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

!.. o .....—.-'3.....‘—.-—-} — VOLUME XCII-NO. 1 17, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RIOTING AND BLOODSHED CONTINUE IN THE ANTHRACITE COAL FIELDS NATION IGNORES TREATY Colombian Officials Stop Goods for Nicaragua. Shippers in New York Will Ask Heavy Damages. e T Y Fears That Precedent May Cause Com- plication. The Call, gua, Sept. 24.—The Panama detain- York for the X after this on to New York. here that under tne trar fic countries is £ w wi it for North or me O tended for a country lombia can be legal- Colombia not being at war is held that the recent wunition was a breach of the United States and company is responsible the return of the ship- BREACH OF CONTRACT. A more serious breach of contract was effected, which, if allowed precedent, will The ilroad managers ed to having a compar eroceanic trainsit interfered with ner that had never happened the railroad was opened in 1555, de- te frequeni-politiont disturbances. this case a shipment of arms and ion from New York consigned to m & Co. of Salvador, but marked the Government of Salvador, was de- ma. It is reported that decided to remove the unition to the Government that the railroad company al authorities that they be hel, ible for damages. It is believed here that had the superin- dent of the Panama Railroad notified e American Consul and commander of ted States warship Ranger, asking , the local authorities would d to detain the shipment. SHIPPERS ARE AROUSED. is said the New York shippers of € and ammunition will demand heavy ages from the railroad company for 1fillment of contract and non- the goods in Port Acajutla recently to es It 1 in the bill of lading. It is if the action of the Pana- es is allowed to stand as a anger the safety of t shipments ard lead to fons. Bioom & Co. went where efforts were 3 Sovernment to detain it g c of war. It o t Y was r y intended for OFFICIALS CUT SHORT NAVAL OFFICER’S CAREER Pay Clerk Warner, Formerly of the ‘Wisconsin, Dismissed From the Service. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, X. W., WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Herbert Warner, pay clerk, attached to the battle- hip Wisconsin, has been dismissed from » accordance with the sen- ed upon him after he had cted of charges of obtaining commissions from tradesmen with whom cted for ship supplies t been disposed of by the Judge cate General of the Navy, Captain e service impo ner, who had not been a long time the service, declared to several per- y whom he had dealings on the Coast when the Wisconsin was in at Br the t clerks nearly always were able to 2dd $300 or more per year to thelr salary and that he proposed to do lke- wise. He was easily detected and the punishment followed GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO TAVANA DRYDOCK WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—The Havana fioating dry dock was injured more seri- than wos anticipated from the brief eports received at the time of the iast week. Constructor Taylor, who arrived yesterday, made a report by o Rear Admiral Bowles to-day and 2 mail report concerning the accident was received to-day from Lieutenant Com- mander E. J. Dorn, who was in charge at the time the accident occurred. Dorn's report shows that the accident was of a very serious character, but he =ives no estimate of the cost of repairing the dock. From the advices at hand it is the opin- jon of the officers of the department that the accident was due to bad managemeet in docking the DOD!D:JDI. hipment of ammunition ad management decided | v with the United States | violable. Only | cause much | The case | on and San Francisco that in | | 1 — BELOVED CHAPLAIN | McKINNON IS DEAD Popular California Clergyman Becomes a Victim of Dysentery at Manila. | - ANILA, Sept. 24.—Rev. Sx_n- jam McKinnon, . who was | chaplain of the First Cali- | fornia Volunteers in 1898, | died from dysentery to-day | in the military hospital here. He was the most prominent clergyman in the Philippines. He entered Manila under | fire of the Spaniards and influenced Arch- bishop Nozaleda to modify his- hostility. | Later he organized the public schools, and after the war he was appointed a chaplain | in the regular army. He labored herofcal- ly during the cholera and smallpox epi- demics, visiting the -hospitals daily. He had beeen ailing for some months past, | but persisted in continuing his work, which included ministration to cholera victims. A military funeral will be held in | the cathedral of Manila and the remains | will be sent to his home in California by | the first transport. e LG | CAREER OF NOTED PRIEST. | The sad news of Rev. Father Willlam ‘ McKinnon’s death will be recelved with | the most heartfelt sorrow by his numer- ous friends in this city and throughout | the State. The Catholic church had no | more popular priest devoted to its service than Father McKinnon, The intelligence of his decease comes as a surprise, as the last news recelved from him was to the effect that he was | in good health and devoting his energles to preparing a plan for the uplifting of | the Filipinos. He was then urging upon the head of the Catholic church in Ma- nila the advisability of sending 400 of the young native priests to this country to be educated in the American seminaries. He had great faith in the future possi- bilities of the Philippine Islands, and had | he lived he would have done great things for the people there. Father McKinnon will be best and long- est remembered as the chaplain’of the First California Volunteers. It is safe to say that the members of that organ- ization who fought in the fever-breeding climate of the Philippines will never for- get his kind ministering to their wants. When war was declared against Spain, and California was called upon to send forth her sons to fight in the Orient, Father McKinnon heard the call and se- cured the appointment as chaplain. ‘While the California boys were in Manila he remained with them, acting as their friend, counselor and, when required, their nurse. During the siege of Manila the soldier- priest distinguished himself by a daring plece of bravery which will be remem- | | | | the Spanish lines into the city. : 4 THE LATE CHAPLAIN OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF CALIFOR- NIA VOLUNTEERS, bered as long as will the exploits of the American army in the islands. He per- formed this exploit in order, if possible, to prevent unnecessary bloodshed and loss of life. The city of Manila was sur- rounded by the American forces. The American navy was master of the bay and the harbor. It was only a question of time until Manila would have to fall | into the hands of the boys In blue. Father McKinnon desired them to get possession | of the capital of the Philippines without any further loss of life on either side, so he went without any protection through Without even the protection of a Red Cross badge he walked down the intrenchments, and although fired at by the Spaniards, he kept bravely on and reached the city. He saw Archbishop P. Nozaleda, then the highest Catholic prelate in the isl- | ands, and asked him to use his best of- fices to prevent unnecessary bloodshed. He also went to the Governor General of the islands, Jaudenez Alvarez, and made the same request of him. Father McKin- non’s intercession with the Spaniards was ceeply appreciated by the American offi- cers and he was the hero of the camp hen he returned. While the First was still in the Philip- pines Father McKinnon was appointed Superintendent of the municipal schools. He immediately set about organizing a school system. Although handicapped with the most disheartening conditions he accomplished great results for the lit- tle natives. When the First Californians returned to their homes their beloved chaplain came with them. He said that the First would only have one chaplain and he would be that one. Father McKinnon had grown to love the life among the soldiers of the United States, but still more he recognized the work that could be done to educate and uplift the ignorant natives of the Philip- pines. Soon after the First was disband- ed and the boys were safe in their homcs he accepted an appointment as chaplain in the regular army and returned to Ma- nila. He again took up the work of im- proving the school system, as he recog- nized that education was the greateat need of the people if they could ever be capable of self-government.. To this work he was devoting his efforts until called by death. Rev. Father McKinnon was descended from a family noted for having furnished about fifty nuns, priests and bishops to the Catholic church. He was born in Prince Edward Island, but came to California with a few imme- diate relatives at a very early age. He graduated from Santa Clara College and then went to Canada, where for two years he studied for the priesthood. He was or- dained at -Baltimore. His love for his old home drew him back to California. For a time after his return he was secretary to Archbishop Riordan and then he went to work for the orphans in the asylum at San Rafael. Next he was given charge of the parish at Rio Vista. In the du?h‘ir‘g‘e of his duties he showec great tenderness of heart and conscientiousness. He was broad-minded, and was also a ‘lover of athletic sports. He was a brave horse- man and possessed of all the personal at- tractions that make a man admired and loved by men. Sheriffs Ask for More Troops. Working Men Shot and Clubbed. HomesBlown Up by the Strikers. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24.—Of the ten anthracite coal producing counties of Pennsylvania State troops are camped in five. Despite the presence of the troops in these districts rioting and general law- lessness continues in the entire hard coal territory from Forest City, Susquehanna County, on the north, to Willlamstown, Dauphin County, on the south, a distance of more than one htndred miles. The section of the strike region in the vicinity of Forest City, which has been compara- tively quiet ever since the strike began, was greatly wrought up to-day by crowds of strikers Interfering with and beating men who had returned to work, and as a result Sheriff Maxey of Susquehanna County to-night asked Governor Stone for troops to assist him and other civil au- thorities to preserve the peace. STATE TROOPS IN FIELD. At present there are four full regiments, two companies of another and two troops of cavalry in the field. The Thirteenth Regiment s camped at Oliphant, six miles north of Scranton; the Ninth Is quartered at its armory in Wilkesbarre; the Eighth Regiment and t!:e Second Philadelphia City Troop are under canvas on the top 1 of @ niloverlobking: §kinandozh:-ene battalion of the Twelfth and the Gover- nor's troop are in the Panther Creek Val- ley and one battalion of the Twelfth is| preserving order in the city of Lebanon, where the iron and steel workers are on strike. If the disorder continues Gover- nor Stone will be compelled to call out additional soldiers. ‘While there has been no big general riot the disturbances have been of such a serious nature as to cause the author- ities much apprehension. REPORTS OF BLOODSHED. Every effort is being made by the Sher- iffs of the several counties affected and the troops to prevent disturbances from growing to such an extent as to cause bloodshed. Reports are coming in from every sec- tion of non-union men and others being either shot or clubbed. Houses of work- men have been burned or dynamited and attempts have been made to hold up coal trains or derail them. . Coal is being shipped from many parts of the coal flelds to market, but com- pared with the normal output the quan- tity is Insignificant. The output for this week will be much less than the average production of one day, which is about 300,000 tons. The strikers assert that very little of the coal is freshly mined and that it is mostly coal washed from the culm banks, or has been stored at various points since the strike began. President Mitchell of the Miners’ Union had no comment to make to-day on the move- ment of the troops into Luzerne County. He said the strike situation was un- changed. —_— RIOTING IN FOREST CITY. Serious Disturbances Cause an Ur- gent Appeal for Troops. SUSQUEHANNA, Pa.,, Sept. 24.—An urgent request for troops was made to- night to Governor Stone by Sheriff Maxcy of Susquehanna County. This morning No. 2 colliery of the Hillside Coal and Iron Company at Forest City resumed operations and this evening as the men were returning from work they were set upon by a mob of between 200 and 300 men, women and boys and followed to their homes and pelted with sticks and stones. Shots were fired on each side, but none of them took effect. After the men were driven to their homes the mob surged through the streets and by order of the Burgess all of the saloons of the borough were closed. So serfous was the situation that Sheriff Maxey called the leading men of the borcugh together and after conferring with them asked the Governor for troops. Pl = i NINTH REGIMENT READY. Beries of Riots That Cause Fresh Troops to Be Mobilized. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 2i—In compliance with the request of Sheriff Ja- cobs and numerous other citizens of Lu- zerne County, Governor Stone ordered the Ninth Regiment, N. G. P., to mobilize at ‘Wilkesbarre. The regiment has its head- quarters here, and three hours after the crder had leen recelved the regiment, with the exception of the Hazleton com- panies, was ready for the field. The regi- raent consists of twelve companies and has a membership of about 750. A num- ver of mine workers are in the regiment, but all responded readily to the call. Continued on Page 2, Column 4. DEATH’'S CALL COMES |MISUSE TO HIRAM T. GRAVES California FPioneer, Who Was Prominent as a Mason, Passes Away at Sisson. o T - —— IZAM IRAOAVE > < PROMINENT MASON WHO DIED YESTERDAY NEAR SISSON, AFT- ER SHORT ILLNESS. * | <+ IRAM T. GRAVES, a Cali- fornia pioneer of '49 and one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity - on. the .Pacific Coast, breathed his last yesterday afternoon at 3:30 at Sisson, in Siskiyou County, where he went Saturday to spend a week of rest-as the guest of his friend, H. B. Ream. News of his de- mise was received last evening by his daughter, Mrs. G. L. Henderson of 2063 San Antonio avenue, Alameda. Death was due to pneumonia. ‘While in San Jose five months ago pre- paring for a reception: to the Mystie Shriners, Mr. Graves was stricken with an acute attack of indigestion that nearly terminated fatally and which weakened his heart and constitution considerably. When he departed from Alameda last Saturday night he remarked to members of his family that he was feeling unusual- ly well and expected that the trip to and stay at Sisson would greatly benefit him. He was taken ill on the train and at Punsmuir his condition was alarming. At Sisson he was removed from the train and conveyed to the residence of H. B. Ream. Relatives in Alameda were noti- fied by telegraph of Mr. Graves' sickness and on Monday nl.xht Mrs. Graves and daughter, Miss Augusta, left for Sisson. Because of an eleven-hour delay on the road, due to a smashup, they did not reach the patient's bedside until late Tuesday night. They were with him when the final summons came. Deceased resided with his family at 1406 High street, Alameda. He is survived by a wife and four children, Miss Augustai Graves and Mrs. G. L. Henderson, both of Alameda; Hiram A. Graves of Oakland and Charles H.. Graves of San Francisco. A sister, Miss H. 8. Graves, also made her honfe with the family. He was an uncle of Librarian Frank B. Graves, Miss Ella Graves and Mrs. E. M. Royer, all residents of Alameda. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. HIS LIFE IN THIS CITY. Hiram T. Graves was born seventy- seven years ago in Batavia, N. Y. In com- pany with a party of companions of his boyhood he sailed from New York early in 1849 on the bark Belvedere, bound for San Francisco. After a tempestuous voyage the young gold-seeking adventurers reached the metropolis of California on October 12 of the same year. Young Graves made his way to the mines in the vicinity of Auburn, where he toiled in the diggings for a time and then re- turned to this city. Soon afterward he was appointed to a position in the United | piration of President | ance Committee was in existence — States Mint by President James Buch- anan. This place he retained until the ex- Buchanan's term. Upon his retirement from the Miut Mr. Graves, with J. M. Eckfeldt as a partner, founded the San Francisco Wire ‘Works, with which he was identified for many years. During the trying period when the Vigil- here Mr. Graves was an active member of that law promoting and enforcing body and was-an eye witness to the lynching of Cora and Casey. The deceased was a conspicuous figure at all of the big Masonic gatherings, his long white beard and patriarchal appear- ance making him a marked personage. He was of a genial and happy disposition and was famillarly known to his thou- sands of acquaintances as “Uncle Hiram.” Mr. Graves and his family movéd to Alameda from San Francisco ten years ago and since then the Encinal City had been his home. He was a member of Oak Grove ‘Lodge, F. and A. M., at that place. Although Mr. Graves always in- terested himself in the political welfare of the nation and State, he never aspired to public office. He was senior warden of St. Peter's Episcopal Church of this city, which was established mainly through the efforts of himself and a number of other active churchmen. _ BRIGHT MASONIC CAREER. For more than a half century Hiram T. Graves, in various relations, was an ac- tive member of the Masonic fraternity. In the Blue Lodge, the Chapter and the Templars Asylum he was called to fill pro- gressively all the offices, appotive and elective, known to the ritual. He was a Master Mason when he first came to California in 1849, having been raised to that degree by St. Paul's Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M, of Auburn, N. Y., December, 1848. He affiliated with the craft immediately upon his arrival in San Francisco and from that time until his death was an active and faithful worker and exponent of the noble principles of the order. In August, 1853, during a visit to his native State, he was exalted to the degree of Royal Arch Mason in St. Danfel’s Chap- ter No. 34, R. A. M., Auburn, N. Y., and on the occasion of another visit East in March, 1859, he was knighted in Salem Town Commandery No. 16, Knights Tem- plar. After filling the subordinate offices he served as worshipful master of Golden Gate Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., San Fran- cisco; as high priest of California Chap- | ter No. 5, R. A. M., San Francisco, and as eéminent commander of California Com- mandery Neo. 1, K. T. 1In 1876 he was elected grand commander of Knights Templar of California, and OF OUR COLORS Venezuelan Gunboat \ Sneaks In Under _Old Glory. ¢ | Bombards the For= eign Quarter of Ciudad Bolivar. Forced to Apologize and Salute. Stars and Stripes. Specfal Dispatch to The Call PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad, Sept. 24.