The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NQO. 47. PRICE “FIVE CENTS. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SUDDENLY BREAKS OFF NEGOTIATIONS AT ROME FOR REMOVAL OF SPANISH FRIARS FROM PHILIPPINES STRIKERS LOSE IN CHICAGO PRESIDENT RETIRES SAMAR COMMANDER WITH STERN REBUKE Freight-Handlers Go|General Jacob H. Smith Receives the Punish- ment Recommended by the Court-Martial Back to Their Posts. Merchants Say Strug-| gle Has Cost Ten Millions. Plan to Begin War| on Sympathetic Walk-0uts. CHICAGO, Juls —Renewed activity on the part of C .go business men fol- Jowed the settlement of the Freight| Handlers' and amsters’ strike to-day, end at the close of business urs to- thousands of tons of freight had from freight one of the 24,000 strikers employment had re- 2 o'clock in the after- cost the is estimated, | 1 ago $10,000,000, and in | ch a contingen- e prepared to be- npaign in opposi- strike. 1 be asked to forego weapon. The busi- suffered through the n pledging themselves, it pard them against these On the other hand, the labor unions are e right to abrogate agree- Tpose of ordering sym- BITTER AGAINST TEAMSTERS. The freight handlers blame the ere of the teamsters for the loss of declare that the strug- the necessity for incorpor- agreements a reservation permit strikes. national e Board of Arbitration. It was the he action of the Freight n in declaring the struggle with the raflroads at an end. At the same time, it is probable that, d the the fight would have been as the ma- ly ended to-morrow, of the freight handiers had re- their work before the mass ng at which the strike was called officially bad convened. It was =z off knowledge of this fact that had much to do with the action taken by the union. Nevertheless, the proposition made by the Board of Arbitration enabled the handlers to retire gracefully from (."RRAN CHARGES TREACHERY tle hall where the meeting of the thousands were unable to ob- It was a brief meeting, gh for an angry speech by Curran and the vote which fol- ran g e “we came out like like men and we * sald Curran, have acted we achery in our camp. Yes about to use the tel wire got crossed and I hea of our executive co railroad manager to hold strike was the The 1 was a sample en kept with me of ofiicials mot kept less to we g0 either, 2 t seems use- e the fight any back and ask for our faith cor old State Board not made its | agreements | the settlement rests with the | took place was jammed to suffo- | d not go back like sheep, but there | longer. | jo : simple form the matter was put to & vote and almost immediately a T worus of ayes had brought to| ful end one of Chicago’s mc seriot 2d threatening labor situations. RAILWAY VICTORY COMPLETE. the roads generally will s 17% cents an hour and granted by the propo- The Assoclation of Rail- Managers, embracing every issued the J«a 480, men reported at the freight houses s held herwise sin with any luesday and no de with the union or ee. The men simply rk and they doubtless ex- eive the pay offered on the was m comr railroad companies along to pay.” to-day: organize the freight over the country and when ain it will not be a we decide to fight a, the tween strug gh ndlers in P P railroads, but between ds freight handlers all over ERPONT MORGAN WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOR 16.—A big dinner will be of J. Pierp Morgan e House of Commons, P.. is to be th will includ Cabinet Ministers, | as 2 number of other representa- tive Englishmen. e gu several as we now here on hand | commit- | Because of His Order to “Kill and Burn” i 1 in the last session of Congress the “kill and burn” order of General Smith was thrown at the administration Benators by Democrats as an evidence that the ad- ministration was countenancing cruelty in quelling the insurrection. Under the decision of the court-martial Presidert Roosevelt might have mildly admonished General Smith, and ten days ago there was reason to belleve this was the course favored by Secretary Root. Since that time Senator Carmack has publicly de- clared that the Philippines, rather than the trusts, would be made the issue in the coming Congressional campaign. P 1 FORMER COMMANDER OF AMERICAN | EARNED THE CENSURE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BY ORDER- ING THE INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF NATIVES. FORCES IN SAMAR WHO ALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W.,, WASHING- TON, July 16.—In an executlve order issued to-day President Roosevelt directs that General Jacob H. Smith be summarily retired from the active list of the army, as a result of his having diredted Major Waller of the Marine Corps to “kill and burn” in Samar. General Smith, who earned the sobriquet of “Hell-roaring Jake,” is en route to the | United States on a Government trans- port and will not know until he lands in fan Francisco that he had met the fate with which President Roosevelt threat- ened General Miles. The President has power to retire any officer between the ages of 62 and 64 years, but the power is seldom exercised. The announcement of his decision In the Smith case caused a decided sensation and surprise to-day. The court-martial of General Smith recommended that he be reprimanded by the reviewing authority, in this case the President. In @ political sense the retirement of General Smith is regarded here as an astufe move for the administration. ACTION IS AFPPLAUDED. In the hottest of the Philippine debate e Tf General Smith had been only admon- ished the Democrats would undoubtedly have taken up the incident and declared that the administration was winking at atrocities, and only censuring, repri- manding or admonishing General Smith as a matter of form. The vigorously worded order of the President that Gen- eral Smith should be retired is, however, a substantiation of the frequent declara- tion that the administration would not countenance cruelties, even if the provo- cation were great. The action is looked upon as a trump card for the adminis- tration. TEXT OF THE REBUKE. Following is the text of the President's review of the case: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, July 14, 19%2.—By the President: The find- ings and sentence of the court are ap- proved. I am well aware of the danger i and great difficulty of the task our army | | the work of rescue. | Daly West shafthouse to overflowing, No HEROIC WORK OF RESCUE Utah Miners Brave Death to Save Comrades. Many Are Overcome by Gas and Two Perish. Victims of Park C)’ty Disaster Number Thirty=Five. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARK CITY, Utah, July 16.—Last night’s disaster in the Daly West and Ontario mines cost the lives of thirty- five ‘men, twenty-nine in the Daly West and six in the Ontario; The catastrophe was the result of an explosion caused by John Burgy, a miner, going into one of the magazines of the Daly West with a lighted candle. His act cost him his life and sacrificed many of his comrades. His own body was blown to atoms. Not a fragment of it has been found. All of the other victims are recognizable, their features being easily identified by rela- tives and friends. The following is a list of the dead: Dead recovered from the Daly West: MeLaughlin single. (John Maloney, ngle. single. J John Dmlm ingle. |E. Nelson, single. Harry Devlin, single. [William Sim ngle. H. R. Dillon, single. B. Tindell.’ marsied 1. Featherstone, mar- 4\\ A. Weggeland, ried married, John Gill, single, |Edwara Hall, single. W. Lance, single, W. Harlin, eingle, John Lively, single. | . Dead remaining in the Daly West: John_¥ickstrom, sinzle, (Rey Jackman, married M. Crowley, single |T. A, Kelly, married. John Carney, single. (C. McAllindén, single. Petar Harlan, single. |P. M, O'Neil, single, Dead in the Ontarioz G. Garvin, mar cd C'. P. Saderup, n led, W, Sxvvell si i" « F. Thomas, single. £, Barratta, single. | Charles Neime, eIngic. GAS FILLS THE SHAFTS. The explosion occurred at 11:20 last night and in a twinkling deadly gas was being generated throughout the mines. Tt crept through every tunnel shaft and in- cline and soon scores of miners found themselves face to face with death. 1t is not known how much powder was exploded, but whatever amount there was there went off in a terrific concussion. The shock was felt a long distance, al- though it was nearly 2 o'clock before news of the disaster became known in! Park City, three miles away, ‘When it is sald that a horse was killed at the mouth of the Ontario tunnel, two miles from the place of the explosion, some idea of the force of the impact may had. The animal was in use at the entrance to this part of the mine and was hurled against the wall and machin- ery with such! violence as to be killed outright. Two other horses were killed in the Ontario at almost great a dis- tance away. That the loss of human life was not far greater than it is seems mar- velous. The work of rescuing the imperiled and the dead was quickly under way. Men were brought to the surface just as fast as the disabled machinery would permit. The vietims had to be brought up the shaft in a one-compartment cage, one of the compartments having been wrecked by the explosion. Every man who went down with the first rescuing party was overcome by gas and it was with the ut- most difficulty that the machinery kept in motion, HEROISM OF RESCUERS. There were hundreds of brave volun- teers, scores of them willing to go down into the depths and risk their lives in They fairly filled the be was man asked if it were safe to go into the mine, but each requested that he be al- lowed to help bring out those in danger and those who had already passed beyond all earthly aid. | Over in the Ontarlo, which s connected with the Daly West, six men are dead. Eight escaped by the way of the Anchor tunnel. Two of the dead were rescuers, John McLaughlin and John Eckstrom. The body of the latter Is still in the mine. When it was apparent that all remain- ing men in the mine were dead and that further rescue work would be futile, it was stopped for the time being, and at present nothing is being done to recover the other bodles, nor will anything be done in that direction until after some of the deadly gas generated by the explosion has passed out of the mine, As the dead were holsted to the surface and laid out they were quickly identified by their relatives—wives, children, broth- ers and sisters—and friends. The grief was pathetic; anguish was written on every face. Occasionally the deepest fear and sorrow would be dissipated by see- ing a dear one come from the mine un- hurt and safe, but