The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1902, Page 8

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1902 WINTER SPORT RAIN SPOILS LAST DAYS OF DUCK SEASON Over of Scatters Birds Wide Area Country. The duck shooters who reside in this der their sport for the season practically ed. Although the law ws them until next ng them to cease firing, the rain has tered the birds over the face of the Friday before com- n who shoot over COURSING TIEN ANTICIPATE A GOOD SEASON Parks Show Bright Outlook. i | | | ‘ Reports From Interior | | | Coursing has taken on a brighter aspect and there are indications of a season of prosperity for the sport of the leash. Not one in this city has the sport assumed hy look, but in the interior cities stakes of high class are being offered. Sacramento has opened its season under S ON THE LINKS AND FISHING STREAMS _— THE ProrFEssex) | GETs on Tora LITTLE "Dope’ | the bay getting big re- vy preserves, 1 spotled the he majority and about the tire season. The n now have their G=, even though it be for of th ds remain k the he mem- the closing of the sea- ty of the sportsmen have hooting, big bags being r Forster shot o last Sunday and bagged them. en, shooting in secured thirty ‘; Funk and a friend secured seventy. “cans” pear Millbrae last Sunday t from a floating biind near the wborn killed forty-five ducks Bay last Sunday. H. Ap- thirty-eight at the same e. Both were mixed bags, although : ‘cans” were secured From present appearances trap shoot- ved for some years past. The Jub has retired from the field resent members at a recent deciding not to_ promote any s during the season which will soon This is one of the oldest gun clubs d in the past has held at the game af- lukewarm, but with the actual ng of the season the oid enthusiasm and battalions of men face the nd give the sharp command, With the possibl ing decline in trap shoot- nces of a boom in It is a com- , a first-class and cartridges less there ‘are ev A revolver pr cheap pa each e~ FOX TERRIER FANCIERS MEET AND AWARD PRIZES | Intries Ave Announced for the Sec- | ond Division Produce Stakes of the Pacific Club. The Pacific Fox Terrier Club held a rez- n in_the chair and Me: Moore, Ford and Martin present. .J. Morgan and J. I ley G Or.. were elected members 1 prizes won by members’ recent The dogs at Vibo, & to J. W follows: to W. $ to C. K. Harley's W. Moore’s Vina Belle, $ for the second division es closed with the following: ¥arley's Queen Dance (Norfolk Vie- Valse), whelped July 15, 1901, Bgesford Dora), five dogs and Harley's faybelie) Aidon Carmencita _(Cambridge whelped July 25, 1901 Swagger s Lillian Sage (Warren Sage- roller), whelped July 12, 1301, to Trueman «(Champion Norfolk Veracity- rfolk Jewel), three dogs. Robert Armgtrong’s Golden Spatter (Warren emton Spinaway), whelped Juiy 5, 1901, to Cham Aldon Swagger, one dog and four M E. Voit-Dusky D'Aquin’s Aldon K Pearl) y (Von whelped July 17, 1901 Aldcn Artist (Wawaset Actor-Aldon Radiance), two doge and two bitches. 3. P Brown's Richmond Favour (St. Luck), whelped July 6, 5 » al (Claude Duval-Richmond Gover- , two dogs and four bitches, Courtney Ford’s Eclivse Blanche (Bend Bedford Birck), whelped to Norfolk True- dogs and two bitches. ckman's Ireme (St. Vigilant-Eim- ). wheiped July 29, 1901, to Warren audian-Warren Spray), three dogs three bitches, _N. H. Hickman's Jone (Scorcher-Lillian Sage), swheiped October, 1001, to Norfolk True- man, three bitche ————— Cross Country Bun for Amateurs. The second annual four-mile scratch imateur team race, which will be run on february 22, is attracting considerable at- ntion among the runners. It was won @st year by the team representing Stan- lord University. The best individual time was made by La Vallier of the Oakland digh School. Captain McCaughern and frainer Moulton have decided not to en- ‘er & team from Stanford this year. The Olympic Club will have a strong weam in the race. It will be picked from wumong the following: J, Collins, Fred dorell, E. P. Tatum, H. W. Templeman, Zverett Smith, W. P. Drum, George Kiar. nan, Fred Burgers, George W. Braun, W. 3arcia, C. Garcia, H. Imhauf, F. Ferem, ). Cramer, H. C. Bouden and John Nourse. In addition to the Olympic team Berke- ey will send some of its fleetest distance gen, while the Oakiand High School, jumboldt Evening School and possibly he Muitsomah Athietic Club of Portiand 7 