The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1902, Page 1

o PRICE FIVE CENTS. THREE THOUSAND CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS WILL MEET IN THE GARDEN CITY TO OUTLINE APPROACHING CAMPAIGN AND PLAN FOR INCREASED VOTING STRENGTH IN STATE POLICE CHARGE RIOTERS Strife Is Resumed in| Brussels Late at Night. UGendarmes Show No Mercy to Mob’s Members. City Likely to Be Put| Under Martial Law. f a mob r th ple at 11 o'clock to-night caused the po- d s to charge it. Five of were wounded. One of | | Sixteen ar- for a comparative- nter is taken as evi- the gendarmes are disposed to e groups without mercy. adopted most vigorous evening. was mobilized and the squares in the vicinity of the Maison were occupied by disorderly element ap- to-night as a result of the last evening, and there were suppressed by None charges of the latter 4040 RIOTERS ARE DISPERSED. his evening a group of rioters in- a cordon of the civic Rollebek, whereupon a mes was sent out urbers and badly mauled this disturbance was not serjous is shown by thecircumstance that men i jeered ple, however, of what the rioters carried in the way when 2 young man arrested at another poirt a. A knife, a poignard, a fork ver were found in his pockets. losed the Maison du Peu no one was allowed in was said to-night that of the Young So- nat the police wiil s of the organi- ordered the local committee ives and dissolve. here from the industrial order prevailed in A revisionist meet- ncident at among | 1 mobilized in view of the | promenad streets arm in nd acclaiming uniyersal | on of the dlsordcrs ing has created a pain- g all classes here, al- ted that the majority of the encounters did not = better classes of workmen. st time, the police s, loaded with ball 4 us to that they had used their gwords and revolvers, the latter be- ed with blank cartridges. & rioters were composed of the dregs of the population, with a sprinkling of what is ed Young Bocialist Guerd, composed of mere boys, with little regard for the orders of M. Van Der Velde, a member of the Chamber of Dep- uties and the leader of the Socialist move- ment in Belgium, and the Soclalist com- mittee. It must be explained that the Maison du Peuple is eituated on the upper slope of a hili, that the central boulevard and most of the business portion of the city lies at the foot of this hill, while the royal palace, the law courts, the Chamber of Deputies and the Ministries stand upon the ridge of the hill. The quarter around the Maison du Peuple is the worst in the city. It is a perfect rookery of low-class dwellings, intersected by steep and nar- row streets and malodorous alleys. In the vicinity of the Maison there are some small squares, in which the rioters gath- ered yesterday evening until they were dispersed and the squares occupled by de- tachments of the civic guard. The mob wes mainly composed of the rough popu- lation of the quarter, who jeered and re- viled the police when they were forced along the streets by the cordons of of- ficers. ROUGES START THE RIOT. The serious troubles began when a num- ber of roughs from a safe distance fired revolvers in the direction of the cordons. The gendarmes then charged with drawn swords. After firing at the crowd with revolvers loaded with blank cartridges, they were greeted with & nall of missiles, such as stones, bottles and heavy iron rivets. This occurred in several streets. Jt was worse in the Rue Haute, where the occupants of the houses rained mis- siles upon the heads of the gendarmes. An officer, of the gendarmes then shouted to the crowd to disperse. No notice was taken of this order. Then, for the first time in many years, the gendarmes fired thelr Mauser car- bines, loaded with what are called strike certridges, which contain a ball, but, a | The threatening | Maison du Peu- | He received a | The whole | 200 of the g demonstrations. These and | arrested carried weap- | They Desire a Gage Programme. —_— i Grand Arm y Delegates Deny | | AN JOSE, April 13.—The third biennial convention of the | California League of Repub- lican Clubs, which will open to-morrow, will be svrely i representative in character. | Many prominent citizens of the State | are on the ground. The arrival of South- ‘prr. California delegates to-night caused | considerable interest. Ex-Governor Mark- ham heads the delegation. In a mix-up [l 1 | | | [ | ) [ ! ! | | the southern delegates would break even | 1f proxies were excluded. With the ad- mission of proxies the anti-machine forces would largely outnumber the ma- | chine actagatess | It seems settled to-night that O. A. | Hale of San Jose will be named as chair- man of the committee on resolutions. He acceptable to both factions of the party in Santa Clara County and to Re- | publicans generaily of the State. Stories in circulation that. the. Army and Navy Republican League, under the lcadership of Colonel Bryant, is arrang- ing for a Gage programme, is strenucus- ly end indignantly denled by Grand Army men from every section of the State, VETERANS NOT PROGRAMMED. To-morrow