege of the gravest character had been com- mitted. He could not imagine an accusa- tion more unjustifiable. At the same time, in regard to the course to be taken, he had always held that the House could not commit greater folly than to enter into a controversy with the press. Asquith, Liberal, and Healy, National- ist, supported Redmond, whose motion was adopted unsnimoualgA : Redmond next proposed the motion that the editor and publisher of the Globe be ordered to appear at the bar of the Houso to-morrow afternoon. The motion was carried unanimously. Exiled Prisoners Start for Arabia. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 15.—Seven hundred and four exiled persons, many of them being women, started for Yemen, Arabia, August 14. The prisoners include those who were implicated in the recent fire at the harem of the Yildiz palace. Al it was discovered that Politini’ 2= FAVORITES OF MUSICAL WORLD WHO FIGURED IN RECENT TROU- { BLES ABOUT PUTTING ON “LA FAVORITA,” DROVE LEAHY INTO SECLUSION OF A MADHOUSE. WHICH NEARLY was then that the diva’s training asserted itself. As the war horse scents the battle from afar, so did the strains of “Favor- ita” affect Politini. In a moment her ill- ness seemed to be forgotten—her horrible headache was dissipated by a new species of faith cure. She raised herself in bed and poured forth the plaintive music of Donizetti as if from her very soul. BOER LEADERS ARE CAUTIONED Powers Will Not Ap- prove of Proposed Plan of Privateering. ‘AMSTERDAM, Aug. 15.—The officlal Handelsblad, while incredulous regarding the Matin's story that an attempt is be- ing made to persuade Kruger to sign a document authorizing privateering against Great Britaln, warns.the Boer leaders that “no civilized power could approve of the adoption by the republics of a medieval system of warfare like priva- teering.” MIDDLEBURG, Cape Colony, Aug. 15. —Colonel Gorringe had a successful en- gagement with General Kritsinger and Commandants Erasmus, Pyper and Ca- chet, near Steynsburg, August 13. Eras- mus and Cachet were mortally wounded. LONDON, Aug. 15.—Lord Kitchener’'s mail dispatch on the subject of the Viak- fontein fight, May 29, says: “There seems to be no doubt that five or six cases of the shooting of British wounded by the Boers occurred.’” The Colonial Secretary, Joseph Cham- berlain, informed Sir John Rolleston, Conservative, in the House of Commons to-day that the customs tariff of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies had not yet been taken in Land, but there was no intention of adopting a system of protection discriminating against for- eign goods. CHINESE OF SIANFU ARE SLOWLY STARVING Reports Reach Peking That Human Flesh Sells There at Three Cents a Pound. PEKING, Aug. 16.—Two members of the missionary party that went from here to Tayuenfu have left that place, carrving relief funds for Sianfu. Reports had reached them that the famine at Sianfu ‘was_terrible. Human flesh was selling for 3 cents per pound. In Southern Shan- sl also the distress is great, but in only isolated cases is there absolute staryation. The province of Shansi is composed prin- ciglly of mountain villages, which are difficult of access. TWO WORKMEN KILLED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION SOUTH McALESTER, I. T., Aug. 15— At noon to-day a premature explosion of 500 pounds of dynamite at Stuart, twenty miles west of here, killed two men on a steam shovel on the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway. The killod are William Pinkston of Forest City, Ark., and John Marshall of this city. Tele- hone and telegraph wires were blown g&w‘n and all communication by wire cut off. (e « | “Everything O. K.” was reported to Mr. | Leahy. “Politini will be on deck if she is needed,” and the manager breathed a sigh | of relief. Collamarini and her_ swelled | face showed up, however, and “Favorita' was sung to a delightful audience, not one of whom dreamed of the worry and anx- ious moments that preceded the perform- ance. | . e 2. DURING THE WAR Harcourt Denounces the Arming of Natives in South Africa. LONDON, Aug. 15.