The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1902, Page 17

BI33F33333333544349049 %4> Pages OLissbss + R S e e e e e e e R ] uz:umm , Lages 0*0#00“60#0%0000“ 02824 VOLUME XCII-NO. 134. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CARES NOT WHO SETTLES THE STRIKE, HIS OBJECT BEING TO PREVENT A COAL FAMINE AND DISTRESS what w — NORD'S ARMY 5 DEFEATED BY REBELS Hayti’s Minister of War Is in Full Retreat. Burns Port Margot, but Is Soon Beaten in Battle. Flees in Disorder, Leaving Behind Many Dead and Wounded. Special Dispatch to The Call. ’E HAYTIEN, Hayti, Oct. 11.—Gen- ord, War Minister of the Provi- Government, has been defeated and retreat e Provisional Government of Hayu‘ ced from Port au Prince on Thurs- | that General Nord had again occu- the town of Limbe. The facts in the are that the general on Wednes@ay | tacked the Artibonite armory at Limbe | d at Port Margot, and succeeded in| ntering Limbe and burning Port Margot. He was afterward defeated, however, | nd was caused to retreat in disorder., | ing behind him many dead and ounded and two rapid-fire guns. The| rtibonite forces also captured a number | prisoners. Géversl' -Selnave, eom- mander of the Artibonite army, econtin- ed his advance against the troops of al Nord, who is believed to be short | of ammunition, which may compel him | to abandon his base of operations; ey CASTRO STILL RETREATS. Venezuelan Insurgents Prepare to Bottle Up the President. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. | Liberatador, formerly steamer Ban Righ, and lately re Bolivar, which recently ar- boat Barranquilla-in the seryice of the | Government, in need of re- reappeared. She was sighted | off Curacao yesterday, en route for Colon. T in Venezuela is un- as again abandoned Los La Victoria, where he has en intrenched for the last five days. revolutionary General Matos has ar- ved at Villa de Cora with 5000 men, and eral Men @, with whose forces Gen- Matos recently effected a junction, left, but his destination is unknown. obody can explain the delay of the revolutionists in attacking President Cas- but it is asserted ‘on the authority a person who is usually well informed at the revolationists are preparing to bottle up” President Castro, so as not to w him to escape to Los Andes and inue the war. Telegraph lines have been cut every- where. The German fleet in Venezuela waters has been reinforced by the cruiser Vineta, which anchored yesterday at La Gualra. | PAINTERS’ CONTROVERSY “HOMELESS” MAXES MANY Millionaire Dwellers in Fifth Ave- nue Mansions Are in Sore Straits. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—One hundred or more of the wealthiest families in New York are “homeless,” o to speak, unable to get into their, Fifth-avenue mansions, ‘,Q,, ators is fighting another union of tion as to whether they will' consolidate or not. The 100 “homeless” families are living temporarily in hotels or have gone back to their summer cottages, and are wendering when they will be permitted by the men of strife to return to their homes. ' Some of the homeless” are Mrs. Hermanu Oelrichs, Mrs. Hoppin, formerly Miss Gallatin; Mrs. Charles Parsons, Mrs, Pembroke Jomes and George W. Vanderblit. ———— PROFESSOR MOSES WILL LEAVE THE PHILIPPINES Member of Taft’s Cabinet Intends to Return to, University of California. ANILA, Oct. ilL—Professor Bernard oses, member of the Philippine Com- mission and Minister of Public Instruc- tion in Governor Taft's cabinet, has ten- dered his resignation to take effect at the wing of the new year, when his three ears’ leave of absence will havs expired. will return to the University of Cali- and resume the chair of history, political economy and science. Before returning to the United States Professor Moses will spend six months in studying the conditions in Java, India nd Egypt. Governor Taft, in accepting fessor Moses’ resignation, commends him highly for his valuable services in the Philippines. | respects Lo President Roosevelt. PRESIDENT GREETS THE NATION'S GUEST Crown Prince of Siam Is Welcomed at Washington by the Chief Executive. KX | I y — - —je ASHINGTON, Oct. 1lL—His Royal = Highness, . Chowia Maha Vajefravudh, Crown Prince of Siam, accompanied by his suite, reached Wash- ington‘on a special train this morning. During their stay here they will be the guests of the nation.’ After break- fasting in thelr private apartments in the Arlington Hotel, the Crown Prince and his party donned their court.dress and, escorted by a squadron of the Sécond United States Cavalry, were driven to the temporary White House to pay their All the members of the Cabinet now in the city— Secretaries Hay, Wilson and Hitchcock and Postmaster General Payne—together with Secretary Cortelyou and Colonel Bingham, the President’s military aid, in full uniform,- were present to a!llfit n the ‘reception. The greetings between the President and the Prince were cordial on both sides. There were no formal speeches. The Prince . expressed his admination for the country, what little of it he had seen, and spoke Of the jmpressive appearance of the American cavalry. [ ] -I-‘Hflfl—H—H'H“H‘I‘MHWW'H‘H‘FW. LORD FEANCIS HOPE WOULD MARRY AGAIN May Yohe’s Former Husband Is in Love With His Cousin. Pretty Beatrice Bricketts. LONDON, Oct. 1l.—Father Black, no- torfous as the protestor against the re- marriage of divorced persons in the church, who has created many scenes when such marriages were beilng solem- nized, is now keeping a careful watch on Lord Francis Hope, whose divorce from May Yohe was recently made final, .and who has fallen in love with his cousin, Beatrice Bricketts, a pretty girl 18 years of age, who returns his affections and is anxious to be married in the Church of England. Lord Francis Hope's brother, the Duke of Newcastle, is at present. abroad, but the remarriage of Lord Francis in the church will place him in an awkward po- sition, for the reason that the Duke has taken a prominent lead against just ‘such ceremontes and against a church remar- riage of men and women whose divorced wives or husbands are still living. Father Biack has already protested to one cler- gyman at Hove, a suburb ®f Brighton, where he heard the marriage would be solemnized. He has also written a strong protest to the Church Times. sy bl Congressman J. L. Sheppard. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Congressman John L. Sheppard of Texarkana, Tex., died at Eureka Springs, Ark., after a Adong iliness s ke ¢ ‘ & Ho\lu.. the President met tary Root went to'] ork: for the pur- Colonel Thedore A. Bingham. . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CHOWIA MAHA VAJEIRAVUDH, NOW THE GUEST OF THE NATION. President Roosevelt responded plea;fint- - ly.. He asked the Prince about his pro- posed itinerary and expressed the hope + that he would visit'‘the military and naval academies and also spend some time ex- amining the imdustries of which the coun- try: was: so proud. The audience lasted not more than five minutes. The Prince and his party were then driven back to the Arlington, where the Prince remained quietly during the afternoon looking after his mail. Second Lieutenant Robert 8. Clark, Ninth Infantry, has been assigned to spe- cial duty with his Royal Highness and will accompany him during his official en- tertainment by the Governent. Secretary Hay gave a dinner to-night at'which the Crown Prince was the guest of honor. The other guests were: His Royal Highness Prince Chakrabongee, his Excellency the Siamese Minister; Colonel Rajavallobh, first aide de camp to the Prince; E. H. Loftus, secretary of .tne Siamese legation; Henry B. Payne, Post- master General; James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture; Admiral George Dewey, Brigadier General Gillespie, David J. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State; Alva Adee, Second Assistant Secretary of State; Hel bert B4 D. Peirce, Third Assistant Secre® tary of State; George B. Cortelyou, sec- retary to.the President; 'W. W. Rockhiil, director of the bureau of American re- publics; Henry White, E. V. Morgan and Secretary Hay, on behalf of the Presi- dent, proposed a toast to.the King of Stam and his two sons, .the ‘Prince re- sponding with a toast to the President of the United States, which toasts were drunk standing. There were no speeches. TRIAL OF THE CHINESE SHOWS THE CONSPIRACY Cases in Which Deputy Dillard Was Involved Are Concluded at Las Cruces. EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 11.