The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1901. JLEADERS, BUSY WITH LABOR DAY PLANS, LEAVE STRIKE SETTLEMENT TO FUTURE Conciliation Committee of Supervisors Holds Its First [leeting---Pickets Induce Machinists From New York to Refuse Work, but Others Accept Employment. to take the blac from Ne f Supervisors mct in: the afternoon and discussed plan: w York were induced to refus =19 leaders are mr.zmtlrming their attention on preparations for the Labor day celebration, intending to make it by far the nonstratior of the kind that San Francisco has ever scen. The pickets are keeping a watchful eye on non-union men of the sirikers, and yesterday, after some fighting that caused much excitement on train and boat, a > employment at the Union Iron Works. The conciliation committee of the , but did not seck conference with employers or employes. he previous day In strike situation re- ve! the tion esterday. Whatcver may have en on on the part of the leaders in the return to work d and the Labor 1t Federation devote much at- ns for the celebrailon jety on strike and the Labor Council r parade and Building i} four on or the ru some of MACHINISTS INTERCEPTED. Strikers Induce Men From East to Work. Refuse n-uniox s from New ¥ morning to »n Works, but suc- >f their fu- entire due to the aced by the P wose that did reach for work very much bearing morning entered the car € iiately set to work to con- the New Yo that they were ied at the Union Iron Works and ter off if they would ters of the machinists of the strikers. The ere all glib talkers and e all good listeners, but enth-street station ving been made. station the strikers’ d by a number of had formed t the plans of the the train stopped work, and had it offic on duty at d have accomplished ed by force the en- aching the Potrero. who was escort- ttempted to pre- ki cl the aly handled. n_ from him and ed on his face and head ry for him to go to the Hospital as soon as of the bay. rain and Boat. one of the party in- was kept up until wole. The officers the men who had the attack was at, though not y. The union Fighting on T boat reached this lve of the twenty s Flinn, Smith, ick took charge of landed and escorted in which they were on Iron Works. made of men who pBTEng e t the police station so they were released. ppeared at the head- machinists last Detectives Rey- e men were held against nded remaining under of the union. who went to the Union sed to go to work when t the labor troubles of the ists were not settled. works and went to the union headquar- 1 the men who came over- In giving his reasons for cept employment at the New York by an agent Works. who told me a strike out here, in le had been settled had returned to red, he claimed, d ‘would not be men from the East e their places. He & steady work at $3 way out here and gave me 3150 a day while I was on the road. I have talked with all the men who were in the party and I find that the same proposition had been made to all of them the trouble and left found how matters taken back, were wanted to there as soon as 00d. There are only party | men were travel- | men on the | came there of (hPll“ He left the | ad quit work. He | I went to the iron works to escape | ree of the twenty men who came from ew York that are working there. | counted nine of the party here a little | while ago, but do_not know where the rest of them are. There was no contract made with us. We put our names to noth- ing but a blank piece of paper.” Twenty-Four New Men at Work. Henry T. Scott, president of the Union Iron Works, stated vesterday that the strikers succeeded in getting only eight of (he twenty machinists. “The report that they is erroneous,” he said. “The actual figure is eight. I have nothing to say about the methods employed in converting the new- comers. What the men will do_here with- out money is a mystery. The Machinists’ Union ought to send the men back home. As for the men who resisted the appeals of the strikers, they are doing well enough. “In addition to these men, twelve others applied for and were given employment | the works. This makes a total of twenty- new men to join our working force | to-day. We are satisfied with the situa- tien.” It machin: are being brought to the coast at the expense of the Union Iron Works. He stated that every man paid his own passage and that their trip did not cost the company a dollar. He likewise denied the statement that the compan was pay- ing newcomers 31 a day in excess of the schedule of wages which was in force be- fore the strike. The men, he said, were | paid from $2 50 to $3 3, according to merit. | e | CASE OF POLICEMAN KNIGHT. | W. W. Foote Advises Strikers to De- fend Themselves. The motion for a new trial in the case | of