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

to be taken fr This Paper not = : om ibrary. +++4 VOLUME XCII—-NO. 147. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WL WEN WIL ISK FIR SHipS Construction Board | | to Urge More | Building. Secretary Moody Fav- ors Increase in Sea ' Power. i Tlaborate Plan Is to Be Pre- ser.ted to the Coming | Congress. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, -N. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—Prompted the rapid increase of foreign navies. w specially Germ: that he prestige of this country in South America will be measured largely in fu- ture by the show of strength made, the I board on c mended to Secr nstruction has recom- tary Moody that the Con- nal authorization of warships at session be yepeated at the com- s believed, will ap- n and ask Con- ts speed, twelve four 12-in 7-inch and twenty ers of the Tennessee have almost the strength 4 hips and be des:igned for fight- ng e line of battle, of 1430 tons s 2 & speed, four 10- nd twenty-two 3-inch 50 tons displacement, x 4-inch rapid-fire It 1s the recommendation of the board ‘ n that this fincrease be asked every year for at least three years, | ereby providing a satisfactory advance- d strengthening of the navy and homogeneous zeneral board. took | ation and approved a plan | ishment of battle and cruiser | the the two battie = drons to on the Atlantic Coast Philippines, while the cruiser Pa patrol the ific and European ons, f the fleet is regard- for the greatest fieet as a unit is that of t ship. It is designed that the d be composed of ships of | strength, speed, armor | al, mament the public sentiment of the United favorable to an increase of the opinion of Mr. Moody. In the West he took oc- in every ress to de re that and powerful navy was needed nd his words met invariably with a warm res UNCLE SAM WILL OWN DANISH WEST INDIES Eenator Cullom Confident That the Islands Will Ultimately Be Purchased. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Senator Cul- jom, chairman of the Committee on For- e'gn Relations, d think that the lure pf the Dapish West Indles treaty in Denmark need cause Ame s Go end he ands “We will eventually buy the islands,” sald Senator Cullom. “We will certainly see that other mnation acquires title | to them, as this is the doctrine we have | ennounced to all the world. Neither will we more than the purch price mentioned in the present treaty, $5,000,000. And when the ‘ins and outs’ get through playing ping-pong with this treaty and using it simply as an instrument to fur- ther, or defeat, Jocal political ends it will | be ratified angd the sale confirmed. If the situation should change in Denmark and | an indication be given before March 4 that the treaty might be ratified some time in the near future, an extension of the treaty might be made s0 as to give them another chance.” -y 2 L, ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN WILL VISIT IRELAND San Francisco Prelate to Remain in | Rome Only for a Brief Time. ROME, Oct. 24—Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco will remain here until No- vember 3, settling up matter connected | with the Archdiocese of San Francisco. | He will then pay a visit to Ireland and | sail for home November 14 The Arch- | bishop will be acompanied by Garret Mc- Enerney of San Francisco, who is attor- | ney for the archbishopric, and Father | Ramm, the Archbishop’s secretary. In Ireland Archbishop Riordan will be | joined by Father McSweeney of Oakland, | Cal., who will return home with him. Father McSweeney has been on a tour around the world. SULTAN’S RAPID ACTION PREVENTS A MASSACRE MADRID, Oct. 24.—A dispatch recelved here from Tangier, Morocco, says: “The Sultan’s vigorous action in dealing with the murderer of Missionary Cooper was due to the discovery of a plot to murder all the Europeans in Fez. This plot would have been carried out by a mob rising had the Sulten shown any weakness or hesi- not any concern in ernment will in the se ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE COMMISSION RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND _4 ’__ | 4 ) EXPECTS TOTAL EXTINGTION OF THE HAWATIANG Curse of Islands Scum of States, Says Dr.Twombley. Carpet-Baggers Get Places and Bring Shame and Scandal. MOHONK LAKE, N. Y., Oct. 24—The Mohonk Lake Indian conference opened to-day with an address by John Seger, who bhas been superintendent of an agen school in Oklahoma since 18 Seger said that the recent revival of the sun dances among the Cheyennes and other tribes has had a demoralizing ef- fect in promoting idleness, profligacy and otker evils. He thought the dances should be prohibitsd. The Rev. Dr. Twombley, who has been 2 