The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 6, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. RUTIORS OF APPROACHING SETTLEIMENT OF THE STRIKE ARE RIFE, BUT LEADERS | © SAY THE SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED/} Proposed Conferences Are Abandoned and Offers to Negotiate Prove to Have Been Made Without Authority---Twenty Horses Belonging to Draymen Are Poisoned by Arsenic and Detectives Are at Work Hunting Clews to the ldentity of the Poisonerg W IDESPREAD reports that the strike had been settled and the teamsters would return to work kept employers and strikers in a state of excitement yesterday. In spite of denials by leaders on both sides that the situation has changed in the least, the belief is entertained by many that the end is not distant. Striking teamsters expect tire controversy to be settled by next Wednesday and it is said that if it has not been ended by that time non-union teamsters will no longer enjoy immunity from attack. The conference to have been held between the conciliation committee of the Board of Supervisors and a committee from the Employers’ Association was abandoned, but such a meeting is still a possibility and may be held to-day. Efforts to secure a meeting between draymen and teamsters were unsuccessful. g " ALF of San Francisco believed yesterday that the draymen and | teamsters had-settled their dif- ferences and that the strike was at an end. Many others, both employers and strikers, believed that pro- gress was being made toward a settle- ment, and that the restoration of indus- trial peace was a matter of but a few days. Leadere of both sides, however, asserted that such rumors and such hope were un- founded, and that nothing in the situa- tion pointed to an early settlement. The conferences that were expected to occur during the day did not take place. No committee from the Employers’ As- sociation was sent to meet the concilia- tion committee of the Board of Super- | visors, and the medjators are left in their former position of seeking a meeting with the employers. M. F. Michael, attorney for the Employers’ Association, said a meeting of merchants was to have been held, but that the publication of the in- tention to have a conference had spoiled it all. The meeting had been abandoned for the time, and whether it would be held at ail or not was problematic. Denials were plentiful that any confer- ence between teamsters and draymen was contem e none was held. Secreta > Municipal 'Fed- ubs had asked nt to a confer- from the team mmittee from the Dray- n. He was not hat he was authorized ymen would send an and the strike lead- asider his proposition. individual motion, to that the dra; a conference commit- Hope Is Not Destroyed. d_reports of pro- s k.,,\ the belief strong | d was near, and the denlals of the controversy could not hope. At the headquar- stherhood of Teamsters a s prevalent, and striking and elsewhere believed ement was to be reached in a lay the e of the number of attacks has been so h comment. Sat- rked as 1c urday was th ater mark of vio- lence Monday being heli- made, and when red Tuesday ' non-union | ater front laborers en- immunity from attack. nce have been reported next Wednesday. ot settled by that time, hostilities against non-union jals will be reopened. mong the teamsters verge of winning,” business agent of the Teamsters, placed. We have no 4, but I can see no 2’ early settlement. rred to change the si(u- the least Stflkers Ready to Confer. sa!d to Mr. Lorenzo from the eg Andrew Furuseth said, “that we are willing to confer with the em- y time. He has not been | e to us_ with the assurance ! ittee authorized to act for the Association would meet us. prospect of a conference. If are preparing to receive for a surrender they are mak- It the man who is ders, and we are not | ma! Federation of Im- ubs held a meeting in At- i office in the after- Lorenzo was mot Dr. Saifield, Na- | oseph Rothschild were in | \\ hat transpired at the meet- sclosed, as each gen- sworn to secrecy. however, that nothing | transpired. liberty to speak of what the meeting,” sald Mr. “I may say, however, that e of the situation has pre- and that there are matters deration which, I believe, labor dispute to an end at | situation is more | at any time since | of the strike.’ = Council will hold & ze distribution next Odd Fellows” Hall. The affair will be in a way the termina- tion of the successful picnic which was heid at Shell Mound Park on Labor day, h distributed will be those | ne. ed at the regular week- ¥ meeting of the council, held last night, —_——— The word ‘s now abbreviated to the Pan-Am.” in Buffalo. e ADVEETI“EMENT& Get one b of Fels-Naptha | soap, and go by the book with it. Money back if you want it. Fels & Co., makers, Philadelphia. DR.PIERCES GOLDEN { MEDICAL DISCOVERY _BLOOD.I.IVER.I.UNGS. FOR BARBERS, BAK- ey xS foundries, laundries, paper- painters, shoe factories, cablemen, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS. Srush Manufacturers, 609 Sacramento St vers, flourm: angers, printers, able, | f the Draymen’s Asso- | Lorenzo made the | with- | said yester- | Arrangements for the | L eisco, Cal.