—The waning session of the House of Commons was enlivened to-day by a vigorous tilt between Sir Willlam Vernon Harcourt, Liberal, and Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secre- tary, over Lord Kitchener's proclamation. Sir William characterized it as ‘“a mis- chievous document, the inspiration of neither Lord Kitchener nor Lord Milner, but of the Ministry of Natal” He de- clared the Government in arming the na- tives was reverting to a practice which had left the darkest stain in the history of the war between England and America. The new policy of the Government prom- ised to be neither creditable nor effective, and was in contravention of all the fun- damental principles of the St. Petersburg convention, The country would welcome an ante-adjournment statement on the status of the war, on which they were still spending £5.000,000 a month, although it was declared énded at the close of the last session. Chamberlain said that the war status was clearly indicated by Lord Kitchener's weekly reports. He himself had gone out of the prophesying business, but he as- sured the speaker that the Government's attitude was the only method of endin; the war. The Colonial Secretary declares that the use of native troops was no new policy. It has been pursued without ad- verse criticlsm. The Indian troops in Chi- na had been co-operating with the troops of seven of the highest civilized powers. Regarding the banishment of burghers, Chamberlain said Great Britain had a “perfect right to enact what laws she chose for the government of a country acquired by conquest. The Boers must be taught that they can no longer ecarry on a guerrilla war at no personal risk while Great Britain fed their women and chil- ren.” He compared the conditions in South Africa with those in the Philippines, and sald the policy of America, as declared by General MacArthur’s prociamation, would certainly be the policy of Great Britain if the campaign degenerated into a war of banditti. Regarding the d8vastation policy, Cham- berlain said it _was nothing compared with General Sherman’s campaign. He had talked with General Sherman himself, and Sherman justified his action on the ground of humanity. Chamberlain also sald there was no foundation for thereport that Lord Kitch- ener was coming home. b Contribution to Conscience Fund. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—United States Treasurer Roberts has recelved from an SUBMARINE ARC LIGHTS “ REVOLUTIONIZE FISHING i Invention of Two Yale University Graduates Will Soon Be Put in Operation Off the Coast of California. Special Dispatch to The Call. VEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 15.—It Is c&fled that the present methods of deep- sea fishing will be revolutionized by the use of the Yale submarine arc light in- vented by. Francis G. Hall Jr. and Irving A. Burdick, graduates of Yale in the class of 1900. Their submarine lights have been used successfully already in diving work. The arc lights, placed on four specially constructed boats built for W. S. Mead of New York, will test the theory in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of CalLornlla. Electric lights, it is asserted, not g‘n v tascinate big fish, but even blind them long enough to 'enable strong mets to gather in schools of them. @ it violet rays given off by the electric 2 lights stun the fish because of the gl'ear dependence they place on their sense o o the Four submarine arc lights are to do work of fishing on each of the boats. Eg]ct: lamp will be of several thousand candle == NEW DESTROVERS DULY LAUNCHED Triple Christening of Three Additions to the Navy. BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 15.—Three’ ad- | ditions to the United States navy were christened and launched at the shipyards | of the Maryland Steel Company this af- ternoon. They are torpedo-boat destroy- ers and will be known hereafter by the names of Whipple, Truxton and Worden. The ceremonies attendant upon the launching took place at 2 o’clock in the presence of a large assemblage of hand- some women and distinguished men, in- cluding Government, State and city offi- | cials, officers in both army and navy and clvilians of prominence. They came from | ‘Washington, New York, Philadelphia and | from other points in the country on spe- | cial trains and in private vachts, over a | thousand special invitations having been issued and accepted. When all was in readiness launching Miss Isabelle Truxton of Nor- folk, Va., took her place at the bow of the boat of that name; Miss Elsie Pope of St. Paul, Minn., at the bow of the Whip- ple;, and Miss Millle B. Worden at the bow of the Worden. Each held in her hand a bottle of champagne, encased in