The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1902, Page 2

7 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1902 SMITH DEFENDS AMAR CAMPAIGN General Says Treachery of the Natives'Is Unequaled. Orders for a General Inquiry on the Island Reach Manila. MANILA, April 20.—The United Sta port Buford left here to- Francisco, after having been de quarantine for five day Gen, Jacob H. Smith, who was in com- f the American forces in Samar at said to have i natives of that island witho was to have gone home on the Bu but has disembarked here. Orders been received here from Washing to hold a court of inquiry into the eral conduct of affairs in Samar. General Smith claims that, to the best belief, the officers and men of his Semar had to face insur- a time Major Waller ford have tor almost unbearable. chery of the natives of qualed in the tory of ays that the American sol- s ed, In the circumstances, with be greatest forbearance shown in the var in the Philippines. paigning in Samar was not a pleas- trip. but a stern reality, said General h. He expressed doubt if the troops | any nation in the world would or could beve acted in Samar as well as did the cens. parties of insurgents are and these have increase ecent surrender of the General Malavar. General with twenty-six officers and surrendered to the na Yy In the province of Misam! s forwarded to Gen- the by sident Roosevelt campaizgn in Laguna and es conducted by General ee forwarded the Pres- “ A latter presses his great pleasure at ve receipt by General Bell of the Presi- congratujations, American General Chaffee, “‘have ever harged with a t f accomplishment. With n the atter of Terr: omrades in the island of Sam | campaigned ch difficulties. So situation in Bantan- continues General . “that only a person miliar with it b; al con- ¥ de- what were the best methods to slish the object mely, the recog- : of ihe United hment of ace d sections.” d order in the The T States Philippine Com - zing munic for combat- chelera ment. There has 2 = and 300 deaths in 6 cases and 602 deaths in HUNGARIAN AND AUSTRIAN NOBLES GIVE A THEATRICAL Present a Revised Version of “Cin- derella” Before Emperor Fran- cis Joseph and Suite. VIENNA, Ap A company“of ama- teurs, composed exclusively of-members the Hungarian and Austrian nobilit ast night preser at the private thea- er of ite Royal Pzlace of Schoenbrunn, a ised versien of “‘Cinderella.” especiaily ritten for. the company by Baron Bour- m which was given in ! ded by includi ited State a dazzling dispiay of diamohd e it 2 Seven People Perish in a Fire. A fire broke out at n Hackney, a popular Eu i a prinier's ware- house, three stori h. the top floor of used for 1iving rooms. A dozen < and escapes arrived prompt but the flames were of ove: tering power and it was impossible to enter the building. When the flames w nally under control, the charred bod two ADVERTISEMENTS. Catarrh Invites Consumption It weakens the delicate lung tissue: deranges the digestive organs, and s down the general health. It often causes headache and dizzi- ness, impairs the, taste, smell and hear- ng d affects the voice. Being a constitutional disease it re- quires a constitutional remedy. Hood’s Sarsaparilla lly and permanently cures r of the nose, throat, stomach, bowels and more delicate organs, and builds up the whole system. No substitute for Hood's Hood's. ca- acts like Be sure to get Hood's. mopiais of remarkable cures majled on 1 HOOD CO., Lowell, Mas¢. quest. C. 1001-TAXES-1901 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the second installment taxes on all property must be paid on or before MOXDAY, the 28th day of April, 1992, At 6 P. M., and that unless paid prior | thereto 5 per cent will be added to the emount thereof. Positively no checks received after the 2ist day of April, 1902. A (Signed) EDWARD J. SMITH, Tax Collector City and County of San Francisco. Beloved Resident of Brother of a United DEATH ENDS THE CAREER OF DR. CEPHAS L. BARD Ventura County and States Senator Passes Away After a Long and Painful lliness tes that the hardships | congratulations | n n through General | and in an accompanying | women and four children | ENTURA, April 20.—Dr. Cephas Little Bard, brother of Senator Thomes R. Bard, and the most beloved man in this section of the State, died at 2:30 o'clock this . | ncrning at the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital. An operation was performed Thursday for cancer, but the patient was unable to raily. Mjss Blanche Bard and Alber: Bzrd, his daughter and son, wer hospital when death came. Fl ha mast gver the entire county and 1s were tolled fifty-nine times, begin- at the moment of death. According to the wishes of Dr. Bard, body will lay in sState for one day at late residence. The funeral will be under the suspices of the Ventura County Pioneers. The Rev. C. B. Rogers of the Piesbyteriam Chureh will conduct the services and the medical fraternity will select the pall-bearers, The body Is to De cremated.