The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1901, Page 9

TIIE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1901. “DISSATISHED UNION TEAMSTERS CAUGUS ON STREET CORNERS IN WHOLESALE DISTRIGT e R R e Y3 TEAGHER LACKS ABILITY Professor Lyser Asserts Miss McKinney Is Quarreisome. Principal of the John Swett School Asks for Removal of Instructor. t is to be presented to the Education to-day alleging that Miss M. C. McKiune her of the second grade of hn Swett G g School, is e of certain mental pe: position. up by Professor Al the school. To Iling her 3 cause ia a posit January her appoi at least nine dif- parts of the ie, as far as a_teacher on. When she rvice of the School igned to a posi- hool. Since then city, and this is is known, that her been called intc first entered into the Department, she tion in the rr King, Hearst, Rich- , South End, Irving nd Grammar schools. h Professor Lyser wil d aver that Miss Me- in: s unable to maintain order in her class-room except by excitine fear in the pupils; that her methods of instructing in that she does not develop the power to think for themselves, and hey are merely led to imitate with- mond, Buena Bcott and Cleve! The charges w the out any comprehension of the meaning or, ha purpose of education. Professor Lyser al claims hat Miss McKinney's. lan- guage is too often not in line with the prehension of small children and that she too frequently assigns more work e children’ could properly assimi- cipal grounds on which vill base his request for of his subordinate is that she some nature and prone to > pupils are her desizgning t the other teachers are nterfere with her work. re all signed by Professor s complaint he asserts that rs will be secured to sub- gations —_——— CHANGES ARE MADE AT STOCKTON ASYLUM Board of Managers Accepts Several Resignations and Makes Some Appointments. pt. 12—The monthly re- various departments of the al were submitted of the board of ursements for the 940 42, and for the »wn by the finan- Clark of A. »pointment by Dr. oit as 2 , term exp owing G. Hoffman, assistant cook; Fred ssistant cook; A. Fred tant cook; O. B. Har- J. H. Scofield, assistant Padrom, -assistant endent Clark reported ce_c lowing resigna- Howcratt and James cooks; Baker, d, was Custom-house team- y a gang of strikers na streets at an early Drawing his revolver ed three shots at the gang. seized and after being se- he was relieved of his pis- erson was found lyi Police Officer Cavas moved to the Receiving Hospi- to being repeatedly struck was brutally kicked by his Officers Ballinger and Leslle, way to the Overland Company’s stables clock yesterday morning a gang of strikers at Fourth and Harrison streets. Both men eir revolvers and fired into the As one of the attacking party gger away from the scene nd Leslie are satisfied of the bullets struck him. The strikers fired several shots at the specials, but without effect. Sergeant Shea and a posse of officers went to the assistance of Ballinger and Leslie and escorted them 10 the barn of the transfer company. ADVERTISEMENTS. A Delicions Combination, MALT AND WHEAT. 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JORDAN'S crear WUSEUN OF ANATOHY § he has taught in the | medical super- | approved. | appointments were _ap- | mer employers for work. | | | +* less of the dictum of the Brotherhocd. held Turk-streat one of th at jon of a percentage of the of the brotherhood to return | to work ifested by the pres: { tion of & petition to the grievance com- igned by eight men, to be allowed of Teamster a child a Mc a permit was g sub- tute union teamster to drive. n was made sis for the p: n of a pet d it was filed w e With a view to as- ment of that body in ng to the report of the commit- h was received with vocifersus tions of approval, the petition Was destroyed during the afternoon by the sign who, realizing that its recep- tion would precipitate a storm that must | surely engulf it, preferred to wait for | @ more propitious occasion. The incident excited considerable debate, which, ac- cording to report, was not éntirely onc- During _the progress of the meeting it developed that Nathan Jacobs, vice presi- dent of the Draymen’s Association, was desirous of addressing the brotherhood or executive committee with the avowed pur- Bpse of making a proposition calculated, | if accepted, to restore peace and harmony | and virtually end the strike. | No Hearing for Draymen. The sentiment was vehemently express- | ed that no member of the Draymen’s As- 1 | sociation should be allowed the privilegg | of the floor under any pretext whatsoever, | and Mr. Jacobs’ request to be allowed to speak was accordingly denied. Later Mr. | Jacobs was informed that the executive | committee would not meet, whereupon he | departed in no amiable frame of mind. The report that some fifty teamsters d resolved during the day to return to work was brought up and denied by | Michael Casey and Andrew Furuseth, both of whom addressed the meeting at some length. When the enthusiasm of a majority of those present was at its height a motion was made and carried to appoint a committee of three to draft res- olutions expressing the confidence of the brotherhood in the strike leaders and call- ing upon loyal members to