The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1901, Page 1

Call, : VOLUME XCL-—NO 24, FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1901 : PRICE FIVE CENTS WOMAN IS KILLED AND MANY ARE INJURED IN WRECK ON THE FILLMORE-STREET LINE — s IRBITRATION INLIKELY TO PREVENT WAR Relations of Argentina| and Chile Seriously Strained. Reference of Dispute to Great Britain Merely Delays | Eostilities. | Secretary of State Hay Is Using His | Influence With the Disturbed Republics on the Side of Peace. EAU, 146 G STREET, N. GTON, Dec. 23.—Chile may a’s example and refer the them to the King of Even should this however, the relations countries are so strained that believe that war twe hington pu be avoide that their prep- to strike wn Hay Works for Peace. he State Department involving ates were made The Secretary however, the ared to take any e dignity and effect a peac on hopeful that the rsy to the King the maintenance Argentine It w 1t b a request Great arbitrate the matters in dis- ste between them Lord I wne, the ac- ster of Foreign Affairs, that referred the tter to the e British C rnment | under the agreement of 188, appears to , for the Foreign Office says is quite beyond the commission. As the For- he case it is not v between the be inaccu the present powers of eign Office u one relative to two countries, er Chile has the right to build meutral roads in the dis- puted territory. This commission, of which Lord MacNaughton is president, | has been sitting in London for nearly two years and is now almost ready to go and | personally inspect the disputed bound- | aries. For various reasons, however, the departure of this commission has been &elayed and is likely to be delayed for gome time to ‘come. The appeel of Dr. Alcorta has not yet been offi ly communicated to the Brit- ish Foreign Office Public War Spirit. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 22—The pa- triotic demonstrations growing out of the possibility of war with Chile were renewed here to-day. The Chilean Minister here, Senor Concha Subercaseaux, has not re- celved any instructions in regard to the course he is to pursue. It is estimated that the maintenance of the army, which will be mobilized by Feb- ruary 5, will involve an annual expense of 65,000,000 piasters. About 8000 men have slready signed the rolls of the Uruguayan | Volunteer Legion. A dispatch from Santiago says Presi- dent Riesco has declared that the recall of the Argentine Minister, Senor Portel, | from that place cannot have any serfous consequences, adding that the Minister in | returning to Argentina is taking advan- | tage of a leave of absence which has | been granted him by his Government. Riesco continues confident | negotiations in progress w!ll; President that the ehortly result in a pacific solution of the roblem now engro: ’he statesmen of Argentina and Chile. CAR BREAKS AWAY AT BROADWAY AND DASHES DOWN HILL AT TERRIFIC PACE, COLLIDING WITH CAR AT GREEN STREET S — 1 4 - s /// (i o Two-Thirds of the Passengers Who Are Aboard Suffer Broken Bones or Lacerated Wounds as the Result of the Awful Trip on the Runaway Down the Precipitous and Dangerous Incline FILLMORE street electric car failed to make proper connec- tions with the complicated gravity apparatus at the top he steep grade betw dway and Green strec st night, shortly after 7 c'clock, and speeding down the hill crashed into a car at the bottom of the grade, and brought death to one wo- man and serious injury to a half score of passengers. The accident was one of the most serious streét car fatalities that has Gccurred in the city for some years. Miss Mary Phelan, a servant girl in the employ of Edward Litchenberg, 2520 Green street, was the only passenger on the car that malle the mad dash down the hill that succumbed to her injuries. She received injuries to.her skull and body that caused her death shortly after being removed to the Railroad Hospital at the corner of Fourteenth and Mission streets. Mary Kelly, also a servant girl in Mr. Litchenberg's employ, badly injured. Mrs. M. K. Mansie also sustained injuries that may result fatal- ly. Fully ten or fifteen other passengers whose names could not be learned were more or less injured by fiying glass and splinters and the terrible shock. hether or not. the accident was due to criminal negligence on the part of the crew of car No. 757, which dashed down the hill, will not be known until after an