—Dear Sir: self-explanatory, was sent T ble. Yours very truly, San Francisco, September 5, foundation whatsoever in fact. { black type read as follows: | ““Half the factory force is idle.” | “Levi Strauss & Co. | | them in making overal of truth in either of them. | ning for the past year or more. operatives were again at work with the exc for the remainder of the day. remain away for any portion of the day. | | | accora This is absolutely ticle, untrue. The article also contains the following: trect store. signees.” Whatever the union teamsters may have proclaimed there is not a word of truth | in the statement that any overalls had been returned to us whatsoever. garment has been returned to us from any source whatsoever. | The facts with regard to these matters were yesterday fully given to your office in response to vour inquiries. the, facts fully, and, | | machinery, pairment of our busine: 50 per cent of our outp: your paper a correction of the errors, (Signed) San Francisco, September 4, 1901 | | | | [ | EARLY MORNING ATTACK. Valuable Bone Killed During Ex- change of Shots. A number of strikers entered the stables |of the Excelsior Redwood Company, C. | A. Hooper & Co., agents, on Fourth | street, near Channel, early yesterday morning, for the ‘purpose of making an attack on Herman Klassen, a non-union teamster. The attack resulted in a lively exchange of pistol shots, during which a valuable stallion belon?ng to the com- pany received a wound from which it sub- | sequently died. None of the men engaged in the fight were injured. At the time of the affair Klassen, who has been but a single day in the employ ‘of the company, was preparing his team for the day’s work. The men entered | through _a side door and opened fire. Klassen took refuge behind one of the stalls and returned the shots. | One of the bullets must have passed dan- lgerously near the strikers, | found later in the day lodged in the wall | directly in line with the spot ‘where the | men were supposed to have stood. Daniel | Mahoney, the stableman, who was pres- | ent during the shooting, claims that there | were six shots fired. He was unable to | tell which party had commenced the fu- sillade. | The horse which was shot was one of | | the team which Klassen was grooming, | preparatory wagon. The animal was exposed to the | firing of both parties, and it is not certain | which fired the fatal shot. The horse was | valued at about $300. P to a few days'ago the wagons of the Excelslor Redwood Company were driven by the officers of the company. On | Wednesday Klassen and another non- | unfon teamster were emploved. In order | that they might escape the attacks of the strikers they were allowed to sleep in the | stables. It is believed by the company that none of its former embployes were engaged in the attack, but that it was the work of a number of hoodlums who have been hanging around the stables for a | number of days. The police claim that a striker was shot |in the arm during the battle. He was | seen to drop his revolver after the first | few shots were fired and start to leave the scene, holding his right arm. Two | men, seeing that he was shot, promptly took hold of him and led him away. Last | night the police searched a number of lodging-houses in the vicinity of the | shooting. but falled to get a trace of the ; supposed wounded striker. - | Student Laborer Robbea. 1 F. B. Roseberry, a Stanford student, | | who has been working on the collier Mil- ton, ran into the Harbor Hospital last night and asked for protection from | union pickets. He told the officers who were summoned from the Harbor station to escort him to the cars, that he had 1 been robbed of his clothes, watch and $3 in cash by the men with whom he was working on the collier, and that he was afrald to go back to the vessel for fear the union pickets would catch him and beat him. Roseberry wore a natty suit to work every morning, and put on over- alls when he reached the ship. He kept his street attire in a telescope basket, and the thieves took basket and all, leav- ing in exchange an old coat, in one of the pockets of which was a note signed by Hugh Cox of 158% Third street. In- | quiry at that number showed that no such person lived there. hgid s - mam il Y. Heavy Fine for Gaster. F. C. Gaster, a striking teamster, who was convicted of battery upon W. J. Spring, a non-union teamster for Em- | mons & Co., by Judge Cabaniss, appeared for sentence yesterday. The Judge sen- tenced him to pay a fine of $40. with the ;ll'firnatl\e of twenty days