remain true to union principles. The committee on being (,\ppomted retired and in due time presented the following resolutions, which were adopted amid deafening clamor: Whereas, there exists in the city of San Francisco a contest between the labor unions on the one side and a secret soclety known as the Employers’ Association on the other, and Whereas, the Employers’ Assoclation has for usdowec: the destruction of all labor unions, 2n Whereas, as in pursuance of this end the Employers' ~ Association has compelled the draymen to break their contract with the Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Whereas, the present lockout has happened in consequence of such breach of contract under the intimidation of the Employers' As- sociation, and Whereas, labor unions in good and efficient condition are absolutely necessary in the pres- ent state of affalrs to insure just treatment to_tre laborer. and Whereas, the destruction of labor unions would mean that we would be thrown as help- less units at the mercy of wealth, and Whereas, our own union has during its ex- istence bettered our condition, improved our prospects and secured our rights, and Whereas, the dissolution of our union would mean a return to the old condition of unlimited houss, poor wages and worse treatment, and Whereas, it fs our duty to stand for our rights and to help one another. to be true to gur union and loyal to our leaders, therefore e Resolved, By the Brotherhood of Teamsters, in regular weekly meeting assembled, that we declare that in the present conflict the labor unions have right on their side and deserve the support of all fair-minded citizens. Resolved, That we stand by the principle of labor unionism to the last, making every sac- rifice for that great principle. . Resolved, That we uphold our own union, the Brotherhood of Teamsters, against all at- tack from any source whatsoever. Resolved, That we stand together as loyal men, as faithful brothers, shoulder to shoulder, presenting an united front to those that op se it. P Resolved, That we have every confidence in our - leaders who are making our fight for us, with such: intelligence, energy, loyalty and success. Resolved, That we remain true to the very end, realizing that this is & struggle for life O death, and that to be beaten now means unsufferable labor conditions forever after. Resolved, That we salute our brethren of the other labor unions who are fighting our fight and giving us aild and comfort. Resolved, That we are in this struggle only for the highest motives, the welfare of the workingman, the of the city and prog- ress of the State, and that come rain, come shine, come weal, come woe, we will stick to zur flag to the last till, we win peace with onor. Resolutions of Confidence. The statement in certain quarters that many of the recent assaults upon and robbery of non-union men were commit- ted eb&v union teamsters was indignantly denied by a speaker. It was decided to reguest the newspapers to publish an of- ficlal denial of the damaging report. It was reported by Secret cLaugh- lin that the International Brotherhood had sent its assurance that ample funds would be provided in aid of the team- sters in their fight for a period of six months if necessary. The transaction of Toutine business, foilowed by a smoker, during which song and oratory was in- duiged in, completed the session, CITY’S WHARVES ARE BUSY. Steamers Sail on Time and Freight Moves Rapidly. The water front is rapidly resuming a normal condition of activity, and yester- day there was little from Meiggs wharf to the Pacific Mail dock to indicate the existence of the strike. Docks and drive- ways were crowded with wagons and trucks and the wharves presented their usual busy aspect. At Howard-street wharf business was in full swing. The British ships British Gen- eral and Australia were discharging their Antwerp cargoes, while the Haddon Hall was getting rid of her Liverpool freight as fast as steam winches and a full comple- ment of longshoremen could handle it. The schooner Zampa was also discharg- ing. 8o fast as the freight was placed on the wharf teams were hauling it away. On this one dock alone some 300 men were employed. The steamer Crescent City, which has been laid up since the commencement of One trial will | the strike, went out yesterday on her reg- ular run to Crescent City. She carried an unusually large cargo and many passe: gers. The barkentine Gardiner City took the Crescent City’s berth at Main street and commenced discharging. Sergeant Price’s disguised policemen scheme seems to have been effectual in curbing the strikers in their campaign of violence against strangers, and the water front is comparatively peaceful again. The sailors who ved on the salmon ships were in evidence along the water front last nignt. They have been paid off, and quite a number of them exhibited signs of having invested their money in liquor. They showed no disposition to make trouble, however, and aithough the lice locked up some half-dozen of them t was more for the sallors’ protection than anything else. —_—— NON-UNION FIREMAN BEATEN. Strikers Attack S. Murray, One of The Puebla’s Crew. §. Murray, a fireman on the steamship City of Puebla, was attacked yesterday afternoon