forenoon at Macabee Hall here will be a council of the Army and Navy League to consider what action should be taken in respect to Judge Buc- kles, C. T. Masteller and Truman Reeves, who are recognized candidates for pesi- tion on the Republican State ticket. The facts are that the veterans cannot be programmed for any candidate for Gov- | l ernor. Edson has many stanch friends in the organization. He is a veteran him- self, a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R, and has been indorsed minor charge of powder, The gendarmes fired only one volley, but when the mob scattered several bodies were lying on the ground. Two men were mortally wounded and died while being conveyed to the hospital. More than twenty narrow streets and blind alleys lead to the Rue Haute and when the gendarmes charged after the mob other rioters issued from these al- leys and fired revolvers at the backs of the policemen until the latter were obliged to leave three of their number at the mouth of each alley they passed. These guards stood with their rifles pointed down the | alleys, ready to shoot. Other gendarmes who were stationed every faw paces cov- ered the windows in the Rue Haute with their rifles. LONG LIST OF CASUALTIES. It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of the victims of yesterday’s riot- ing. Many who .were slightly wounded had their wounds dressed in pharmacies, or went home. The director of the hospital St. Plerre, however, sald this afternoon that three rioters had died in the hospital, and that another one there was Lelieved to be mortally wounded. Thirty others who are badly hurt were received at the | hospital last night. Among the injured |are many imprudent spectators of the riot, who were caught between two fires, as the gendarmes frequently combined their movements and charged the mobs front and rear at the same time. A doctor who was returning home after visiting a patient was caught between two bodies of charging gendarmes and his nose was cut off with a sword. A woman ‘was among the wounded. One of the men killed wae the assistant secretary of the Socialist Jewelers’ Union. Few policemen were hurt. SERENE SABBATH DAY. From the gay aspect of the city to-day nobody, would have suspected the bloody scenes which were enacted yesterday. The inhabitants of Brussels took advantage of the beautiful weather to promenade along the spacious boulevards and terraces. The cafes were crowded with holiday makers and a considerable crowd visited the cuarter where the riots occurred. Ex- cept for a furled red flag tied with crape over the Maison du Peuple, nothing was visible to recall the events of yesterday evening. A thousand civic guards were mobilized at 1 o'clock this afternoon and quartered in the Bourse and other public buildings. There was no show of military or police yoon the streets, however, until late this evening, when a body of police and gen- f | ITeXRLI, | Traziaes | e by many camps of the Army and Navy League. Among the Southern Californians who arrived to-pight are: H. H. Markham, Judge Magee and W. S. Mellick of Pasa- dena; A. J. Bell, N." Blackstock, John Carne and Joseph Hobart of Ventura; Thomas Hughes, R. D. Wade, Henry Carter and O. Wickham of Los Angcles; Charles Lloyd, Santa Barbara; Captain Daniels of Riverside; Howard Broughton of Pomona; Luther Brown of Los An- geles; Victor Woods of San Luis Obispo and Al Lindley of Bakersfield. AMONG THE DELEGATES. Sacramento is pretty strongly repre- sented by State Printer Johnston, Secre- tary of State Charles F. Curry, Secretary of the Board of Examiners Danfel Ke- vane, Executive Secretary of the Gov- ernor Davis, Major Kyle of Folsom and Grove L. Johnson. San Franciscans are numerous. Among them are General George Stone, George R. Wells, T. D. Rlordan, Jesse Marks and Auditor Baehr. Dr. George C. Par- darmes assembled in the vicinity of the Maison du Peuple and prevented gather- ings. An extensive ambulance service has been organized to be in readiness for emergencies. There was considerable effervescence around the Maison du Peuple after 8 | o'clock this evening, and the gendarmes, | who insisted that all windows in private houses be kept shut, were constantly oc- cupled in dispersing groups. Several per- sons were arrested for resisting the po- lice. As M. Van der Velde left the Maison he was followed by a crowd of Socialists, but he exhorted them to remain calm. MARTIAL LAW LIKELY. The Socialist Deputies have decided to close the Maison du Peuple in the future at 7 o’clock in the evening to convert the evening demonstration to a day demon- stration and to issue a manifesto urging the people to avoid violence. At a meet- ing of delegates from the trades unions the order for a genera| ctrike was con- firmed. X The newspapers published to-day de- scribe a ghastly struggle which occurred between some workmen, who desired to carry a wounded and dying man to the Maison du Peuple, and the police, who were trying to convey him to a Red Cross ambulance. The wounded man had nearly all his clothes torn off before the police prevailed in their eflofls, and he died im- mediately. The Petit Bleu thinks it not unlikely that martial law_will be proclaimed Tues- day it the riots continue, and that the third class of the militia will be called out. The meetings of Soclalists and workmen at Ghent and Liege to-day were orderly. Dynamite was exploded at the Catholic Club at Charleroi last night and much damage was done. There was some re- volver firing at Charlerol during last night, but to-day the town was quiet and there was an orderly demonstration of 20,000 persons. ———— PLOT AGAINST KING'S LIFE. Leopold’s Change in Movements Foils the Ascsassins. NEW YORK, April 13.