resident of Hawaii for some time, ad- Gressed the conference on the present sit- uation in those islands. He said the con- ditions there were dark and depressing. The times are -hard, owing to the unwise action of the local Legislature dominated by the Home Rule party. Crime, drun- kenness, idleness and other vices were on the increase. The worst elements in Hawaii to-day, he declared, were the lowdewn Ameri- cans, carpet-baggers, adventurers and cther scum from the States, who have crifted there ir recent ycars. Some of these men had obtained Tederal appuint- ments in the judiciary and other offices | and had brought shame and scandal upon law and justice. | ike administration of Acded to this element were the deserters from ships, professional criminals and many “‘never-do-wells” from the States, who had come there since annexation, but who were now voters. The dominance cf elements like these in the politics and legislation of the islands ‘constituted one of the gravest perils of the situation, said Twombley. t A limit upon the franchise seemed to be absolutely imperative if the local govern- ment was ever to be administered on a wise, honest and economical basis. An- other danger was that the interests of Hawail would be put more and more in the background in the future colonial policy of the United States or subordi- nated to other interests which were an- tagonistic. An address by Rev. Douglas Birnie, who has been a pastor in Honolulu for several vears, followed. He confrmed what Dr. Twombley had said in regard to the evils arising from an ignorant, corruptible and irresponsibie vote, which had given an oppertunity to unscrupulous politicians. e drew a picture of the conditions in the islands and said that the only hope for the future lay in a wise restriction cf the suffrage, the introduction of Chin- ese labor upon the surrounding planta- tions and reform of the judiclary. TORITS 2z WL, S OTT rorcer L ANCRSIER - SPRLDIYG: - | Arbitrators to Begin Real Work Next Monday. ASHINGTON, ' Oct. 24— | The members of the strike arbitration com- mittee appointed by Pres- . ldent Roosevelt met at | the White House shortly after 10 o'clock this morn- | ing and went into conference with the President. E. E. Clark, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, was the | first member to arrive. He reached the | White House at 10 o’clock. Bishop Spal- ding, accompanied by Dr. D. J. Stafford | of this city, was the next to put in an | eppearance. General Wilson, who arrived | & moment later, was followed by Thomas | Watkins and Colonel Wright, the re- | corder of the commission. E. W. Parker, | the mining expert, and Judge Gray of the | United States Circuit Court were the last | to reach the White House. Several of | | the members had never before met. The ‘ introductions were made in Secretary \ Cortelyou’s office, and immediately there- after the commission ascended the stairs to the President's reception room. [ GREETED BY PRESIDENT. The President greeted the members of Ithe commission cordially. The interview { was brief, lasting scarcely twenty min- | utes. The work to be done by the eom- | mission was informally discussed. The President impressed upon the commission the importance. of expedition and fin- formed them that he had decided to ap- | point two assistants to the recorder to fa- cilitate the work. He then presented to them their instructions, as follows: “WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Oct. |23, 1%2.—To the Anthracite Coal Strike | Commission—Gentlemen: At the request | both of the operators and of the miners, 1 have appointed you a commission to in- quire into, consider and pass upon the questions in controversy, in connection with the strike In the anthracite region and the causes out of which the contro- versy arose. By the actio§j you recom- mend, which the parties in interest have in advance consented to abide by, you will endeavor to establish the relations between the employers and the wage workers in the anthracite fields on a just and permanent basis and as far as pos- sible to do away with any causes for the recurrence of such difficulties as those which you have been called on to settle. I submit to you herewith the published statement of the operators, following which I named you as the members of the commission, Mr. Wright being named as recorder, also the letter from Mr. Mitch- ell. “I herewith appoint Mr. Moseley and Mr. Neil as assistants to the recorder. “THEODORE ROOSEVELT."” ‘With the instructions were the state- ments of the operators. The members of the commission withdrew in a body, | time for hearings which will be conven- 22 X ks) T s MEMBERS OF THE ANTHRA- CITE COAL STRIKE COMMIS- SION. Lo Public Will