The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI-NO. 146. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DIRECTORS OF UNITED RAILROADS FAIL TO REACH AGREEM ENT AND PENDING THE RECEIPT OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EAST SETTLEMENT & REBUKE | BRITISH | LEADERS Commons Members! Take Up Case of | Cartwright. 3 oo ! Declare Editor’s Im-| prisonment Is an Outrage. mitchener and Milner| Barely Escape Censure. 2.—The forcible deten- | h Africa of Albert Cartwright, editor of the Scuth African charged Lord Kitchener, prior to engagement with General Dewet, s officers to shoot all e subject of a heated the House vf Commons this | News his writh prisone debate in even formed Liberal, moved the ad- he House, the success cf would practically | e of censure on the Gov- 1 and on Lord Kitchen- flner in particular. Morley | at Cartwright, who had imprisonment for libel, come to England, and that was {illegal, unconstitu- Tan: He added that the f Lord Stanley, the Finan- of the War Office, who| n the South African war as chief at the Government did rable to increase the itish propagandists in | the most outrageous | » the House since Simon de | rt invented Parliament | BRODRICK RAISES STORM. | cretary of State for War, Brod- | foriey, of ic: rick, in the course of & reply raised a | e by eaying thet, -although Cart-| wright had served his legal sentence, the ! question of his liberation was still “sub reourt, Liberal, who | a proposition was contrary to the ele- | rinciples of freedom. | Win Spencer Churchill, Conserva- e so delivered a few caustic sen- | he hoped the House would | e the Government to withdraw within | mits of the law and observe the con- | the Government leader, came the support of the sorely tried War r i contended that the Gov- | 4 in detaining cven a it thought his wander- ted to injure the inter- a. Those voting for the 1d be condemning Lord Lord Milner, in whose moment rested the hop: { | MINISTERS ARE TWITTED. | mes Bryce (Liberal) and Sir Robert | sters for a the Government and t ‘=| th denounced the present Government as a gross abuse frer betwee irit of revolt spread to the Gov. benches. lan Malcolm (Con- 0 is =aid to have been here- tofore & swerving supporter of the Government, warmly repudiated Balfour's argument that those voting for the ad- journment would be showing themselves ss of British honor. After such an he no longer feit sure that the of the Government could say y had clean hands in this regard. War ce would not be facilitated by such violations of the liberty of a subject. Other suporters of the Government fol- lowed in the same strain. The House then divided and the motion for adjourn- ment was defeated by 258 to 152 The Government Jleader, Balfour, an- nced that an autumn session of the House would be necessary to deal with arrears of legislation. CONFERENCES WITH BURGHERS. BALMORAL, Transvaal, April 2.—Sec- of State Reitz of the Transvaal, er, commander in chief of the e State forces, and other mem- heir party, who arrived here last ve concluded their conferences the burghers composing General Meyer's command. Nothing has lesked out regarding the result. Secre- tary R eturned here yesterday and proceeded to Pietersburg to meet Com- manda Beyers. EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE TO DISTURB GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY, April 2.—Farth- quakes continue to be felt throughout the western part of Guatemals. Quesalte- | nango, which was ruined by earthquake ehocks last week and which was the sec- ond city of importance in this republic, will probably not be rebuflt. The water works were destroyed. As a pestilence was iing the inhabitants aban- doned the ruins of the town. The bodies the are being cremated. It is | annbunced that the only American killed | was Mrs. Clara Kildare. The foreigners residing in this republic are contributing liberall the relief fund. The Amer;- i colony has already subscribed $20,000. | (| | o+ May Reach an Agreement Soon. S g HE expectation that the strike of the streetcar men would be adjusted yesterday was not real- ized. The prospects of an ad- justment of the controversy some time to-day, however, were excellent at midnight, and if both parties to the struggle are willing to make certain concesslons ‘which will be demanded, there is little doubt that the strike will be declared off before night- fall. While the deliberations of the executive committee of the United Raflroads yes- terday morning were executive, it is known that many of the demands of the strikers were favorably considered. The | members of the committee, without ex- ception, admitted that the chances of an early settlement of the trouble were good, but they declined to state what demands they favored or which of them they were in favor of refusing. The inference was plan that as far the committee was con- cerned, the only question was the advis- abllity of consenting to the raise of wages, by which the payroll of the company would be