—The Times has this from London: It appears certain, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, that the agitation in Belgium was désigned to coincide with ‘an attempt on the life of King Leopold at Biarritz. For- tunately, says the correspondent, the plot was frustrated on account of the fact that his Majestey returned to Brussels earlier than was expected in order to reinforce the cause of order. The newspapers of all shades of opin- ] .~ Not Likely to Occur at Session. it AN JOSE, April 13.—There is/ little apprehension among the, leaders of the Republican party | of a clash of any of the differ- | ent factions during the pro- ceedings of the convention to- morrow. All the delegates that have ar- rived so far are enthusiastic and unani- | mous in their desire to have a harmonious -and pleasant convention, wherein the gen- | eral outlines of the coming campaign will + - REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE AR- RANGED FOR THE CONVEN- TION IN SAN JOSE. P - dee and Frank Jordan of Oakland are on the ground. Credentfals have been received up . to this evening from 169 clubs, represented D s e e e e e e B B e T Y fon, says the Brussels correspondent of the Times, strongly condemn the useless and malignant outbreaks of violence now cceurring. The correspondent says the electoral re- form agitation is by no means confined to the socialists, since the bulk of the Lib- erals are in accord with them. The so- cialist leaders have preached violence, it is declared, but they have started forces which they no longer seem able to control. ————— King Favors Referendum LONDON, April 14.—Special dispatches received here from Brussels represent King Leopold as in'favor of a dissolution and referendum on the suffrage question, but state that at a council of Ministers held at Lasken, in the province of Bra- bant, yesterday, at which the King pre- sided, it was decided vigorously to oppose the demand for universal suffrage. Brussels Is Quiet To-Day. BRUSSELS, April 14—King Leopold went to Ostend yesterday and returned to Brussels last evening. His trip was un- eventful. Brussels is quiet “early this morning. The Civic Guard was dismissed and the members went to their homes at 1:15 o'clock. — e TAFT’S MISSION TO ROME NOT A DIPLOMATIC ONE If Any Agreement Is Reached Con- cerning Philippine Friars It Will Be on Business Lines. WASHINGTON, April 13.—In adminis- tration circles in Washington there has been some amusement over the talk about the so-called mission to Rome. The facts are that Governor Taft has impressed very strongly upon the President and Sec- retary of War that the question of getting rid of friars was of vital consequence’ to peace in the Philippines, and that to ac- complish this it was necessary to deal dl- rectly with the head of the corporation involved, Rome. After much consideration it was decided that Governor Taft should stop at Rome on his way from the Phil- ippines to consult with the church author- itles and see if it would not be possible to come to some agreement on behalf of the Philippine government. = There would be nothing of any kind or shape in the matter which would suggest anything in the way of diplomatic relations. It would be purely a business transaction. The United States Government is nelther ‘fa- vorable nor hostile to any particular sect. | It desires to treat all alike with exact jus- | tice. It does not wish to do injustice to the - mnu by tnkml' away thelr umhthrom. “«%ed by about twenty clubs’ ~by 896 ex-officio delegates, 87 delegates- at-large and 2649 delegates, making a of 8132 delegates. This will be in- creden- , ‘Which have not been received as yetii . There has been great interest taken in the matter of club organization since the last bienniel convention of the league clubs. An effort will be made to formu- late_.a plan at this convention to give all the affiliating clubs a greater degree of permanency than is now attained. It is proposed to amend the constitution of the State league so as to provide that the time of the re-election of officers of each affiliating club will take place at the same 'time as that of every cther club. This will serve toward a general uniformity of action. The deleghtes to the present conven- tion represent an enrolled membership of 66,225 members. A few delcgates, how- ever, were elected as representatives from two different clubs, but this number is very small, without compensation. On the other hand it recognizes that although the Christian Filipinos are practically all Roman Cath- olics, they are, nevertheless, a unit in de- manding that the friars leave the island. Governor Taft better than any other man could explain this state of things to Rome. It Is belleved if an honorable and satis- factory arrangement can be reached the result will be most beneficial to the islands and that probably no other man could do | as much good. e Catidly COTTON YARN MILLS TO FORM A COMBINE Proposed Trust to Embrace All of the Large Plants in Southern States. ATLANTA, Ga., April 13.