in the County The case of Charles Gordon, watchman at pler 7. who is charged with battery upon Daniel Sweeney, an artist on & ! morning paper, was called in Judge | Fritz's court yesterday. Through his at- torney, Joseph Cormey, the defendant pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial % jury. Attorney Drum for the prosecu- tion asked that the Sheriff instead of the Chief of Police be instructed to summon the jurors, which was objected to by Cof- fey on the ground that no showing had been made in support of the charge. The Judge said he would take the matter un- der advisement, and set the case for trial on the afternoon of September 16. '| TRUTH- IS SUPPRESSED AND ERROR PUBLISHED O the Editor of The Call, Claus Spreckels Building, San Fran- The accompanying letter, which is the Examiner, who has made no attempt to correct in his | paper the erroncous statements therein pointed out. interest of justice and fair dealing we would ask that you give such publication of the inclosed letter To the Editor of the Examiner, Hearst Building, San Francisco, In the sixth column of the first page of your issue of September 4, 1901, occurs an article with regard to our business affairs which has, in all its essential particulars, no Among other things the headlines of the article in large, dismiss four hundred of the elght hundred girls employed by ! The foregoing statements are fabrications pure and simple. We have not dismissed any of our operatives. trary we are desirous of adding to our force; so much so that we are willing to teach inexpert hands the use of the sewing machine. tion of the factory force is idle, but the factory Yesterday forenoon some trouble occurred with the steam power which caused the machinery to work spasmodically for an hour or two. were being made the usual factory work could not regularly go onm, the operatives instead of remaining idle at the factory went out voluntarily, the most part returned by the time the machinery had been set in order. chinery was fully repaired by the early part of the afternoon and at that time all the ception of a few None of these operatives were dismissed or requested to Those who went away did so of their own This morning all were at work as usual. As a subheading in black type‘you state: | “Yesterday Levi Strauss & Co. found business so impaired that they pelied to reduce the output of their factory The output of the factory has not been reduced a par- save €0 far as was occasioned by the temporary cessation from work vesterddy while the machinery was undergoing repairs. ago four truckloads of overalls were driven to the doors of ‘the com- Union teamsters who had followed the trucks from the In order that there might be matter a member of our firm took the trouble to go to the factory in accordance with the previous arrangement with your office, he reported the result thereof substantially as hereln stated. | fit to publish this article teeming with error, in which a temporary trouble with our such as is liable to occur in any factory, the dismissal of one-half of our force and the reduction of In justice to ourselves and in all fairness we expect to find in the next lssue of and in as prominent a position as you have | given to the erroneous statements themselves. immediately | as it was | to hitching them to the| by us yesterday to the editor of In the you may deem advl LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 1901. Cal.—Dear Sir: There is not a word On the con- Neither one-half nor any other por- is running just as it has been run- in our factory, ‘While repairs S0 that some of and for The ma- who absented themselves were com- 50 per cent.’” Not a single no mistake about the and investigate Nevertheless you have seen is magnified into a serlous im- Yours very truly. LEVI STRAUSS & CO. LEVI STRAUSS, President. _-s m MANY SAILORS ARRIVE. Alaskan Bark Contributes Eighty- seven Men to Army of Strikers. The arrival of the bark Fresno from Alaska yesterday added eighty-seven men to the army of strikers. one of the salmon fleet, and the men she brought back are fishermen and sailors who went up to Alaska to work on her | during the season just closed. They are | all union men and have several months’ pay coming to them. The arrival of these men adds quite a sum to the funds of the Sailors’ Union, as sailors pay the amount they owe to the union for dues upon their return to port at the end of a sea- son. At Steuart-street dock a gang of non- | union men is at work on the steamer Cal- ifornian znd the four-masted schooner Mary E. Foster. The Foster is already heavily laden with grain and hay for the islands, and in a day or so will take on a number of horses and mules for the same place. The ship British General is being rapldly nunloaded at Howard-street pier No. 1 of her cargo of cement, and the crew of the Haddon Hall is