The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BLDOD FLOWS IN THE ANTHRACITE FIELDS AND TROOPS ARE CALLED TO QUELL RIOTS TEMBLOR | AT DEAD | OF NIGHT . Los Alamos Suffer'sE Severe Earthquake Shock. People Flee Their| Homes and Huddie in Streets. LOS ALAMOS, July 31, 8:15 a.m.—Avery heavy earthquake shock at 1:30 this morning, the culmination of a series of about fifty shoeks during the past few days, eaused severe damage in the town, shattering the win- dows in houses and places of business, wrecking every chim- ney in town and causing havoe in the stores. The shoek dr-.e the entire population into the strests, and at this hour men, women and children are huddled together in the streets, fearing to go to bed. The damage to property can- not be ascertamed at this hour. s ] SHERIFF THWARTS THE MOB| Court Is Held Behind| Prison Bars in | Tucson. [ to The Call —Teodoro Elias » W. H. Katzen- outside of the earing was to e threatening vio- Peace Wilson, before e surging crowd on the out- k and were impa- DRIVES BACK THE CROWD. The S| assisted by as many offi- some special back the ring was not | he defendant sprung a ing examination, and > awalt the action of the without bail. & had been completed before s or Americans knew what an announcement glish ad Spanish to the t trial at the disappointed the encounter be- the Americans ws. They murder of plot to kill cases and an quarter. rmed, makes s up against these pl men m for concealed weapons. d, and their weapons them. When caught a rested and given this way iy he practice | hooters and further law- | e part of the young Mexi- | UAWGE IS SEEKING FURTHER TO DELAY THE LIBEL CASE BEFORE JUDGE FRIT Z lice Judge Fritz in this city. hearing. GOVERNOR’S FRANTIC EFFORTS 70 STAY THE PROCESS OF LAW OVERNOR GAGE and his attorneys are still frantically en- deavoring to prevent the hearing of the the People vs. John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake before Po- criminal libel suit of In Judge Frits’s court yesterday the case of the People vs. | Spreckels and Leake was called, and the defendants were ready for Witnesses were on hand and prepared to testify as to the th of the charges made by The Call. A legal representative of the Governor, however, asked for a postponement on the grounds that an appeal had been taken from Judge Sloss’ decision dismissing the writ of prohibition, and that an application for a writ of supersedeas Court. was before the Supreme As a matter of courtesy to the Supreme Court counsel for I the defendants agreed to a postponement of the hearing until to-mor- | row morning. The Justices of the Supreme Court yesterday morning dis- missed the application of Gage for a writ of supersedeas. There- | wupon, his representative filed an application for a writ of prohibition from the Supreme Court. The matter was taken under decision will be rendered to-day. advisement by the Justices and a ATTORNE, THS CALL’ PROTESTS VIGOROUSLY A <~ AT TORNES, OF Guiacr To TRIAL 2 Governor Asks Supreme Court for New Writ of Prohibition After Appellate Body Dis- misses Application for a Supersedeas HE Supreme Court of the State of California was asked ve vy by Governor Henry T. Gage to issue a writ of prohibition to prevent Police Judge Fritz from hearing evidence in the criminal libel suit of the People vs. John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake in stituted on the complaint of Attorney L. P. Boardman. Defeated by the decision of Superior | who on Tuesday last dis- of prohibition sought Judge Sloss, missed the writ by the Governor tice of an appeal was immediately and his attorneys, no- ecutive. A. A. Moore, the railroad attorney, accompanied by an understudy, went before the Justices of the Supreme that a writ of supersedeas be issued, | | pending the decision by the appellate | court of the appeal, so that Police Judge to the Supreme Court | filed by the Chief Ex- | | | | | Fritz might be restrained from hearing the evidence in the criminal libel suit. The unique spectacle was presented of Governor Henry T. Gage loudly pro- claiming that he desired a speedy vin- dication of his reputation and at the same time using every legal step to prevent an investigation in a court of law in which his reputation would cither be cleansed or the allegations be fully sustained. Writ of Superscdeas'Is Denied. The Justices of the Supreme Court made short work of the application for a writ of supersedeas. Yesterday morning the Justices an- nounced that the application for the writ was denied and A. A. Moore, the rail- road attorney, gathered up his papers, which were returned to him by the | court, Court on Tuesday afternoon and asked | For reasons not stated Moore did not | file his application for the writ of super- Oontmfi;d on Puge Twm AN UNDERST OF EAltmons © A M OO R PL!:—'-ADIH(. AS A PE??F—QENTAT“,E OBSTRUCT ThHe AGAINST GAGE'S FRANTIC EFFORTS FOR DELAY CAMPD\ ‘A TORy ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS IN LIBEL CASE AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF GAGE. Defendants Appear.in Court With Witnesses Ready for Trial, While Representative of Chief Executive Pleads for Postponement on the Ground That Application to Block Hearing Is Under Way OVERNOR GAGE and his their last their at- attorneys played card yesterday in tempt to thwart the ends of justice and prevent a hearing before Police Judge Fritz of the crim- inal libel suit filed by Attorney Louis P. Boardman against John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake, the respective owner and manager of The Call. When Superior Judge Sloss rendered his decision on Tuesday last and dis- missed Gage's application for a writ of prohibition to block the proceedings in Judge Fritz's court the Governor and his attorneys were in a state of sad- ness. There loomed up before them the vision of a speedy hearing of the crim- inal libel suit in this city and the pros- pect of the defendants bringing wit- nesses into court and proving all the al- legations made in The Call. From the very day when Gage hied himself