Policeman 0. H. Knight, convicted by | Judge Cabaniss on the charge of battery upon James Maddison, a striker. was ar- | gued before the Judge yesterday after- noon, and the Judge reserved his decision | till this morning, although intimating that he was of the e mind still. The court- room was crowded with strikers, | demonstration was made. Atterney Joseph Coffey for the defend- | ant opened the argument. He said he asked for a mew trial on the ground that the verdict and decision of the court were contrary to the law and evidence; also | that the court erred on a question of law, to which he took exception at the time. He contended that Maddison refusing to move on when requested to do so became | a violator of the law. The others had dis- | persed when asked to do so and Maddison alone stood his ground, defying the offi- cer. The police, he claimed, had a right to use force to Suppress conduct, | 2s they were clothed with discretion of & | judicial character when a riot was, immi- nent. He also argued that the Judge had erred in not permitting him to produce evidence of previous riotous conduct on | the part of strikers at the place where the | battery was committed, which was the reason why the defendant and other offi- cers had been detailed there to protect life and property, and he quoted a decision in the Ohlo courts to sustain his argu- ment. W. W. Foote, attarney for the prosecu- tion, in his reply, advised the strikers to arm’ themselves, and if policemen used their clubs on them to shoot them. He characterized the special officers of Cur- tin's detective agency as ‘‘hired thugs and | assassins.”” He denied that a police officer was clothed with discretion of a judicial character. 2 new trial had been advanced. He was | inclined, he sald, at first that a nominal | fine should be imposed upon the defend- | ant, but after the remarks made by a su- erior officer of the defendant regarding the Judge's decision he would insist upon a severe punishment. If the courts, he said, would do their duty it would do more to stop the strife among strikers but no | and non-union men than anything else. | | It was the instructions given the police- | men by their superiors that fomented | strife between the strikers and non-strik- ers. | Attorney Coffey in his final argument | characterized Foote's speech as a play to the “gallery” and an appeal to the pas- | sions and prejudices of the mob. He said | he had studiously kept himself to the legal | aspect of the case and he denounced | Foote’s speech as inflammatory. | * The Judge saiG he was still of the same | mind, but he would read carefully the authority quoteq by Attorney Coffey and | give his decision this morning. He ex- pressed his regret that Foote had referred |10 the remarks made by Captain Witt- | man, as it was a matter solely for him- | self and had no bearing upon the case. DRYDOCK LABORERS QUIT. Machinist Strikers Said to Be Among the Number. Eighty-five men employed in excavating for the mew drydock at Hunter's Point went on strike at noon Monday because non-union piledrivers were put to work in_conjunction with them. The strikers are non-union men, but they quit mainly out of sympathy with the water front strike, though the im- mediate cause was that the new employes would crowd their sleeping quarters and some of them would be compelled to give up_their bunks to the newcomers. The men were employed by J. W. Mec- Donald, head of the City Front Improve- ment Company, and manager of the dock at_Hunter’s Point. When the men notified McDonald of { | | T e LADIES’ BLACK AND C $12.00, will be sold at. ue for $6.00, will be sold BLACK FEATHER BOAS, will be sold at. .. I WAISTS, value for $6.00, will be sold at. . LLADIES’ RAGLANS, 56 inches long, value for LLADIES’ GRAY SKIRTS, Satin trimmed, val- value for $10.00, will be offered at........ 200 CHILDREN’S JACKETS, value for $5.00, J. O'BRIEN & CO., 1146 MADKET STREET. e e B el e e e S SPECIAL VALUES.; $375 | $750 $4.50 $6.50 §250 OLORED SILK | 45 inches long, got twelve men | Mr. Scott denied emphatically that any | He argued' that no ground for | 4 police headquarters for officers, as it was feared trouble might ensue. A regular officer and several specials were sent to the Point, but their services were not needed, as the men were orderly. One of the men who quit said in explaining their action: “We have no union and had no_inten- tion of siriking. We were perfectly sat- | istied to work as we were, and only quit | because we were informed that we would have to give up our bunks to men who were taking the places of union hands out on strike. We got together and after dis- cussing the matter, determined to show our dislike for non-union men who were taking the place of strikers