and severely beaten by a crowd of strikers. He was on his way from BT Rt o7 Clay sirest & mih stepped e foot o mm him, called him a “scab” and struck fi’m between the eyes. A crowd closed around Murray and blows and kicks were (First Break in the Ranks of the Strikers Expected to Occur To-Day, but Decided | Stand Taken by Union at Meeting Last Night May Deter Members From Immediate Application to Their Former Employers for Wark Numerous ecaucuses of teamsters were held at street corners in the wholesale district yesterday afternoon and many of the strikers agreed to go back to work regard- Some of them say the break in the ranks will occur this morning, and that probably a hundred of them will apply this morning to their for- The union took a strong stand in favor of holding out, and the discontented ones may be deterred for the present from the contemplated break, but lead- ing draymen say they will have many union teamsters at work not latar than Monday. — OME seventy-five members of the Brotherhood of Teamsters met at the corner of Bush and Battery vesterday afternoon and formally pledged themselves to re- turn to work to-day. Other smaller cau- were held in the same district with ar results. ile the teamsters were deliberating some of'the pickets hastily telephoned to the headquarters of the Teamsters’ Union, where Michael Casey, the business agent, and Secretary McLaughlin wege in.con- sultation. The two lost no time in re- pairing to the corner of Bush and Bat- tery streets, where the open-air meeting was being held. Casey mingled with the recalcitrant teamsters and upbraided them bitterly for.their conduct. A lively discussion ensued, in the course of which the strike leaders were severely criticized for their conduct of the strike. ‘“We've had all we want of you!” shcut- ed one man, angrily. liberally applied to his head and bod!. A policeman came in. sight and the crowd scattered. At the Harbor Hospital it was found that Murray had sustained a serious scalp wound, a split lip, two black eyes and numerous bruises of the body. The engagement lasted less than half a minute. —_——— REFUSE TO QUIT WORK AGAIN Lengshoremen Decline to Confer With San Francisco Committee. OAKLAND, Sept. 12.—Efforts of strikers from San Francisco to induce the union longshoremen to again quit work have failed. Delegations from across the bay made two attempts to confer with men on the water front to-day, but there was no meeting, the longshoremen declaring they were well content to return to work and desired no interference. Captain Wikander of the schooner Muriel, which is being discharged at the Puget Sound Lumber Company’s dock, was given a police guard to-day because a dozen sailors from San ancisco boarded the sgchooner yesterday and forced some longshoremen off the vessel. A crowd of strikers made its appearance to-day, but the members were kept away from the schooner. The decision of the longshoremen to re- sume work will give the tied-up lumber vessels in San Francisco Bay opportunity to be discharged, the cargoes being tran- shipped from Oakland to the San Fran- cisco yards. Lumber men are confident that the action of the Oakland longshore- men is the beginning of the end. Ali of the cargo handlers necessary to move lumber and coal are at hand, and j the water front dealers sée no further difficulty in prospect 5o far as the move- ment of those commodities is concerned. ‘Whether the Teamsters’ Union will re- fuse to handle lumber discharged by the returned longshoremen is a question. The union drivers have been handling coal which non-union crews discharged, and the employers do not believe that the lumber teamsters will be interfered with by the union, although the matter is un- der advisement. The Building Trades Council of Ala- meda County has accepted publicly the responsibility for the break in the strike on_this side of the A detailed ex- plénation of the council's attitude con- cerning the strike of the teamsters and the longshoremen in sympathy with the San Francisco walkout has been made by J. H. Mullen, chairman of the executive committee of the Alameda County Build- ing Trades Council. Chairman Mullen de- clares that the council, which represents thousands of union mechanics, at no time favored the strike in Oakland, but urged the longshoremen agalnst quitting, and declared that they had by right no place in the warfare that was waging in San F{nnc‘{sco. n Lis public statement of the Chairman Mullen safd: e I giving reasons for the strike belng broken, a leading lumberman has been quoted as say- ing that the Building Trades Council did not wish to have business entirely stopped here, which would have been done had the long: e e S Y STRIKE AFFAS N BAD St No Immediate Prospect of Settling Steel Trouble. —_— PITTSBURG, Sept. 12.