The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1902, Page 1

Call. VOLUME XCI—NO. 144, FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1902 CENTS PRICE FIVE RAILWAY COMPANY AGREES TOMEET MAYOR SCHMITZ AND CARMEN TO-DAY N FRANCISCO: The existing strike on your strect car lines is caustng the greatest public inconvenierice. It is detrimental ic the interests of our citizens that this strike should continue. MAYOR SCHMITZ’S LETTER TO THE UNITED RAILROADS REQUESTJNG CONFERENCE. 'ITED RAILRGADS OF S. There is A almost certain ground for believing that a conference between representatives of your company and of the striking street car employes will result at once in an adjustment and cessation of the strike. I thercfore hereby again request : you to arrange for an immediate conference with the striking employes with a view toward seitling your difirr‘mém on fair and friendly terms. I offer you the use of iy office at the City Hall as neutral ground, and also my per- | sonal services for any assistance which I may be able to render in accomplishing the mucl: to be desired settlement. I Trave already more thian-once informally stiggested to certain of your officers the desirability—and, indeed, the neces- | sity—of such a conference. The street car men have readily assented to the proposition, but apparently you have thus fdriavoided it. . The people of the city-are disposed to be friendly to you, and there is ceriginly no disposition on the part of our public April 22, 1902. RAILWAY CORPORATION CONSENTS TO MEET THE MAYOR AND STRIKERS TO-DAY. | IS HONOR EUGENE E. SCHMITZ, MAYOR OF SAN-FRANCISCO—Sir: of the companics from zwhich we recently purchased certain street railways in this city, and we should be greatly pleased to meet a committee representing those employes and talk over maiters the office of the President of this company, 14] Attest: GEORGE B. WILCUTT, Sccretary. San Francisco, April 22, 1902. in the Wells-Fargo buildis , as the place and 10 o’clock tp-marrow Replying to your kind note of this dav,which is just réccived, we beg to sav that we are ready now, as we ha UNIT officials to interfere with you in any manner, but if this deplorable situation is permitted to continue through an obstinate refusal on your part to confer, you alone will be responsible for the results: s (Wednesday) morning as the time for such conference. Respectfuily, D RAILROADS OF SAN FRA By the Exccutive Committee of the Board of Directors. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor. ever been, to meet any employe ith them. We would suggest " e ———— I1SCO. SENATORS | WILL USE | THE LASH Cuban Bill to Receive | Seal of Party | Caucus. Means Found to Whip | | the Insurgents | Into Line. May Drop Differential Clause on Refined | Sugar. A | Dispat h to The Cal | 1406 G STREET, X. | )N, April 22—Cuban | | de a party measvrs | | 1t Democratic aid ders propose to put if it does not give desire, wil Tedeem gents" an i ce held blican Senators in a room of tee on Finance during tting of the Senate, r some time after to reci 3 opposition Re- presen As a result of £ e ee or s | v the question on the | sie e which is now be- a The Republican e co e will z rmulating a substitute for th bl and none of them is to co-| | with the Democratic members of | the - mmittee il thus agreed upon members will be sub- | an caucus of the a party measure. | nion secemed to be ting not to exceed 2 % per 1d be reported by the ere was general unan- visab / of eliminating | | ng out the dif- ential duty on d sugar. 4 comes direct to the Senafe from the Whit ase that the President bill should the Senate | that form. { SOLDIERS ON GUARD ‘ AT PEKING LEGATIONS Unusual Precautions Being Taken to Prevent Another Attack B by the Chinese. XG, April 22.—In spite of the fact th in order to allay the uneasiness of | < Y. SUPT. oF ALI ZLECTRK TROARDS - masses, Chinese officials have been | urging the immediate return of the Dow- Empress to the palace, she has de- d, according to to-night's Gazette, to pain at the Hunting Park, five wiles | from Peking, for one weck. | Rumors of some political coup, possibly the deg n of the Dowager Empress, | ere rife. They are apparently as baseless | @s the other recent canards. The foreign fons here continue their unusual tionary measures. At the Ameri- | legation a squad of soldiers patrol wall every night e <R Hurled From Her Bicycle. { TA ROSA, April 22.—While riding | icycle on South Davis street last even- ing, Mist Edna Locke sustained injuries may prove very serious. Her wheel sck a stone and she lost control. In z. her head came in violent contact large rock, dering her uncon- She did not recover consciousness after 2 o'clock this morning. It 1s ared she has sustained concussion of the brain. Miss Locke is a teacher in the Davis Street school in this city, and is & prominent educator of Soncma county. Belief That Peace Is Near. HE most important develop- ment of the strike situation last night was the agreement of the officials of the United Rallroads of San Franelsco to meet Mayor Schmitz and | a committee of the strikers at 10 o’clock | this morning. The conference will be held in the Mayor’'s office in deference to'the | wishes of the striking employes. Mayor Schmitz sought all day to bring | about