and to refuse to work with them.” provement Company, seen at the office of the company yesterday, said: ““We had a_ contract which had to be completed and we had to secure the ser- vices of non-union piledrivers. When these men arrived at Hunter's Point about | 8§ of the 120 pick and shovel mien in our | employ quit work. A large them were machinists out on strike who were working for us for $2 a day, in order to make living expenses during the strike. They would not work with non- so_threw down their picks We do not anticipate any ting men to take their and shovels. trouble in get: places.” ———— ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Death. | Flve strikers set upon Andrew Patter- | son, a non-union man, at the corner of Beale and Folsom streets early yesterday morning and beat him so severely that it was feared that death would ensue. He was treated at the Harbor Hospital for a fractured nose, lacerated wounds of the face and head and numerous contusions of the body. After having his wounds dressed he was removed by friends to the Waldeck Sanatorium. The.men who attacked Pattterson lay in wait behind an immense tank on Beale ‘street and when he had passed jumped on him. | rived here recently from Virginia, was ar- rested vesterday afternoon by Officer J. P. Hightower at the corner of East and Howard streets and charged at the Har- Jbor Police station with agsault to mur- der. In defending himself ‘against an at- tack made on him by four men he drew a revolver and discharged it at them. The shot did not take effect. Robert McDon- ald, who, it is alleged, was one of the at- tacking party, claimed that the negro aimed his revolver at him. Reed claims that he did not try to hit any one, but | merely fired to one side to scare the men | who were beating him. Albert Winslow, a union man, and Mar- in Schwartz, a non-union man, were ar- rested on Howard street by Officer M. de Ja Guerra ior disturbing the peace. Schwartz claimed that he had been at- tacked by several men, one of whom was Winslow. The latter stated that he saw Schwartz put his hand in his hip pocket as if to draw a weapon and that he only grappled with him to prevent a shooting. The usual amount of work was done on the water front vesterday. Considerable interest was evinced In the unloading of the Coronado at Broadway wharf. Her load of lumber was being taken off by the captain and mate and the two sons of the owner of the vessel. The firemen and crew of the St. Paul left the vessel yesterday morning. They reported at union headquarters and were given strike cards. The members of the Sailors’ Union re- ceived their second payment of the strike benefit vesterday. The members who have homes were given the $3 to which they are entitled, while the money due those who live in boarding-houses was pald over to the landlords who provide for them. 5 gt Machine Shop Foremen Beaten. | A murderous assault was made Monday evening by strikers upén Frank Bolls and J. Royerson, foremen in the Joshua Hen- | dy Machine Works, on Fremont street. | They quit that evening and boarded a | Unton-street car at Montgomery avenue for their homes. Bolls lives at 3018 Bu- charan street and Royerson at 2132 Union street. Six strikers boarded the car at | the same time and when the car reached | Buchanan street Bolls and Royerson left it and so aid the strikers. Bolls and Royerson were at once made targets for a shower of rocks and other missiles and when they turned around to see who their assallants were they were | attacked by the six men with clubs and | severely beaten. Their assallants then |left them. One of the weapons was left behind. It is a rubber bumper used on railroad cars with the leg of a chair forced through its center as a handle. | Bolls picked it up and it is now in the possession of Captain Seymour. It is cov- ered with blood. Both men were taken to their homes and Royerson, who was | badly cut on the scalp and otherwise in- jured, required medical attendance, A | telephone message was sent to the North End golice station and Policemen Mur%hy and Cochrane were sent to the scene, but they could get no clew to the assailants. Attacks Upon Non-Union Men. H. Buck was attacked by strikers at Fpurth and Berry streets yesterday morn- ing at 10 o’clock. Buck, who has been a machinist at the Western Sugar Refinery for the last ten years, was on his way into the city, when six men sprang out at him from behind a lumber pile at the crossing of the streets mentioned. Before Buck had time to defend himself he was knocked down by a blow on the side of the head and while lying prostrate on tho ground he was beaten about the head, face and body in such a manner as to necessitate his removal to the Emergency Hospital, where