landing that vessel's Lario on the same dock. Dredgers are at work hetween the Howard-street plers making a berth for the Australasia, which is expected in to-morrow with a heavy cargo of general merchandise. The Guatemala cleared yesterday for Mexican ports with 1000 tons of freight and a large passenger list. She got away on time. The Curacao was expected down from Selby’s last night, where she had gone to di!chnrge a cargo of 600 tons of concen- trates. Pnn her arrival here she will immediately commence loading with gen- eral merchandise for Mexico. Frank Wilson and Willlam Hill, union sallors, were arrested by Sergeant Cook and_Officers Bakulich, McCormick and McGrath and charged with battery upon Thomas Riley, whom ‘they assaulted In rmm of the Sailors’ Union hall early yes- erday morning. Riley was met by Wilson nnd Hill at the corner of Main and Bry- ant streets and asked by them what his business was and where he was going. He informed the union men that he had no particular business or destination, and they asked him to come with them to the sallors’ headquarters. He visited the hall with them and apparently satisfied the pickets that he was not in search of work, They allowed him to depart but followed him, and as soon as they reached the sidewalk assaulted him. The police officers witnessed the assault and ran to Riléy’s assistance. Wilson led the officers a merry chase up Mission street as far as Steuart street, where he was captured. Hill continued beating Riley until the of- ficers came back with the other prisoner, when he tried to escape but was captured. J. Beef was treated at the Harbor Hos- pital yesterday for an incised wound of the right side inflicted by a number of strikers, who assaulted him at the corner of Mission and Main streets. The wound ‘was superficial. Carl Steambaum, first officer of the ship othella Peterson, was arrested yesterday by Officer Gwinn at the foot of Market street and charged with being drunk. When searched at the station a revolver was found in his pocket, and a charge of carrying a concealed weapon was also placed against him. =iy Union Men Still Handle Lumber. OAKLAND, Sept. 5—The executive committee of the Building Trades Coun- cil, to which was referred the matter of the handling of lumber and coal cargoes by union longshoremen and teamsters, to- night postponed decision until next Tues- day evening. Meanwhile the lumber on the docks will be handled by union men as during the past two weeks. —_—— ‘Warrants for Strikers. Policeman F. Callahan swore to com- plaints in Judge Fritz's court yesterday charging four strikers with assault to murder. One of them is James Carr, who was wounded by Callahan and is now in the Recelving Hospital. Callahan swore to three other complaints Tuesday, hut none of the men have as yet been arrest- ed. Eight shots were fired at Callahan at Second and Brannan streets Sunday afternon but ncne of the bullets hit him, —_—— The artist who can draw a salary has no cause for complaint. The Fresno is | ITHIN a week twenty valu- able horses belonging to dray- i men have been poisoned, and detectives and police officers are endeavoring to discover clews to the identity of the flends who are doing the poisoning. The method em- ployed is to place arsenic in the watering troughs. Last night an extra detail of policemen were patrolling south of Market street in the hope of discovering the polsoners. The police have two men under suspicion and | they are hopeful of catching them in the act. “The poisoning of horses must stop,” Captain Wittman said last night, “even If it is necessary to place an officer to watch every trough where the fiendish work is being done. Wekat satisfaction a man can have in killing a horse simply to be re- venged on the owner is beyond my com- prehension. The poison is placed in the troughs some time after midnight, and as far as I know two men are engaged in the dastardly work. Whether they are strikers or not I cannot positively say. In nearly every case where a horse has been poi- soned by drinking water out of a trough the animal belonged to some member of the Draymen’s Association.” A sample of water taken from a trough near the Mail dock was analyzed yester- day and found to contain enough arsenic to kill a half-dozen horses. Captain of | Detectives Seymour has two of his men Iooking for the poisoners. He is confident that they will be in custody before long. An expressman named Riley watered his horse at a trough on Townsend street yesterday and a short time afterward the | animal died. He told a policeman that he had been warned by two men, who looked like laborers, not to allow his horse to drink the water, but thinking that they were fooling he iaughed at them. Shortly afterward he drove the horse to the sta- ble, and noticing that he was seriously sick he sent for a veterinary surgeon. The latter