The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1901, Page 32

32 AL EYES TURN 10 APPRAISER: Oil Experts Find Snags While Paving Way for Trust. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25. Yale: 2005 60053~ Stylish Veilings oc a Yard. It is better than that last oc sale. It is.an entirely fresh supply of some 3400 yards. Tuxedo Mesh Veilings, In fancy styles. Some have silk chenille dots in black, others in white, in navy and brown; some in Grenadines, with fancy borders in white, black.and blue. Still other black veiling, with silk Persian dots. Not a yard in the regular way worth less than 25c, but you choose from the entire 3400 to-morrow morning and while it lasts gc a yard. 1200 Yds. 8sc Dimity for 5¢ THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME. 3 28 inches wide, blue grounds with white figures; as good a quality as we sell right along at 8 1-3c goes on sale Monday morning and while it lasts 5c. - i5¢ Foulards 10c. Pretty bright stuffs, 30 inches wide, in light or dark grounds; 50 pieces on sale this week at 1-3 less than usual price, 10c. 2000 Yds. 12ic Challies 6ic. 1901. Hale’s. Hale’s. Hale’s. 1 Hale’s. glc’ Now’s Your Chance s Kitchen Things —Becauss they are just what you want ;8 —and less than what you are used to paying. It’s the spirit L4 of them that's working such a revolution in business at the Hale Center. i 5 } Losing neéney in order to make more is a new and startling feature. But folks have been convinced. They've seen ‘;9 "Cfifte mn earnest—that really to build a business meant expense and hard work; that we were willing to forego present plezsur'esba: pro efs fin getting ready for bigger ones later on. The results couldn’t have been so complete and overwhelming if the project hadn’t been carefully planned and if it hadn’t been looked after by trained helpers. But to the chief topic in hand: Hundreds of Dollars’ Worth of Best Every-Day Articles to Be Sacrificed. It may seem foolish on the face of it to do such a thing as this. But of course it means hosts of new customers find us and old ones bound closer. So then it'll pay, won't it? x ——————————% We put no restrictions to any of these good things. You may buy all you need, provided you don’t buy too soon again. And we've got plenty of everything to last the week out—we hope. Come Wednesday or Thursday as well as Tuesday or Monday; yes, or write or telephone. We want everybody who can to share. Double Wash Boards 22c. Sth’ring valucs in Enameled Ware. Wire Potato Mashers 2¢. They are the double kind—one side A strong practical kitchen article, coarse, one side fine corrugation. It's AN OPPORTUNITY THAT §£ELDOM COMES. made of wire set in wood handle. Mon- & Mixat grade bonrd st e prive ot 2 Good enameled ware, the kind that's worth its full value the sort that | day and all week, Zc. Producers Not All Ready to Give Estimates of T 2 Soa 25c.* Their Lands. 8 Bars Swift’s Pride P | ’s the best soap there is for laundry use. Each bar welghs full 12 oz., and just fits the hand. It's a standard quality, worth {ts full value any time, anywhere. It’s just such everyday articles we are using this month with Which to build up a_ business. Buy eight bars of this | good soap after Monday for 25¢. There has hardly been a movement in California in recent years that has awak- ened more interest than the present ap- praisement of the ofl producing properties | of the State, which has begun in Kern County and will be extended to all sec- tions where ofl is actually produced in large quantities. This is preliminary to the idea of forming a trust of the ofl pro- ducers. Whether it will ever get beyond the stage of appraisement is a matter for . - . & i P i g = # K medr;one. does not disappoint. No peeling off and no cracking; no burning of the food; B s s i owoihr s San: It's 2 beautiful stuff, light and airy, in a splendid range of colorings - and Cotton Clothes Line 7Tc. | not an article light or skimply made. We are offering you this week Towel Rollers 5c. about the outlook. The impression pre- patterns, 28 inches wide. Strong, durable line, braided. Tt A strong kitchen towel roller, solid sells in the regular way for lsc. For this week we have got a quantity of them at half price, 7c. $1.75 Clothes Wringers 98c. Family size, 10-inch rubber roll, steel springs, has iron frame. They are sim- ple. Any other store charges $1 75. We are so anxious for your trade, we have made them 9c. Good Clothes Baskets 37c. There are none better; they are The Best There Is at Decided Savings We don’t have to do it. We are looking ahead at the bigger trade it's go- ing to bring us in the months