represented. course is chis 2 Golden Gate Park. it * to celebrate, with | D st have the vogue this season it | meeting last Monday evening, H. | ¥ Har- | unningham of San | isco and W. B. Fechheimer of Port- | Ozkiand show were distrib- | hy's Woodlawn Two-Spot. | to (D'Orsay-Dusky 10| a winner in any o [ | 1 Mace A INN N, MAvEds) | ? P SHERIDAN 3 BENNIBON 5 THE FACI\AL EXPRESSION FAME Bl HE oF SEEEN B. Morem; CRANCEn U WHISPER™ T mamne ScHREBER da — AW THINGS COMING HiIS wAY. ¥ o, HIGH SCHOOL CHATPIONS ON TENNIS COURTS Racket Wielders From Lowell Wilk Meet To-Day. The past week was not a favorable one for tennis, the inclement weather making it impossible to play except at irregular intervals. Play has been confined to the students of Lowell High School, who will meet in a preliminary tournament this morning on the California Club courts. LADY GOLFERS READY FOR A RETURN MATCH Teams Will Meet To-Day on the Presidio Links. The second half of the home-and-homs golf match between teams of eight play- ers representing the ladies’ annexes of the San Feancisco and Oakland Golf | clubs will take place this morning on the | Presidio links. The first half of the match was played W, 5 Y, (2eoswith 7R Shar = Stavs) / 5 | “Bam>“oconnpR HAD A Bap £ ——e last Saturday on the Adams Point course and resulted in a lead of ten up for the Oakland team. The San Francisco team was one player short and consequently had to give up two points to the Oak- landers. Mrs. R. G. Brown headed the San Francisco team, scoring 2 up against Mrs. H. H. Sherwood; Miss. Ives was 2 up agalnst Miss Deane, and Miss McBean was 2 up in her match with Miss Jacque- line Moore. For Oakland Miss Hooper was 1 up against Miss Alice Hager, Mrs. L. G. C. Tibbetts beat Miss Alice C. Hoff- man 3 up and Miss Knowles was 1 up against Miss Bertha Dolbeer. The win- ning score of the Oakland team was al most entirely made by Mrs. W. P. Joh who aefeated Mrs. Laurance In golf, however, where local peculiari- ties cut so impgrtant a figure, the advan- tage is always considerably on the side of those who are playing on their own links. It is, therefore, not at all unlikely that the San Francisco representatives, with a complete team and on their own course, may not only wipe off the balance j of ten holes against them, but may even - | SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS AT THE TRACK WHOM THE CARICATURIST HAS CAUGHT IN CHARACTERISTIC POSES. at this time interest | o such pleasant auspices that the manage- ment of the new association conducting | the game has declared itself ready to crease its stakes both in size and cl h that end in view the organization delegated its secretary, Charles J. nali, this city fo try to pers o some owners of high-class greyhounds to | course their dogs throughout the season | at_the Capital City grounds. During the present week Mr. Bagnal has communicated with many of the prix & shmen and offered some flatter n- ms that he might get them to transfer their kennels of running dogs to vere Sacramento. While the inducements acknowledged to be alluring, the pel sive powers of the genial secretary | not strong enough to have the local lea | men desert their home fields The game at Angeles than Sacramento. The southern o past two seasons add- rs to its ken- e were perform- ork had gained them reputa- tions iz local coursing. Negotiations hav been pending for some time between the association and George Sharman, the well-known breeder, and a deal has about | been consummated whereby he will es- | tablish himself in the south. Final ar- rangements have not yet been made, but Mr. Sharman has gone to Los Angeles. He took five fast hounds, Royal Flush, Black | Finsh, Chicago Boy, 8t. Ives and L. S. Barre's Amedee. The continual display of strength and | speed by the hares liberated in the field at Union Park comes at an inopportune time for the running of young dogs. turn saplings loose against such lively game would mean the undoing of mar | promising youngsters. But few oppor- tunities will be enjoyed by the bettors to | get a line on the quality of the entries in | the Belle Brandon cup stake by nexc month. Another plan which will probably soon | be inaugurated, one which will meet wi | the approval of breeders, is to run more | sapling stakes during the season and bar these events from { further participating in other stakes of that class. The idea if carried out will - | distribute first, money among a greater | number of kennels and prevent a crack | ajack youngster from winning all | stakes. The deal by which D. J. Healey's ken- nel of coursers was to be sold to J. J. | Laven of St. Louis has been declared off. { “The kennel of dogs belonging to Hugh Lynch has been sold and will be run here- after in the name of the Alameda Ke nels. The string includes some wonder- ful young performers, and its sale hus caused considerable surprise. In taking out a kennel designation the purchaser 1e- | serves the right to withhold his name. It | 18 known, however, that the new owner is a wealthy resident of Alameda and is a recent addition to the fullowers of the game. The list of dogs iucluded in the transfer are A. J. Martin, Merrimac, ck Bart, Meirose Lad, Harvey M, Clarice, Lilac, Lottie M and J. N. Bow- hay. The latter is by Dakota-Mustic Maid. Johnny Maher will retain charge of the kennel. Two stakes are on the cards for this week's attraction at Union Park, a spe- cial stake of fifty-two entries and an open event of sixty-four. Both events will be | run down to-day. Likely winners in the first round of the special stake are: Har- lean Gladys, Freda C, Homer Boy, Firm Fellow, Lear King, Little Sister, Ireland, Royal ‘Archer, Liberator, Silver Cloud, America, Tralee Boy Vulcan, Sacramento Boy, Narecissus, Hickory Dick, Game Boy, Anchor, Master Rocket, Rocker, Bonnle Pasha, Loyal Lad, Freeze Our, Real Article, Master Clair and Aeolus. 'he winners in the open stake look to be: Belle Rocket, Melrose Lad, Sir Pasha, Cotton Ball, Gramercy, Flower Friend, Sempronius, Royal Union, Honesty, Sc- ANGLERS CATCH STEELHEADS IN RUSSIAN RIVER Many Splendid Fish Are Landed With Light Tackle. o Anglers from this city have thronged the hotels on Russlan River recently to avail themselves of the big run of steel- head salmon. The market fishermen were also on hand with their nets and other il- legal tackle, but the Fish Commissioners quickly put a stop to their operations. On Monday night Manuel Cross, the fearless deputy fish commissioner, accom- panied by Deputy Welch, slipped away under cover of darkness and seized in all eleven nets. During the day some fisher- men purchased buckshot at a near-by store and remarked * that if any one touched their nets they would fire upon toem. This did not deter the deputies, who performed their duty, although mo- mentarily expecting to be fired upon from ambush. Of the anglers Thomas McLachlan of this_city is high hook. His 2i-pound steelhead has not yet been equaled by any one on the river. This is not the only catch Mr. McLachlan has made. He heard & noise near where he was working re- cently and looking up ‘“caught’ the eyes of a fine deer looking intenty at him. The deer instantly took to the water and, swimming the river, disappeared over the Sheridan hills. Mrs. F. M. Davis of this city and M. B. Gibson of Duncans Miils have proved suc- cessful anglers. Mrs. Davis caught ten fish, the largest weighing fourteen pounds. The guests of the Orchard House caught forty-nine fish Saturday, forty on Sunday and twenty-five on Monday. Peter McClure of this city caught two fish, one weighing fourteen pounds and the other eight. He also hooked a_ stur- geon which made off with half his line. Louis Rondeau caught two on Tuesday, weighing thirteen and nine pounds re- spectively. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walterstein were among the successful anglers. Charles Green caught a fifteen-pounder in Austin Pool. Among the anglers from this city who have been enjoyving the royal sport are: Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walterstein, Mr. and Mrs. Peter McClure, Frank Marcuse, O. W. Jackson, Clarence Dooley, F. W. Brotherton, Wil- liam Murphy, Deputy Fish Commissioners M. Cross and W. H. Welch, J. B. Gilbert, J. M. Scott, John Sammi, Alex Vogelsang, John Gallagher, M. J. Geary, H. Butler, Hart Willlams,’ W. S. Hildegass, John Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Painter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, C. L. Gottlieb, Louis Rondeau, 8. F. Barnes, W. W. Knowles and Alpha Clark. B B e ) fala, Pepita, Lady Davenport, Boodl Boy, Herschel's Pride, Dolly Gray. fu gennl, New Moon, Fair Glen, Rustic Ar- or, Veto, Lord Freedom, Miss Brummel, Living Picture, Real _Aristocrat, Roy Hughie, Black Bar Lawrence, Royal Friend.' Auckland, Gold Ore, Fair