—The Consti- tution to-morrow will say: Plans are on foot for the formation of a gigantic trust of all the cotton mills of the Southern States. A committee named at a recent mceting of the Southern Yarn Spinners, which has made an investigation, will re- port favoring the acceptance of a pro- posal made by F. L. Underwood of New York, who agrees to issue a total of $60,- 000,000 capital stock for a company incor- porated under the laws of New Jersey. In his proposal, Underwood agrees to pay to all of the yarn mill owners for their property a price to be agreed upon by a committee to be selected by the mill owners with his approval, but such price shall not be in excess of 220 per cent of the face cash cost of replacing the prop- erty, payment to be made :n one-half pre- ferred and one-half common stock. Upon the signification of 60 per cent of the yarn manufacturers of the South that they will accept this proposal, Underwood says he will have the contract prepared and submitted to them for execution. A Peace in South America. VALPARAISO, April 14.—In answering an interpellation in the Chamber of Dep- uties on Saturday Secretary of Foreign Affairs Yanez said that a diplomatic se- cret prevented him from making a full explanation, but he added that the last arrangement with Argentina was so sat- isfactory that it will end in a speedy and definite solution of the long-standing con- troversy. Secretary Yanez asserted that before the end of this year all pending questions with Peru, Bollvia and Argen- tina would be satisfactorily settled. The Chilean lflnlster to Spain, Mariano San- chez, will represent this country at the ‘accession of King Alfonso to the Spanish be talked over and plans laid for increas- ing the voting strength of the party throughout the State. The constitution of the league prohibits the indorsement of any candidate for | office prior to his nomination in a regu- | lar manner by the representatives of the party, and this matter is so well under- stood that there will be no attempt made to circumvent or ignore this provision. From appearances it “will be one of the | most representative Republican gather- ings ever held {n this State. HALE ON <ESOLUTIONS. The determination to name O. A. Hale as chairman of the committee on resolu- tions was revealed after the names of twenty candidates had been considered. | The chief point in his favor aside from | his standing as a high-class Republican | is the knowledge that he Is acceptable to | the Good Government League and the other faction of Santa Clara County. The | committee will consist of three members | from each of the eight Congressional dis- | tricts. The Sacramento delegation, which ar-| rived to-day, numbers 110 delegates. The Southern California contingent, or the ad- vance guard, numbers sixty.. There is quite.a camp of statesmen at the Ven- dome to-night. Charles McClatchy, Mayor Douglass, E. P. Colgan, J. S. Gibbs and | Colonel J. B. Wright are there from Sac- ramento. Willlam' J. Herrin, Edmund | Tauzsky and Lucien Solomon of San| Francisco are also here. E. F. Preston | will be here to-morrow. | Two delegations from the Fortieth As-| sembly District of San Francisco will ask | for the convention’s recognition and the | indications are that both will be recog- | nized. Jesse Marks leads one delegation | and Edmund Tauzsky heads the other. ORATORS WILL BE THERE. Governor Markham, who is s#opping at the Vendome, IS not covered with war | paint. He expects an interesting conven-" tion and a great Republican demonstra- tion. Before returning south he will visit San Francisco. Samuel M. Shortridge is the only one of the big four orators on the scene, but D. E. McKinlay, Frank H. Short and Judge Bennett will arrive in due time. The decorations at the auditorfum are finished and everything is in readiness for the reception of the delegates. The first event to-morrow will be the arrival of the Republican Primary League speciai | train, bearing S00 delegates and alter- nates. The Republican Alliance of Oak- land and the Urnion League Club of San Francisco have established headquarters in the St. James Hotel. It is given out to-night that Alden An- | derson of Suisun, president of the league, | has been decided upon for re-election, and that S. A. Crow of Santa Barbara | will be vice president. Senator Lukens | of Alameda has, it is stated, withdrawn from the contest for the presidency. LONGER