to come. N TEA KEI'I‘LESMZESQ—TN! s BERS 33¢ Sdood- heavy, quality medim szs | Thhn T oA, KETTLES 25c Ths ‘We've got 100 we put on sale Monday Monday and all the week, 33c. BER PATLS 59c—Heavlly | and while they last at this half price, e e T PAN E_BOILERS 49¢—Used also for mush, ‘an excellent size for an Monday and all 1 LIPPED SAUCE PANS 15¢— average family. They are heavily back, and stained to imitate rosewood. Monday and all week, 5c. 10c Lemon Squeezers 4c. Metal, heavily coated with pure tim, good value always at 10c. What a stir we'll make with them Monday and all the week at dc. 30 Wax Tapers 3c. They are for lighting gas, come put vails that a combination would be good if it could be based upon a fair appraise- ment of all properties and resulted in a proportionate distribution of stock in the trust among the present owners of the respective properties which it is proposed 10 combine. But the question of what is | & proper price for land upon which there are“producing wells is a difficult one to | answer to the satisfaction of all who are K Real Hair Switches And we ask no more for them than you'd pay for the imitation Chinese ones. Ours are cut from the living heads of peasants in France The well known 'Royal ware, war- rented to give satisfaction, holds five 5+ 9c. boxes; they are warranted not and Germany. woven from strong- willow: measure 24 | _pints. Monday and all week. Isc. enameled. Monday and all week, 43¢.|up in boxes; v . £ concerned. That habit of mind has char- : : i : Jnches across. They are worth twice BO' 1 Oc—iteavily| COFFEE POTS 23 ¢—Used also for| to drip. Worth in the regular way, 10c. acterized the owners of oil properties that T_h'“ young ladies “{‘fl". cligible hair R‘fl“}' what we have marked them for this ‘wei&me ed, lfl‘iilncge! across. Monday | tea, heavily enameled, warranted, 2-/Our price Monday and while they last, has led them generally to believe that during their country fair time to meet the hair week, 87c. and all week, 10c. quart Monday and all week, 25c. | 3c. they all have the choicest locations. Un- questionably there must be many tracts that are worth more per acre than other tracts. Also it is true there is a wide dif- ference in the value per acre of lands in the same location. ow is the value per @acre to be decided? That is what many sre asking. . Within the last week the appraisers have sent out letters of inquiry asking the producers of oil to furnish estimates | dealers from all over the world. Some unscrupulous hair men go to China. They can buy hair cheaper there. They make it look as if it came from Europe. Takes an ex- pert to tell the difference at first. After a while anybody can—it gets faded and coarse. 2 We want you to know there is a difference Mo in hair—that you are not only safe in getting Rarest Bedspread Offers We've Ever Made That's all we need to say, further than printing the prices, to insure big selling. Because so many women who buy their bed- spreads here know that we give more for the money, right along than any one else. .» g < We want new folks to know that, else it wouldn’t pgy us to do this. So we've made the prices as tempting as possible and the spreads as good as we can. They are just as good as yxl can buy any time even at full prices. Keep ‘that in mind while you read O heir lands, this bei: lu- <, { ! G : = & the prices. SReST A personal property thereon. the | 3 ; best quality—but in paying least prices. $1.00 Spreads for 88c. 2.00 Marseilles Spreads $1.65. $1.00 for Cotton Filled Comforts. Eenerally.” Not all the oll companies nave | German Hair. French Hair. 10 of them, white, 72%84 Vel | 7600 Inches, White and in such pat-| The cotton is pure white; they are covered with prettily colored sent in responses. The reason alleged for | this, in some instances, is reluctance to give out business secrets of the com- (Short stems.) K1.50—18in. long. $3.50—22 in. lone. $1.75-20 in. long. E—. 0—24 1n: long. heavy, hemmed. $1.50 Spreads for $1.15. silkoline, tacked with.worsted varn. It's a comfort of full weight and size and fluffiness, too. We never in our experience saw such sold under $1.25. When this limited quantity is gone you can't duplicate (Short stems.) i 2.00—15 in. long. ®4.00-22 in. long. 2.50—20 in. long. $6.00—24 in. long. [ erns as only Marsellles spreads come. Three other sizes of the same line on sale at these prices: 2. ) 7 5 for 5 spreads, 82x85 inches the comfort under $1.25. panies. While it is true the pledge of | ———————————————————————————— White, 76x88 inches, Remmed, crochet 2.70 for $3.00 spreads, 87x92 inches . SESSEY s Eiipadell theso joguiting Joi-§ . . % ed woven A splendid, ‘heavy, firm :3_N e 400 Ry St e T Stitched Comforts $'.25. l Sample Blankets. ters, doubt is expressed by some of the spread. Not sold in the regular way | Now don’t mistake us, you will get| For double beds, covered with colored| White ones and wool. were Dicked up oil mer whether secrecy can_ be pre- S ite aists: C under $1.50. Here Monday and all | jug¢ s good spreads at these prices | silkoline, filled with pure white cotton.