Oaks and Bad Bo; No woman's waist can compare with the waste of time, BOATING TEN HAVE REGULAR PRACTICE SPIN Keeping in Condition for the Coming Events. sl et The annual entertainment and ball of the Dolphin Swimniing and Boating Club will be held next Wednesday evening in Native Sons’ Hall. It is the twenty- fourth annual entertainment given by the club. The curtain will rise at 8:15 p. m. and the following will take part in the voeal portion of the programme: W. J. Hynes, Miss Millie Flynn, Tom Mahoney in coon songs and the Columbia Quartet, consisting of John Flood, first tenor: George Wallace, second tenor; James Donohoe, second base, and John Colgan. basso. The athletic part of the show will consist of a race on the home {rainer be- tween B. O. Kragness and Leo Wienand, an exhibition of physical culture by the Leando brothers of the Olympic Club and boé(lng by James Britt and Willlam Leon- a rd. The South End Rowing Club is begin: ning to repair its boats for the cominfi season. On fine Sundays lately several of the oarsmen have been out on. the water for recreation and practige. Last Sunday two members of the Dolphin Club rowed around from North Beach to the South End quarters, Charles Jenkins has brought in some new members, and it has devolved on some of the more experienced oarsmen to take them out for instruction | in the elements of rowing. The club owns a four-oared shell, and it has been sug- gested that this should be put into good order and a crew made up to practice in it. If this is done, and the crew finds that it can sit the boat arrangements may be made to meet a four-oared crew of the University of California, which last sea- son brought a new boat out from Ithaca. LS SR Handball Matches. The handball matches at Phil Ryan's court to-morrow will be between the fol- lowing players: M. Dillor aud G. Hutchinson vs. J. MeDer- mott and W. Kelly. . Garvey and W. Cummings vs. J. Manning and T. Finn, M. Levy and P. Basch vs. M. Joyce and M. Berwin. W. Walsh and W, Kayanaugh vs. H. H. Lissner and R. ngabaugh. E, Barry and’?. Foley' vs. P. Tato and J. Kirb, G. McDonald and P. McIntyre vs. M. Me- Neil and M. McLeod, J. Riordan and T. Leach vs. J. Harlow and B. wcu;;ey. i . Ma, & Murmfi.re and J. White vs. J. Collins and J. C. Nealon and R: Linehan vs. A. Hamp- ton and M. J. Kilgailon. Hondicap match, James Fitzgerald (world's champion) vs. Joseph Collins (coas champlon). e 3 Intercollegiate Committees to Meet. The intercollegiate agreement commit- tee, composed of three men each from Stanford University and the University of California, will meet this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Olympic Club. Several important changes in the athlefic agree- ment between the universities are to be considered. AMATEUR TARS PLAN SEASON’S RACING EVENTS Presto Is Expected to Defend Perpetual Trophy. The Oakland Canoe Club held “its an- nual meeting and election last Saturday in the clubhouse on Sessions Basin, San Antonio estuary. to serve for the coming year resulted as follows: Philip Caduc of the sloop Annie, commodore; H. §. Byxbee of the canoe Whim, vice commodore; Charles Stewart of the sloop Beatrice, secretary and treas- urer; H. 8. Hackett and Charles L. Tay- lor Jr., committee on membership. The yacht owners of the California Yacht Club will hold a meeting in' the clubhouse on Oakland Creek to-MOITOW, at which the schedule of events for the coming season will be discussed. The events suggested by the owners, if ac- cepted by the meeting, will be embodied in_the schedule. Several members of the San Francisco Yacht Club are at work on Sundays and occaslonally on week-day evenings lining the main hall of the clubhouse at Sausa- lito. The work is progressing rapidly, a great part of the tongue-and-groove lin- ing of the walls being in place. ‘he annual meeting and election of offi- cers of the Corinthian Yacht Club will be held In Red Men's Hall on Bush street next Wednesday evening. The regular ticket prepared by Frank W. Thompson, J. V. O’'Brien and W. C. Corbett, the nominating committee, will be presented to the members. There is no opposition and the following will be elected: E. F. Sagar, commodore; Thomas Jennings, vice commodore; John H. Keefe, port captain; J. C. Brickell, Charles L. Barrett, W. B. Short and H. D. Hawks, direcwrs. For the regatta committee the nominees are E. B. {gumlng, T. J. Kavanaugh and P, J. Martenstein. The