pronounced the animal to be suffering from arsenical poisoning. A few hours later the horse died. . BRADY AGAIN ESCAPES. Jumps Into the Bay and Dives Out ! of Bullets’ Way. Thomas Brady, alias “Irish” Brady, THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. R RRRR RRRRR RN RRRY. RRERRRRE VRN, KRR IR RN VIR RRIE, R RII, OV ERIRBR, g Toweling 6c. well-made Damask Toweling, with woven edges, good to wear, pleas- ant to use; to-day only, per 6¢c cuuro E EMPORIY) GoldenRule Bazaar. RNIA'S LARGEST--AMERICA’S GRANDEST STORE i i styles left; scarfs, jabots, x25¢ Neckwear.........70e 35¢ Neckwear.........15¢ Odd Lots of Ladies’ Neckwear A Big Special Clean-Up Sale To-Day. More than 1000 pieces to make selections from—broken lines from a big sea- $son’s selling. Only a few pieces of a kind, in many cases only a single one of the stocks, etc., in all of the popular colorings, to be closed ou: to-day and to-morrow at from one-quar‘er to one-half the regular orices. 50c and 75¢ Neckwear 25¢ $1 and $1.25 Neckwear 50¢ See Carita The clever girl conjurer; the will ‘g my tify you with her m.mm‘e experiments. Attraction Hall, amto5p. m Frees $1.50 to $2.00 Neckwear 75¢ $2.50t0 $3.50 Neckwear 1.25 $4.95 For Boys’ $7.50 Suits A choice of 15 styles of these three - picce long or knes pan's suits for Friday and Saturday on’y at the above price. Not an old pat- tern in this lot, the best cithor single or double good $7.50 suts for boys 10 to 19 years of age; for two $2.48 for Boys’ $4.00 Suits—Stoutly made, serviceable school tuits, in two pieces, sizes for boys gto 15 yeara, al-weol ma- latest patterns in plaids, stripes and plain effects. They lJl regularly for §4 oo: BT $2.48 29¢ For Good 50¢c Under-~ weanr. Two cases of men’s Jight- weight Balbriggan Under- wear; one style ecru color, the other biue with neat white stripes; well-made and well-finished garments; will be placed on special sale to-day, per " 29 (- garment . 16¢ for RRREERE RRREREREERRRE RRRR REERRRRRE RRERERELRRRE RRRE RRRR RRRER KRS #Re \: one of the men who, it is alleged, tried to murder Police Officer Fabian Callahan | the other night, at Second and Brannan.| streets, “narrowly escaped a bullet fired | at him yesterday by Detective Ed O'Dea. | Since the attempt on the life of Callahan | every member of the Police Department | has been on the lookout for Brady, who | is considered a “bad man. Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday alter- noon O'Dea, who was in charge of a non- | union teamster, saw Brady on the Mail Dock. O'Dea turned the teamster over to another officer and started after | Brady. The latter, seeing the officer ap- proaching, ran along the dock and seeing | that escape was impossible he jumped | into the bay. O'Dea quickly drew his revolver and pointing it at Brady com- manded him to surrender. Brady con-| tinued to swim, in the hope of reaching a place of safety. O'Dea fired three shots at him. After the third Brady disappeared and time it was thought that he had been hl(l by one of the bullets. Subsequent inves- | tigation, however, revealed that Brady dived and came up under the dock. Sev- eral policemen, attracted to the scene by the shooting, joined O'Dea in trying ta locate Brady, but thelr efforts were un- successful. It is supposed he made his escape in a boat, which was seen under the dock. Captain Wittman issued instructions last night to his men to spare no effort in landing Brady behind prison bars. —_— A SPECIAL POLICEMAN MOBBFD BY SCHOOLBOYS Lincoln School Boys Stampede E. A. Logsdon and Injure Him With Rocks. Edward A. Logsdon, one of the recently appointed special policemen, was last night chased for several .blocks by a crowd of scholars from the Lincoln Night School. The boys bombarded the special with rocks, milk cans and sections of ce- ment. The special fired two shots at the boys. The shots took no effect. The spe- | clal officer and a shoeblack who happened to be passing were both taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital for the treatment of sev- eral severe lacerations of the scalp. The boys have been in.the habit of an- noying J. M. Foge, who conducts a gro- cery store at the corner of Fifth and Mission streets. Last night after school had been dismissed some of them upset a horse trough in front of Foge's store. Logsdon interfered and the boys attacked him. Some of the rocks missed the spe- cial and broke the store windows, but enough of the ammunition landed to start Logsdon on a rapld run. The crowd fol- lowed him, and it was only by firing his revolver that he managed to shake off his pursuers. Thomas Thoran, a shoe- black, who lives at 668 Mission street, was struck by one of the rocks. oo i st Beatings for Non-Union Men. Joseph Bernard, a laborer, living at the Liberty Hotel, on Broadway, near Du- pont street, had just left the hotel about 7 o'clock yesterday