|in the nick of time by one of our New served when the letters giving the inside . Week, $L15. as you would if you waited a week and York aids and gotten to us by express information ere accessible to as ; many If it was not that we were trying to persons as are connected with the ap- THEY ARE SET OFF WITH DAINTY OPEN LACE STRIPES. got of regular stocks, and paid regular | for this building movement; a heap too $1.75 Spreads for $1.50. values. Is it not worth while to buy | bulld up a trade in bed supplles wegood, because they are Heavier tham ; ; 3 e ; : oat, o thas praising committce in one capacity or {‘,G‘.d, thley are all made in the very latest style! Sizes 32 to 38. g~ TWhite, T6ss3 inches, crocheted pat. | now? i g i e s Seual§s %6, $425 and $8' & pate. nother. The present plan for combina- : : Lo : tormt e have 100 sit asids for This B Raill- Vs The Centhey: teie | ith them are also prettiest percales in figures or stripes; also Madras in . = In the regular way week’s selling. $3.50 White Satin Spreads $2.95. 7 They are a heavy double spread, in beautiful raised designs, such as you never saw under $3 50 before, size S0x 8 inches: saved and not a particle less of quality or in looks. A Stir in Bed Sheets, 47c. Heavy white ones, 81 inches wide, % inches long, made from a standard everyday quality of muslin. They are as good in every way as_we can get to sell in the regular way at 55c. 50¢ Unbleached Sheets for 43¢—81x9 inches, made from a heavy muslin. On sale Monday and all week. ment. should not be confounded with the original scheme for a combi nation upon the basis of the maintenance of the iden- tity of all the companies, acting inde- pendently, with the important exception that the products of all were to be marketed by a committee. That scheme has been laid on the shelf, seemingly, and no progresé has been made with it| for some time. The appraisement in prog- ress will occupy some time yet. black and white stripes. Waists worth in the regular way 50c and 75¢, but we got a market advantage—so do vou, only you get a better one than we did; last, we clip off some of our profits to make the offer more emphatic. Here are four others just as good: 65c—Regular $1 and $I 25 Waists. Striped percales and tan-colored dimi- ;es, soft cuffs, white pique collars, 32 to Monday and while they SPREADS. . $7.50, extra values. We wa this week as $1 ER 2 i 100, $5.50, to sell as many spreads we can. Women’s and Children’s Union Suits. 95c¢ for $1.45 Waists. Madras, strikingly set off with stripes and fancy figures, soft collars and cuffs, \ French backs, 32 to 44. Opposition at Bakersfield. There is opposition at Bakersfield to the proposed combine. The Californian says the necessity does not appear for the sur. rendering to a central concern of the prop- | erties of the several companies to secure | a _better price for the oil in the market. | “The raisin men and the prune men,” says | the Californian, ““worked out a successful | plan for disposing of their products and | maintaining prices without placing their | properties in the hands of others. There | is apparently no reason why the ofl pro- | ducers should not operate on the same | line.” The Kern City Echo says that “it would be little short of insanity for the | owners of land or leases to merge their comparatively small interests in a colos- sal concern in the management of which they would have practically no say.” The Arbuckle Independent reports that there are six rigs operating in Colusa Co the companies being the Colusa Ofl Company, the Chehalis Ofl Company, the Williams Oil Company, the Bear Val- ley Oil Company, the Herron Oil Company @nd the Smith & Gorrill Company. Desert oil claims covering 17,650 acres were recently filed in one day at the office of the Recorder of Bernardino County. E. J. Scott and his assoclates were the largest filers, their claims aggre- gating 10,400 acres. The lands are in the Barstow district and on_the desert near the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County lines. J. C. Turner and his friends filed upon 6840 acres. | Twenty-seven wells were recently signed with the Los Angeles Oil Producers’ Asso- ciation