—The air was again full of rumors to-day that the strike had been settled. The absence of President Shaffer from the Amalgamated headquarters all day lent color to the re- port. By many Shaffer was supposed to be in New York in conference with President Schwab. Others were convinced that he was in conference with the American Tin Plate officials discussing a proposition to call the strike off, so far as that company was concerned. When President Shaffer finally appeared at headquarters at 4 p. m. he dispelled all hopes by saying that there was no change in the situation. Im- mediately after arriving at the office Shaffer called the national officers to his room for a conference which lasted forty minutes. It was impossihle to learn what the conference was about as none of the participants would talk. Shaffer later sald: “There has been no conference with the steel people to-day as has been reported. I have not been to New_York and 1 am not going there nor am I going to Youngstown.” This latter was sald in answer to the re- gort. that the Youngstown strikers had eld a meeting this afternoon and had telegraphed President Shaffer asking him to attend an adjourned meeting to-night. He said -he knew of no meeting at Youngstown. Jt was said at the Amalga- mated headquarters to-day that the steel combine had refused to entertain any fur- ther propositions of settlement from the Amalgamated Association. This would seem to strengthen the report from New York that the situation is now in just the 8 it was before the first conference in Cleveland—in the of the constit- uent comj es for settlement, that Schwab an Morfin have turned the mat- ter over to the local officials and that if anything is done it must be done by them and through the officers in New York. The officers of the American Steel Hoop Company, the American Tinplate Com- pany and the American Bheet Steel Com- pany are under orders now to start their mills, either by opening them non-unfon or effecting a settlement with the associa- tion on terms that will be satisfactory to the New York officials. Policemen Draw Their Revolvers. ‘With drawn revolvers two policemen sat on the top seat of a cab guar six non-union men into the Monongahela “I've got to go to work or let my fam- ily starve!” said another. According to the story of some who were present the teamsters, while not in open rebellion against Casey’s authority, nevertheless resolved among themselves to return to work without loss of time. In other words, they were determined to make a break in the interest first of their families, already too long neglected, and secondly in the interest of peace between the warring factions. “We're tired of this strike,” saild a | teamster after the meeting. *“While we are getting poorer for the sake of prinai- ple our leaders are eating swell (firmers at leading hotels. The wishes of the ma- Jjority of the Teamsters’ Union were not consuited by the leaders when the strike was declared. I have a wife and children dependent upon me for support, and in the past few weeks the grass has been get- ting very short. The time has come for decisive action on the part of the striking teamsters, and I think two-thirds of the men are more than anxious to return to work. Before the end of the week I be- shoremen’s strike continued longer. For the benefit of the public I will say it is not_now, nor has it ever been the policy of the Build- ing Trades Councll to tolerate any interference from any organization not affiliated with and subordinate to the Bullding Trades Council that would tend to mar the harmony that at present exists, and for a long time has existed, between the employers and employes in the various departments of the building industr vill say that the executive committee of the Build- ing Trades Council, in a special meeting called to consider the question, recommended to the longshoremen that they handle all lumber coming to Oakland as usual. This “action was taken after the fact,K was demonstrated to the satisfaction of the execu- tive committee that the work in question had heretofore been done by the longshoremen and was claimed and allowed by the trades rules and by-laws of the Longshore Lumbermen's Union, as they at that time existed. Said action was taken by the executive com- mittee and was indorsed by the Building Trades Councll as a protective measure not only to the longshoremen themselves, but in the interests of the several other crafts who are affillated with them end who, by reason of that affiliation, are as vitally interested in any demand that is made by any union as is the union which makes the demand; and, also, to protect the employers whose interests the Building Trades Council realizes must be con- sidered paramount to all others. Hence when Mr. Neilson, the business agent of the longshoremen, says that the Bullding Trades Council has done nothing for them, he evidently draws on his imagination, for he must admit that the Building Trades Council at least gave advice to the longshore- men, its advice to go to work and not embroil itself in a question between two bodies of neither of which were the longshoremen an integral part—a piece of advice which, had the longshoremen acted on, they would not now find themselves in what must be a somewhat embarrassing position of voluntarily electing to do somethi.g that, a short time ago, they voluntarily elected not to d B —— e ATTACKS MADE ON SPECIALS. Strikers Lie in Wait for Teamsters® Guards. L. J. Frennett, a speclal officer, was waylaid by a gang of strikers and severe- ly beaten as he was going quietly along Harrison street to his work at about half past 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Fren- nett, who has been