The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI—-NO. 142, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 21, § 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. — ALL LINES OF THE MARKET-STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM ARE COMPLETELY TIED UP AND 2800 EMPLOYES AWAIT ANSWER OF CORPORATION RELATIVE TO THEIR Fire Destroys a Mis sissippi River Packet. More Than Sixty of Those Aboard Are Lost. Panic-Stricken Pas- sengers Retard Rescuers. The following is » partial | list of the passenzers lost: | Captain Wesley Doss, re- | tired river pilot, Cinein- nati Miss ton, Three Marie Ind children of Mrs. Me- Cullum, Leavenworth, Ind. Patrick Burke and seven members of his family, Owensbore, Ky. Child of Pilot Al Pritchett, Memphis, Tenn. Clay Breeze, wife and son, Uniontown. Ky. | Child of A. M. Allen, Pitts- burg Miss Mary Lister, Carrollton, Ohio. Mr. Adams, Ohie. Mr. Downs, Memphis. M Sweeney, Owensbore, Kentucky L. Hunter, Litinti, Pa. Members of the crew lost: Joe Redding. Cincinnati, striker engineer. Fred Jomes, Newport, striker engineer: ! Tom Smith, Memphis, steers- | Tessim, Cannel- 1 Kr., Wititem R cinnati, first steward. Hemry Thomas (colored), Cincinnati, second stew- ard | John Botts, Cincinnati, cook. Tony Giifoyrle, Cincimnati, baker. These crew Bollinger. Cin- members of the | names unknown, are missing: First pantryman, colored firemen, six boys, two chamber- six deckhands, two three cabin maids, cooks. ATRO, TiL, dis- in the history of the worst 1avigation occurred o’clock this morn- Ogdens Landing. While almost all asleep, the steamer rg was discovered and in a few urned to the water’s than mo- more $80.00 on the steamer does not e the cargo, both being a The latest estimates are that there were 150 persons 1 on board and that not more than f of them were saved, many of the latter being burned or in- As the register of the steamer was burned, no list can iven either of the victims or rvivors and in the confusion been impossible to com- Captain Phillips ad- the death list may reach c sixty. The fire was discovered in the forward hatch larboard at 4:05 lock and burned fiercely. of the passengers were bed when Second Clerk Ph ga The en- gineers started the pumping en- gines and the crew brought all the hose into play. A lips e the alarm. 1id the streams of water on sides, the flames from the lower deck and dense clouds of all smoke, the passengers rushed from their staterooms and a frightful panic ensued. The ap- peals of the officers and crew could not stay the terror-stricken Continued on Page Three. April 20.— | DEMANDS ToR s 570 TEr7PLE ”Ayfl& | Derrrrz PARMENTER NPOLE OF TRANMNSPORTATION ON MARKET STREET. CITIES e LIE IN RUINS | | Guatemala Temblors || Claim Hundreds | of Victims. Amatitlan and Que- saltenango Are En= tirely Destroyed. | | Earthquake Shocks | Continue at Short Intervals. | Special Cable to he Call and the New York | Herald Copyright, 2. by the Herad Publishing ¢ | GUATEMALA CITY, Guate- | mala, April 20.—Three i quakes Friday night reduced to | | ruins Quesaltenango, the second | city of importance in Guatemala | and ooo inhabitants, | | and destroyed the | | town of Amatitlan. Both of these ;{towns were capitals of depart- | | ments of the same name that each | | bears. earth- 253, having completely | It is reported that 500 persons | | were killed in Quesaltenango, but the rumor lacks confirmation. o direct telegraphic communi- cation has been obtained and the | exact loss of life cannot now be ascertained. The disaster is greater than first reports led the public to be- lieve. News of the destruction, which extends 100 miles 2long the western part of the republic, is coming in slowly, because all of the telegraph wires are down. It is known that Amatitlan exists no more as a town, the seismic disturbance having been so great. The inhabitants—that is, those of 10,000 residents who escaped | S b - S04 | H | H - . 7 % {death in the cataclysm — ar | ‘ PROMINENT MEN WHO ARE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART IN TRYING TO BRING ABOUT A SETTLEMENT 1 s 3 LAY v | | IN THE ECONOMIC DISTURBANCE NOW INTERRUPTING THE CITY'S STREETCAR SERVICE, HEADQUAR- { camping in the open air for ! TERS OF THE STRIKERS AND SCENES WHICH OCCURRED YESTERDAY AS A RESULT OF THE TROUBLE. | . safety, not daring to return to the | o ; BRLE A 3o fned - i 1B ! ; Xy ruined confines of the town. g o . . : | (R 5 Some of the inhabitants are build | Evaiits of thaDis- A Mayor Schmitz Makes Futile Attempt to Bring About Confer=|| (Fazizzios. | | Some of the inhabitants are build- vents o epay Are With Official f the United il d. | | ing temporary mud huts. Eagerly Watched e g Lo TN s { M < has b btained | . 