to the quictude of the town of San Pedro and there filed criminal libel proceedings against Messrs. Spreckels and Leake up to the present time, the chief executive and his attorneys have loudly proclaimed their desire for a speedy investigation of the charges made by The Call. Governor Gage, however, desires that the people of the State of California shall be burdened with the enormous expense of conveying witnesses and prison records 500 miles to San Pedro and return, that s if the Governor is sincere in his desire for a hearing in San Pedro. When Judge Sloss dismissed Gages application for a writ of prohibition on Tuesday last there was nothing to bar Police Judge Fritz from hearing evi- dence in the libel case that had been set for hearing for yesterday morning. Gage’s Lawyer Sceks More Delay ‘When Judge Fritz called the case of the People vs. John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake yesterday morning there was a goodly attendance of citizens anxious to hear the testimony to be offered by the defendants. Attorneys J. C. Campbell and E. F. Preston were present on behalf of the defendants, while Louis P. Boardman, who filed the complaint, was also on hand to assist Assistant District Attor- ney Whiting for the prosecution. An understudy for A. A. Moore. the rail- road attorney, Gage’sicounsel, was also in court. W. S. Leake, manager of The Call, and Business Manager W. J. Martin were in court and Warden M. G. Aguirre appeared in answer to a subpena served on him on the pre- vious evening. J. A. Aguirre, general overseer of San Quentin prison, arrived in court after the proceedings had been adjourned. Two ex-officials of the prison, C. Pretzel and J. C. Edgar, also appeared in court in response to legal summons. The understudy for A. A. Moore, the railroad attorney, counsel for Governor Gage, played the double rcle of repre- senting the chief executive and the friend of the court. When Judge Fritz called the case the understudy addressed the court and asked as a represent- ative of Gage, for a continuance on the ground that an appeal had been taken + from the decision of Superior Judge Sloss and that the Supreme Court had been asked to issue a writ of super- sedeas to stop the hearing before Judge Fritz, pending the reslllt of the appeal to the highest court of the State. Later on, Moore’s understudy said he did not appear for the prosecution but as a friend of the court. At the very time that the understudy was asking for a continuance his men- tor, A. A. Moore, the railroad attor- ney, was being informed by the Su- preme Court that the writ of super- sedeas had been denied. Attorney Campbell on behalf of the defendants informed Judge Fritz that they were ready to proceed to a hearing and that witnesses were in attendance. Campbell Agrees to Continuance. Addressing the court Attorney Camp- bell said: If the matter goes over at all, we weuld like to have it go over for not more than one day, because I have been given to understand from the Chief Justice that if anything was necessary that should be given an opportunity to m. heard upon the effect of any appeal. And | under their decisions we are thoroughly satisfied an appeal from an order such as was rendered yesterday by his Honor Judge Sloss does not have the effect to stay any of the proceedings. And we do not wish to place ourselves, nor to place your Honor, in the position of being in any way discourteous to the Supreme Ceurt. I am inclined to think we would have no objection to it going over until | to-morow, after the witnesses are all called and sworn. we Assistant District Attorney Whiting also announced that everything was DEADLY BATTLE FOUGHT Militia Is Sent fo Aid Peace Officers, Shena,na(fah_ls Scene of a Clash With Strikers. Thousand Shots Exchanged, Several Men Slain and Score Injured. SHENANDOAH, Pa., July 30.—In street fighting to-night between a mob of striking miners on one side and Deputy Sheriffs and police on the other, Joseph Beddall, a leading merchant, and a non-union miner were beaten to death, two borough policemen were shot, one fatally, and more than a score of strikers shot by policemen and Deputy -Sheriffs. Sheriff Beddall arrived from Pottsville at 7:45 p. m. with a posse of deputies. He at once asked Governor Stone to send the militia. Two regiments of in- fantry and a troop of cavalry were ordered by the Governor to the scene of strife. The trouble started about 6 o'clock to-night when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddall attempt- ed to escort two non-union work- ers through the strikers’ line of pickets. The workmen were dressed in their street clothes, but one of them carried a bundle un- der his arm, and this aroused the suspicions of the strikers. The bundle was torn from him, and when found to contain a blouse and overalls the man was taken from the deputy and beaten to death. FIRES ON THE MOB. In the meantime Beddall opened fire on the mob which had gathered and emptied his re- volver. Two of the shots took effect, one man being shot in the leg and the other in the foot. The deputy and other strike breaker were now compelled to flee for their lives and took refuge in the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad station. The station was soon surrounded by an angry mob of 5000 which was becom- ing more threatening and dem- onstrative every moment. Joseph Beddall, *a hardware merchant, and brother of the Deputy Sher- iff, was seen making his way through the crowd in an effort to reach his brother, and the mob, divining that he was carrying ammunition to those inside the station, struck and beat him with clubs and billies into insensibility. He died en route to the Miners’ Hospital. FIERCE FIGHT FOLLOWS. Shortly after this the entire borough police force arrived on the scene and escorted the Dep- uty Sheriff and his man to an engine which had been backed into the station for that purpose. When the mob realized that their prey was about to escape they surrounded the engine and the Continued on Page Two. . Continued on Page Three. 4