deputized to guard one of Farnsworth & Ruggles' team- sters, was nearidg Fourth street, when he was suddenly approached from behind by his assailants. Before he had time to draw his revolver he was knocked down. While he was lying prostrate on the sidewalk unable to protect himself, the strikers proceeded to kick him about the body and even in the face. Some of them even went so far as to jump upon his" prostrate body. At this stage of the proceedings another special officer, who was passing on a Fourth-street car, came to Frennett's rescue. He drew his revolver and or- dered the strikers to disperse. They im- ‘mediately fled up the street and took ref- uge in an alley, from which they fired a number of shots in the direction of the two officers. The officer fired twice in tin plant on the south side this after- noon. A crowd of strikers and sympa- thizers pursued the cab to and from the mill, and when the return trip was begun both ‘officers once more' drew their pis- tols and at Fourteenth and Carson streets one shot was fired from the cab. No one was hurt. The streets in the vicinity of the Monon- gahela plant are now virtually in a state of siege. By a system of signals and picketing the strikers of the Monongahela plant are able to mobilize a great crowd on short notice. This was worked to- day to perfection. Up to 3 o'clock the streets about the plant were deserted, but when the word was passed that a cab was en route to the mill with six non-unionists the streets became black with people in a few mo- ments. When the rig made its appear- ance with the armed guard aboard pan- demonium reigned. The crowd hooted and a few missiles were thrown. The horses were whipped into a gallop and the mill was reached without serious damage be- ing done. Nine men were taken into the Star tin mill to-day without any interference. The situation at all of the other plants re- mains unchanged. Mayor Declines to Interfere. An exchange of correspondence has taken place between J. P. Herans, presi- dent of the National Tube Works, and Mayor Black of McKeesport. The former wrote demanding that the Mayor prevent further interference on the part of the strikers with the operation of the tube plant by dispersing the crowds which congregated about the plants; -in other words, the pickets. Mayor has re- plied that he will not interfere with the strikers so long as they use only persua- sion. He says he could as lawfully pre- vent the mill bosses from talking with thie strikers as he could prevent the strik- ers from arguing with the workmen. He says he will guard the mill officials to and from work if necessary, but he at- tributed the inability of the officials to start the plant to the fact that the great mass of men are unwilling to return to ‘work. Keystone, Union, Enterprise, Riverton and Shaffer lodges of the Amalgamated Association will receive $8 per member to-morrow from the general strike fund. Several hundred mill men are left out. Only a few hundred tube works men who formed federation lodges have any claim on the $1380 subscribed by the local mer- chants. Over 8000 employes of the Na- ufn:'_‘la‘“bg ‘Works are without any hope of Jessie Morrison Released on Bonds. LANSING, Kans., Sept. 12.—Jessie Mor- rison, who was sent to the &enltentu.ry here for five years for killin rs. Wiley- Castle, her rival, at Eldorado, b: her throat with a razor, was day on bonds, pending appeal. sefin well and happy. She boarded a car or Excelsior Spflngs. Mo., where she will join her brother before parents. Costly Fire on Farm Land. oy Ay LS farmed by Martin & Frates, burned over asto I’fx’l‘i’i to-day and destroyed 200 sacks [ . going home to her lieve hundreds of teamsters will have re- turned to their places.” Business Agent Michael Casey of the Brotherhood of Teamsters denied posi- tively last night that any teamsSters pro- posed to return to work to-day. He ad- mitted that a meeting of teamsters was held on Bush street, but the reported break, he insisted, did not take place. | “I talked to the men,” he said, “and they soon realized that everything was going along all right. The teamsters realized that the facts had been distorted for their benefit and they are now stancher than ever. Every union team- ster stands firm for union principles and there will be no wavering in the ranks. On the oth%r hand the draymen are con- | fident that the end of the Teamsters’ strike is at hand. The first report re- | ceived by the Draymen’s Association was that 300 teamsters had resolved to resign from the brotherhood and return to work immediately. Investigation showed that this was erroneous and that the number will not exceed seventy-five. That these men will go to work is stated with posi- tiveness by leading draymen. return, but the shots of neither party took effect. Frennett was removed to the Receiving Hospital, but after his injuries had been attended to he reported for work. In order to protect himself and his charge from a volley of stones which were_being hurled by a couple of strik- ers, Harry West, a speclal officer, was forced to use his revolver yesterday after- noon. The driver whom Officer West was guarding is in the employ of the Over- land Freight Transfér Company. He was ariving his truck along Harrison