5 . More news has been obtamn by Publ i S 1 i : T = Faboutithe: soudbeionsof WS 1 | dition of affairs at Yy FuUbiic. AYOR SCHMITZ sought in o i a about the condition o airs a | || MAYOR SAYS || xor sy sl CORNELIUS || Strikers Join Union| e shas ot Oucltenas | { conference with the offi- il 23 > o ‘ HE strike of - ihe contuctors| | NO VIOLENCE s R A IS HOPEFUL by Hundreds at |go.as the former town is only fif- and motormen of! the Market- | esioms b | v with a view to bring- H itv o street railway system was on bt o0 e 2 : teen miles south of this city, while IS EXPECTED o s e OF SUCCESS B e : : tie-up was complete in every | P ment of the strike. Most of the afternoon e : the latter is more than 100 miles | respect, and barring one car AYOR SCHMITZ mnade was spent by him in seeking to gain com- ICHARD CORNELIUS, gt o 5 r e |on each ltme, wiiich wes sent Gver. the | M the - following state- munlication with Manager Vining or Pres- President of the Street HE street railway employes' | t0 the northwest. system in order that the franchise rights ment relative to the ident Holland, but neither wus to be | Railway Emploves' strike is now In full effect, and | (Cqyriers say earthquake shocks | of the company might not be impaired, strike situation late found. As a last resort Tirey L. Ford. | Union, made the fol- a”"m’ Hues, ‘;’ the “United il Being- st shioet et and the running of the mall cars, not a| | lastmights =~ who is sald to have a power of attornes "":é‘:;‘;r";("‘";'“;:l:"'_"::"'_‘ i “ad“""“fs Ofmdnx :""‘"’;'n"‘ are sty neng. AL Nl vhee e 1 e ved | gompier Che SUma to act for the company in the settlement | e s e rals i nei d of Oues- rhn I!nn L;] dcr{hre system moved T e e i a5t G e wa;: Cyomm““m"dr:;: e ey el e i ¥ 0 Fraa e SR A o vals in the neighborhood of Ques: EOREDONL S ger: 3 || the street railway employes RRNES. Wa ’ mination of the strike. Our | | qughiv blockaded. The tieup was ren-| zilenango. The completeness of the tie-up was a PR and he announced that he would let the | - : 8 aitenango. { who are striking for better men are all out: not a single deren: eatpiele: tastestas it - whia 3 9 p matter of surprise not only to the ¢fi-| | pay and the recession of | | Mavor know later in the evening what ac- one was disloyal.to the prin- | | the ady forces, after reporting at the va-| 1 N€rc have been serious seis- | cers of the rallway company. but to the | unreasonable regulationsen- tion he would, take relative to the pro- ciples of his union. The sit- oS e th > 3 - it . P > e oy | public as well. The unanimity of action | forced against them by the | posed conference. uation could not be more of ‘:h :”f ?1"“5' e ':‘3 "‘"‘W’”U"" es | mic disturbances along the Cor- by calk! | y Feo ., & b 1 X eir fellow-carmen and almost unani- - . . |on the part of the employes In walking| | railway company. ® There At 8 o'clock Mayor Schmitz was at his| | favorable for the trimmph of mously refused to go to work. Secarcely|dillera, affecting towns and vil- out almost to a man is an indication of | | A ence and my office in the City Hall awaiting the com- SRR oEuae, SMBIGE ¢ 18 L the R vt o2 g5 : the deep-seated feeling that existed | | <comviction is that there will ing of Ford, but the Attorney = General cause of right and justice. the wheels of a single car on any line re- | Jages between Amatitlan and bR emarem i L R be mome. The strikers are Gl o I R “Our men have been in- volved vesterday without permission hav- - 3 p 3 E o | orderly and they have as- Piinsteng eleplidne structed as to the course ing first been obtained from President| Quesaltenango. No reliable in- the stringent regulations Manager Vin-| | 44,69 me that they will pre- message from him announcing that no they are to pursme. Unader Corntlite: of - the Giton. Probably never - - | ing has seen fit to enforce. One of those | | Lo 'e Yhe pemce at all has. | |conference could be had for the reason e S L g e Lo R s 18 i e formation regarding the loss of which has been most obnoxious to the | | ards. that President Holland was unable to at- resort to any violence and e ot !’i‘. i s ores. | life or the extent of property des men was the espionage to which they “I will never consent to tend, and he did not consider himself au- they are not to permit others oo Er e L yet ol elfackively. as. the pres o ! 48 | were subjected on' their days off. A rule place policemen on the thorized to act independent of Holland in to destroy fhe property ot | | Nt ome. struction in these intermediate | which has worked a hardship on the | | wtreet cars of the company. the : . the companies.. The United When the strike was put in effect Sat- | | | premises. - Ford’s declination was e strike P e | conductore is one forbidding them to|| The company will be given couchen Rhe folsGi R i aaih: States mail service will not, urday night it was the night forces that | Places has reached here. lean against the rear railing of the car| | ample police = protection o Have ooy sor ARl o vt 3] 1 molex snv, etzouumtasess. Vo' |l fnie’ 1 A6 tnis time- thire : wap. -serious DAMAGE IN MEXICO. F R . s 3 shou! e required., but - nterfered with. . S iR > X \“]'”"_r on fdmll{ vThe":“"»‘ _::";""‘2::“'::‘_ | e eRipRpei by es e asda ever to meet his Honor the Mayor this “We know that in this fight }d';"b‘ SKIINE efen 16 the sipds of TS MEXICO CITY, April 20.