morning for a walk when he was approached by three men who asked him if he was going to work on the wharves. He replied that he was not working, but they did not belleve him and knocked him down. He was kicked on the head, face and ribs and left in a semi-conscious condition. The Central police station was notified and Bernard numnmmhmmi the trol wagon by Policeman Hickey. His face and scalp were badlfl lacerated and although no ribs were broken he suf- fered intense pain from the kicks admin- istered. Antonio Bundi, an employe of the Cal- ifornia can factory, whife on his way home_last night was attacked at Seventh and Bryant streets by two men and severely beaten. Policeman Fraher ar- rived on_the scene in time to arrest Thomas Dawson, a porter, whom he locked up on a charge of battery. Bundl’ injuries were attended to at the Recelv- a non-union long- ing Hospital. John L. Slelnkenl% ?rema.n who has been working on the Lennox, was attacked by six men arred with olubs, knives and brass: fnuckles last m?m. at the corner of Mont- gomery and California streets and beaten so0 badly that his escape from death seems miracuious. He was taken to the Harbor Hospital, where Dr. Murphy worked on him tnr fully two hours sewing up lacer- ations and dressing the bruises that liter- ally covered his head and face. His wounds consisted of six long scalp wounds, four lacerations on his foreheud and four wounds on the left temple. One of the knife wounds on the temple sev- ered an artery and that he did not bleed to death was due to the quick work of the hospital attaches and .the police. Steinkenip, who lives at 529 'Sacramento street, was under the influence of liquor when the attack was made and could give the police no information as to who his assailants were. was taken to the Receiving Hospital mf' ‘Have you been to the State Fair? The Southern Pacific sells up to and including the 14th round trip tickets to Sacramento for $3.75, for the State Fair. Great ex- hibit and fine races. Seven trains dally, Further information 613 Market street and ferry depot. F Ebony Iy Manicure ) Pieces. % Only a small lot of these genuin: cheny-handled Manicure Pleces, mount:d with sterling si'- ver, button hooks, shoe horns, files, cuticle % knives, corn knives, paper cutters and seals; & onspecial sa'e to-day while quantity lasts at % ‘ . 8 ) Glassware, China~ ‘ ware, s1peclal Sales. > Wattr mblcr:— Guood smooth g'as; with frostzd band, regularly 4oc per & @@' dozen, special to- Q3 d 4 T 30e = Half Gellon Water Pitchers—A good imitation of clear cut glass, worth at least 3oc each, special to-day. .. .. '96 Olive or Preserve Dish—Obong shape, nice Tea Cups and Saucers—Good sem porcelain, with a pretty decoration in dari blus, regular rice $1.50 per dozen, to-da B 6T T 486 Dessert Plates—Same style and quality as tea cups, bue or pink decoration, regularly $1.00 per dozen, to-day only, set £ 6 . 30c Liguor Specials. Port Wine—An extra good §1.00 per gallon quality, special Friday and Saturday. ... Z76€ Sherry Wine—Our regular $1.00 per gallon quality, extra good, Friday and Saturday 730 Pineapple Gin—Choice guality, regu'arly $2.75 per gallon, Frilay and Saturcay.... $2.40 Wnod Alcohol—Full quarts, regu'arly 4oc, Fri- day and Saturday, per botte, 30¢ H 5 ] b i breasted man-fashioned style, | Pearl buflons. 200 gross (1200 cards) pure whits pearl but- tons, perfect in make ani co'or; in five fizes—16, 18, 20, 22 an1 24 line; on special $9.45 For Men’s $12.50 Suits. This large reduction frem reguar price will ho'd good to-day and Satur- day until closing time. There is a large assort- ment to chooss fiom, the range of styles in- c'uding the smartbroa’- shouldered military sack coat, The new green shades in cheviot; dark blus fatrics with light hair line stripes; a beau- tiful line of fancy grays and browns, and b'ue and black terges comprise the materia's. We can suit any taste with these well-made, well- trimmed $12.50 suits (and they are particu- lar'y gooi value at that price); Friday and Saturday only.. ss 45 L] Man’s pa,,“_'rhe $5 kind $2.68 Sale Illyht Gowns, Ladies, Children. Children’s Canton Flannel Night Suits— Without fest, tizes for 2 and 4 years only (not many of the 4-year size), prices regu- larly soc and §5c, to be closed S IR 25¢ Ladies’ Imported French Gowns—An as- torted lot, hand emtroidered, but at half price for Friday only— $2.00 Gowns $7. 0D $3.00 Gowns $1.50 Furniture Specials Friday, Saturday The Semi-Annual Sa'e, the great trade event of the yearin the carpet and furniture busi- ness, continues. These and fifty other specials for to-day and to-morrow: Axminster Carpets—Rich, deep pile carpets, borders to match, Perian, Oriental and floral effects, worth §1.50 per i wreatub S o 80c¢ Mattings—Just received from Japan, 500 rolls of linen warp Mattings in handsome reversi- ble designs, double dye, worth 35c per yard, tpecial sile price.._ ., BDC Linofeums—12 fect wile, heavy quality, made of exceilent qual'ty of pulverized cork and linseed oi', worth goc per yard, special sa'e price... .. ........ 