Dr. McElroy found sev- eral contused wounds on his head and | body, besides lacerated wounds of the | face and a_dislocated nose. Andrew Pierson, residing at 789 Mission street, was attacked at Fifth and Howard streets by strikers and badly beaten about the head and face. Dr. McElroy, who at- tended to his injuries, found it necessary to use twelve stitches to close a gash on kis forehead, which must have been in- flicted by a sharp instrument in the hands of one of his assailants. —_——— | Miner Mistaken for Non-Union Man. C. Carlson, a miner from Dawson, who arrived here Monday on the St. Paul, was | set upon by three men, evidently strikers, |on Mission street yesterday and badly ;beatenA Carlson, who has been rooming at | the Cosmopolitan Hotel on Fifth street | since his arrival, left the hotel vesterday | afternoon, intending to go sightseeing. | When but a short distance from the hotel | he was approached by three men, one of { whom asked him where'he was from and | what he was doing. He told the ques- | tioner that he was from Dawson and was | only taking a walk about the city. One of the’trio called him a liar and struck him and then the other two joined in the at- tack. Carlson managed to find his way back to the hotel, where his wounds were dressed. el TUnion Men Ordered Out. BERKELEY, Aug. 2.—Two _union [Memmsters, Harry Hansen and George Meyers, were called from the wagons of the People’s Express Company in this city this morning by walking dele; | from the Oakland Teamsters’ Ummi‘.“ff | W. Blain, general secretary of the com- (pany, and two non-union teamsters, George Suffrein and A. Fortier, drove the wagons to-day. en_the delegates ar- rived Blain' feared trouble and summoned Marshal Kerns for protection. No vio- Jence was dona. A representative of the City Street Im- number of | Non-Union Man Is Beaten Almost to | | Walter Reed, a colored man who ar- ]:lhélr intention to quit word was sent to | | | | | | E3 HE unions affililated with the Building “Trades Council will ob- serve Labor day at Shell Mound Park. There will be athletic con- tests, races, dancing and literary exercises. Representatives of building trades councils from varlous sectiofis of the State will be present. The president of the day will be P. H. McCarthy, Addresses will be delivered by John E. McDougald, treasurer of the Marble Cutters’ and Finishers’ Association of San Francisco and vicinity, and J. T. Kearns, ex-president of the Building Trades Council of Alameda County. A notable feature of the day will be the contest for the Labor day trophy, the Mayor Phelan cup, won at the two last Labor day celebrations by 'the Cement Workers' Union of California. The con- test will take place at 1 p. m. and all trade unions in the State are entitled to compete for the trophy, which will be awarded to the union that has the best representation in proportion to member- ship and makes the finest showing. The judges selected for this contest are Cleve- land L. Dam, Cress Gannon and Stephen V. Costello. Another great feature are the races that have been arranged between the different trades, thus: Brotherhood of Painters vs. Brotherhood of Carpenters: Plumbers vs. Electriclans; Brick- layers vs. Plasterers; Cement Workers vs, the Laborars’_ Protective Association; Millwrights vs. the Elevator Constructors; Tilesetters vs. the Marble Cutters; Granite Cutters vs. Sand stone Cutters; Derrickmen vs. Metal Workers. Felt and Composition Roofers vs. Carpet M chanics; Glaziers and Ornamental Glass Worl ers vs, Fixture Hangers; Lathers vs. Shing- lers; Woodworkers vs. Metal Roofers. The prizes for the above races have been fixed at $5 for the first and In addition to this all the win- ners of the first prizes in the foregoing races will be entitled to run in the final grand race, for which prizes are offered as follows: First prize, $50; second prize, $20; third prize, §15; fourth prize, $10; fifth prize, $5. There will also be races for boys, girls, fat men and married ladies, sack race, three- legged race, obstacle race, East Indian egg and basket race. There will be athletic contests, such as throwing the hammer, jumping and field sports. Among other things scheduled on the programme are buck and wing dancing and Irish jig and reel contests, ple-eating contests and other features of the same nature. Two bands have been engaged and danc- ing in two pavilions from 10 a. m. until 1150 p. m. will be part of the day's amusement. SHIPOWNERS NOT MEDIATORS. Association’s Attitude in Present Crisis Is Explained. The following communication explains the attitude of the Shipowners’ Assocla- tion in the present labor controversy and denies that the assoclation seeks to be- come a mediator: To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: An er- Tor occurs in one of the morning dailies which appears to make it necessary that the Ship- owners’ Association state its attitude in the present labor crisis. A statement appears to the effect that the Shipowners’ Association had a delegation of its members or a committee out seeking con- cillatory methods of ending the strike and stating that “‘the shipowners talked to indi- vidual members of various unions suggesting the desirability of bringing the strike to an end,” etc., etc. somewhere; some other organization must by referred to, because the Shipowners' Assocla- tion has had no such a delegation or commit- tee doing such or any work in the direction | of ending the strike by mediation. The Shipowners' Assoclation is an organiza- tion composed of owners and managers of safl- ing vessels and steam schooners, all chiefly engaged In coastwise trade. protection and improvement of the shipping in- terests of the Pacific Coast,”” and it has taken no active hand in the present controversy as vet. years and has devoted its attention mainly to securing and shipping crews for the vessels owned by its members (always avolding and prohibiting the charging of shipping fees to seamen); to making up accounts for vessels and paying off crews. During the past five years no seaman has been asked as to his membership or non-membership in the union and absolutely no discrimination has been shown between unfon and non-unfon sallor: when crews have been employed by the asso- clation. No opposition to unions or unfonism as such has entered into the work of the as- soclation in the past. For more than two years last past there have been no differ- ences affecting the relations between the as. soclation and the union excepting one and that one difference is the same upon which the present conflict is being waged, 1. e., the union demanded and insisted that no man be employed upon any vessel who was not a member of the unlon, while the association uniformly refused to be dictated to in that particular. The association stands firmly in the same position now upon that proposition and belleves that in doing so it is right. It belleves that men are men whether they be members of a union or not and at the same time it has never denied the right of any man to belong to a union or refused to employ any man because of his membershin. Re- lAntfltclfully, i's A ClgAEA E. NAYLOR, orney and Secretary Shipowners' Associa- ton of the Pacific Coast. oy Revolvers Used Freely. Four shots fired in rapid succession at- tracted a large crowd at the corner of Turk and Jones streéts last night about 11 o’clock. It is not known who it was that used the gl!tol, though several peo- ple who arrived on the scene shortly after the first shot was fired claimed that the shooting had been done by a man who, accompanied by a Woman, was walking up Turk street. The cause of the shooting could not be learned. D. E. Patterson, a union sailor, got into an altercation with a number of Itallans in a saloon at the corner of Broadway and Hinckley alley last night and one of them, he claims, shot him in the leg. The bullet was extracted at the Harbor Hos- pital. Patterson says the Italians first attacked him with knives and that when he ran they fired four shots at him, one of which brought him to the ground. The Italians, he claimed, had just returmed from Port Costa, where they had been employed loading vessels. Many Unions Will Parade. The general committee of the Labor day celebration met vesterday and selected Walter Macarthur, editor of the Coast Seaman's Journal, as president of the day. The following sub-committee to take charge of the parade arrangements was SDpointed: M. W. Coftey, C. 8. Straub, M. J. Fitzsimmons, L. Berg and W. Roberts. Michael Casey was made chairman of the committee and grand marshal of the par- ade. At the meeting of the sub-committee last night reports were received from forty-five unlons, all agreeing to take part in the parade. All the brass bands in the city are expected to be in line. A meet- ing of the general committee will be held this morning, when details of the big dem- onstration will be considered. More Special Officers Appointed. Aside from the appointment of 114 spe- cial police officers, little business was transacted last night by the Police Com- missioners. _The appointments were ai- vided as follows: Curtin's Detective Agency, 92; McNab & Smith, 13; miscel- laneous, 9. Permits to carry concealed weapons werg granted to seventy-three applicants, among whom were George L., ., J. L. and Hugh Kelly, four brothers, who recently came from the East to take the place of strikers and who were at- tacked on Third street shortly after their arrival. Chief of Police Sullivan reported the suspension of Police Officer J. W. next meeting of the board. 