-- Becavse ‘of ‘the large number of persons who desire to attend the serv- icés, théy will be held in the hall. The. establishment of the hospiial was the ambition of Dr. Bard, and he lived o = opened on January 1. He as com- led to go to bed within a week after the dedicatory eeremony. Dr. Cephas Little Bard was born in- Chambersburgh, Franklin ‘County, Pa., on: April 7, 1843. Inheriting a.taste for the' study v all of 'his maternal ancestors,being. paysicians’and those on his paternal side being connected with Drs. John and Samuel Bard, found- ers 'of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of New York—he early -determined to devote bimself to the medical profes- sion. After completing a course of clas- sical studies at the Chambersburgh Acad- cmy he entered the office of Dr. A. H. Senseny. ‘Wkile he was an office student he reverses of General McClellan. oc- urtred, ‘and Dr. Bard, yieldlng. to'pa- triotism and responding to the cail for velunteers, enlisted as a private in Com- | peny A, 126th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. With that regiment he par- ticipated in the second battle of Bull Run and those of Antictam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. | After his term of service had_ expired hé attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical Coliege. Ldter he was appointed assistant surgeon of Pennsylvania vol- unteers and again went to the front. He remained with his regiment till the surrender of Lee. 1t §s worthy of note that Dr. Bard was General Washington's phy: ! cian and that Colonel Robert Parker, Dr. Bard's maternal great-grandfather, was a colonel under Washington and from him recelved special recognition for gallant services. After the surrenéer of Leé ‘Dr. Bard returned to his old home. where he prac- ticed medicine until 1868, when hc i VINING MAKES | STATEMENT TO | THE STRIKERS| General Manager Vining visited the (’lil'I house on Mission street, near Twenty- | ninth street, yesterday afternoon and in- | cidentally made a few remarks to a num- | | ber of his striking empoloves whom he | found gathered there. He told the men | thet he was sorry that the trouble had | | occurred and that he was ready to wel-i { come them back into the service of the; | company at any time they were willing to | | come. 1In regard to the demands made | | by the men, he £aid that he was willing to | | grant them where possible, and that he; | would be pleased to confer with the men | individually or collectively at any time. | He positively refused, however, t0 Trecog- nize in any manner the Railway Em- ployes’ Union, which he asserted is com- posed of men discharged from the service of the road. J | Some of the strikers informed the gen- cral manager that they objected to the system of espionage which he had estab- lished in maintaining spies to watch the men in order to find out of they enter sa- loons when off duty. They said that they considered it an injustice to fine an em- | ploye for taking refreshments in a pub- lic drinking place. Vining replied that this | regulation might seem harsh, but that it | was calculated to promote both the good of the men themselves and the good of the company, which he declared must have efficient employes. He intimated that this | rule would be modified. . After the confer- | ence Vining took charge of a car and went to the ferry with 2 number of non-union employes 4s passengers. \CHIEF ISSUES | STRIKE ORDERS TO POLICEMEN in accordance - with . the - instructions given him vesterday afternoon by M ;:K ! Schmitz, Ch ef Wittman issued orders ! night to the effect that two policemen ghall report for, duty this morning at 5 o'clock at each of the carhouses in | order to prevent damage being done to | the syndicate’s property. These two men | are to_ remain on duty untfl 7 o’clock, when they will be relieved by four others, who will guard the houses during the day. Wittman's instructions were to the ef- fect that his men shall protect the prop- erty of the corporation, and shall not al- low any of the carmen who desire to go to work ‘to be mistreated. but the officers must not ride on the cars. If a car is jped. then the policemen will have the r).fig to interfere and assist the employes in proceeding on their routes. s - A 5 DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN OF VENTURA WHO DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. 3 moved to th erican ph; city. He was the first an to locate here. n the first county election Dr. Bard, baving been nominated for Coroner omn both tickets, was, of course, unanimously elected. In the next general election he s re-elected. Dr. Bard had served rms aggregating twenty. years as County Physician und Surgeon. He was president of the Ventura County Ploneer Society from the time it was organized. Then he was president of the Ventura County Medfeal jety. He was also :r. “He was an active nia State Medical Society and was presi- dent of the State zssociation for a term. At various times he was a member df the Board_of Pension Examiners. Dr. Bard was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Mili- tary Order of the Loval Legion, of the {nights Templar and other fracernal or- Dr. Bard had an exceedingly large prac- tice, to which he was devoted. Hig car- riage and his pet white horse “Kit” 'could