650 Hanging Hallrack— OF golden oak, with a French pate mirror with double hooks, oval shape, werth $7.co, spect: s4 98 c sale price. . . Piano Stool—Either in goiden oak or mahog- any finish, with back, worth Py 70 $7. 50, special sa'e price., Folding Screen—Six feet high, mahogany or oak, filled with silkoline in fancy color- ings, werth $5.c0, now. 33 .......... : §5 Butter Sale Friday, Saturda, We have secured another b'glot (6000 squares) of that choice Creamery Butter, the brand that has proved so satisfactory to our customers in our former sales, which we will place on special sale Friday and 39¢ Saturday if lot lasts, per square $7.50 5+ . $12 Hat To introduce the most complete line of trimmed hats ever shown here so early in ths seacon, we offer a line of trimmed hats easily worth $12.00; hats made of biue, brown, cardinal, ecru or pearl colored velvet, beauti- fied with a large peiican breast' and other ommenu, at the very special ........ .$7.50 T/ns offer goad ‘until closing time to-morrow night, Ready ~ fo ~ wear Hats like picture and other styles, -the very newest crea- tions, best felt, trimmed with satin tuckei scarf, in the new striped Persian effects, col- ors back, blue, cardinal, ecru o pear', for. . Mercerized black and white polka dot waists, several differ- ent size; of white dors on black ground, tucked front and back, regularly $1.00, 9¢ to-day only New Special $8.95 Jacket— All-wool Kersey 27-inch Jacket, light tan, castor, oxford and black, silk lined, wide lapels and double breasted, high or mecium turned down collar, the newest and best lengths, later on these cannot be less than $12. 50 each, to-day and to- $9.95 78c For a $1.00 Glove. A splendid bargain for this day only, wo- men’s two-clasp over- m and pique sewn Glace Kid Gloves, > fine embroidered s hu:kl, colors white, tans, modes, reds and black. Also a fine quality of Japanese Mocha Gloves, two patent clasps ana Paris Point embroidered back, ower- seam sewn, colors slats, reindeer, modes and tans, choice of any pair in these 78c two lots to-day Special Sale of Bicycle Sundries. Four Big Specials for F “The stk Gty s.,;.,""'"""’m, line Gas Lamgps, model 1901, both styles that sell r!‘u.larly for §3.00 2.33 mmmmmmmmm&mmmamwmmmmmmmmmmm mmmwmmmm m each, to-day only for A pod, Foot Pump, 13x1% inches, regularly goc, to-day only 3 2° Duck Luggage Carrier for rear -h:l —lightand convenient, regularly 15¢, :»d:; '00 Pants Guard—Blucd spring stezl, special to-day only, per pair, RARAAARR ANAR VAR UQULL N R AR R R LAR W RRR AR N R BURULR QR RRwt Bl kit Witee Wake Winkie wes SUPREME COURT DENIES WITTMAN’S PETITION Jurors for Police Captain’s Trial May Be Summoned by the Sheriff. . The Supreme Court decided yesterday that the Sheriff could legally issue the venire for jurors for Police Captain Witt- man’s impending trial on the charge of battery on James Masse, a marine fire- "iho captain had petitioned for a writ of prohibition With the intention of carry- ing the matter directly to the Supreme Court, where it will undoubtedly go, whichever party to the contest wins in the lower courts, This plan has béen frus- trated and the case will now come up in the regular way. The action of the Supreme Court, how- ever, does not indicate anything as to the merits of the dispute, but is merely a statement that legal formalities have been proverly conducted and that there is therefore no ground for interference at present. RO S e O ‘Wants Warrant for Policeman. In accordance with the request made by Attorney H. H. McCloskey last Tuesday, Judge Fritz yesterday heard the evidence in regard to the alleged clubbing of Ju- lius W. Larsen, saloon-keeper, 249 Steuart street by Policeman J. C. Lycette on Aug- ust 30, during a riot near the saloon. Larsen testified that he was instructed to close his front door by the police, and he dld so. Then the police forced open his door and Lycette struck him on the arm with his club, and when he ran be- hind the bar Lycette struck him on the head with the club, knocking him down. There were only seven or eight men in the saloon and they were elt?:er reading or playing cards. He denied that he had a pistol behind the bar. He also denied striking Lycette, and said he heard that Lycette was struck over the eye by an- other officer. Alfred Peterson, Andrew Christiansen, + ALL CALIFORNIA STORIES. Great Admission Day fea- tures in the special magazine edition of The Call, out next Sunday—*“The Irish Pioneers,” “The First Mail Train,” “The First Express,” “The Native Daughters,” “Landmarks of San Francisco,” “Our Streets and Their Hmeu," “Califor- nia’s Girl Stage-Driver,” “The Bull’s Head,” a tale of early