Have an Opportunity to Attend. ok s When they left the White IHouse they declined to comment upon their interview. They’ went direct to the omfice of Com- missioner of Labor Wright to organize | and prepare for their work. The commission went into executive session at Colonel Wright's office at 11 o'clock. Judge Gray was chosen chair- man. The presiding officer is to be officially called the president of the commil: n. The commission went into executive ses- sion for the purpose of considering the minor dctails which front them at the be- ginning of their duties. Among the ques- tions under consideration were those per- taining to the place of meeting, the order | in which witnesses shall be called, whether these sessions shall be open to the press, whether counsel for the partied at interest shall be permitted to be pres- ent, etc. At noon the announcement was made that as soon as a conclusion should be reached it would be given to the pub- lie. 3 Edward A. Moseley, who becomes an assistant to Recorder Wright by direction of the President, is secretary of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. Dr. Neil, the other assistant recorder, is professor of political economy "at the Catholic Uni- versity, located near Washington. PUBLIC TO BE ADMITTED. The commission was invited to lunch with the President at 1:30. The commission adjourned at 12:45 o'clock to meet against next Monday at 2 o'clock. After the adjournment the an- nouncement was made that only two con- clusions were reached. The first of these was to admit the public' to all (n!'nmll meetings of the commission, and the sec- ond, to motify the parties to the contro- versy to be present at the meeting on Monday for the purpose of arranging a fent for all concerned. Notices were ac- cordingly sent to the mine over:tors and | President Mitchéll asking them to be in attendance Monday. It was stated that most of the time of to-day’s meeting was taken up with a discussion of the gues- tion as to the ftime when hearings shall be leld, the result of which was the conclusion' to call on the pegple Interested | Mitchell has recelved a call to Washington betore reaching a decision. The commis- | and sion already has adopted an official name and ‘has had its printing prepared, desig- ORGANIZES BY_SELECTING JUDGE GRAY CHAIRMAN troversy Will Be Given Hearing. * == nating it as the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. . i uget o 8 MANY MINERS ARE AT WORK. Number of Non-Union Men Replaced by Former Employes. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 24—There were twenty-two more mines in operation in the anthracite region to-day than yes- terday and the output will be close to 100,- 000 tons. This is as near as can be esti- mated. From reports received, the total output yesterday did not exceed 75,000 tons. When in full operation the mines employ in every capacity about 145,000 men and boys. Of this number it is estimated that 82,000 were at work to-day. A more amicable feeling prevailed to-day between employer and employe than yesterday. The excitement over the commencement of work yesterday wore off somewhat to- day and there was more work and less talk. The non-union ‘men, despite what may be said to the ‘contrary, are slowly being | | | | | | +* GAINS WARSHIP FROM CHILE BY SEGRET TRENTY Cruiser President Pinto to Be Secured by Colombia. With the New Vessel Rebel Gunboats Will Be Vanquished. PANAMA, Oct. 24.—The news which has ! been published here of a secret alliance | between Colombila and Chile has pro- duced much satisfaction in Conservative circles on the isthmus, where it is firmly belleved that the Chilean cruiser President | Pinto, now in Panama harbor, will very soon change its present flag for that of concerts the Libéfal; GF revolutionary ele- ment, because it the Colombian Govern- ment acquired the Chilean cruiser Colom- bla would then be able to vanquish the | revolutionary gunboats. Colonel Shaler, superintendent of the Panama Rallroad Company, who recently arrived on the isthmus from New York, called yesterday upon General Perdomo | and Governor Salazar. The conferences | between Colonel Shaler and the Colom- bian officials are reported to have been very pleasant and it would appear that the railroad company and the Govern- ment have come to an understanding and are on very good terms. | ELIZABETH C. BUSSELL | FILES A DIVORCE SUIT)| ‘Wife of the Seattle Capitalist-Alleges the Breaking of Marital Vows. SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—An action for ai vorce was filed in the Superior Court this | morning which will stir the soctal world | of Scattle from center to circumference. | The complainant is Mrs. Elizabeth V.