street, near Third, when two men came out of an alley and commenced to throw stones at him and the special officer. The latter fired two shots at the men, who immedi- ately fled. Joseph O'Brien, a union teamster, was attacked at 2 o'clock yesterday morning at Third and Bryant streets and badly beaten about the head and face by strik- ers who mistook him for a non-union’ la- borer. His nose was fractured and he recelved numerous abrasions and contu- sions of the face and head. et Echoes in Courts of the Strike. Henry McGuckin, a striking boiler- maker, appeared before Judge Fritz yes- terday on a charge of grand larceny. He was accused of robbing Charles Hylbon of a gold watch and chain on Third street on the night of September 6, the arrest having been made by Policeman Fraher. The complaining witness did not appear and the Judge dismissed the case. The preliminary examination of Otto C, Colby, a special officer, on the charge of | assault to murder for clubbing James Lavin, a striking marine fireman, at the coal bunkers, Beale street, August 23, was commenced before Judge Conlan yes- terday afternoon. Attorney W. W. Foote prosecuted and the defendant was repre- sented by Attorney Joseph Coffey. Lavin testified that he was clubbed on the head and arm by Colby without any cause and denied that he had attempted to use a knife. James Neagle, Michael McGaffeny and John Dever, strikers, all testified to having seen the clubbing, but each in- creased the number of blows. Neagle and McGaflenx did not see a knife, but Dever saw oné in the hands of a police- man. As two other witnesses for the prosecution could not be present the case was continued till next Thursday after- noon. The case against W. A. Bruck, one of Curtin’s special officers, charged with “exhibiting a deadly weapon in a rude and threatening manner” on Sunday, September 1, in a lodging house on Stock- ton street, was dismissed by Judge Con- lan yesterday. The Judge held that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the charge. Chief Swears in More Specials. Chief Sullivan last night swore in over fifty special policemen who were ap- pointed last Tuesday by the Commission- ers. They were instructed as to their duties and told not to use. their revolvers unless violence was offered them or the men whom they are protecting. - NEW RAILWAY3 ARE GONGIDERED Supervisors Utilities Committee Hears Report. utllitles recommended yesterday that J. H. Stut, who is employed by the Board of Works as consulting engineer, file his Plans and estimates on October 1, 1901, for the changing of the Geary-street railway to an electric system proposed to be op- erated by the city. Stut also stated that it was intended to construct a crosstown road over Franklin street, from Oak to Lombard and out to the Presidio, return- ing by way of Gough street. The road is to be continued along Oak street to Mar- ket, to Eleventh, to Division and to Po- trero avenue. It is proposed to reserve Potrero avenue for an outlet to the southern portion of the city when the needs of the Mission district become apparent. The feasibility of a road over Fifteenth street to the Po- trero and thence south on some conve- nient street to the manufacturing districts was discussed. Stut has just returned from the East, where he has studied the latest methods and appliances for ‘ground elec- tric railway construction. He stated that the cost of installing an underground sys- tem ‘would not be more than 15 of 20 per cent over that for a trolley system. City Emgineer. Gru suggested that the extension of the -street road should be along Ninth avenue to Point alzo along Second street. 1o Townsend. 1o 'wnsend, the railroad depot. = | —l e ‘Would Lessen Cost of Funerals. SOQUEL, Sept. 12.—Soquel is taking ad- vanced steps in the line of burial reform. A petition is being circulated and signed by nearly every resident in the town in which they promise that the expense of burying any relative shall be as che: posaible, about $I5 being the Hmit - Ty expect to do away with the hearse, and instead of an expensive casket Do & piate D e S ‘Plan Marketing of Prunes. SAN JOSE, Sept. 12.—The executive committee of the California Cured Fruit Association is in session to-day discussi; The Supervisors’ Committee on Public|, measures for marketing the new crop .o aneg. The association is preparing to horns with the packers the moment the new crop is for shipment and ways and means are being considered to offset the expected efforts of the packing interests to lay hands on the fruit, HE Examiner, beginning to feel the weight of responsibility for the prolongation of the deplorable con- ditions brought about by the strike, made an attempt yesterday to negotiate a settlement on the basis of some slight concession which would en- able it to claim the credit of having won a victory for the strikers. .The business manager of that journal called twice witkin an hour at the office of M. F. Michael, attorney for the Employers’ As- sociation, with a proposition that ghey en- ter into a conference to see if settlement might not be reached. He was dismissed so curtly that he departed the second time in a towering rage, vowing venge- ance upon the men who had refused to grant the representative of their