be seen going night and day on his er- rands of mercy. On the first of last January the Eliza- beth Bard Memorial Hospital was opened to the public. This institution was erected by Dr. Bard and his brother, Senator Thomas R. Bard, as a memorial to thelr mother. This hosoital is eventually to be given to-the city of Ventura. With the death of Dr. Bard this city and county lose a valuable citizen and one beloved by every one. He was known to every person in this section and all re- garded him as a personal friend. As an evidence of his great pcpularity the fact may be cited that in Ventura County therc are numerous children named Cephas, Little or Bard in tribute to the doctor. There are also many persons who were born here, but who have since moved away, who bear Bard’s name for re- their given name. ) ool Sogoioioe @ VEHICLES WERE IN DEMAND ALL OVER THE CITY Market street was crowded with bug- gles, trucks, furniture wagons, automo- biles and hacks yesterday. Each vehicle was filled with passengers bound for all quarters of the city affected by the strike. Rates ranging from 5 cents to B cents, according to the distance trav- cled, were charged, and few protests against the rates were made. From the ferries to The Call bullding hundreds of passengers were picked up by enterprising vehicle owners and thence carried to central points, such as Haight | and Market, Twenty-sixth and Valencia, Fillmore and Ellis, the Potrero and other sectifons. The residents of the outlying districts embraced with satisfaction the cpportunities offered for getting home. . Owing to the tie-up of main lines lead- ing to the park, there was little travel to that resort and comparatively none to the Cliff House. The California-street line and its connections did an enormous business throughout the day, they being the feeders to a vast stretch of terri- tory. Residents who are accustomed to | coming downtown via the Geary and Sut- ter street lines made the best of the sit- aation by walking to California street and taking the cars of that line at (heir respective points. The unusual travel ne- cessitated the employment of every ex- tra car on that line far into the night, The Union-street line, as well as the Hyde-street connection, did an enormous business all day. The running of these lines has not been interfered with for the |1eason that the employes are well satis: fied with their pay and hours. the officials of the line that no matter what the any other company might pay on the California-street line would exceed it by 2 cents per hour. The an- nouncement has served to cement the good relations existing between the com- pany and its empioyes. ARMY OFFICIALS THINK MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE They Do Not Know General White or TUnderstand the Dispatch Sent to Mexico. MEXICO CITY, April 20.—The police have been asked by the United States to keep a watch for General W. L. White, U. 8. A., alleged to have fled from justice, WASHINGTON, April 20.—No officer kngt:('l, ai‘thot‘i\nfl.l f the U ne Wi e army o e United and officials are at a loss to undesl:t.-t:«: %n ‘what authority the Mexican dispatch is One of said last night wages paid by be ‘the rate of A The way Balva-ces cures Plles, —* | come regular members of the Street Rail- | bearing the words ‘Unjted States Mail | Cat” on the front dud fear of the cars. The men were-wartied tHat they must not | . L. White is con- | . laay,itis j unfon was informed by one of the strik- ! run. HOLD BIG Centinued From Page One. way Employes’ Union. ENTHUSIASM AT TEMPLE. ‘When the Mission street carmen arrived at the Turk-street Temple, which has been selected as the headquarters of the strikers, a scene of the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. The Temple was already filled with the conductors, motormen and grip- men, who made the hail ring again and again with their cheers for the men from the Mission. The cheers were repeated Wwhen the employes from the Castro and Geary street lines marched into the hall in_bodies, - - - During the entire day there was a meet- ing in progress at the Temple. men were addressed by representatives of the Labor Council, and plans were ar- ranged for carrying on the fight. It was stated before the contest 'was inaugu- rated that not more than one-third of the railway emploves were members of the union, but yesterday hundreds of the men Went to the Temple and signed the réll. | Half a score of secretaries were kept busy during the entire day taking down the names of new members, and before night the Street Railway Unfon had be- i come one of the st - tons in the ol rongest labor organiza. MEN TOLD TO KEEP PEACE. The men were instructed over and over 2gain to maintain the peace and not to attack the property of the railway com- panies, and especially not to molest the cars employed in the United States mail service, A peacctul policy was recom. mended by Sedretary Ed_ Rosenberg of the Labor|Council, and’ Mayor Schmitz sent his secretary with a message to the men advising them not to commit any unlawful act and not to hecome intoxi- cated during their enforced idleness. Becretary Ed Rosenberg in addressing