investigation has been made by the offi- jals. The most likely theory is that both the crew and the gravity apparatus which lets the cars up and down the hill were at fault. A slight accident at the corner of California and Fillmore streets about 7 o’clock in the evening threw the running schedule of the Fillmore street line out of kilter and unfortunately when the run- ssing the attention of | away car arrived at the top of the hill there was no car there to take the pas- Colonel Pablo Riccheri, the Minister of | sengers. War, has informed President Roca that he has available 600 locomotives and 4309 re, and that on forty-eight hours’ no- tice he can transport 80,000 men to the frontier. Car Slips Hold on Track. There were two cars at the bottom of the hill at Green and Fillmore streets, one on the opposite track walting to be was | { hauled up by the down-coming car and another at the switch at that point be- tween the two tracks The car at the top of the hill had about fifteen pas- sengers aboard. The conductor got out of the car and started to hook up the gravity apparatus which lets the car down the hill at a moderate rate of speed, when the car suddenly slipped its hold on the track and started on its wild run down toward Union street, three blocks below. 4- Taken to Railroad Hospital. MRS. M. K. MANSIE, wife sie—Resides at 3111 Pierce street. scalp wounds. Taken to Railroad recover. pital. Slightly injured. Taken to his home. ROBERT RODGERS, resides and Devisadero—Cut over eye PIENLINTEW I T 8 The crews of the two cars at the bottom of the hill saw the runaway car start on its wild run’ and they yelled to the pas- sengers of their cars to flee for their lives. The men, women and children in | the cars at the bottom of the grade had time to hie themselves to places of safety, but the people aboard the runaway car|charge of the runawa. did not even have a chance to jump for | pryjsed in the wreck. their lives. The car raced swiftly down the hill and at Green street it dashed with mighty force into the car on MRS. MARY KELLY, domestic in the employ of Edward Lichtenberg—Taken to St. Contusions and suffering ROBERT KELLER, 2901 Lombard street— Sprain of right thumb and contusions of knee. as if it were a cigar hox and completely smashing in its left side. Then the run- away, with its load of human freight, left the track and pounded over the cob- blestones at a terrible rate of speed until it collided with a telegraph pole just above Union street. All of the passengers on the outside who were not thrown from the car when it collided with the one on the switch were pitched with violent force into the street, and those on the inside e were horribly bruised and mangled ‘ THIURED S ‘ CTARRYING | AWAY THE VICTMg i RUNAWAY ELECTRIC CAR DASHING DOWN HILL, DTAGRAM SHOWING HOW THE FRIGHTFUL CURRED AND SCENES ATTENDING REMOVAL OF THE INJURED. THE FILLMORE-STREET ACCIDENT OC- Cause of the Disaster Is Unexplained, the Officials of the Rdad Absolutely Re- fusing toSay Anything About the Affair people who live in the neighborhood where the accident occurred lent willing hands to aid the injured and the dying. From the front part of the splintered wreck the bleeding and unconscious vic- tims were extricated. Those that were sitting on the back part of the car were not so dly injured as to need assistance and they turned to and aided the more unfortunate passenger: Torn and bleeding victims of the smash- up were hurried into neighboring dwell- ings and drug stores, where they were given hasty medical attention until the ambulances and patrol wagons arrived to remove them to the hospitals. The North End police station was notified of the frightful accident and Sergeant Tom Ellis and a squad of police officers were de- tailed to the scene at once. They arrived shortly after the accident and rendered commendable assistance in getting the in- jured to the hospitals. Dr. Hennesy, one of the medical corps of the railroad company, was in the neighborhood when the smash-up occur- red and was one of the first physicians to arrive on the scene. He banuaged up sev- eral of the victims and stopped the flow of blood from many a wound that might have proved serious had he not been on hand. ’ The drug store at the corner of Union and Fillmore streets was pressed into service. Several of the women who were cut and bruised were taken there and their wounds were temporarily dressed. Died from fracture of skull. THE of William Man- Foot crushed and Hospital. corner of Beach and contusions. 