gilver wire and having a handle of silver upon one side of which was a shield sur- mounted by an American eagle, while on the other was a plate upon which was engraved the date, the name of the craft and that of the lady holding it, to be re- tained by them as souvenirs. each boat in its turn slid from the w: into the waters of the Patapsco, were broken over the bows, the names were spoke by the sponsors and the usual cheering, handclapping and waving of handkerchiefs and hats took place, ac- companied by the din of steam whistles | and factories in the vicinity. The three new boats are dissimilar in name only. They are-the largest of their type in the United States navy and they are also among the largest in any navy in the world. Their comparatively supe- | rior size has enabled the designer to pro- | vide quarters for the officers and crew which are far more commodious than on other vessels of their type. All the furnishings in the cabin 2are made of metal. Asbestos sheathing takes the. place of veneering in the finishings and wood is totally absent from the con- struction and fittings of the vesse! The new boats in length are 29 feet 6 inches over all, 247 feet on the water, 22 feet 3 inches beam, 14 feet £ inches deep and draw 9 feet of water with a nominal displacement of 434 tons. They will be propelled by two four-cylinder triple ex- pansion engines, which will develop 8300 horsepower at a speed of 340 revolutions to the minute, with a steam pressure of | 315 square feet and a heating surface of 17,768 square feet. With this machinerv they are expected to attain a speed of 30 knots an hour under natural draught. They are supplied with two torpedo tubes each and each boat will have eight rapid- | fire guns, of which six will be 6-pounders and the remainder 2-pounders. The contracts for the vessels were let in October, 1899, and they have been built under the supervision of Commander F. | D. Ford, assisted by Naval Constructor | D. H. Cox. The approximate cost of each vessel when completed will be about $28,- 000 A L e e . ARCH ROCK BLOWN TO ATOMS, —_— Continued From Page One. Boyd, “was tha pilot boat Sea Witch. 55‘»’.2: was in 185. All the pilots had ‘boarded off’ and the schooner was com- ing in in charge of the boatkeeper. There was a dense fog and the boat- keeper mistook Arch Rock for a sloop under sail and getting his course accord- ingly made the mistake of his life. All hands were saved, but the Sea Witch was a total loss. “The next wreck was that of the clip- per ship Fiying Dragon in the winter of 1861-6%. She made the fastest run on rec- ord from Newcastle, N. S. W., thirty-five days, and anchored off Meiggs wharf. Captain Watson, the well-known marine surveyor, was in command of the vessel, but the pilot was still in charge when the accident happened. A sudden change of wind and a fierce squall drove the Flying Dragon down on the rock and she be- came a total loss. “The next vessel lost on_ the rock was the bark Autocrat in 1869. She was loaded with coal and drifted down to her doom in a dense fog. Since that time number- less vessels have made the acquaintance of Arch Rock and always to. their disad- vantage. The old ferry-boat Clinton went on one of its ledges In a fog and the steamer Oregon, now running between the Sound and Nome, lost her bilges on it. The old bark Columbia stuck on it for*a day and a night, and last of all, the bark Ceylon drifted down on it a few months ago and was saved by the quarantine steamer Sternberg. As it was the Cey- lon lost all her sheathing. It would take a page to give the number of vessels Lhat have just escaped going on Arch Rock by slipping their cables, and when the contractors come to boring I'll guarantee they will find more chain and anchors than rock.”” In the old days it was a favorite amuse- ment for the young men of North Beach to wait for a very low tide and then pull a boat through under the arch. Captain Frank Myrphy, one of the best known of the pilots; pulled a whitehall through the arch in 1857. Two of the crew of the pilot~ boat Golden Gate pulled a yawl through in 1859, and then a couple of years later a couple of men tried to repeat the trick, but a heavy swell was rolling in through the Golden Gate and they were crushed against the top of the arch. Since that mmi‘ rowboats have kept away from Arch ock. EXPECT A GREAT BATTLE ON THE ZULULAND BORDER DURBAN, Aug. 15.