the union practically promised the strik- érs the support of the Labor Council nmmcl\léy and otherwise in carrying on the condest. He said the matter would in all probability be considered at the mext meeting of the il 25 Tollowe: council. He spoke in part It has been sajd that the Labor Council' did not consider this the propef time for the com- Mmencement of a street car strike. - I desire to fay that such a statement i erroneous. A few wecks 8go the Tabor Couneil advised your committee that it did not consider that - it weuld be proper to involvé thie street car lines of this city in a strike, but conditions have changed since then. ~If depends upon your- Belves whether or mot the labor unions of this city will sustain you. If thev-find that you are In earnest they ‘will coms forward to assist you. To most people the rallroad employes have already proved that they are thoroughly in_earnest. The streét cer men cannot retreat.’ It you attempt to go back .now, after having -ieft jour cars standing in the ‘strects. ‘vou will bs | discharged by the company within the mext six_months. = We of the Labor Council tried to organize the railway empioyes about a year ago, but failed. At that time I percelved that amaong the oldest men in the eervice there ex- isted a déep grievance.againgt the companies. You are: hound “ihjs strike. because your g ‘redted. ' You have the sympathy ~of" th, bf¢ and you should strive to maintain that- sympathy by conduct- ing yourselves in a gentlemanly manner. If u few cars are onerated by non-union men-you shculd not mind that. You should remember that it requires 3500 men to runm the street rajlway cars of this city. WILL LET MAIL CARS RUN. Harry A. Knox of the Sutro line an- nounced that the secretary of the Umited States Mail Service desired to extend his thanks to the union for the manner in which the mail cars had been permitted | to run. The announcemeént was greeted with \cheers. - Knox ‘fellowed this. com- munication with adylée .o the men not to hinder the mail service in_any manner. He also informed the men that they were | at liberty to work on the regular mafl cars at any time, but that the conductors on such cars must not collect fares. The ers that the rallway companies . were trapsforming the ordinary passenger dars into mail cars ’lfif merely placing signs s accept posltions on any cars of ‘this de- scription, except the Castro .street line, which has no regular mail cars. The entire San Mateo line s tied up and not even the funeral cars are allowed to An appeal was made yesterday morning to President Cornelius to allow these cars to be operated. He announced to thé mecting yvesterday afternoon that he considered it safer ‘not to grant the permission, as funreal cars are not an in- dispensable necessity. PICKETS ARE APPOINTED. | The members of the union are not sat- isfied with having called from work the employes of the streetcar com- panies, but at the meeting yes- terday the men were instructed - to watch the dlflgient car houses and endea- Vor Lo persua outsiders not to operate the cars. In doing this peaceful means only are to be employed. The principal portion of the street-car employes that remained with the com- panies and refused to strike are bonus men, who, By reason of the length of time spenit in the service are entitled to a high- er salary. For every fivé years that a conductor, gripman or motorman works for thé company he recelves one cent ex- ira#per hour. Men receiving this addition to their pay are called bonus men, and are distinguishable from the employes whose term of service has not been so long by a stripe sewed on the sleeves of their coats near the cuffs. Hach stripe denotes five years of work on the street cars. ‘While a considerable portion of the bo- nus men have quit, still a number, and especially the men with four stripes, have been reltctant about surrendering the po- sitions which they have held through so many years, particularly as to go on strike is to jeopardize their bonuses. It is among these men that the strikers were | instructed at yesterday’s meeting to use their persuasion. Harry A. Knox told the strikers that | he had recelved a message from Mayor | Schmitz to the effect ‘that an application had been made to him by the railroad of- ficials for policemen to guard the cars, and that he had refused. This message was recefved with prolonged applause. Knox exhorted the men to abstain from committing the Jeast violence and restrain others from doing so, . E. Zant, a representative of the La- bor Council, advised the car men how to carry on the strike and encouraged them to have faith in one another. He. spoke of the qualifications necessary for an ef- ficient railway employe, and declared that they were men upon whom a great re- sponsibility was continually placed. He declared that the conditions were favor- able for the winning of the strike and that public sympathy is entirely with the gen, Speeches of encouragement were also de- livered by Willlam Costely and Delegates ‘Willey and Marks of the Labor Council. ——— CARMEN GO IN CROWDS TO THE TEMPLE The entire day force of street car em- ployes reperted as usual