in one day. The companies in the sssociation now own 450 wells. Developments in Kern. The Bakersfield Californian speaking of the outlook for development work in the fields of Kern County, says: Thet development work in the various oil | flelds of the county will be resumed during the | is an admitted fact, but which one of the it ¥ It looks, how- ever, that the Sunset district will receive the greatest sttention during the mext two months. Many of the companies having holdings in this | field are already planning to begin sinking e series of holes and a number of the old com- panies will soon resume drilling. According to the Summerland Advance | Courder, the companies taken into the | combine formed by the ofl producers of Summerland are the Marine, Santa Bar- bara, Eureka, Consolidated, Southern Pa- cific, Duquesne, North Star and Seaside. ‘The consolidation has incorporated as the Summerland Consolidated Oil Company. ADVERTISEMENTS. ATTENTION To physical warnings will prevent a serious iliness. When there are oppressive fullness after cating, bitter risings, belching, headache, dfiu ness, mervousness. with physical and mental lug- gishness, t atten- tion ahoulr;em:fiven to the condition of the diges- tive and nutritive sys- tems. Not all these symptoms will occur at once or in any single case, but any one of them indicates a disorde: condition of the stomach and other ofgans of diges- tion and nutrition, A £rmpt cure of these conditions will be effected ise of Dr. by the timel Pierce’s Gol Medical Discov’iy. It heals dis- Sl the Al;_)m_u:h :ind other organs of digestion and nutrition, perfectly and permanently. Many diseases, seemingly re- mote from the stomach, bave their origin in a _ diseased condition of the organs of digestion and nutrition. *Golden Medical Discovery” cures through the stomach diseases which have their origin n & diseased condition of the stomach. and ce diseases of liver, lungs, heart and other organs are cured by use of the *Dis- covery.” It comtains no alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, or other marcotic. It is a true témperance medicine. Accept no substitute for "Golden Med- jcal Discovery.” There is mothing else *just as good.” =1 was a total wreck—could not sleep or eat,” i 0. of Berryma: writes Mr. . Beers, r n, Crawford Co., Mo. “For tmum I tried medicige from received very little benefit. I lost fluh":mmh.'ll not able to do a goed Sove work |1 fommenced taking Dr. Piercc's "Couid seep, and my sppetie taken one bottle I cou! an i was wonderf#lly improved. I have taken five bottles and am still improving.” Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con- stipation the cause. They do s o e e T [ 75c—Dainty Dimity Waists. In solid tans, with openwork stripes, soft cuffs; also, striped percales, lJaundered $1.25—Waists worth up to $2.25. Madras, plain and striped; also mercer- THE FALL UNDERWEAR IS NOW AT ITS BEST. collars, pink and blues and red stripes. Best 5c¢ Lead Pencils 2¢ ings, e very siz THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME. These are such good pencils we could sell all of them at 5c, but we see a chance in them to make you think a good deal of our That’s our sole object. So here they go at 2c. The lead is the very best quality, free from grit: comes in three grades— hard, medium and soft. It's encased in the best cedar, hexagon shaped. They have not been polished and painted as most pencils are—some pencils are not worth anything till they get the paint on. but on their quality. 20c Writing Paper, Monday 12c. HURLBUT’S EXTRA SUPERFINE NOTE PAPER. Ruled or plain. It’s the same quality we have been selling right along at 20c. As a building-up proposition we are going to sell it this last week of August 20c a quire. Baronial Envelopes to Match _Box of Paper and Envelopes 12¢—Heavy cream fhotepaper, ruled or plain, with Baronial envelopes to match, a box, 12c. Same 12¢. 2 4¢ Hairpins for 2c. THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME. 5000 packages of 30 hairpins each, and in every length you wish. They are heavily japanned wire sort, the same good kind we sell usually a* On sale Monday morning and until sold at half-price—zc. 4¢. ized madras and colored lawns; all made in the newest Wag"l and in the latest color- to stationery business. These are not sold on their looks, - the 21st stone in our Building movement: Energy Hale's biggest capital is n8t money, but haré work. started big. It's tireless, persistent effort that counts. This store had a smal} beginning in looks, its future was as bright and real as if it had but But we knew how to use our energy—and