— J:_a oD ok RI1, WEN tHaL MR i { ists no police will escort the evening or at any other time. TIndeed, I the sympathies of the gen- 1\ leaders themselves, as to whether the day TI - Ahctalc on Baidie dia | 1y forbade the me from joining the union | cars about the city. I expect should be very much pleased to meet him. eral public, which is always hands would cast their lot with the strik- 1¢ earthq ) | under whose auspices the strike was in- | to hold a conference with | |But as at such a conference matters for the cause of right, is ers. When these men went to the car|ino affected a ]arge extent of terri- | 2ugurated. { the officials of the wstreet would be discussed concerning which T with asx. Our b 0"‘-"1 not sheds yesterday it is safe to assert that o X o A feeble attempt was made to turn out | rafiway company to-morrow. have but a limited power, and as our B more et "nd | | threc-fourts of them had no intention of | tory and reached down into Cen- | some of the cars of the Mission and. Va- | | 1 am econvinced that the president, Mr. Holland, whom T would strike will be short, I know striking.. They were met. however, at the | 1 A i Thelower section of |Jencia street branches at the usual hour | | TS TF L, wish to accompany. me, if such a_confer- that if it ix prolonged, the sheds' by delegates from the union, and in | o N T0CT i 7k | yesterday morning. As fast as the men | d ence is to be had, is mot in physical con- men will hold together until a remarkably short space of time they | the Pacific coast of this country ppeared at the carhouses they were met | - | altion to attend, no’ conference’can take they have gained their had-decided to joiri the strikers and were i B | B the pickets of the strikers, and g mo- | place to-night.” o g ; on their way o the Turk-street Templo | €1t the shock very severely and | ment later they walked away in com- | employes, in which he said he was will- | The Mayor expressed great annoyance | % | to join the union. at Tapachula, an important town | pany. One car was turned out without opposition, and, manned by two men, it | proceeded to the ferry. The strikers v-ere | orderly, and although a number of police- men were on the scene their services | were not called into requisition. | VINING AS CONDUCTOR. At the carhouse of the Sacramento- street line Manager Vining played a con- | spicuous role—that of "conductor. . Vin- ing made several trips over the line dur- ing the morning and collected fares with | the dignity of an old-time conductor. He | was jeered good-naturedly by the crowds, | but paid little attention to the cries of derision that greeted him. Later in the afternoon he visited the Mission-street carhouse and made an address to several ing to treat directly with the men them- | selves, singly or collectively, but that he would not recognize the men affiliated | with the union, who, he said, were dis- | charged employes. Following his address he took a car to the ferry, and among his passengers were several employes who are not in sympathy with the strike. | The failure of the cars to run as usual | was a source of great inconvenience to | the residents along the.various lines of the system living in the outskirts of the city. Many of these walked two miles down town in search of information, but the news obtained by them was not en- Continued on Page Two. at the failure of his first attempt at med- fation. He had convinced himself that the proposed conference would result in much good and he added that he would renew his effort to-day. President Holland was reported to be ill last night. The strike is said to be.the cause. Holland spent the greater part of vesterday at his office and the reports re- ceived by him from the various parts of the system seem:to indicate that a pro- tracted struggle is to be counted upon. The situation was not promising, and when the subject of a conference with the Mayor was. broached he eéxpressed himself as being too 11l to discuss the-strike until to-day. Ford thereupon sent his-declin-) ‘ation to-thé Mayor. as stited. ° ° CLIFF IS DESERTED. “The Deserted Village” would have been an appropriate name for the region around the Cliff House and park yesterday. About a hundred pedestrians visited the beach vesterday and these all had to.come by | way of the Callfornla-street line. The air was quite chilly, as a.cool west wind was blowing. The breakers ~were unusually large. i If the cliff was deserted the park even more SO, as there were no curs run ning to it, except an' oceasional’ Ellis- street car. P The California and Union-street. lines did a rushing business yesterday, being the only- liues Each car was'presscd Int8 service - and cach of these was so crowded that stand- ing room wus'at'a premium.” " i the-eity in.operation. | The most cxeciting event in regard to the employes. quittiAg their pesitions oc- curred out at the Mission-streat carhouse, hear Twenty-ninth street. About 3% men | are employed on the Mission street lines, and the leaders of the strike had deter- mined to make a strong appeal for their assistance. - When the men arrived at the carhouse they were met by F. R. Whitney of the Sutro line and several other dele- gates, who went among the men exhort- ing them to sustain the union. The cause of ‘the organization finally prevailed, and 20 of the men formed in line and marched down to the Turk-street Temple to be- in the state of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan frontier, the damage done to property is estimated at fully $1,000,000. One wealthy man estimates his loss at $200,~ 000. Quesaltenango was, next to Guatemala City, the prettiest town of Guatemala, while Amitit- Continuzd on Page Two. Continued on Page Thress