—A decisive engoge- ment is expected on the Zululand border, where General Bo beer located. Emmet’'s command of 30 men has reinforced the Boers at Babango. The Boers appear to be hemmed in._ Sixty burghers on Saturday attempted to rush the British post, but were repulsed. Com- unknown person a conscience contribu- tion of $420. The money was received through Father A. Vragglo, pastor of St. Clare Church, Santa Clara, Cal. mandant Potgieter has issusd a warning to British soldiers crossing the border that they will not be allowed to return without molestation, | was made prisoner. | Colonel for the | the bottles | tha with 4000 Boers lm\)g, | Power. Besides fishing apparatus each | Yessel will have a complete electric plant, consisting of a dynamo connected with a Tew type of petroleum engine, placed near the main engine, this permitting one en- gineer to run them both; a portable naval Searchlight projector to be used in pick- | Ing up buoys; six naval portable deck arc | 1amps for fllumination; lamps about the | ;i:c(l){smuse ar}]:l hold and a storage batter‘\; lerate the s i E s on al | the engines. ' "CTINE SpEE | , Wood is the materfal to be used in the | boats because it deadens the noise of ma- | chinery and lessens the vibrations due to them. Each vessel will be seventy-five | feet long, twenty-three feet beam and will draw about six feet of water. They are being constructed by the Naval Electric Company of New York, with which Messrs. Hall and Burdick are connected | While they were students in the Sheflield | scientific school at Y: | tested by the United States Government he invention was | and by wrecking companies. REBEL COLONEL NOW A PRISONER Martin CabreraCaptured by Lieutenant Grant in Batangas. MANILA, Aug. 15.—Second Lieutenant Walter S. Grant of the Sixth Cavalry, while scouting with a detachment near Taal, Batangas province, has made what | the military authorities consider to be the most important capture since Aguinaldo Grant captured Col- onel Martin Cabrera, his adjutant and six other insurgents. Cabrera had been grow- ing in power for some time. He controlled all the insurgents in Southern Batangas and also those westward of the city of Batangas. Panganiban, a captain and twenty men with twenty-six rifles and considerable ammunition have surren- dered to Lieutenant Smith of the Twen- tieth Infantry near Luzos. They formed a portion of General Malvar's command. After taking the oath of allegiance they | were released. Captain Policarplo, a lleutenant and five men from the Sixth Company of Malvar’s command also surrendered to Colonel Baldwin, refusing at the same time pay- | ment for their rifles and revolvers, saying that they surrendered for peace and not | for money. Licutenant Evans reports that he has not seen nor heard of any insurgents cently on the island of Mindoro. He re- | ports burning a camp, however, and tae | capture of thirty tons of rice. He says the people in the valley of Naujan reside in the richest farming country of the isl- ands. The district is thickly settled and | plentifully supplied with cattle and rice. | " General Chaffee is greatly pleased by | these reports from the provinee of Batan- gas and the island of Mindoro. The United States Philippine Commis- sion was prevented by the weather from landing at Iba, province of Zambales, and arrived at San_Fernando, province of Union, to-day. The Commissioners met with an_enthusfastic reception. Joaquin Oriegas has been appointed Governor. The residents of that province are unanimous as to the advisability of estab- lishing a civil government i that dis- trict. The commission left San Fernando this | evening. Loses Life in a Swift Current. | REDDING, Aug. 15—Owen Murphy, who had been employed as a rock driller, blacksmith and general worker on the Trinity Copper Compan Kennett, was drowned Wednesday after- works near | noon in Little Sacramento River. With | two companions Murphy started on a | camping_expedition, and stopped for a swim. While his friends watched him he suddenly clutched at a rock and was swept down the swift current. sk Sk Petaluma Business Blocks Sold. PETALUMA, Aug. 15.—The most nota« ble auction sale ever held mm Sonoma County took place here to-day when nine business blocks of the Willlam P. Hin- shaw estate were sold by the administra- tors. The sale was participated in by a large crowd of buyers. 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