yesterday morn- ing at the different car barns and abowt three-fourths of the number had no de- sire to strike and were ready to go to work. The delegates of the Street Rall- way Employes' Union, whose members inaugurated the strike on Saturday night, were on hand to persuade them not to work. Their arguments must havé been very ‘conclusive, as one hour after the time the men usually commenced. their Gaily runs they were all headed for Turk- 'street Temple to enroll themselves as meémbers of the union. The decision on the part of the day forces to strike was communicated almost instantaneously to the car houses in all parts of the city. The men on the Sutro line were * bly the first to join the ranks of the strik- ers. There were forty conductors and motormen employed on the road that car- ries passengers to the park and cliff, and every one of them qul There were no cars running to the park and Cliff House yesterday. The men from the Sutro line had acarcel?' finished signing their names to the union’s membership role .when 200 of the employes from the Mission lines, dressed in_their uniforms., marched into the hall. There are more than 300 men employed on the Mission lines, and while all of-them did not join the union yester- that none of them could The car- | —_—— R, - |DEATH COMES SUDDENLY [STRIKERS TO KNOVELIST STOCKTON MEETING liness at First Regarded as Not Serious in Paralysis, Following a Hemorrhage + Culminates \ Immediately in the Brain — % THE LATE FRANK R. STOCK- TON, WHO WAS STRICKEN IN WASHINGTON. be induced to take a car from the car house. 2 Following the Mission contingent came the Castro-street car employes. Of the eighty men who held positions on the Castro ~ line seventy-six _reported at headquarters and were initlated into the union. Just after the Castro men en- tered the Temvle a report was received to the’effect that the Gear: reet men were hesitating about casting their lot with the strikers. Chairman Henry John- sen called for volunteers from the Me- Allister-street carmen to go to the Geary- street carhouse to persuade the men to help out on the strike, but before the volunteers had_ left the hall the Geary- Street men in full strength marched into the headquarters. They were received with loud cheers. - The men from none of the other lines came in a body, ‘but individual emplayes straggled into the headquarters until the hay was crowded to the doors. The en- rolling of the men kept six secretaries busy all day, and last night it was an- nounced that 200 men had joined the striking organization, whereas on the previbus: night, when the strike was com- - ‘mericed, there were but 300 members. METROPOLITAN HALL SCENE OF MASS-MEETING A mass-mecting of the striking strect car employes and their friends was held last evening at Metropolitan ‘Temple, when a report on the strike situation was made by R. Cornelius, the president of the carmen’s union, and speeches were made,to the gathering. ; President Cornelius was greeted with warmth and announced that the strike situation was wefl in hand and that there was eyery prospect of winning the dis- pute With their employers. Cornelius stated that though the strike had started with but few men in the ranks of the vnion, a complete tle-up of the car lines had been effected within one day, and that nearly all the conductors, motormeit and gripmen had joined the union. G. B. Benham made a speech denounc- ing the actions of General Manager Vin- ing of the United Railrcads of San Fran- isco, and predicted that the fight would result in a_victory for the employes. ‘Walter Thomas Miils delivered an ad- dress that consisted mainly of the propa- ganda of thei Suga\l#tdpal'ly. with which eaker is aflliated. 'nl\e&lf:?mel Casey of the Board of Public Works announced that Mayor Schmitz would stand - by the striking employes and be true to the labor organizations that had made Ris election possible. Casey urged the striKers to refrain from any demonstrations of violence, and assured them that they had the sympathy of every labor organization in San Francisco and the entire country. Considerable enthusiasm prevailed dur- ing the entire meeting, and at its close, wgen the strikers were urged to be this morning at the posts assigned them by their executive committee and to be vigi- lant in inducing men from taking the po- sitions vacated. MAYOR REFUSES TO PUT POLICE ON STREETCARS Mayor Schmitz was a very busy man yesterday. He arrived in this city from Sacramento at 9 o’clock, and although he had had little sleep during the night he began an immediate consideration of the strike and the best methods to be adopted to secure an early settlement of the con- troversy. The Mayor notified Chicf of Police Witt- man that he would be in his officgrat the City Hall at 2 o’clock, and from that time until ‘midnight his time was taken up with interviews relative to the strike. Among the first callers were several members of the executive copimittee of Division No. 205, Amalgamatéd Associa- tion of Street Railway Employes of Amer- {ca, headed by Richard Cornelius, presi- dent of the local branch, Harry Knox and others. Cornelius addressed the Mayor, and