50 for the There has been confusion | Its object is “‘the | MR RRRR REERYR RERR RRRR RN KRR RRRR KRRRR RRRe RRE RERR RRy ) RRER RERR RRER RRREERRLR RERY KRR R RN KRR RERRY RRR RN R i { | It has been in existence about eight | % tt. He will probably be tried at the | membership in the league continues. THE EMFORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. 2 THE EMPORIUM. A O e A A A e e e e PEERRRRR RRRRERRRR RRRRERRRERRR RRRERRER ERERE RERRRERR RRPR PEEERE RERR RERRP RRRR RERE Princess Doris Singing and dancing in the Attraction . Hall all this week. She positively Jeaves us Saturday. IT a.m. to 5p.m. Admission free. £ i £ = £ g Days,”” ““Nicholas Nic! “‘Lucile,” by Mcredith, etc., etc........ s Ciptain Marryat, Conan Doyle, Char'es etc., etc titles as “‘Quincy Adams Sawyer,” Box,”” “Like Another Helen,™ etc good t Jewett, Ing-msoll, Eijah Kellogg, A'cott, Luce C. Lillie, Trowbridge, etc., etc. . . Ridpath’s History of the United States, $4.00 cdi- (S SOl ey B i age 988 S An English Waman’s Love Letters 30: lished at $4.75, for abridged, il'ustrated with colored pates and Dictonkry for 2. . Webster’s Dictionat ove, with ry' as b Iots to be closed out this week. Greatest of Book Sales What a rush there has been in the Book Department for the Works ot Fiction, Biogra- kelby'*; “Duty,” by Smiles; 00 Stapdard Books 25g¢—Printcd from large type on good paper, gilt tops, handsome c oth binding; more than 50 titles, by such famous authors as Victor Hugo, Washington Irvng, Hall Caine, George Ebcrs, Marlitt, Werner, Jules Verne, $1.50 Copyrighted 'fggdglg..s gsé_;ch $1.00 Javenile Books 48c—Hundreds or by such popular writers for the youngas Ot's, A'den, Black Rock—Authorized edition, cloth binding 7¢ Dr. Chase’s $2.50 Recipe Book 75¢ Ameriean Family Physician for 190 Mrs. Lincoln’s Peerless Gook Book. . ., $10.00 Dictionary $5.2 with patent thumb indexes, full sheep binding; the genuins= $10.00 f EMPORIY GoldenRule Bazaar. CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST--AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE Men’s $10 Suifs $4.35 These are well cut past two days, but, as we and carefully made ttated Sunday, there were business” sack suits, enough books and enough | the materials are variety in this great special | wool, cheviots and purchase to stock an orii- cassimeres in nice nary book store. The as- mixtures, good all- sortment inc'udes popular | the - year- round copyr'ghted books, standard weights. They are the sui's that Sum- phies, History, ~Sciences, merfield & Co., the +Juvenile Books, etc. retred wholesalers, ; made to sl for $1 Book 20¢| $7-50 and $10.00, —Th: famous Kenmore | and many of them ed'tion, about 20 tit'es, are suits of like printed on deckle - eéged | value from our reg- paper, bound in polshed | War stocks which buckram, gilt tops; such have been substi- tites as ¢“The Prairie,” | tuted in thissale to « Scarlet Letter,” ¢ Ed-| fill in broken sizss. mund Dantes,” Tour of i 2 the Worid in Eighty | $7.50 and $10.00 su 20¢c $7.50 Long Pants Dickens, 25¢ year:, this week Kings'ey, 48c A pick-up of fine C 'C | ever saw—at abou (Wednesday) only. 1, pub- $1.48 9¢ §—Webster’s Un- thousands of engravings; ........ 3 08 o for e g iasak s $5.25 Harvard Dictionary $7.50 for For the balanze of this week, g-=naine full value Men’s g15 Blue and Black Serge Cheviot Suits, this week . Men’s gz0 Overcoats, of Cooth ani Oxford Gray Cheviots and Worsteds, this week. $71.45 Men’s $3.00 all-wool pant;, this week. ‘Men’s $5.00 all-wool Pants, this week. Tea and Tray Cloths. An Important Special Sale. tra Satin Damask Tea Cloths and Squares—th= finest we 45c Hemstitched Dam:sk Tray- Cloths, 18x27 inches, $1.15 Hemstitched Damask Tea Cloths, 35x35 inches, 75c Hemstitehed Satin Damask Squares, $1.00 Hemstitched Satin Dam: Silkolines. 5¢. 3 A nice quality for Cemforters; ne, % goods; new patterns just received _ to-day on'y, per yard. k4 Sec $4u 35 and all-wool Tweeds and .85 Cove't ts for pc‘ord‘, Suits, for boys 10 to 19 years, this $4.85 ars, this $1.98 German Damask Tray Cloths and ex- ¢ ha'f value. The sale is for to-day 28z 20x20 inches, 42¢c 20x30 inches, 49¢c Hurd’s Writing Papers Less Than Half Price. The biggest values in Staticnery ever offered in this city. : c 0 per 24 pieces, in bond, kid finish and Irish Linen; in such popular tints as heliotrope, lilac, azure and old rose; in octavo, commercial Titian, gavotte, polonaise, First Emp're, Mignon and Oxford shapes; a large number of small Hurd’s Writing Papers Paper—24 sheets for @@, Envelopes—: and Envelopes, worth from 15¢ to 3oc 25 for Qe Overcoliars 5S¢, 9ec. 300" dozen Ladies’ Embroidered W hite Lawn Overcolars, neat styles, 15c and 20¢ qualities, on special sale Wednes- : 9e day, each. . .. 