traducer an audience. The first visit to the Mills building office was made shortly after 1 o’clock, imme- diately after the Examiner’s business manager had lunched at the Palace Grill with Andrew Furuseth, secretary of the Sailors’ Union and chairman of the exec- utive committee of the City Front Fed- eration, and Michael Casey, president of the City Front Federation and business agent of the Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Examiner representative said he had come to suggest a conference on the strike. gle was willing and ready to act for the ‘strikers and by conference with him the employers would escape the me- cessity of direct conference with the strike leaders. Mr. Michael was greatly aston- ished by the visit and by the suggestion that the employers would find it more agreeable to treat with a representative of the Examiner than with the men who are the accredited representatives of la- bor. He promptly told his visitor there was nothing the Examiner could do 10 end the strike except to tell its readers the plain truth about the strike situation, inform the strikers that they had lost and advise them to go to their former em- ployers and seek work under the old con- ditions, The Examiner representative returned before 2 o’clock and renewed his entreaty, urging that a slight concession in the way of recognition of the unions would bring the strike to an end, and that this recognition could be extended through him and no meeting whatever with the strike leaders need be held. His dismissal was even more curt than before, and he lefL in a white heat of rage. Both Casey and Furuseth denied later in the day that the luncheon at the Pal- ace Grill was a strike function. Bach of them denied any knowledge of the visits paid to Michael’s office immediately after luncheon by the man who lunched with them. They even asserted that strike matters were not discussed while they were tickling their palates with the dish:s that gourmets feast upon nor yet as they lingered over black coffee and cigars. The strike leaders entered the exclusive atmosphere of the “grill” ripe with_ the experience of recent banqueting. Ed Ros- enberg, secretary of the Labor Council, last Saturday gave a banquet at which Casey and Furuseth were honored guests, and the day following Jefferson D. Pierce, national organizer, was host at another banquet where those high in the councils of the labor world were ‘“among those present.’” While Casey and Furuseth were renew- ing their strength at the Palace Hotel crowds of hard-handed, sunburned toilers of the sea and wharf were waiting around _the headquarters of the City Front Federation seeking news of their cause. It was an anxious crewd. The feeding of hungry mouths at home is be- coming a greater problem every day. A headquarters for the relief of suffering strikers has been - established on Eddy street and organized bands of solicitors are scouring the city for the sinews of war. STRIKERS ATTACK AGED MAN. Paul Shaul Brutally Beaten and Seriously Hurt. Paul Shaul, 60 years of age, four feet six Inches high and weighing a little over 100 pounds, was set upon yesterday and brutally beaten by five strikers. Shaul has been employed for a number of years by John Rosenfeld’s Sons. He has never belonged to any union, and when the strike was declared remained with his employers. He left his home about 6:45 o'clock yes- terday morning and was attacked as he alighted from a car at Steuart and How- anf streets. Shaul is an elderly man, un- dersized and frail. His assailants 'first knocked him down and then kicked him repeatedly. They allowed him to rise and walk away a few yards, only to knock him down again. When they finally got through with him he got up and was as- sisted to his home. It will be some tire before he will be able to work again. AND AKY PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO RETURN T0 WORK THIG MORNING CGHECK FLIGHT T0 HONGLULY Detectives Arrest Law< rence Whitworth on Gangplank. P DN Former Police Officer Wanted in Seattle on Embezzle- « ment Charge, Lawrence Whitworth, allas H. B. de Long, was arrested on the Oceanic dock yesterday morning by Detectives Whitta- ker and McMahon as he was boarding the steamship Ventura for Honolilu. The arrest was made on a dispatch from Chief John Sullivan of Seattle that Whit- worth was wanted there on the charge of felony embezziement. ‘When taken to the City Prison Whit- worth refused to talk, but finally said he had been engaged as a solicitor for the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company, Seattle, and had obtained a policy for $100,000 for a man named Hinck- ley. He received notes for the first an= rual premium of $4169, he said, and had discounted them, intending to pay the premium, less his commission, which he bad frequently done when the policy was issued in New York. He presumed that Hinckley had withdrawn the application or the company had not accepted the risk. Sherwood Gillespie, the agent, knew that he was good for the money, he said. ‘Whitworth will be detained pending the arrival of an officer from Seattle to take him back. When searched he had 3210 in his pockets. He was a member of the police force here for some years and re- signed on March 1, 1884, while