that's power. Steam in a doi.cey engine makes the thing sputter and fuss and work spasmodic- ally; put that same steam in a Corliss engine, what a tremendous power you get, and without a bit of flutter or noise. with this or that. We don’t cxperiment We find what you want first before we buy. We don’t waste our energy. When we do a thing we do it with all our might. These six busy Hale stores hooked together is as beautiful and unusual a sight as six Cor- All liss engines pulling together. Good. news! It's earlier than usual—better than usual. The finest gathering of really good underwear we had. We've taken union Suits is an illustration. Here you will note the range of choosing is as broad as it’s possible to and up past *“~ medium grades to the more exclusive and elegant garments. = Genuine Oneita Union Suits—1¢ buttoned across the shell stitch, pearl buttons and covered all finished with silk seams. —75¢c—Fleece natural. na‘ural. or natural. —82.75—Pure wool, natural. Children’s Union half wool, natural. Suits—6 styles, heavy weights, price §1.75. Phvllis Ful black or natural gr: in the world, price $5.00. —45c—Fleecs lined, natural or ecru. lined, fine quality, —81 00—Wool mixed,white or natural —3$1.25—Half wool, white or natural. —$1.65—Two-thirds wool, white or —$2.00—90 per cent wool, white Suits—50c, fleece lined, ecru or natural; $1.00, The Phvllis and Alpha Union open down the front, handsomely finished with| wool, natural gray, price $350 a silk shell edges, pearl buttons, suit. gussets in arms, long in bedy,| Phvllis and Alpha Equestri- wide laps in the back, patent cov- | enne Drawers—ankle length, ered seams, STl siik ribbon around waist, § Alpha Black Wool Union s yles. —heavy weight, price $2.50. Alpha Black Wool Mixed Alpha Natural Gray—two-thirds | Equestrienne Drawers — me- wool. unshrinkable union suits,| dium or heavy weight. Prices, Fashioned Union Suits—heavy weight, pure wool, best suit be—irom the lower priced ones up Phyllis Full Fashioned Silk Union Suits—color flesh or light blue, price $7.50. Phyllis Full Fashioned Pure Silk Union ts—heavy weight, ge;)t quality, color flesh, price Globe Union Suits—4 styles, open all the way down front, beauti- fully finished by hand, silk shell finish around neck, all the edges silk stitched, pearl buttons, pat- ent covered seams. Globe Union Suits—in fine comb- ed Egyptian _cotton, _heavy weight, but not fleece lined; ecru or white, price $1.50 a suit. Globe Union Suits—heavy weight, unshrinkable, two-thirds wool, natural gray, price $2.65. Globe Union Suits—heavy weight, extra fine quality, S0 per cent 75c, $1.00. $1.25_and $1.50. Phyllis Full Fashioned Eques- trienne Tights—black wool, best quality, heavy weight, prics $2.35 a pair. 12%c Corset Clasps 5c. Kid covered, in different lengths. The steel is as pliable and almost as heavy as what we sell regularly at 12%c. Monday and while they last 5c. Dozen Horn Bones 4c. Three lengths—8, 9 and 10 inches. We've about 20 gross to put on sale Monday ;nurning at 4c. They are too good to last ong. Cabinet Hairpins 5c. In which is an assortment of 100. Heavy 10c Garter Elastic 7c. Heavy fancy frilled sort, 1 inches wide, The same quality we sell usually at 10c. On sale Monday and while it lasts (4 grosfi), 7e. Pink, blue, orange, lavender, ack. e h'l‘ape Meadsul'es Be. nches long made of h muslin, finished with metal cads, L0 Hose Supporters 15¢c. Made of heavy sateen and stitched, and are attached to corset with a key-shaped clasp. The button and clasp-are so fixed This Neckwear 25c. Worth 35¢c to 50c. White lawn over collars and revers, linen and batiste revers and fronts. Pique over collars. Satin and silk stocks with jabots,law, batiste and pique collars and bows, all prettily trimmed with lace, ruching and braid. 75c Neckwear 48c. Fancy tucked revers and over-collars, in lawn ~ and linen color, linen collars with lace inser- tion. Fancy tucked satin collars with chiffon jabots. Silk collars, lawn_collars, pique collars, bows and jabots trimmed with lace, ribbon, grass Men’s Night Shirts 50c. ALSO BOYS'. . Flannelette in every size from 12 to 18%4. And there is a great variety of patterns to select from. The garments are all made full length and width. They are bet- ter made and from a heavier flarinelette than you usually see at soc. and invisible hairpins; each one is panned. ja- | they mever slip on the hose. black. 