swelled annually to the extent of $200000. None of the directors was willing to commit himself upon this point until the sentiments of the Eastern own- | ers was ascertained. Tt is understood that on all other demands, as submitted, the committee, with minor modifications, re. ported in favor of granting them. The members of the executive committee who considered the propositions were Messrs, Holland,. Hellman, Tobin, Holbrook and Ford. DIRECTORS IN SESSION. The individual reports of the cxecutive committee were considered during the afternoon by the board of directors. The discussion was a quiet one and it was evident that the gentlemen were willing to do all in their power to end the strike. The only question was as to their powers, The directors decided before talking final Continued on Page Four, PROMINENT RAILWAY OFFICIALS WHO TREATED WITH STRIKERS. A tesumed to-day. to-day on the 1lines of the Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway as the result of a conference held - yesterday afternoon at the office of the president, Horace G. Platt, in the Mills | building. The Geary-street road, while a part of the property of the Market Street Rallway Company, was not included in the purchase and transfer of Its other prop- erties to the Baltimore syndicate. The same delegation of car employes that conferred with the officlals of ti.e United Railroads of San Francisco was present. Less time was consumed in con- sidering demands and in less than an hour an agreement was reached by which, the tation of the gemeral public. Geary-Street Company N adjustment of the street car men's strike was not reached yesterday, contrary to the expec- The demands of -the strikers were considered by the executive committee of the United Railroads, and, it is said, most of them were favorably repargd to the directors, who later in the day re-referred them to the executive committee, pending receipt of final instructions from the Eastern owners. company will be submitted to the union carmen to-day. The directors of the Geary-street line. entered into an agreement with their striking. em- ployes by wwhich they. bind themselves to grant such concessions and benefits as may be conceded by the United Railroads to its employes. It is confidently expeci Under this agreement traffic ARS will begin running again | sixty-four conductors, and gripmen and about twenty extra men will report for duty, under the old schedule, until the dif- ferences between the TUnited Railroads and its employes are settled. It was popularly supposed that the Geary-street llne had been taken over by the Baltimore syndicate, but as the ques- tion of the duration of its franchise is a moot point, it was not formally pur- chased. A number of those who are financially Intefested in the new corpora- tion are likewise Interésted in the Geary- street road, however. As & branch of the original Market-street system, this road was therefore included In the edict issued by the strikers. 4 Bome surprise was expressed on Wednes- <+ 5 ted that the wltimatum of = the on the Geary-street line will be e Makes Arrangements With Strikers Under Which Operation of the Line Will Be Resumed. day afternoon that President Platt was not present at the first conference. Then the facts stated above were developed. A delegate from the car employes called upon Mayor Schmitz yesterday morning and explained the situation and the mis- understanding. Mayor Schmitz put him- self in communication with Mr. Platt, a meeting was arranged and the arbitration committee of the carmen was notified. HOLD A CONFERENCE. - The committee of car employes, consist- ing of-H. A. Knox, W. 8. Shafer, G. B. Huggins, A. O'Dowd, J.'A. Lupp and C. 8. Heron, met President Platt at 3 o’clock. | . 4 | | | — Officials Still Considering | Demands. | Fa L T AN LONG meeting in the morning of the executive council of the United Railroads In the Wells- | Fargo bullding and another | long session of the directors of | the syndicate in the afternoon | was the history of the strike from the| raflroad officlals’ side yesterday. At both | meetings the agreement presented by the | union car men was carefully dlscussed | and it is known that many clauses in this | covenant have already been consented to by the men who represent the capitalist side of the fight. The executive council is comvosed of President Holland, Tirey L. Ford, Joseph | S. Tobin, I. W. Hellman and Charles Hol- | brook. They met at 10 o'clock yesterday | mornihg and were in cloge consultation | until long after the noon hour. Durlnxi that time they called In a number of the operative officlals and superintendents | and cross-questioned them in reference to the working hours of the motormen and the gripmen and the length of the runs. This Information was obtained so that the executive committes might more clearly understand whether it would be | able to concede to the striking car men's demands. COMMITTEEMEN’S REPORTS. | Before leaving the meeting each mem- | ber of the exscutive committee