—The cases of the Chinese who were arrested at Deming, N. M., for coming into the United States on forged certificates made 94t by a deputy in the office' of John C. Lynch, United States Internal Revenue Collector at San Francisco, bearing his genuine sig- nature, have been tried at Las Cruces. Lynch and his wife passed through the city to-day en route home and he gave some of the details of the trial. The two Chinamen who held the certificates were convicted and sentenced to one year and a day for the offense and costs and de- portation afterward. The fine and im- prisonment, however, were suspended by the Judge and they will very likely be deported without imprisonment after the trial of the third Chinese who attempted to perpetrate the fraud. Some sensational features showed up in the trial at Las Cruces which implicated some Americans and Chinese who disappeared after Dep- uty Dillard left San Francisco. A con- spiracy to import Chinese and furnish them with certificates was revealed during the progress of the trial and Deputy D!l lard was shown to have been working the official end of it. Collector Lynch was | completely exonentsd by the evidence in- troduced. \ Root,_ Is Sent fo See J. P. - Morgan, Sentiment Is Against Op- erators. Their Stand Injuring the . Public. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, Oct. 11.—“Dig coal.” This is President Roosevelt's one desire. He cares not who settles the strike. For the time being he cares not how it is settled. His one object is to use the good offices of the President of the United States as the representative of the public interests, which are now superior to those of the operators or miners, to bring about an end of the controversy and relief from wide- spread distress. Deeply deploring the re- sult of the conferences of the last two days in New York, his efforts have been renewed and Secretary Root is now in New York to again offer services of the President and his administration for the purposes of mediation. Secretary Root's = conference with J. Plerpont Morgan to-day is looked on here as one of great importance and as presag- ing: some important uuo&:‘on the part of the administration. Immediately. before the cunlmc‘ at the. temporary White ope- pose of informing Morgan of the: Presi- dent’s intention of calling a confereiice. rx.mms MISUNDERSTANDING any misunderstanding, and in order that Morgan might not make complaint that as a’capitalist having vital interests, he did not have sufficient warning. This attitude of complaint was assumed by Morgan last winter when the Northern Securities suit was begun.” At that time he told the President that at leas#h he should have had some warning of the Government's. intentions. From the very beginning the President has never relaxed his interests. The coal strike has been the one topic in his mind, and the-subject of almost every important conference at the White House for nearly two weeks. When once convinced that there would be no outcome of the efforts in' New York, he set about again to seek means of immediate rellef. Legal .action, both civil and criminal, was again considered and again Attorney General: Knox and Secretary Root told him that they could find no way under the constitution or statutes by which' the gen- eral Government could interfere. Not -only this, but important members of the Interstate Commerce Commission devoted four days-to the legal aspects of the case and could find no method of action which would be immediately decisive. Sults are in contemplation, and whatever evidence against the railroads making up the coal trust is presented is examined caretully and considered by officials of the Depart- ment of Justice, but it is realized that ac- tion and action at once is the one thing necessary, and that legal suits would in- volve delay. If they are begun at all they must come later. REGRETS POLITICAL TURN. The President "looked on the political turn of the New York conferences with the greatest regret. He does ‘not con- sider it a question of politics. ‘He has long since lost sight of the merits of the contest -between capital and. labor, and sees only the suffering to the people that is involved in' the continuation of the strike, and the commercial disaster which will take years to repair. The operators’ attitude toward Governor Odell, taken in copnection with the affront of a ‘week ago to the President, has put them al- most completely beyond sympathy among officials here. Not only this, but the general public at the capital has turned against the ope- rators, and is now saying with prominent officials, “Dig coal under the protection afforded, or yleld to the strikers and save the public from suffering.” They call on the operators to sink any question of pride in winning the contest, sacrifice eyen ‘their money and avert a great dis- aster to thé people of the United States. The continuation of their attitude is re- garded here as only an increasing sac- rifice of great public interests. 