| Bussell and the defendant C. B. Bussell, who is well known in the business world | of Seattle, being rated at $500,000. When | the case was filed Judge Bell was asked | Engine DESPERADD HOLDS UP THE TRAIN Amazing Daring Displayed by an Outlaw. er Is Killed in His Cab by a Pistol Ball. —— Bandit Destroys a Car and Calmly Inspecis the Mail Packages. e BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 24—One of the most daring train robberies in the history of the Northern Pacifie Railroad occurred early this morning at a lonely spot three and a half miles west of Drummeond, Mont. So far as known but one man was | éngaged in the attempt to rifle ‘he ex- press safe. That one man seemed to be & host in himself, when he killed one, cooped up a whole train crew and an en- tire trainload of passengers and kept three men at work obeying orders. Single-handed, the desperado captured two cars, the express messenger, the elec- triclan of the train and the postal clerk, and went about his task of rifiing the malls and attempting to blow up the safe in the express car with as much coolness and rerve as if entertaining company. The robber is belleved to have boarded the train at the water tank about three and 2 half miles west of Bear Mouth. Just after passing through Bear Mouth Station, where no stop was made, the fireman started to put in coal. Engineer Dan O'Neill was shot in the abdomen and killed when he grappled with the desper- ado, who had covered him with two re= volvers. ONE OUTLAW IS SEEN. Reports are conflicting as to the num- ber of men engaged in the robbery. The firemarf, mail clerk and express messen- ger say they saw but one man, who did all the work and all the shooting. The gonductor -and passengers insist there Were at least two men engaged in the hold-up. - The robber or robbers made littlé\ by the despeérate deed. The charge of dyna- mite failed to open the safe in the ex- press car and the postal authorities state that the contents of the registered pack- ages amounted to but a small sum. Had the train going the other way been se- lected the booty, it is belleved, would have/been rich, as that train Is accus- tomed to carry much value. The train had left Bear Mouth and as the fireman jurned to gather up a scoop- ful of coal he was startled to hear a yell and turning around found a man standing on the coal pointing two revolvers at his head. “Throw up your hands!" shouted the man, elevating his voice to cvercome the roar of the train. *“Throw up, and obey my orders and you won't get hurt!" The man slid down the coal onto the engine deck and forced the fireman sgainst the left side of the cab. He cov- ered Engineer O'Neill with one revolver and orcyred him to throw up his hands. “You mind what I say,” said he to the engineer. “If you don’t, I'll blow your head off.” Then the robber turned to the fireman and commanded: “The first thing you do, go out and put that headlight out and be quick about it, displaced in many of the mines and the | for an order restraining Bussell from dis- | 2nd mind you come back here.” old employes are taking their places. The Lackawanna Company continues to lead in production. There are two reasons for this: First, the mines are in good conditlon, and there is less friction be- tween the district superintendents and the | men who have returned to work. The work of clearing up those mines that are filled with debris from falls is being pushed forward as rapldly as possible, and the fact that they are hot in readiness to cpen is a great disappointment to the mine owners. ¥: Ex-Congressman M. W. Willlams, one of the largest individual operators in the Wyoming region, said his mines would not be in readiness to resume before next week, but he would take back all his old employes, -including steam men, because they had served him faithfully in the past. The trouble with the individual operators | in the Lehigh region is expected to blow over in a day or two and it is said here | on good authority to-night that all col- Herles in the Lehigh and Schuykill regions that are in condition to mine will resume next Monday and that all the union min- ers will be re-employed. The fine inspec- tors\’re vigilant and they have refused to glve bermits to the starting up of mines where the superintendents cannot furnish satisfactory proof that the underground | workings are perfectly safe. | President Mitchell continues reticent | and refuses to be quoted on,any move made by the operators, either regarding the treatment of the old employes or the | advance in the price of coal. The evi- dence which he will present to the arbi- {ration commission is now being arranged in systematic form.. * When Mitchell was asked « to-day re-: garding‘ the published report that