a meeting, and as a last resort he sent a letter 1o the company in which he | requested that a conference be held and { Continued on Page Four. | | o Viswy the trouble will be settled and the strike parties to the carmen’s strike will be held in the office of the United Rallroads of San Fran- cisco at 10 o'clock this morn- ing. The indications are that hours. Whether the company will grant all the demands of the strikers has not yet de- veloped, but that certain concessions by both sides will be demanded and ,granted is a certainty. Tirey L. Ford, the chlef S OF THE .ng 2, =UZP. OF (uliPIT7enm A0 HOTEBNEN FOE, THEIR ZAST DAYS 745 -S?ENE ON ELLIS STREET WHEN AN ELECTRIC CAR WAS STOPPED BY DRIVING A TRUCK ON THE TRACK AND THE MOTORMAN INDUCED BY STRIKERS TO QUIT AND JOIN THE UNION. OTHER VIEWS OF THE STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS. = N important conference of the | declared off within the next twenty-four | counsel of the railway corporation, ex- pressed -the bellef last night that the strike'would be settled within a few hours at most. In an interview he said: We recelved & letter from the Mayor urging Attempts Move Cars YL R OT a wheel was turned yes- terday on the various lines of the United Rallroads, save on ENis and Sutter streets, where one or two cars were run to preserve franchise rights. The most activity in the line of moving cars yesterday took place on the Ellis-street line. Long before 7 o'clock yesterday morn- Ing several hundred strikers from all lines in the city gathered at the Turk-street ear repository. In anticipation of trouble, Lieutenant Birdsall and fifty policemen Continued on Page Four. Continued on Page Four. BRUTAL ' ACT OF ROBBER Tries to Choke Young Woman With Piece of Wire. i | Miss Magrane Falls Victim to Cruel Criminal. i | Attempts to Tear Her Diamonds From i Her Ears. TS A bold criminal, who éssayed the role of | both strangler and highwayman, made & brytal attack upon a young woman named ss Magrane at the corner of Central | avenue and Haight streot shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Armed with a plece of piiable wire the brutal fiend came upon | the young woman from behind and with- out a word of warning twisted the wirs around her neck and then, applying his | entire strength, he made a desperate ef- | fort 16 choke her to death. Miss Magrane | struggled gamely in the grasp of the strangler and managed to scream londly times before she began on her way several to lose home consclousness. when she was attacked The flend doubled the wire'.around the puiled both protected with cloth at the wire sank icting painful in- not recover | voung woman's neck and ler which were | wrappings. so hard deep Into her neck, i | juries; trom which she may | for some time. Fearing. perhaps, that the young wo- man’s cries for help might the neighborhood the strangler made a vieious attempt to tear her diamond earrings out. | Miss Magrane fought the savage criminal | with a 'courage seldom exhibited by a woman, and finally succeeded in freeing herself from his grasp. The strangler made another assault on the helpless young woman and sucs ceeded In wrestling her to the ground. Fe tried n vain to pull her purse from be- neath the folds of her dress, where she had it concealed. and, failing in this, he again turned his attention to her ear- rings and made a final attempt to pull | them from their fastenings. | Miss Magrane struggled and screamed | as best she could with the cruel wire cut- | ting deep in the flesh on her neck, and soon she succeeded in arousing the neigh- borhood. The struggle took place in front of the residence of Dr. Ragan,.and his wife was the first to answer the strigsling woman's | erfes for help. Mrs. Ragan opened the | window. and, seeing at a glance that the | lend was making a desperate effort to choke Miss Magrane to death, she called loudly for help. Other neighbors heard the-cries and, lifting their windows, joined in the clamor The strangler made a last desperate of- fort to get his coveted booty. Miss Ma- grane struggled harder than ever when she knew assistance was at hand. Real- izing that if he stayed in the neighbor- hood a minute longer he would be cap- tured, the strangler left his m lying on the sidewalk and took to his heels Special Policeman Baker heard the loud outcries and ran to the scene. Ha ar- rived just in time to sce the brute who | committed the assault make his eseape | throvgh the shrubbery in the park. He ran along one of the numerous pathways in the park and finally made good his All efforts to trace him proved fytile. In the meantime Miss Magrane was carried into Dr. Ragan’s house, where her injuries were dressed. The physician worked over her for fully an hour before she was in condition to be moved to her home at 41 Buena Vista | avenue. When carried into Dr. Ragan’s house Miss Magrane's neck was still encircied with the wire with which her assailant had attempted to choke her. The police were notified late Jast night and the neighborhood was thoroughly searched in the h®pe of finding some trace of the strangler. Miss Magrane's condition last night was quite serious. She was roughly handled by the brute, and in addition to being nearly choked to death, received & bad tright. arouse | escape.