3 ONE ACTION SUGGESTED. Oue more legal action has been suggest- ed against the coal roads besides these already consideréd in conmection with the Sherman anti-trust law This has refer- ence to the anti-pooling = statute which provides “that it shall be unlawful for any common cgrrier subject to the pro- visions of this act to enter into any con- tracts, uresmem. or combination with any oflur common carrier, or carriers, for, the pooling of freight of different and, wmku nll:o-dl, or to divide between them the aggregate or net orogeeds ar This>was for the ‘purpose of preventing |’ > ’ EW YORK, Oct. 11.—There is no news in New York City tonight which wowld tend to show that the end of .the coal strike is nearer than it has been for some time past. Several conferences were held during the day, chief among N them that between Secretary of War Root and J. P..Morgan. This lasted for several hours, and then the teo drove io the Union Club. Secretary Root did not stay long, and he soon after left for Washington. at the Union Club for several hours. D. H. Bacon of the Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Company and Chairman Thomas of.the Erie were also at the club. Chairman~-Thomas had a talk ai the Fifth-avenue Hotel with Senator Platt, but vas said at any of the interviews to-day was not made public. President Roosevelt sent Sécretary Root to New York to inform leading financiers and others interested in the great struggle in the anthracite coal fields that the administration was still willing to mediate in the confro- versy if an opportunity could be found. : Morgan remained COAL STRIKE. . CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAI{D OF DIRECTORS qF THE ‘ERIE RAILROAD AND TWO NOTED STATESMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA WHO HAVE ATTENDED CONFERENCES-IN-THE FRUITLESS EFFORT TO END THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF LOUISIANA-WHO ALSO FACES A SERIOUS LABOR PROBLEM. , Strzke Is Not Broken and New Orleans Is Under Military Protection. EW: ORLEANS, Oct. 11— Though martial law. has. not been declared and ‘will not be " until' the - conditions - in ‘the Btreet car strike demand such an éxtreme measure, New Or- leans is practically under military protec- tion, about 1400 soldiers, all “well armed and under splendid discipline, having al- ready reported for duty, with probably 100 more on the way. The presence of the soldiers and the ex- pressions of firmness and determination in Governor Heard’s proclamation:to the cit- izens demanding a restoration of order have restored confidence, although the street car strikers are more sullen than ever. Plans are being laid to start the cars Monday, and Governor Heard says they ‘will continue to-run.- This’ afternoon at 4 o’clock a sub-com- mittee of the carmen’s executive commit- tee called on Governor Heard at the St. /| Charles Hotel and remained with him two hours., They came to discuss the situa- tion in detail. United States Senator ‘Murphy ' Féster, who" settled the general strike.in-1892 in three duy. when he was Governor, ar- that would certainly gatner on Sunday. All negotiations between the Stafe lnd city officials, the railway company -and? rived ‘here this morning, and with W. 8. Parkinson, who gained ‘national promi- nence in ‘1891, when he léd the crowd ‘which lynched eleven ‘Itallans in the par- ish prison, has been endeavoring to bring about an:amicable understanding. They have mage little progress so far. No efforts were made to.run cars to- day, and it is-the general impression that the first’ aftempt tnder the new -condi- tions will be. postpoped until Monday, In order to ‘prevent interference by the mobs strjking street car employes came to an end to-day when the carmen refused to _accept the proposition made by the com- pany, and the railway company refused the proposition of the carmen to submit all differences to a board of seven arbitra- tors. As _soon as these conditions . were made known to the Governor he issued the following proclamation: ‘‘To’ the people of New Orleans: Dur- ing the past two weeks your city has been in a ccndltfon of unusugl and grave ex- citement - and frequdhtly * recurring causes for apprehensions of tumult by mobs and bloodshed have ensued. This condition has depressed trade, arrested public intercourse and the usual pursuits of trre population. The greatest forbear- ance has been vainly exercised by the au- theritles and every effort made to remove every cause or pretext for complaint. The time has now arrived to bring (his ab- normal condition cf affairs to a close aad by firm and vigorous means