LIST OF DELEGATES Additional Names of Re- publicans Who Wil Be Present. -The . following are delegates chosen, in addition to those heretofore published in The Call, to attend the third biennial convention of the California League of Republican Clubs, which meets at the Auditorium, San Jose, at 11 a. m. to-day: Republican Primary League of San Francisco. DELEGATES. ALTERNATES. John H. Nelson Peter Johnson Logan L. A. Rea J Charles Reed Jr. A. | erick’s answer could be taken as | that moment. | cussed the situation to-day — o Clash Among thé Delegates NEARING ‘THE END OF WAR Prospects of Peace in Africa Excite London. Cabinet Council Holds Session Late at Night. Populace Confident That Strife Is to Cease. Spacial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1902, by the Herald Publishing Compan: LONDON, April 13.—Excitement over | the prospects of early peace in South Af- rica was intense to-night. Up to midnight no official announcement had been made by the Government, but certain events of the day were taken to indicate that @ sat- | isfactory conclusion was now very near at hand. After the Cabinet meeting on Saturday | all reports tended to strengthen the belief | that the Government had considered the points of a preliminary agreement which was likely to be reached in South Africa. Late last night the Cabinet met again and remained in session from 11 o’clock until 1 o’clock this morning—a most ex- traordinary proceeding. When the Minis- ters left for their homes they declined to say anything at all regarding the nature of the important business which had called them together at such an unusual hour. The supposition that the budget was the cause was jo longer given cre- ° dence. A number of the members of the Cabi- net were at Downing street to-day, and though it is sald no Cabinet council was held still it can be stated with a consid- erable degree of positiveness that the South African situation was agaim under discussion—for the third time within twenty-four hours. CHAMBERLAIN VISITS KING. After the Ministers dispersed something occurred which to-night was the talk of London. Joseph Chamberlain drove ta Buckingham Palace, where he took | luncheon with the King, with whom he remained two hours. The Colonial Secre- | tary 1s supposed to have laid before his sovereign all the details of the South Afe rican negotiations. In well informed circles it is said that the negotiations have reached such a stage that a proclamation of an armistice may be expected at any moment. It will be remembered that St. John Broderick in the House of Commons several days ago sald no armistice would be granted; but it must not be forgotten that Brod- mean- ing that no armistice would be pro- claimed under the conditions existing at But if, as is generally be- lieved, a definite basis for a possible set- tlement has now been arrived at by the Boer leaders and Lord Kitchener an armistice would follow as a matter of course. As can well be imagined, London dis- to the exclu- sion of every other topic. One heard peace talk as people came out of church, as they walked in Hyde Park, in hotels and restaurants—in fact, everywhere that Londoners congregate on Sunday. Every one felt certain that the end was in sight and that the Government had only the details to arrange before making that public announcement which has been so anxiously awalited these many months. NEWS REACHES DOVER. All sorts of rumors as to the terms upon which the war would be settled were flying about, and as there were no after- noon papers the excitement was all the greater. While, of course, there was no official announcement to base opinions upon, every one seemed to think that to- morrow would bring forth a definite statement. The Herald’s Dover correspondent tele- graphs that according to semi-official In- formation received there the end of the wer is surely at hand. Under ordinary circumstances not much importance would be attached to such a statement, but in view. of mysterious leakages in the past of big War Office news it cannot be | disregarded. The correspondent says: “Quite a sensation has been caused by a statement that official information has been received by officers of the Dover garrison that the Boers had surrendered and that the war had ceased. Some effort was made to officially contradict this statement, but inquiries I made to-day leave no room whatever to doubt that in- formation from the War Office of a most gratifying character did leak out to the general commanding the southeastern district, whose headquarters is at Dover. “I am in a position to assert that in~ forma‘iim cf a defirite character announe- ing a general surrender of the Boers has been received here from the War Office, but for some reason, probably because it was premature, the news was stopped a few hours after it was received to prevent further circulation.” BOERS RESTING ON ARMS. The comparatively brief duration of the conferences at Klerksdorp is regarded as an indication that the Boer leaders found Continued on Page Three. Continued on Page Two.