sald the strikers were orderly a that they desired to have the Mayor ad- dress them at their meeting in the Turk- street Temple. The Mayor replied that it was his pur- pose to remain perfectly neutral in the matter in order that no question could be raised in the event his services as me- diator between the rallway company and the strikers were requested. He assured the members of the committee that his sympathies were with the street car em- ployes and that he would do all in his wer to ald them in their struggle for tter wages and the recognition of their right to organize. > ‘ornelius stated that the entire Market- street system was tied up, and that it would@ be impossible for the railway peo- le to move a wheel without the aid of hey employes. The men were resolved to hold out to the last. They were mere- 1y asking for their hts as wage-earn- ers and free men, l:n they prof d to battle for those rights, in the belief that the{ hn(ll‘ the sympathy of the public in Ir their fight. "Fhe Mayor- catitioned the committee to upon ‘the st employes the I in . :::‘::nltv of mervimnge peace at al R] al hazards and £ et from indulgin, intoxicants. The execntive was co‘mpcfiled ASHINGTON, April 20.—Frank R. Stockton, the well-known novelist, died suddenly here this morning of paralysis, re- | sulting from a hemorrhage in the brain. He was a guest at the banquet on, Wednesday night of the National Academy of Sciences, when he was taken suddenly ill. The | aflment did not at that time appear to be serious, and for a while the sufferer | seemed to be improving, but a change for | the worse came this morning and death | occurred at 11 o'clock. By his bedside when the end came were his wife,. who | was a Miss Tuttle of Virginia, and her sister. He was 63 years of age. The body | will be taken to Phllfldeliph!a for inter- ment. No further funeral arrangements | have been made as yet. s Mr, Stockton has spent the past winter | in New York and had done very little | literary work, preferring to rest. After: BOKT PLUNGES INTO AN RBY British Columbians Have Narrow Escape From Death. Occupants of Broken Craft Hurled Into Seething Waters. Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Aprit 20.—Three Gran smelter employes, D. Kelly, F. Kelly D. Lowe, were swept over the by ity dam at Grand Forks, B. this morning in a small boat. Their escape r!'-'rmv deat was almost miraculous. Dan Kel and Lowe received slight injuries. The men were engaged in removing ar- tificial cribwork added to the top of the dam during the low water seas Acting O Keafl a visit of nearly a month at Atlantic City, he came to Washington, so that he might { attend the banquet of the scientists, in- | tending then to go_to his Beautiful homs | in Charleston, W. Va Francis Richard Stockton was born in Philadeiphia on April 5, 1834. After grad- uating from the Philadelphia High School | he applied himself to wood engraving and | to literature, contributing illustrations _toi Vanity Fair and other periodicals and is- | suing’ a number of storles for chudren.{ such as “The Ting-a-Ling Stories” (1369), “Tales Out of School” (1875), etc. He was employed successively on the Philadelphia Post, the New York Hearth and Home. | Scribner's Monthly (afterward the Cen- tury Magazine) ad 8. Nicholas. The first of .his books to attract general notice to him as a humorist of a new and original vein was ‘‘Rudde: Grange, .gub- lished in This was followed by “The “The Late Mrs. “The Merry Chantér” and many others. | “Kate Bonnet,” his latest book, is having a large sale at the présent time. @ it it to decline the request to address the strikers, but after the departure of the committee he caused the following letter to be sent to the employes at their meet- ing in the Turk-street Temple: SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 1902. | Street Rajlway Bmployes—Gentlemen aad Frierds: T beg to acknowledge receipt of your very kind invitation to appear before you and to address you this afternoon. Being actually engaged in important public conferences I shall not be able to come before you. 1 congratulate you on the evidence of public respect and esteem which your observance of | the law and your resort to only peaceful measures have obtained for you. ‘Whatever may follow, I advise you earnest- ly to maintain your present peaceful and manly attitude, and to occomplish whatever ends you have in view without intraction of law or breach of the peace. 