15c a pair. Colors and braids and ruching. $1 and $1.25 Neckwear for 68c ‘White lawn revers with Valenciennes lace and insertion. Tucked lawn and batiste revers and collars, trimmed with Valenciennes and Venise edging and insertion. White pique collars and revers with Venise insertion and fancy Venise lace revers. effects. R R e R R R e B B0 braid THOUSANDS OF STRIKERS PARADE —_— Continued From Page 'l‘wsnty-’l‘hi'es. mand—*thou shalt mot organize.”” They are ashamed of the deeds of their own hands. They are ashamed to speak out for themselves. They use as a_mouthpiece an attorney unknown to fame until this struggle brought him into noto- riety. These men know that they exist on us and on our brother tollers and _producers throughout the State and hence they fear pub- lio opinjon. ~Strong in the justice of our cause we are neither afratd nor ashamed to prorlaim our principles. We place our cause in the peo- ple of California. It is theirs to judge and de- cide. Public opinion 1s in our favor, but we want the citizens of the State to speak out.in no uncertain tone and to let our enemies know that, under a free government, in the opening year of this twentleth century, they cannot at- tempt with impunity to rob any class of their natural rights. “‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”” and if liberty is to flourish in this State the sentinels on the watch towers must be continually on guard. ‘This conspiracy has been backed up by a reign of terror in San Francisco, Everybody admits that our men have kept the peace. They have been orderly and law ablding. under bitter provocation. Whatever scenes of disor- der have disgraced the streets of San n- cisco have come from those few low fellows of the baser sort who have tried to fill our places. Still the majesty of the law has been invoked ageinst us. The president of the Police Com- mission has been the loudest and most voluble demagogue in inciting to riot and bloodshed. He has declared in stentorian tones that this city is a scene of disorder. He had demanded proclamations. He has even gone so far as to invoke the military power. He n a veritable bull of Bashan roaring on the moun- tains. He brayeth like a wild ass of the desert and no man leth him. Such is the man at the head of the Police Commission. The police have been placed on wagons in order to strike terror into the hearts of the locked-out laborers and to advertise them as law breakers and rioters. The streets have gone unprotected in order that every delivery wagon with a few dollars’ worth of groceries might have an offi- cer to act as guide and guardian of new- comers. Hundreds of special officers have been mustered into service and invested with the authority of this municipality. These men are unknown and irresponsible. No inquiry has been made into their past history or their fit- ness as guardians of the peace. Om the prin- ciple that any old stick is good enough to beat a yellow dog with the alleys and the by- ways have been searched and the low lodging- houses have given up their habitues to ter- rorize us, the working men of this city, . Lest they might shoot us at sight for the crime of being locked out they were. informed that we were not Filipinos by the Chief of Police. It is small wonder it such men, after all the official bluster, aftgr the city had thrown the force against us,’should regard us as rebels against the Government and shoot low every time they saw a union laborer. ‘Would Dictate to Farmers. Suppose this conspiracy succeeds! Suppose the plans of its promoters were consummated! Suppose labor unions were crushed and we de- prived of the right to combine. What then? Can any freeman in the commonwealth of Call- fornia bear the prospect with equanimity? Think you that these men would be content with their victory over us? No. exploit the entire State. Drunk with success and wealth they would dictate terms to the farmer and the fruit grower, the miner and the entire producing classes of the State. They would levy taxes on the interfor and make your readers pay for the special police and the spies. the expenses they have und e and .the losses they have suffered. If we fail what Chance have individuals against them? Skilled laborers would shake the dust of California off their feet. The mills would rust in idleness and the wharves grow green with grass, for no man who calls his soul his own would submit to the dictation of a secret conspiracy of merchants, This is but one phase of the question, but it is the most important. This {s the phase we wish to bring before the people of lifornia. Beside this all others dwindle Into insignifi- cance. Human rights are more ‘than sacred business success. ~Their worth cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. You are the guardians of the rights of the plain people. Not many rich, not many pra\lx, ml’ ygmr