a charge of being off his beat was pending against him. SEATTLE, €ept. 12—Lawrence Whit- worth is wanted in this eity for the em- bezzlement of between $3600 and $4000, ob- tained by converting into cash a note which he had taken in payment for a life insurance premium. He failed to return the amount to the signer of the note when the latter was rejected by the Mutual Life Insurance Company, to whom the applica- tion was made. About two months ago Whitworth, who, 50 Sherwood_Gillespie, the local agent of the Mutual Life, says, was a general in- surance broker, but not an authorized agent, obtained the application of T. D. Hinckley, a Seattle pioneer, for life Insur- ance in the sum of $75, The applicant gave his note for the amount of the pre- mium, and the application, together with the physician's examination _certificate, was forwarded to the home office in New In due course of time the applica- as a risk which the company did not care to assume. Meantime Whitworth had negotiated the note in a local bank, procuring its face value less a small discount, and departed for San Francisco. As soon as the com- pany’'s local agent ascertained the cir- cumstances of the transaction he commu- nicated through Chief Sullivan with the San Francisco authorities. A warrant will to-day be sworn out in the Justice Court and an officer dispatched to San Francis- co with extradition papers for the return of Whitworth. Cowboy Detective in Trouble. “John Doe” Simon, known as the “cow- boy detective,” is wanted on a charge of defravding Michael Higgins, a hackman, Higgins_having sworn to a warrant in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday for his arrest. Higgins says that Simon hired his hack yesterday morning. He was accom- panied by two ladles. = After driving around the city for some hours they stopped at a saloon near Third and Mar- ket streets and disappeared. Simon made a record some years ago while employed by the Government to search for smuge gled opium in Chinatown. . Matrimgpial Ties Severed. Blanche Rapf®was given a divorce from George P. Rapp on the ground of crueity by Judge Kerrigan yesterday and granted rmission to resume her maiden name. enrietta Ward was freed from F. E. Ward by Judge Hunt on the ground of wiliful desertion, and Robert E. L. Rol- lins, who claimed that his wife treated him with extreme cruelty, was given a divorce from Mary Rollins. Jennia Bredfield wants a divorce from A. C. Bredfield -on the ground of cruelty. She filed her suit yesterday. ADVERTISEMENTS. CURES HIS COLD INSTANTLY. How'a San Franciscan Keeps From Having Colds. HE CHANGEABLE CLIMATE OF SAN Francisco is the cause of much annoyance with sore throat, neuralgid, etc. While it is the best climate in the world, year in and year out, it is, no doubt, somewhat deceiving. The mornings will be bright, beau- tiful and calm, and men and women will come downtown in light clothing. The fogs will come up in the afterncon and the winds will come over the hills and the folks who are dressed in light clothing will take cold, neu- ralgia and ofttimes la grippe. The following letter from Mr. F. T. B. Mann explains how_he breaks up a cold as soon as he feels the first symptoms: “In the interest of those who_are suffering from colds, neuralgia, 1a_grippe T want to say that I have used Dr. Halpruner's Wonderful Pain Remover with most excellent results. “T went to New York in October, 1600, and while there caught a severe attack of la grippe. After suffering for several weeks I re- turned to climate would cu the train and California, believing the change of re me. It was a hard trip out I suffered more than ever and ick man. ‘Wondertul vapor of the ernally mixed medicine, and also took it with milk, and began to improve at once, aad ‘within a few days was entirely cured. “Since that time we keep this wonderful ‘medicine in our house, for it is a splendid fam: ily remedy, and use it for most anything. I would not be without a bottle of Halpruner's Pain Remoyer. A ““August 221901 F. T. B. MANN, San’Francisco, Cal.” 1753, Dak All druggists sell Haipruner's Paln Remover, or send direct to Halpruner's Med. Mfg. Co., 28 California street. Cold in the head makes you snuffle—makes your head ache, your eyes water. Your throat is parched; you feel out of humor with yourself and every one else. You're cross and irritable— speak sharply and say things you did not intend to. You're miserable, but you think you cannot help it. But you can. You can stop your cold in a Jiffy. Go to the nearest druggist and get a bottle of Dr. Halpru- ner’s Pain Remover; pour a few drops on your hands and hold them under your nostrils, inh: ing the vapor. Do this for few minutes and the relief is 1 stantaneous. Keep it up gand you will be cured,.. It is also advisable to take a tablespoonful of the medicine in a glass of milk or water every hour or so l::fll ul‘l“lgr H All drugsists sel . Halpre- név's “Pain . Remover—se and $100 a bottle. Dom't let them talk you out of buying it—it is really a wonderful medicine that will cure your cold instantly: and what's the use of waiting and suffering if you can be sured at once? Demand the gen- uine. Halpruner’s it _for eh. et It your druggist won't u send to Halpruner's 0., 28 California. street.