principal and most interesting topic of discussion will be the steps to be taken toward defending the Perpetual cup, for which a challenge will be sent by ihe San Francisco Yacht Club at an early date. The exact dimensions of the challenger are not known yet. but it seems likeiy that Frank Stone’s sloop, Presto will come within the 10 per cent rule and be eligible to defend the trophy. The Corinthians do not think it desirable that boats should be built for racing purposes only, as there is not enough yacht racing in the bay to justify so doing. A deep fin-keel yacht is not available for cruises to Petaluma drawbridge, Napa City. Lakeville, up the Sacramento or San Joaquin rivers or Sui- sun Creek. Cruising is the life of yacht- ing in San Francisco Bay and the Corinthians, while ready enough to take part in all open races, believe racing will always be a secondary matter here. There are no men who are willing to spend several hundreds of dollars a year in keeping up boats for racing. The San Franciscos, however, are entirely justified in bullding a boat to try to capfure the trupx and the Corinthians, if they lose the ctip, may decide next year to bulld a racing yacht specially for the purpose of fflfln( the cup back. .In any event there s a prospect of a highly interesting con- test or series of contests, which will tend to keep the sport alive, The election of officers | — Nineteen have entered. This competed in a similar event in the bay counties. Al Rosenberg, the crack player from Lowell High, will not take part in the tournament, a place on the team being conceded to him. He will play a round robin match with the two players who reach the finals. Of these three the two with the highest percentage will repre- sent the school in doubles. The highest man, who will undoubtedly be Rosenbers, will be the representative singles man. | His' partner in doubles will probably be Carl Gardner, who seems to outclass the | other players. The drawing for-to-day’s try-out is as follows: Blankenburg vs. Pike, Cobbe vs. Bovert, Gardner vs. Beyfuss, Wallace a “‘bye,” B. Eisner vs., ~Selig, Ames vs. Eisner, Gunst a “bye,” Cassel vs. Browne, Speyer vs. 8. Smith, 8. Levy vs. Ruggles. The handicap doubles tournament for the Davis cups, scheduled for last Sunday, will be played to-morrow. The present holders are Chet and Grant Smith. The latter player has won the cups twice with his brother as a partner and twice with Ray Cornell. Collier and Crowell lead in the race for the cups, having their names on them three times. The W hitney broth- ers have won them twice, but as they will not play together except in the cham- plonship event, the race for the cups at present seems to be between Collier and Crowell and the Smith brothers. Many other teams have their names on the cups! They are to be won five times by the same team before becoming their property. They have already been up for over two years, and it will probably take two years more to dispose of them. The ladies of the California Tennis Club are arranging a mixed doubles tour- nament, which will be played next ‘Wednesday afternoon. Up to six months a4g0 a mixed doubles tournament was looked upon by the men players as a necessary evil, but since the introduction of a mixed doubles tournament in the coast championship events this form of game has become popular. The general improvement of play smong the ladies has done much toward making iixed doubles tournaments popular. The following ladies will surely take part next Wednesday: The Misses Hun- ter, Garland, Farnsworth, Salisbury, Whitney, Smith, I. and R. Sherwood, Mecartney, Mrs. Kincald, Mrs. Du Rey- nier and Mrs. Sherwood. Many other ladies will probably enter on the day of the tournament. All of the best men play- ets will e ot iind. 2 eretofore only the men stulents of the University of California and Stanford have taken part in college tennis events, but the co-eds of the former institutton are anxious to decide who is the best lady player in college. For this purpose a tournament will be held by the ladies B!