frequently it would be intensified by the sudden knowledge that the one for whom they were waiting and seeking was among the dead. The bodles, as they lay in the night air, presented an has had in the Philippine Islands and of | uncanny and gruesome spectacle, and al- the well nigh intolerable provocations it | together there was the appearance of a has received from the cruelty, treachery and total disregard of the rules and cus- toms of clvilized warfare on the part of its foes. I also heartily approve the em- ployment of the sternest measures neces- Continued on Page Two. great charnel house into and out of which hundreds of excited and sorrowing people, ran hither and thither like specters in the night. The task of bringing down the dead Continued on Page Three, o SENATOR SPOONER I OPPOSING FACTION IS ROUTED BY THE | Wisconsin Republican Convention Names | Conditions to Which He Must Subscribe| Before Gwmg Support for Re-election | e 3 ADISON, Wis,, July 16— The followers of Governor La Follette won ‘a decisive victory over the so-called stalwarts and United States Senator John C. Spooner in the Republican State Convention here to- day. The strife was sharp and bitter, and there were exciting scenes on the conven- tion floor, but the real battle was fought in the committee on resolutions, which was in session six hours, and on which the convention, after meeting temporarily and appointing the usual committees, waited until nearly 9 o'clock to-night. The committee came in with majority and minority reports. After a sharp and de- cisive contest the followers of La Folletts carried the day, adopting its majority re- port, and adjourned the conventlon ‘until to-morrow morning. The platform as reported expressed con- fidence in President Roosevelt and con- tinues: “We approve ‘of the public services of Wisconsin’s representatives In both bouses of Congress, and we especially commend the officfal career of the Hon. John C. Spooner, who, by his notably able, conservative and patriotic course upon the questions of national and inter- national importance has become recog- nized as the leader of the United States Senate. CONDITIONS ARE NAMED. “We again express our faith in his an- nounced determination not to serve the State another term in the Senate, and should he now find it possible to recon- sider this decision and express his willing- ness to stand as a candidate in harmony with the sentiments and in support of the platform principles here adopted by Wis- consin Republicans, and for the election of a Legislature favorable to thelr en- actment into law, his decision would meet the general approbation of Republicans everywhere, and we pledge him the en- thusiastic support of the party for his re-election to the high position which he has filled with such distinguished ability and with such great honor to the State and nation; and in case Senator Spooner shall not find it possible to again be eligible for United States Senator, we de- mand that all candidates for this posi- tion ghall indorse the principles of this | 34 SENATOR WHO HAS MET DEFEAT E IN WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN | CONVENTION. 11 4| platform and favor the election of a Legislature pledged to enact these princi- | ples into law."” The report indorsed and praised the ad- | ministration of Governor Robert M. La | Follette and.declared for his renomina- tion, continuing: *“We condemn the pernicious activity of Federal officials in this State, in flagrant disregard of civil service laws, in at- tempts to forestall and control conven- | tions and caucuses of the party and in as- | sisting professional lobbyists before the | Tegislature and elsewhere in the work of | defeating legislation, in refutation of | party pledges.” | SPOONER IS SNOWED UNDER. | Governor La Follette's plan for a s tem of primary elections under State law, abolishing entirely all caucuses and con- | ventions, for the nomination of candidates | for office, was specifically indorsed. The minority members of the comimit- | tee presented a resolution in lieu of the | regular Spooner plank, indorsing the Sen- ator unconditionally. The followers of Governor La Follette forced the question to a vote and by 709% votes to 35232 the minority report was de- feated. The platform, as reported by the major- ity of the convention, was adopted by a vote of 768 to 279, after which the conven- tion adjourned until to-morrow morning. R eIl WYOMING STATE TICKET. Republicans Complete Their Nomina- tions and Adopt Strong Platform. RAWLINS, Wyo., July 16.—The Repub- lican State Convention to-day nominated | the following ticket: For Congress—F. W. Mendell. For Governor—De Forest Richards. For Chiet Justice Supreme Court—C. N. Pot- ter. For State Auditor—Leroy Grant. For Secretary of State—Fennimore Chatter- ton. For State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion—T. T. Tynan. Fpr State Treasurer—H. G. Gay. For Judge First Judicial District—Richard H. Seott. For Judge Second Judicial District—Charles E. Cargenter. The platform adopted by the convention indorses the administration of President Roosevelt; condemns conspiracies and combinations intended to restrict business and urges the enactment of legislation to kill the trusts. The allegiance of the Re- publicans of the State to the cardinal principles of the party, including protec- tion to American labor, products and in- dustries, is renewed. JOHN W. MACKAY ILL IN HIS LONDON HOME He Is Suddenly Prostrated, but Phy- sicians Say His Condition Is Not Dangerous. LONDON, July 16.