3 THE DEAD: MISS MARY PHELAN, domestic in the employ of Edward Lichtenberg, 2520 Green street— INODURED: Taken to his home. 3 MISS JOSEPHINE BIGLEY, resides at 716 ‘Will | Fillmore street—Contused cut over forehead and bruises on back of head. Taken to her home. MR. TURNER, resides on Vallejo street, near Mary’s Hos- | Fillmore — Contusions and shock. Taken to his from shock. | home. MRS. O’COITNOR, address unknown—Injuries very slight. A. J. DAUTCHMAN, motorman on runaway car—Slightly hurt. ROY PHELPS, conductor on runaway car—In- juries very slight. =3 against the sides of the car. Flying glass | and splinters contributed to their hurts, and few there were of the. passengers who were not injured in some way or| other. The gripman and motorman of the car that was knocked off the switch were unscathed, but the gripman who had Aid Injured and Dying. As soon as the runaway was stopped in Physicians who lived in the neighborhood volunteered their services and several vie- tims who were treated for ordinary flesh and scalp wounds went away without giv- ing their names. The runaway car was rendered useless. The front part of the car was smashed y car was cut and | ¢, gplinters and the entire running gear | ‘wrecked beyond repalir. Railroad Official Non-Committal. Superintendent Michael D. Stein of the the switch, throwing it from the track 'its flight by the telegraph pole a score of Fillmore-street line was Interviewed soon | = ! after the accident. He was both reticent and nervous. He ved cn the scene of the accident for several hours and gave the necessary orders regarding the clear- ing of the wreck. “Would you please inform The Call how the accident happened?"' he was asked. “This is a bad time to make any state- | ment,” he replied. “T do not want to say anything to-night. We will have an vestigation to-morrow and I will then have something to s “Was the accident carelessness of the through defective again asked. aused through the street car crew or | appliances?” he was | “Oh, T don’t know about that,” he re- | plied. *The motorman.has been in the | employ of the company for some time and | we haye the greatest faith in him.” A number of the street car employes, | although they were very cautious in thelr | remarks, claimed (hat the street car crew | was not to blame, but that the grip that held the car was defective and it was on | this account that the accident oce! le.i As soon as the accident occurred Dr. | Walter B. Coffey was dispatched from the Railroad Hospital. He responded promptly and was soon on the scenme of | the "accident and made the sufferers :\5} comfortable as possible before havmg‘ them moved. Cars Within an Soon Run Again. hour and a half after the accident the cars were again running up and down the Fillmore-street hill. The | only sign that was left of the terrible ac- | cident was the runaway car, smashed | beyond all hopes of repair. standing on | the hill near Union street. Crowds were | congregated on the hill and those who | had seen the accident or had arrived soon | after told again and again the story of death and suffering in the wreck. Miss Josephine Bigley of 719 Fillmore | street was injured in the accident. She | received a deep gash on the forehead and also sustained severe bruises on the | back of the head. After the accident she | was taken to the residence of Walter D. K. Gibson, 2108 Broadway. At a late hour last evening. Miss Bigley was rest- | ing easily and she was considered out of | danger. Mrs. Turner Has a Narrow Escape. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner was one of the | few passengers aboard the runaway car | who escaped injury. Mrs. Turner had a | narrow escape, however, for so badly was | she jarred in the collision that two dia- | mond hair combs were torn out of her | hair. One of the valuable combs was | found by Policeman Geimann and re- | turned to Mrs. Turner, but the other w351 probably picked up by thieves, as a dili- | gent search among the ruins of the car | falled to unearth the missing jewel. i As ‘soon as it was learned at police headquarters that Mary Phelan had sue-. cumbed to her injuries Lieutenant Martin sent an officer out to arrest Motorman Dautshman. He will be charged with manslaughter, | States has been seized upon by | was fatally wounded. I P PPE aEEKS CLOER TIES IN AMERIGA Anzxious to Have United States Send a Rep- resentative. Willing to Withdraw Friars From Philippines and Make Other Concessions. Should All Go Right, Archbishop Ireland or Corrigan May Be Ap- pointed a Cardinal of the . Curia at Rome. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Roman Catholie eir« cles in London are much interested in two topics, one of which is the attitude of the Vatican toward the United States and the other the opening of the new Roman Catholic cathedral at Westminster. The correspondent of the Pall Mall Ga- zette at Rome says that the ecircum- stance of Cuba and the Philippines fall- ing under the jurisdiction of the United the Vati- can to push a project dear to Pope L« When he came to the pontifical throne several countries had no representatives accredited to the Vatican. The new Pon- tiff set himself the task of changing this. One of the powers that has always proved obdurate is the United States, but now | with Cuba and the Philippines the Catho- | lic interests are so immense it seems that the Washington Government is not un- willing to discuss the matter. The Vati- can would meet it half way, and would even be satisfied for the moment with a semi-official representative, in the hope that he would eventually be turned into a Minister or Embassador, as in the case of Russia. ‘Will Withdraw the Friars. The Vatican, according to the same au- thority, has given Washington to under- stand that it will gradually withdraw the friars from the Philippines, substituting American clergy, and give the Maniia Archbishopric to Americans. It will yield to the great desire of Catholics in the United States to have another Cardinal. It does not wish to do this while Cardinal Gibbons lives, but may compromise by | ereating Archbishop Ireland or Archbish- op Corrigan a Cardinal of the Curia, which means living in Rome, should all so right. England is the only other great power yet to come into line. Cardinal Vaughan has decided to open the new cathedral at Westminster om June 29, three days after the coronation. It will be an imposing ceremony, and th | Pope will be specially represented. Lady Vavasour has intimated that she will pre- sent a costly mc « e Welsh St Winefriede for the erior decoration. Pope Receives Cardinals. The Pope to-day received the Cardinals, who offered him their Christmas greet- ings. The Pontiff made a lengthy ad- dress, in which he condemned what he characterized as the excessife liberty of thought indulged in at the present time. He sharply criticized socialism, agitation for divorce and hostility between different sections of the church, and urzed a union of the Christian churches. The church, said the Pope in the course of his remarks, is now confronted by di ficulties similar to those of earlier times. There were attempts everywhere to make the masses enemies of the church, t religious orders were subjected to ail kinds of vexatious proscriptions and laws were being passed In open deflance of God's eternal laws. The Pontiff said the only means of suc- cessfully combating socialism was for Catholics to harken to and obey the in- structions of the church. No Representative to Vatican. WASHINGTON, Deec. 23.—President Roosevelt has no intention of asking Congress for authority to appoint a rep- resentative to the Vatican. While it is true that church interests in Cuba and the Philippines are large, the administra- tion does not consider there is any reason to have an Embassador accredited to the Pope. In conmection with church ques- tions in dependencies representations have | been made to the President through Car- | dinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland. It is unnecessary, it is claimed, for the Pope to appoint a representative in Washing- ton, especially to discuss Vatican affairs with this Government. BYSTANDERS RECEIVE THE DEPUTY'S BULLETS DALHART, Tex., Dee. 23—One man was killed and another mortally wounded during a fight here to-day, in which Dep- uty Sheriff John L. Sullivan and V. BE. Cammack attempted to arrest Thomas Myers and A. L. Timmerman on a charge of murder. When Sullivan ordered Mpyers and Timmerman to surrender it is claimed one of them attempted to draw a revolver, when the shooting began. Gus Beck, a bystander, was killed and Paul Hininger, another non-participant, Myers, one of the men wanted, was shot in the chin. At the Coroner’s inquest Sulllvan was ex- onerated from all blame.