200 dozen White Lawn Hemstitched Overcol- 5¢ lar:, regular va'ue 1oc cach, on spe- cial sale Wednesday g Groceries--Liguors The Specials for Wednesday Only: Babbitt's Best Soap—6 bars ..25¢ Coffee—Our Best Java and Mocha, repulary 35¢, to-day. 2 Corn—Best Western, 3 tins, Corn—Bz:t Maine, s tin: Oystirs—Best Cove, Ib. tins, 3 for. Tea—Choice uncolored Japan, Ib. ... .. Bird Seed—Mixed or plain, best quality, regu- larly 6c 1b, to-day 6 Ibs. 250 Jesse Moore Wi @y—The 5 famous A. A., that we scll regu- ladly 95¢ 2 bottl, to-ay only..... SOC Enterprise Beer—Pints, instead of 6oc per dozen, to-day..... - 50¢c &' Domestic Porter—The best local product that § money can buy, regularly $1.25 per dozen, ) ; to-day only. ... .....950 ARARRARR N ARAR TRAR UL RRARNR XXX RRRRRR TR R R RAAR XR QANAR U RV B QR e W n e Wttt tan Special Sale of Carpets, Furniture. Four extraordinary values for this day only. 75c Tapestry Capats 57c—New designs, pretty colors, ar.a’ good 75¢ qual- ity, to-day p’?r yard 57c¢ $1.25 Axminster Carpets 98c—Stunning d=- signs, teautiful color effects, an excellent $1.25 per yard quility, to-day 36%36 inches, worth 75¢ each, special sa'e to-day only.. ... $32.50 Bedroom Suits for $23.75—Three picces, highly polishei golden oak, French plate mirror on dresser, 30x24 inches, a care- fully comstructed tet of furniture, the r al va'ue of which is $32.50, on special sale Wednesday only . - $23.75 50c¢c Soap 21c. We are going to sell to-day 3 cakes for 21¢ of one of the choicest toilet soaps manufactured in this country. It is Kirk’s ‘Shandon Bells' Soap—nhard-mil'ed, deiightfully scent- ed—very popular. The manufacturer bas discontinued putting it up in this style, and 0 we were ab'e to secure 1000 boxesat a price which enables us to offer it 21¢ to-day only, per box, 3 cakes Toy Tea Sets, 35¢c Kind, 24c. A special bar- gain to-day for the little folks; they have just ar- rived from Europs, this larzge lot of prettily dec- orated China Tea Sets, 16 pieces to the set—just something to play party with—they were made to sell for 35¢; we’ve marked them for Wed- nesday only. .. 248 Glassware Sale. More than 200 dozen good, clear Glass Jelly or Water Tumblers— Regularly 4oc a.dozen, on special sals to-day only . 260 Fine Imitation Cut Glass Cake Plates—Nice, clear cut; they are 11 inches in diameter; regular price 2 5c cach; on special sale Wednes- o t4e WRAR QAR RRURE ARAU A RRE TR QAU AR AU RER AL AR A WENR WARE QAR ARAR RATRE AERR DURR RRRURR XA RARR ARR AR AN AEAA DA AR AR RUCA DR ANR R R RR BT AR QAR AR R R R T AaRRa B Tan i PLGE 5 FOUND FOR O, LAWLOS Scheme to Oust Os- borne From Feeble- Minded Home. —— Dr. W. P. Lawlor is almost sure of a good berth in the public service—not as good a one, however, as Superintendent of the Uklah Asylum for the Insane, but one that can be classed as acceptable. The story is current that the trustees of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children have resolved to remove Dr. A. E. Osborne, the present supeflntenden; and appoint r. Lawlor to the office. The trustees are ?ohn T. Harrington of Colusa, Robert A. Poppe of Sonoma, John D. Mackenzle of Santa Clara_and Thomas P. Rooney and Herbert F. Dugan of San Francisco. It is said that the board will hold a meeting early in September and displace Dr. Os- borne. According to the Blue Book the compensation of the Superintendent is er annum. Dr.DLawlor fancled for awhile that he was slated for the position of Medical Su- perintendent of the Ukiah Asylum, which rth r annum, but some- programme in this regard. The new trus- tees of the Feeble Minded Home are Messrs. Rooney and Dugan of this city and Johnny Mackenzie of San Jose. It is common talk among the politicians that Dugan and Rooney are Democrats. Mac- kenzie is a Herrin Republican, formerly an understudy of Jim Rea. The Democratic County Committee, rep- resenting the McNab and Phelan elements of the local Democracy, has declded that the Municipal Convention of the party shall convene on the last Saturday of Sep- e epublican_local convention will meet September 16 and probably adjourn to meet again one week or ten days later. Delegates to the Union Labor Party Convention will meet September 5. Vigor- ous opposition to the nomination of a ticket by the convention is expected. Another scheme for the introduction of a labor tllcket has been devised by certain rs. T avill be a meeting of the directors of the Republican Primary League at headquarters, Baldwin Annex, 930 Market street, to-morrow evening. Questions touching the policy of the league in the forthcoming campalgn will be discussed. The clerical force of the I e is en- aged in preparing a list