—John W. Mackay of San Francisco was prostrated yesterday and is mow ill at his home in Carlton House terrace. Inquiries made there to- night elicited the information that the rumors that Mackay was in a dangerous condition are without foundation, but it was added that the doctors have ordered that, he be kept perfectly quiet for seov- eral days, { only, | that the Holy See proposes to introduce, | terial force, | their presence. | generous proposal of a contract which SURPRISE FOR THE VA TICAN Tart Announces That His Mission Is Ended. | Discussion Hereafter Must Proceed in Manila. g i Plan for an Amicable Adjustment Is Suggested. ble to The Call and the New York Cog t. 1002, by the Heraid Fublishing ( oy ROME. July 15.—Negotiations between the Vatican and the American mission headed by Governor Taft were abruptly te: Governor of the minated tc nal note announc- Philippines sent in ing that the work of the American mis- d and that all futuve pro- discussed at Manila and the Governor and a pa- sion had ceas decided betwee pal representativ This note was conveyed to the Vatican Majer Porter of Judge Taft's staff. It is add to Cardinal Rampoll Papal Sec y of State, and begins thus “Iii reply to the two notes of your Em- inence of J 1 and July 9 I have just ed a communication from the Sec- retary of War in precise and exhaustive terms, which are here reproduced in- tegrally. Secretary Root says he is glad to see by the two notes received from the Vatican that the Holy See is animated by the best intentic to come to an under- standing with Washington about the re- lations of the church and state in the Philippines; that your Eminence has de- clared the Vatican to be disposed to give clear and precise instructions to the friars to occupy themselves with religion abstaining entirely from politics, and little by little, ecclesiastics of other na- tions, especially American. Secretary Roet adds that he cannot do less than acknowledge the wisdom of these propo- but that he must observe that they would not solve the ‘question. WOULD HAVE NO FRICTION. “The United States has no desire to violate the treaty of Paris and seeks not a forcible, but a voluntary withdrawal of certain persons, who happen to be Span- iards, and whose previous experiences in sitions, | the islands had thrown them into antag- | onistic relations with the people and with | the laiety atholic and native clergy, many of whom have left their parishes and can be reinstated only by using ma- which the United States can~ This proves that the Gov- the Philippines has no inten- measures contrary to the in- terests of the Vatican, and in fact its interest in the church. If the question of withdrawal be left unsolved, now that the Washington Government has per- suaded the ecclesiastical authorities to see the necessity of a carrying out of this step, the later withdrawal of the friars under order of the religious super- for could not be regarded as anything but voluntary and would not violate the treaty of Paris; nor could such order be regarded as affirming or admitting any accusations against the friars, because the American Government made no such accusation. “The United States did not desire the withdrawal for itself—it was indifferent as to the presence of the friars—but in the interest of the whole people of the Phil- ippines, who were bitterly opposed to It was thought by the not permit. ernment of tion to use would bind the Philippine Government io certain financial and other obligations to secure the much-longed-for desire of the Philippine people in the withdrawal of the friars. MANILA INSTEAD OF ROME. “Now that the Vatican does not see its way clear to make a definite withdrawal, the American Government has deemed it wiser to recur to the methods of settle- ment of the various questions at issue suggested by Cardinal Rampolla’s first communication, of June 21, namely: “First,” an investigation by both sides into the possible and probable Habilities and claims, and the settlement of them by an accredited apostolic delegate wita the Governor in Manila after the condi- tions with respect to the titles of the friars to the land and the amount of claims for recital have been presented by the representatives of the church to the representatives of the United States. “As to the indemnity for the friavs’ lands, your Eminence has pointed out the aifficulty of computing so precipitately the exact value, but this might be done by examining the title deeds. The Wash- ington Government will immediately or- der the general commanding the forces in the Philippines to furnish all facilities necessary to ascertain what damage has ‘been done by the military occupation. Al- though regreiful that all the questions bave not been decided definitely, the Gov- ernment is glad to express satisfaction at the results obtained.” Secretary Root in his communication declares that Judge Taft's journey Is quite compensated for by the fact that it i3 possible to fix general lines on w..ich, later, can be amicably resolved all the questions now pending. Lontinued on Page Twos