—A leading German merchant who recently escaped from Ciudad Boll- var arrived here yesterday and made a statement under oath before the officials here, setting forth that on August 20 the Venezuelan warship Restaurador when steaming up the Orinoco River for the | second time in order to again bombard Ciudad Bolivar, hoisted the American flag in order to be able to reach that city with- out arousing the sucpicions of the in- habitants as to her identity, and that by this strategy the Restaurador reached the custom house at Cludad Bolivar and immediately opened fire'on the center of the city, causing loss of life and damage to property in the quarters inhabited by foreigners. The merchant also stated that the foreign Consuls and all the pop- ulation of Ciudad Bolivar protested against the action of the Restaurador. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The singular circumstance reported by the German merchant in the foregoing cablegram was explained by the reception of two cable- grams from United States Minister Bowen, at Caracas, at the State Depart- ment this afternoon. The first dispatch stated that the Venezuelan gunboat Res- taurador had approached Ciudad Bolivar fiviog the American flag. She did not lower the flag until she was very close to the shore, when she opened fire upon the insurgents from her position there, creating great consternation. When the Restaurador returned to La Guayra, the fact was reported to Minister Bowen, who indignantly demanded a com- plete apology from the Venezuelan Gov- | ernment and also that the flag of the United States be saluted by the offending ship. The second cablegram from Minister Bowen reports that the Ven&suelan Gov- ernment promptly acceded to the terms, made a suitable apology and the com- | mander of the Restaurador hoisted the American flag and fired a national salute. The matter is still under consideration between the State and Navy depart- ments. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 24— General Matos, commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces in Venezuela, has | sent a dispatch from Tucupido, saying ; that President Castro has retreated from Ocumare. “Rio Chico and the entire coast wind- ward are in our hands,” General Matos adds. Two bridges on the La Guayra-Caracas railroad were blown up by the revolution~ | ists last Thursday. | EMPEROR OF EOREA REPORTED TO BL DEAD Dispatch From' Seoul to Paris Makes Mention of the Rumor. PARIS, Sept. %5.—In a dispatch from | Seoul, Korea, the correspondent of the Figaro says it is rumored that the Em- peror of Korea is dead. A dispatch from Seoul, Korea, dated last Monday, saild the celebration of the anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor, Yi Heyung, had been post- poned in consequence of the spread of cholera there, but the real reason of the | postponement was alleged to be lack of funds. Y1 Heyung succeeded to the throne in 1864. He assumed the title of Emperor in 1597. It was reported in 1308 that the Em- peror and the Crown Prince of Korea had | been poisoned. They both recovered. It | was then belleved that the poisoner was a lady of the Emperor's household and that she was sfipposed to have been ac- tuated by jealousy or political motives. @ iR e when his term expired in 1378 he was elect- ed secretary of the Triennial committee, which was charged with the duty of se= curing for San Franeisco the Grand Con- clave of Knights Templar of the United States for 1883. How well the work was done the result showed, and it was all the more marked as it brought the first grand national gathering of any kind across the continent to the Golden Gate. Mr. Graves was In 1874 elected to the office of grand treasurer of the Grand | Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Cali- fornia and held it by successive re- elections until hig death. For a number of years he was the secretary of the So- clety of California Pioneers of this city and took an active interest in the erection of their hall on Fourth and Stevedson | streets in this city. For a long time prior to his death he also filled the office of secretary of Mount Olivet Cemetery, in which position he was probably better known to the general pube lic in later days.