pages. They are perused in the miner's hut and the farmer's home. Hence we desire that you should state this question in its important bearings to the people of the State. The press has always been the champion of human rights and it has not failed in its mission in these, our days. You have no Interest but the g0od of your readers. You have no ax to grind. There is no muzzle on you. You are free to speak out for the rights of the. plain people. Those men who are fighting us would, if they succeeded, inaugurate an era of cheap labor, low wages and long hours. ' No country could’ be - prosperous under such con- ditions and no popular education would be possible. Our children would be forced to work when they should be at school. There would be no love for the luxury of reading news- PBut we shall not be defeated. This is a fight to the finish, and we are prepared. Pub- lic opinion recognizes the justice of our cause. And when public opinion speaks out in thun- der tones, then the fight {s won. By _order the 'San _Franclsco Labor Counail. W. H. GOFF, President. FED ROSENBERG, Secretary. San Francisco, August 24, 1901 ———— Five Kelly Brothers Attacked. Joseph Hayes of 432% Bryant street, was treated at the Harbor Emergency Hospital last night for several lacerations of the scalp received in an encounter with three brothers named Kelly at Third and Bryant streets. There are five of the Kelly brothers, and they are all long- shoremen. They are all union men and quit their work here on the order of the federation. They were not content to lead idle lives, however, and went to_ Port Costa to work with the non-union hands employed loading’ the vessels there. They returned from there last night and Vvisited their old haunts on Bryant street. They were followed by union hands and two of them were dragged off the car at the corner of Third and Bryant streets and badly beaten. They were treated at the Emergency Hospital. Joseph Hayes took it upon himself to whip the other three, but was worsted In the encounter. —_— Labor Day to Be Celebrated. A committee of the Buflding Trades Council held a meeting last night at 116 Turk street and prepared an interesting programme of games and races for the Labor day celebration to be held at Shell Mound Park. Besides athletic sports an elaborate literary programme was also arranged. Sub-committees were appoint- ed to visit the various unions which are affillated with the Building Trades Coun- cil for the purpose of securing their c operation in making the occasion a mem- orable one. P. H. McCarthy, president of the Building Trades Council, will act as rresldent of the day, while the orators JWllTb- E. J. Brandon, John McDugal and T L Farmers’ Steamer on First Trip. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 24.—The big new steamer Valleta, owned Ly a corporation of Sacramento and Colusa County farm- ers, came down,the river on its initial trip to-night, carrying 6500 sacks of bar- ley. e crew say- they will land the grain on the dock:at Port Costa, but will refuse to put it into slings for deep-sea vessels. Captain Beach says he has pro- vided means for loading the grain in the ship for Liverpool. The trip of the farm- ers’ new vessel was highly satisfactory and profitable. Stevedores at Sausalito Quit. SAN RAFABL, Aug. 24.—Men ‘engaged in unloading. coal from the bark Gatherer at Sausalito to-day quit work at the re- %ueet of delegates from the City Front ‘ederation. e coal belongs to the nar- Tow gauge railroad. The strikers claimed that coal was being shipped to different arts of the county for other persons. he railroad Peovle deny this and say that they will get the coal when they m{lt it; several-of the bunkers now being BEVEAL A PLOT T0 L00T ESTATE Anonymous Writer Pro- duces Mrs. Rebecca Lowery’'s Will. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 24.—This morning’s mail brought an interesting set of docu- ments to the office of the County Clerk, and the sequel bids fair to be one of the biggest sensations in the history of So- noma County. One of the documents was the last will of the late Mrs. Rebecca Lowery, who died here about a year ago. She possessed an estate valued at $200,000 and was supposed to have left no instruc- tions whatever for its disposition. Another document was an anonymous' letter from a woman, stating why the writer had failed to comply with. a prom- ise given to Mrs. Lowery a short time be- fore her death and deliver ker last will into the custody of tke County Clerk as soon as her body had been laid in the grave. Mrs. Lowery was formerly Mrs. E. T. Farmer, wife of “Lige” Farmer, as he