1 beseech you also, one and all, to refrain from the use of any intoxicating liquor what- svever during the existence of present condi- tions. It may not be necessary to suggest it and 1 don't wish to interfere with any man personal liberties, but in times of leisure, en- | forced or voluntary, indulgence in strons | drink 15 frequently the greatest cause of en- | | suing trouble, and often/leads to failure. Very sincerely yours. E. E. ScHMITZ. | Chief of Police Wittman held a long conference with the Mayor, during which the attitude of the police in the contro- | versy was discussed. Wittman reported | | that President Holland of the United | Railways Company had requested him to | place four policemen on each car sent | out by the company.with non-union | crews. Wittman declined to entertain the | proposition until after he had consulted | with the Mayor. ‘The Mayor indorsed the action of man, and informed him that the r; ¥ company canld not count upon the aid of the police at a time when there was no necessity. for such intervention. He did | not believe the police would be needed in | any event, as all reports. made to him | during, the day were to the effect that the | strike was being conducted in a most orderly manner and without any show of violence on the part of the strikers. If | the company could find men to take out | the cars they would not be interfered | with en route. ‘When Wittman left the Mayor's office | he carried with him the following letter of instructions as his authority for re- | fusing to accede to the demands of the | raiflway people: SAN_FRANCISCO, April 20, 1902. George W. Wittman, Chief of Police—Si Should occasion arise assign every necessary and avallable policeman for the protection of all property involved in the strike and for the mainterance of the peace at all hazard It i3 not the city's province, howe to detail her peace officers for special service tn move cars. My investigation of the situation this after- noon discloses absolutely peaceful conditions and very manly and peaceable sentiments among the striking street-car employes. Should | trouble occur at any point from outside inter- vention it should be suppressed at once. Inder no eircumsiances will violence be ‘al- lowed anywhere. Yours truly, EUGENE E. SCHMITZ, Mayor. | The Mayor stated during the afternoon | that he was arranging for a conference with the officials of the raflway company and that he hoped to arrange a settle- ment of the difficulty within a short time. COMPANY SAYS HIGHEST WAGES ARE PAID HERE The executive committee of the United Rallroads of San Francisco, appreciating the moral force of public sentiment, made | the following statement last night: The rate of wages paid by this company is exceeded by no other street railroad in the TUnited States with, we believe, the single ex- | ceptions of Butte and Helena, Montana. - Vitt- City— Rate Per Hour. San Francisco. .22 cents plus bonus Brooklyn 20 cents | New York. cents | Chicago . .17 cents | ‘Tacoma . 18 cents This is but an indication of a state of facts prevailing throughout the entire country. The hours of labor are practically fixed by the employes. No employe of this company need work more than ten hours, unless he de- sies to do so. The primary object of this company has been to secure the service of prudent, careful and sober men, and our employes have been sub- jected to no discipline not deemed necessary to achieve that result. The public will not fail to appreciate the fact that our empioyes have in thelr care the safety of the thousands who daily travel upon our cars. UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO, Executive Committee of Board of Directors. by GEORGE B. WILLCUTT, Secretary. L e e e ad STREET BAILWAY TIE-UP COMPLETE S o ! Continued From Page One. Ll LS SR S Tl A o S couraging. They learned that the entire system was tied up tightly and that the prospects of a settlement with the strik- ers on any other basis than the granting | of their demands were meager. The si uation was one which prompted the ow ers of all kinds of vehicies to transform them into public conveyances, and until the gettlement of the strike these vehieles will be in active demand. The strikers held a very enthusiastic Temple yes- séveral membe: meeting at the Turk-street teraly afternoon, ‘and were added to the unxn the 2500 emgl ves of the élaims to haVe sec lent prospects for securing the remainder to-day or to-morrow. The strikers are very hopeful that their demands will be granted soon, and all regret that they should have been the source of so lx;:uch inconvenience to the traveling pub- & MAYOR SCHMITZ ACTS. Mayor Schmitz’ has taken steps to bring bout a conference between ?fi: strikers and employers with a view toward effect- d rship. Of stem the union ), with excel- | 1y a cure for these dread diseases in Cal under the orders of Forem ) they proceeded to accomplish _their tas by working from a boat stationed above the head of the dam and held i place by a rope stretched across the river After some of the timbers had been re moved their boat was carried through th gap and snapped in two. The thre cupants were hurled into the see waters below. Luckily each man was expert swimmer, and after being enguifed in the abyss reached a rocky projec several hundred yards below. T exceeded seventy feet. FOREIGN STOCK MARKETS SHOW SMALL IMPROVEMENT American Securities Attract Consid- erable Attention, but There Is Little Trading. LONDON, April 20.—The barometer of the Stock Exchange fiuctuated through- out the past week in response to every fresh rumor of peace negotiations, but ag- tual business was comparatively limited. The most optimistic of the operators dur- ing the first part of the week proved also to be the most timorous. The whole list fell perceptibly upon Balfour’s announce- ment that a definite settlement in Souta Africa had been proposed in order to al- low the Boer delegates time to interview the commandoes. American securities attracted consider- able attention during the week. There was not much trading, however, and this was partly owing to the fear of a corner in Louisville and Nashville. 