of the Democrats n the various fuembly districts who voted for Republican delegates at the re- MAYOR ABANDONG HEFTING 3Y3TEM Actual Count of Money in City Treasury by Officials. Mayor Phelan has been subjected to so much unfavorable criticism for using the “hefting”” process in counting the money in the city treasury that vesterday when the coin was again counted he decided to change his tactics and to ascertaln in the proper manner if it was all there. The charter requires that the coin shall be put into sacks of $20,000 in gold or $1000 in silver. With that object in view the Mayor, Auditor Wells and Treasurer Brooks, aided by several husky clerks, be- san the task of resacking the gold 'and silver yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Foreman Symmes of the Grand Jury was also present to see that the charter pro- visions were complied with. With the wisdom born of experience from the Widber defalcation, which mlght have been prevented if the coin had been actually counted instead of ‘“hefted,” his Honor - directed that the mint seals be broken on all the sacks and weighed on the scales instead of by hand, as formerly. Heretofore a mint seal was regarded as indisputable evidence that the contents of a sack were correct, but the Dimmick affair has changed all that. A number of the sacks were lackin‘f in weight on account of the wear in handling the coins. Several $10,000 sacks were short $100 according to weight, and these were dumped out and counted by hand. The money was found to be correct, the ap- parent-loss being caused by abrasion. T! seals of the Auditor and Treasurer were then placed on the sacks after they were filled with $20,000 in gold or §1000 in silver. After the officials had labored for ex- actly three hours the task of counting the money and resacking it was com- pleted. The coin coincided with the books to a cent. The total amount was $1,556,- 90143, of which $1,000,000 was consigned to the joint custody safe, which can only be opened by the Auditor and Treasurer Jointly. L o e e e e ] ) Thirty-ninth District delegation to the Re- Exbucan Convention. Delegates represent- g the Fortieth District will meet this afternoor. The latest name added to the list of g{ronpecuve Republican candidates for ayor is that of Reuben H. Lloyd. At this time he is in Loulsville, attending the Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar. cent primary election. The enrollment of There was a meeting last night of the His most intimate friends assert that he will not allow his name to be presented to the convention. ENDG HER LIFE IN RESTAURANT Grace West, Daughter of a Candy Merchant, Takes Poison. AR Grace West committed suicide in a room at the Maison Alladio, corner of Geary street and Grant avenue, yesterday by taking a dose of cyanide of potassium. Before swallowing the poison she ordered a bottle of beer and requested the waiter who brought it to her room to see that she was not disturbed, as she was tired and sick. That was the last seen of her until several hours later, when she was found stretched out on the bed, lifeless. Miss West, who was also known as Mrs. Perkins, returned here from China a month ago, but did not make her presence known until last Saturday, when she rented the room in which she ended her life. She recelved several visits from her mother, who resides here. ‘When the room was searched after her death had been discovered evidence was found that showed she had planned to end her existence. Before taking the poison she had read a number of old love letters, from a man who signed himself F. D. Foster and gave his address as 114 Me- Allister street. After reading them she had tried to burr them. They were found half burned in the grate in her room. The unfortunate woman was the daugh- ter of J. W. West, who at one time was the proprietor of a number of candy stores An this city. She was well known in theatrical circles at one time. Shipwrights to Parade. Shipwrights and Calkers’ Union, No. 9162, decided at its meeting Monday night to participate in the Labor day parade, the penalty for non-appearance being laced at §1. Edward Case and George uigley were elected delegates to the Union bor party convention, with Thomas Burns as alternate. — ce———— Civil Service Examinations. The Civil Service Board will hold exam- inations for chief sanitary inspector of the Health Department on Tuesday. Sep- tember 17, and for chief food inspector on September 19. The test includes general knowledge of duties, writing of reports and experience. ————————— Ten-Ride Tickets on the Coast Linme. Southern Paclfic now sells ten-ride in- dividual commutation tickets between San Francisco and Coast line points to and ine cluding San Jose. Inquire of agents.