days illustrated by Martinez. ALL CALIFORNIA STORIES. Martin Jensen and Gustave Behrend, striking sailors, testified to having been in Larsen's saloon when the police broke in the door. They saw the officers use their clubs. Christiansen said that he saw a pistol behind the bar, but the others de- nied that it was there. Adam Beck, a con- tractor, testified that he was on a build- ing across the street from the saloon. He saw a _truck stalled and 300 or 400 men ‘were shouting “scab” and creating a dis- turbance. Three or four mounted police- men dispersed the crowd, and he saw men running in and out of the saloon, but he saw no bricks thrown. Attorney McCioskey then asked that the warrant be issued for Lycette’'s arrest on the charge "of assault with a deadly weapon, but the Judge said he would take time to look carefully over the evidence after it had been transcribed. The story of the police is that the ring- leaders in the riot ran into Larsen’s sa- loon, and when they followed them Lar- gen shut the door in thelr faces and they had to force their way in. rsen ran behind the bar, where he kept a revolver, and struck Lycette over the eye, and Ly- cette used his club. Policeman O'Cal- laghan was struck with a brick. Enowlton Loses His Suit. Judge Seawell has denied the petition of Ebenezer Knowlton for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Education to reinstate him as vice-president of the Everett Grammar School. Knowlton was suspended on Sep- tember 12, 1900, for a period of ome year, upon complaint of Mrs. F. A. Bani ning. principal of the Everett Grammar School Knowlton filed suit for a writ of mandate. ‘Answer was filed by the Board of Edu- cation in which it pleaded that the board had exercised his legal right when it sus- pended Knowlton. Judge Seawell has sustained this contention. Knowlton's term of suspension expires on the 12th inst., and hence it remains to be seen ‘whether or not the board will permit him to return to work or make his suspen- sion permanent. ———— Clerk Severely Stabbed. Octavia Modet, a saloon-keeper at Sac- ramento and = Montgomery streets, last night stabbed Fred Grossman, a clerk, in the Lead, inflicting an ugly wound. The trouble grew out of a dispute over the payment for drinks. Modet was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Grossman was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the wound in his head was dressed. —_———— Seeks to Oust Directors. W. J. Hotchkiss has brought suit to oust Frank J. Symmes, Willlam H. Ham- mond and John H. Jordan as directors of the Visalia Fruit and Land Company. Hotchkiss avers that he is the owner of of 440 shares in the corporation, but notwithstanding the fact that he holds the control, the directors named have held illegal meetings and are endeavoring o | to direct the affairs of the corporation. NOBY LAY INANEW ROLE Believes He Is Insane and Asks to Be Sent to an Asylum. ——— Eccentric Nobby Clark is not certail whether he is sane or insane. He startled the Commissioners of La» nacy yesterday afternoon when he appeage ed before them bearing in his hands his own commitment to an asylum for the in- sane. Nobby, who has had a varied career as a policeman, lawyer, shylock and capital- ist, drew up his own commitment. en he presented it to Judge Hebbard the jurist was am: en, appreciating the- drollery of the situation. he laughed heartily, and Drs: C. Wadsworth and Edwin Windele smued ‘blandly. The eccentric Nobby became conscious of the fact that he and his commitment had occasioned the levity, and in what would. appear to have been a lucid mo- ment he approached Dr. Windele and whispered to him that he had changed his mind. His commitment was returned to him and then Nobby stole solemnly from the room. Now the question naturally arises as to wheéther a man who would appear before a commission of lunacy. bearing 2 commitment to an asylum drawn by himself, is sane or insane. Dr. Windele considers Nobby's action the oddest in character that he has ever had occasion to notice, even as a mem- ber of a commission that has determined the mental status of many people. He says that Clark called at his private of- fice yesterday morning and sald: “Doc- tor, I want to be sent to an asylum. I have lost all my fortune and am now struggling against a powerful mania, Which seems to tell me to take my life. I am certainly insane.” The doctor. to be rid of Nobby, toid him to attend the meeting of the commission in tke afterngon and his case would be given a thorough examination. Nobby took his advice, but his change of front probably saved him from having his wish gratified. Nobby will no doubt be keard of in a few days again peti- tioning the Police Commission to rein- state ilm on the force, The Labor Unions Better capture Dr. C. C. O'Donnell for the- head of their ticket as the D*r- Lcrats are after him.