3 BERLIN, April 20.—The most active se- curity on the Boerse during the past week was Canadian Pacific, which developed an extraordinary movement and was bought heavily on London and New York ac- count. The protraction of the peace negotia- tions in South Africa has disappointed the Boerse and Is cau~ing reserve in specula- tion Herr Plath, president of the North Ger- man Liloyd line, said at the annual meet- ing of the"company, held yesterday, that the company had acquired in conjunction with Herr Krupp, an extensive coal fleld, which it would soon begin to open up. The Cologne Gazette. discussing the lat- est statements of the London shippers re- gardirg the shipping combine, says the conclusion is legitimate that J. P. Mor- gan has acquired control of nearly all of the British lines of steamers reaching America and that the organization of a great shipping combine, in the style of the United States Steel Corporation, ap- pears to be imminent. Bandits Attack Russians. PEKING, April 20.—A post on the out- skirts of Newchwang, garzisoned by forty Russians, has been attacked by bandits. One Russian officer and four privates were killed. . company, but when the Mayor demanded a conference he said his powers to act were limited and that he could not attend any conference with the Mayor in the ab- sence of President Holland. The latter pleaded illness as an excuse for declining | to confer with the Mayor last night. The peculiarity of the situation puzzled the Mayor, but it has not discouraged him. | Another attempt to secure a conference | will be made to-day, A protracted strike will causé no end of trouble to the workingmen of San Fran- cisco who work down town and who live in the outskirts. Many of the employes of the Union Iron Works and sugar refinery in the Potrero live at North Beach, while | thousands of clerks in down town estab- lishments reside near the park. During the continuance of the strike these people will be compelled to walk to their places of employment, in the absenge of cenvey- ances, and return to their homes by the same means. Many of these are insistin that the strikers, having demonstrato their strength, owe it to the public to re- sume operations and secure the conces- sions they demand while at work. It is maintained that the company which en- ters upon possession of its system May 1 would be willing, in the light of yester- day’s developments, to meet the men half way in the interests of peace and har- mony. The only street car line in operation yes- terday was the California, with its con- nections, which include the Union-street, Hyde and Jones streets. The employes on these lines have no grievances and they are in no way connected with the strike. Business on these lines was un- usually heavy last night, and the pros- pects for its continuance during the re- mainder of the strike are excellent. JOHN J. FULTON CO. DIABETES IN KANSAS Bright’s Disease and Dia- betes Are Positivelu Curable. HE PEOPLE OF THE EAST ARRB beginning to learn that there is real- % fornia, and shipments of the Fuiton Com- pounds are being sent all over the United States. Agencies have within a month been established in more than two dozen Eastern cities and persons having afflicted friends in the East can now be given ad- dresses that will emable, them to get tha Compounds to them within a compar- atively few hours. We have published the names of scores of the cured here, and the correspondence that is now be- ginning to drop in from the East is of the same convincing charaeter. Here is a sample letter from Kansas: Burdette, Kansas, March 21, 1902, Jno. J. Fulton Co.—Gentlemen: Have you placed your Diabetic Compound with any firm in St. Louis or Kansas City yet? 1 bought four boteles from you In Febru- ary while 1 was at Exeelsior Springs, Mo., and the express charges on the box were $2 40. % I am sure your medicine is helping me and-it's too ‘bad such valuable stuff is <o far away. ‘ Get it out and let the pour suffering devils get a chance'at it. It was almest by accident I heard of it. Saw it in a little Southern Texas news- paper. Please let me hear from you, us 1 need some more medicine. Yours sin- cerely, . L. TAY E Medical works agree that Bright's Dis- ease and Diabetes are incurable, but » cent are positively recovering under ing a settiement of the strike. Early in the proceedings the Mayor made the dis- covery that there was not apparently any one to suthoritatively for the United oads of San Francisco) At- torney General Tirey L. Ford, who is the legal adviser of the corporation, was said to have a power of attorney to act-for the ' tive per 4 the Fulton Compounds. (Commen forms of Kidney Ccmplaint offer but short r sistance.) $1.00 for the Bright's Disease and $1.50 for the Diabetic Com- pound. Jno. J. Fulton Co., San Francisco, sole compounders. Office Mills building. Free tests for ts. Deacrip-