was _generally known, president and founder of the Santa Rosa Bank and one of Sonoma County's wealthiest and best known citizens. Efght or ten years ago Mr. Farmer died and his wife inherited half of his estate. A year or two after- ward\the widow married Dr. J. C. Lowery of Missouri, a scholmate of her younger days. The match- was opposed by Mrs. Farmer's children. Last year Mrs. Low- ery passed away, and diligent search failed to reveal a will. It was assumed that she had died intestate, and after considerable squabbling between the heirs on one side and Dr. Lowery on the other the latter was appointed administrator. Under the law he was entitled to one-half of the property and the Farmer heirs to the other half. The will brought to light to-day ruts Dr. Lowery off with $10 and directs that all the remainder of the estate be divided equally between the decedent’'s four chil- dren—Sarah Angie Fox of San Francisco, Lillian _Belle Webb of Palo Alto, Fannie M. Griffith and Charles R. Farmer of this city. The document bears date of April 19, 1897, and has the signatures of Robert Crane and Dr. R. Press Smith as wit- nesses. The letter accompanying the will states that the reason the writer did not comply with the promise she made to Mrs. Lowery and file the will at once was that pressure was brought to bear upon her to induce her to destroy the will, as both of the subscribing witnesses were dead and no one would be the wiser. The writer, while not saying that this proposition had been agreed to, leaves as much open to infer- ence. Worry over the affair caused the custodian at last to weaken, for, as she states, ‘T regret my course exceedingly, Pecause Mrs. Lowery had great confidence n me.” 4 The writer does not sign her name, but there seems little reason to doubt the genuineness of the will. A number of of- ficlals and others who have examined it pronounce it genuine. While both the subscribing witnesses have passed away since the date of the will, both were alive on that date and both were particular friends of the de- ceased. It is rointed out that if a will was to have been witnessed there were no two persons who would have been more likely to be called in or to have been on hand. The will is drawn upon yellow paper in handwriting apparently the same as that in_ the letter, although the will is in ink and the letter in pencil. Dr. Lowery came to Santa Rosa from Missouri, where he is sald to have some property in his own name. He is a great temperance advocate. The alleged will to- day_brought to light substitutes Charles R. Farmer in his stead as executor. No doubt a big legal battle will grow out of the affair. T Sleeps on Railroad Track. SALINAS, Aug. 24—A man was found on the Monterey side of the Pajaro rati- way bridge thi® morning, badly mangled and covered by blood. He was uncon- scious, and upon slightly recovering gave his name as William Black. Later, after gaining - full consciousness, he said his name was Willlam Conrad. He claims that he laid down near the track and Wwhile asleep rolled over near the rails and a passing train struck him, breaking his shoulder blade and three ribs. He says he was at one time a section em ploye in Sacramento. He is not expected to live uxtil morning. 5 HOBS WOMAN HE ELOPED WiT Boston Man Takes San Francisco Girl's Diamonds. 4 —— 4 CHICAGO, Aug. 24—A young woman Wwho gave the name of Ruby Hall and who claimed to be an actress from San Fran- cisco asked at polica headquarters to-day for assistance in recovering $1500 worth of diamonds which she.said had been stolen from her by a man whom she had supposed to be a commercial traveler from Boston and who had accompanied her to Chicago. She tcld the police that she had eloped from San Francisco with the Bos- ton man, who had several thousand dol- lars in his possession, put that he desert- e‘d her after getting possession of her jew- els. STEWARD OF CHEMICAL ENGINE MEETS DEATH Dies in the Ambulance After Inhal- ing a Large Quantity of Smoke. OAKLAND, Aug. %5.—William Ennis, $0 years of age, steward of chemical engine No. 2, died in the ambulance shortly after midnight this morning as he was being taken to the hospital from the residence of John Wesley, 2130 Chestnut street, where he had been called by an alarm of fire. The direct cause of Ennis’ death is not known, though it is supposed to be due to inhalation of smoke. fire was in a droom at the Wesley residence, and when Ennis opened the door of the room %e :ns met &Y : denge volm‘:lu of smoke. e dropped the hose he was dragging and fell to the ground. The ambulance '-fl summoned and Ennis was soon en to the hospital. S e i