wrote out | his own views of the situation, which | were read to the directors at the after- | noon session. | At the close of the morning session the | outlook was hopeful and it was generally thought that the strike would be amicably | settled last evening. Tirey L. Ford and | Joseph S. Tabin both spoke enthusiasticai. | 1y of the meeting. In fact Director Tobin ‘ sald “he was sorry that the strike had ever occurred and that if the matter was | left to. him alone he would settle it in| five minutes.”” | The directors met at 2 o'clock and re- mained in session until after 5. The in- “Continued on Page Four. i Continued on Page Four, | | in suppert thereof. ceeding under their agreements, | clearly appear to be in restraint of inter- | state trade. OF GREAT STRIKE IS UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED EVIDENCE OF TRUST IS FOUND The Attorney General Acts on Meat Combine. Instructions for the Filing of Actions Are Issued. Certain Compacts Are in Violation of Law. WASHINGTON, April 24 —Attorney General K to-day made the following statement regarding the beef trust: “On April 4 this department directed W. A. Day, Esq., of Washington, in his capacity as special assistant to the At- torney General.to examine into as far as practicable the public charges to the ef- fect that a combination of large meat dealers of the United States had been ef- fected contrary to the provisions of the laws of the United States. This prelimie nary examination resulted in instructions to Mr. Day and Mr. Bethea, United States Attorney at Chicago, on April 7, to prose- cute simultaneously in Chicago and the East a more particular examination into the allegations and proofs alleged to exist From their reports I am satisfled that sufficient evidence is on hand upon which bills in equity for an in- junction can be framed to restrain the combination mentioned from further pro- which ORDERS BILL PREPARED. “I have, therefore, in compliance with the law, which provides: ‘It shall be the duty of the several District Attorneys of 30, United Statcs In- thelr respective dis- tricts under the direction of the Attorney General to institate procsedings in equity to prevent and restrain violations of this act,’” directed the District Attorney at Chicago to prepare a bill for an injunction against the corporations and persons who are parties to the combination mentioned | to be filed in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois.” DENIAL OF PACKERS. CHICAGO, April 24.—United States Dis- trict Attorney Bethea refused to make any statement to-night about the action that he will take under Attorney General | Knox's instructions. “I have absolutely nothing to say.” he said when the Washington announcement was read to him. A representative of the packing-houses sald that the packers welcomed a full investigation of their relations with each other and the conduct of their business. | In their behalf he entered a denial to all charges that they are in combination te control prices or in restraint of trade. BLOOMINGTON, Il., April 2.—An agreement has been entered into ameng the 2000 employes of the Chicago and Alton shops in this city which states that none of their number will eat meat dur- ing the next thirty day CONFEREES DISAGREE ON EXCLUSION BILL Point of Difference Is the Date as to When the Law Shall " Extend. WASHINGTON, April 24—The com- ferees on the Chinese exclusion bill to-day decided to report a disagreement to each house. The point of difference is the date as to when the law shall extend, the House contending for an indefinite period and the Senate being equally firm in in- sisting that the law shall not last beyond the life of the treaty. ‘The House conferees have held out at the earnest request of the California dele~ gation, but it is belleved that when a further conference is ordered an agree- ment will be reached. The Senate con- ferees announced that a canvass of the Senate showed that body would not yield on this point. FRENCH SAILOR PLOTS TO BLOW UP BATTLESHIP Authorities Believe That His Brain Became Affected by Studying Anarchy. PARIS, April A dispatch to the Journal des Debats from Toulon says that a young sailor has been arrested on board the French battleship Charles Martel for seeking to enlist several comrades in a | plot to blow up that vessel A mellnite cartridge was found secreted in a coal bunker. It s believed the safl- or's brain became affected by anarchist ideas, of which he boasted. i Robbers Use Dynamite. HARVARD, Neb., April 25.—The safs of the Elkhorn depot here was dynamited at 1 o’clock this morning and its contents stolen by unknown robbers. The amount of loss cannot be learned to-night. No clew to the robbers has been found. et e Chilean Ministry Resigns. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, April 24— Owing to the great opposition of the Deputies to the sale of the cruisers Presi- dente Pinto to Colombia and Presidente Errazuriz to Ecuador the Chilean Mine istry has presented its resignation.