there i was some doubt whether he would be per- mitted to appear before the commission on behalf of the miners, he said that he pre- sumed the miners could select any counsel they saw fit to present:thelr cace before the commiesion. President Mitchell pledged himself before the miners’ con- vention, held in this city the beginning of the Week, to present the case of the union | miners before the arbitration board. | | leave here Sunday afternoon. ‘Stanley ‘Mecalley, a Lithuanian miner, was enticed into a house occupied by one posing of or in any way incumbering his property pending its bearing. An order to this effect was signed by the court; also one restrzining M. H. Young, the North- western Trust and Safe Deposit Company the National Bank of Commerce, the ‘Washington National Bank and other| financial institutions from paying any money in their possession or delivering to Bussell other property under their control. Mrs. Bussell charges her husband with | being unfaithtul to her and names Violet | V. Ball as the young lady who is respon- sible for her domestic unhappiness. She says that Bussell brought Miss Ball to their home at 163) Thirty-sixth avenue in May of last year nd compelled her to treat the woman as one of the family. | of his countryimen in this city last night and, affer belng stripped of his clothing, ‘was most umm;ly beaten all over his | body with a Heavy rubber hose. He made his escape. froni the house more dead than- alive. ~He was accused of having “gcabbed”” during the strike. To-day six | men were arrested; charged with being implicated in the assault. E: - Orders Withdrawal of Troops. HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 24.—General orders for the withdrawal of the troops in the anthracite coal regions were issued by Governor Stone to Major General Mil- ler to-day. The orders do not state the t'me and manner of withdrawing the troops, but it is expected that the State authcrities will bring - all of them home with the possible exception of two or three regiments before election day. This will avold the necessity of appointing a commission to each regiment to take the votes of the soldiers in the field and the preparation of special form of ballots. e Where M-n Refuse to Work. HAZELTON, Pa., Oct. 24.—The district officers of the United Mine Workers and committecs representing the employes of the Markle, Coxe and A. Pardee collier- ies, where mo resumption has yet taken | place on aceount of the refusal of the | ‘men to comply with certaln conditions imposed by their employers, are at work to-night trying to adjist the complica- tions that Fave arisen. BULLET FOR ENGINEER. The fireman lost no time in obeying the order and was returning in to the cab when he heard a shot fired and peered in Just In time to see the engineer falling backward out of the gangway to the ground alongside of the engine. Just be- tore the shot he had heard O'Nelll say: “Well, if you've got to do it, you might as well do it here as any place.” Just then steam was shut off, the trakes were applied and the train came 12 a stop in the Mulkey Canyon. Engineer O'Neill, it seems, stépped from his seat and in doing so overturned his lanternm, which was set below him. Immediately be grappled with the robber and tried to overpower him. The man released him- self and, placing the revolver at the em- gineer's abdomen, fired. O'Neill gave a groan and fell to the ground outside. The fireman was frightened”and jumped from the running board to the ground and hid himself until what followed was over. The robber went from the engine to the express car and at that instant passen- gers began poking their heads out of the car windows. Immediately there followed a fusillade of shots, which speedily sent the frightened passengers back into the coaches. The robber pounded on the door of the express car and demanded that it be opened. When no attention was pald Jie threatened to blow it open. The two men inside opened the door to find themselves facing two guns. Both were ordered out of the car - and marched back to the engine, where they were ordered to get in and start it. Both claimed to know nothing abouf “starting up and the robber tried himself to start it, but failed. The two men were then forced back of the tender and or- dered to uncouple the engine from the train. This they were unable to do. They were then ordered back to the expresscar, where the robber tried to blow open the safe with a light charge of dynamite. DYNAMITE WRECKS CAR. This failed and fifteen sticks of dyna- mite were placed in the next charge. The outer door of the safe was blown open and another charge of fifteen sticks of dynamite was used in an attempt to force Continued ou Page 2, Column 1.