to re-estub- Tshofdér ‘and tranquillity and the su- premacy of the law. “f therefore request all’ peaceable cit- : izmens not to congregate in ~ crowds on streets and thoroughfares, and I urge upon them to discontinue all undue ex- citement. and acts of violence and to make known to officers intrusted with the administfation of the law ‘any Dbreaches of the peace. “I hereby declare that the people of this city must and shall be protected in the full enjoyment of all their constitutional privilegeés and rights. The power vested by ; the constitution and. laws of <the State shall be devoted to the preservation of the peace, the maintenance of good or- der and the protection of llves and the property of the city. “W. W. HEARD, “Governor of Louisiana.” elrnlngl of such’ mnronds, or any poruon thereof, and in any case of agreement of pooling of freight in the aforesaid, each day of'its continuance shall be deemed a separate offense.” Among many -other things .evidence showing violations has béen offered and later on will be considered. The main objzct now is, however, to get after that which will have immediate effect and ‘then ‘look for the prevention of contro- versies of this kind in the future. Secretary Root arrived here at 11315 o’clock to-night and went at once to his home. He refused to make any statement whatever concerning his conference with Morgan. There were no callers at - the White House to-night and it was stated that no report of any kind had been received from Secretary Root of any character regard- ing the outcome of his conference with Morgan. s«,m.-ry Root will probably confer withl tha, President to-morréw, though it was stated by Secretary Cortelyou that no conference had been arranged. S ) STOCKADE IOBA.LL PRISONERS Persons Arrested by Troops to Be Held Without Bail. WILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct I1L—An- cther day of the mine workers’ strike ~lased to-day without any incident woriiy »of note. ' It is exlremely quiet throughout the section. The coal company superin- tendents assert that they have made a slight gain in the number of employes since last' week, but algo admit that there have been a few desertions. The ship- ment of coal is still going on in a small way: how much cannot be learned, as the company officials keep this a secret. The small stockade buit on the camp grounds of the Ninth Regiment was com- eted to-day. It will be used, Colonel igherty says, as a prison for all per- ‘sons arrested for breaking the peace In connection with the strike. It is the pur- pose of the military officers to hold with- out bail all persons who are arrested by the soldlers until siuch time as the au- thorities feel justified in refeasing them, providing they have committed no crime. The deécision of the military officers not to ‘turn prisoners over to'the civil au- thorities has stirred up a hormet’s nest among the strikers. It is. claimed by their attorneys that to arrest a man and hold him without bail is illegal. It is the intention of the miners’ local unions two test the matter in the courts: There Is a considerable amount of gos- ip heard through the region that the coal companies will not attempt a general re- sumption of mining until they have made another effort to have Federal troops brought into the anthracite territory. Jt is rumored that they will make a request to'the National Gavernment on-the grouls that there are not enough State militia- men to properly handle the fleld. Some of the officers say the State tr¥¥js are able to cope with any situation that may arise. There were no new developments at strike headquarters. President Mitchell returned from New York early to-day and nothing to say regarding his trip. e thought it would be better for all con- cerned that nothing be sald at present. Interest in the New York conferences continues to be lively, and the strikers and citizens generally expect some set- tlement in a short tim ———— ASSESSMENTS NOT INCREASED. lhmmdmhmnhnuhm to Continue the Strike. ~INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IlL—Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers of America declared to-day that there has been no request made to the members of the organizations te increase contribu- tions to the big defense fund which has enabled the anthracite strikers to hold out so long in their conflict with the rail- road .operators. This denial was made im-answer to reports from Springfield, 1L, implymg that President Mitchell had de- Continued on Page 18. Column L.