“Berkele)' as soon as the weather per- mits, —— Use of Livery Horses. The Supervisors' Judiciary Committee reported favorably yesterday on the ordi- nance prohibiting the use by livery stable keepers of horses or vehicles intrusted to their care or by any other person than the owners of the same. Vi provisions of the g ks Kl ordi misdemeanor and Is punishable by a Ans of 3500 and six months’ imprisonment. ——————— An Insolven®Salesman. F. W. Cook, a salesman, San Franeisco, filed a petition in insolvency yesterday 'n the United States District Court. ke muel his debts at $1902 and his assets at nd valued at $4000 and mortgaged for is the largest number that ever | change it to a balance on the other side. The scores made on both days will be reckoned together and the winning side will take the silver cup as a trophy. The negotiations for the match have been conducted by Mrs. Laurance T. Scott on behalf of the San Francisco team, and by Mrs. P. E. Bowles for the Oakland golfer: At last the much-talked-of and long-ex- pécted challenge has arrived from tke captain of the Oakland Golf Club, and the first of the annual series of home- and-hcme matches between teams of Adams Point and Presidio men golfers will be played next Saturday. As ths Oaklanders lost the series of home-and- home matches and the silver cup last year, it devolved upon them to send in a chaljler.ge this year. The challenge was delayed by the long drought, which dried up and hardened the courses, preventing the greenkeepers from getting them into satisfactory conditin. Earher in the seagon there was consid- erable discussion with regard to the num- | ber of men to be included in each team. | Some talked of teams of six men. while | others went as high as twelve. It ws believed the Oaklanders. who on a pre- vious occasion suggested teams of half a | dozen representatives, thought they could put twelve men into the field this year. _The argument in favor of large teams was that room could be found to include promising players, who. encouraged by the honor of representing their club, | would jpractice more frequently and faith- | fully, and thus raise the level of golf in the club. It seems well, however, that a regular number should 'be adopted, just as for a team in cricket, baseball, foot- ball or other sports. Eight appears a suit- able number, being neither so large as to be cumbrous or inconvenient nor so small as to enable a team to win on the strength of one or two crack players. If | the number were definitely adopted it | would save discussion and would prevent any suggestion that an attempt was be- ing made to fit the number of men in the team to the conditions existent in the club at the moment. In one season it might happen that a club could find a dozen good representatives, while in another year. owing to sickness. absence or other cause, only half that number might be available. The Oakland team this year will be chosen from the following:, Ly R. Folger, F. 8. Stratton. R. M. Fitzgerald, W. P. Johnson. A. H. Higgins, D. F. Belden, T. R. Hutchinson, J. A. Foiger, Frank Kales, J. H. Ames and G. E. de Golia. The Presidio Captain 8. L. Ab- bot Jr. will make his selection from the following: John Lawsen, B. D. Adamson, Warren Gregory. H. C. Golcher, J. W. Byrne, Captain’ D. J. Rumbaugh, S. L. Abbot Jr., George B. Cooksey, W. F. Lester, E. J. McCutchen, Lansing O. Kel- logg, C. R. Winslow, Dr. T. G. McCon- key and J. H. Mee. On Saturday, February 8, the second half of the first match over thirty-six holes will be played on the links at Adams Point. Golf in the South, HOTEL DEL CORONADO, Jan. 24— An interesting foursome was played at the Coronado links on Tuesday between Alex Smith, professional, and Mrs. Fred Green of the San Rafael Golf Club against J. P. Gardiner, open amateur champion of Southern California, and Miss Mary Healy of Coronado, holder of the ladies’ amateur championship. The score of five up and four to play in favor of Smith and Mrs. Green declared them winners. The by-play of the remaining four holes gave them a score of nine up for eighteen holes. All four players put up a good game. the play being once around the eighteen-hole course. Alex Smith is quartered for the winter as in- structor at Coronado. He holds a record of one up for the championship of the world, and is a brother of Willie Smith, open champion. Mrs. Fred Green is prom- inent in golf circles in and about San Francisco and San Rafael, being esve- clally noted for her even game and fine form. —_——— Suit for Seamen’s Wages. N. Fishburn, engineer, and Chris Han- ;:n. pilot, of the American steamer Ko- t filed a complaint against Owen Wade of St. Helena, l:. owner, t:x recover $810, | balance of wages alleged to be due them. "