The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 " NTTACHES FUNDS |GRAND ARMY MEN [LEAVITT TALKS OF MINING MAN| MEET IN FORGE Thomas Ewing’s Money in Local Bank Is Garnisheed. J. Itving Crowell Alleges That Large Sum Is Due Him. ———— of an action instituted in J. Irving Crowell against the money now on deposit the cre of the last named in various banks in this city, to the amount) of §50. oM, was sheed yvesterday by Sheriff n. The papers in the garnish- were sent by mail 1o the Sheriff by & Barclay, attorneys ty ved and two busy all day he process f's deputies were ering the decuments. ¢ garnishment on the $50.00 and such sums as may be on deposit in the to the credit of Ewing t a step in the Superior Court County president of the South- west ociation and is known among men and capitalists through Tn part of the State. On Sep ber 4 Crowell filed two suits in ¥ involved in two rather compli- mining deals. The first suit was of the alleged failure >mmission of $50,000 for a por- Leiand group of mines in Mo- Ariz. It was alleged in the at Ewing offered Crowell a er who would pay $250,000 for the Crowell alleged that it his efforts that ‘the attention of was instrumental in effecting a the \ property to a Philadelphia he consideration being stated on dollars. With reference , Colonel Ewing said: There is nothing in the suits brought against u e one idea Of extorting money Wwith- se whatever. One cannot make & % deal without some 1 nsible & to blackmail, end this is one of hose case: The second suit has to do with an at- tempt Morrow copper district of San Bernar- dino County, and in this Crowell demands $308,250. The property is known as the Copper City group and includes ninety- According to the complaint, was entered into om Jan- 14 of this year between Crowell and lonel Ewing for the purchase by the latter of the claims for $118500, of which Crowell was to have received $68,500 for -eight claims and options owned by m.. The Geal was not consummated, Crowell retained claims which he states were valued at $10.000, and he there- | fore sues for the difference between the purchase price of the property and what he © d. As to this suit Colonel Ew- ng asserted that he never agreed to pur- chase the property, but that he only agreed to y & certain sum in the event he found a purchaser. An effort was of Stockton, who took he proposition East, but was unable to anything with it. Since the suits were led Colonel Ewing has answered the -ompizints by demurrer and otherwise, but bas failed to have them thrown out of court. The action in garnisheeing his money by Crowell is but another step by the plaintiff to secure a settiement. PATROL WAGON DRIVERS NOT LEGALLY APPOINTED Civil Service Commission Makes Tardy Discovery and Will Not Approve Salary Demands. The Civil Service oCmmission has noti- | fied Auditor Baehr that it would not ap- prove the December salary demands of | the twe our patrol wagon drivers now employed in the Police-Department. The commis has just discovered that the appointment of the men last August was | illegal ause the necessary resolution, framed on the Mayor's recommenflafion,‘ &= required by the charter, is now under | considerat by the Board of Super- visors and not be finally passed un- til Dece: The demands for Aug-| ust October and November approved by the commis- sion, if they are illegal the city of- ficials concerned in their payment are all liable under the bonds for about $2000 so aid. vAX: action has been instituted against the Civil Service Commission to restrain it from helding an examination for patrol wagon drivers. The commission, realiz- ing that it has committed a serious errar in approving the appbintment of the pres- ent force without the necessary action of the Board of Supervisors, takes the op- portunity to cure the defect. The Police Commission holds that it has the power under tbe charter ployes as it may require, especially as specific provision was made in the last Ludget for the @rivers by the Supervisors. | e ————— VICTOR, Cole., Dec. 10.—William Parr, who is in charge Of timbering at Stratton's Inde- jance mine, has been notified by cablegram Dt the death of his upcle, Sir Thomas Pitkin, | Parr is one of nine heirs among 1 land. ni X $7,500,000, will be whom the estate, valued at divided. GRAPE-NUTS. GLASS OF WATER Upset Her. Beople trat dom’t kmow about fopd ghould never be zllowed to feed persons with weak stomachs. A little over a year ago a young woman who lives in Mercer, Me;, had an attack scatlet fever and when convalescent was permitted to eat anything she wantéd. Indiscriminate feeding soon put her back in bed with severe stomach {trouble and inflammation of the kidneys. “There 1 stayed,” ghe says, “three months, with my stomach in such con- aition that I could take only a few tea- spoonfuls of milk or beef juice at a time. Finally Grepe-Nuts was brought to my attention snd I asked my doctor if I might eat it. He sald, ‘yes,’ and I com- menced at once. “The food @id me good from -the start 2nd I was soon out of bed and entirely recovered from the stomach trouble. I have gained ten pounds since my recov- ery and am able to do all househo'd du- ties, some days sitting down only long enough to eat my meals. | can eat any- thing that one ought to eat, but I still continue to eat Grape-Nuts at breakfast 2nd supper and like it better every day. “Considering that a year ago I could s.and only a short time and that a glass of water seemed ‘so heavy,” I am fully satisfied that Grape-Nuts has been every- thing to me and my return to good heaith is due solcly to it “I have told several friends having nervous or stomach trouble what Grape- Nuts did for me-and in every case they speak highly of the food.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. in litigation | last September. | eles against him for the recovery | of $50.00 if he would produce | was | to sell a group of mines in the! dispose of the property through | to “appoint such em- | Proceed to Arrange for the Big Encampment Next Year. Sons of Veterafis Are Invited Yo Hold Their Meeting in This City. The general committee of management of the Thirty-seventh National Encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic met last night at the rooms of the Cali- fornia Promotion Committee, Department | | Commander W. G. Hawley,” temporary | chairman, presiding. The attengance was | 1arge and the greatest interest was mani- | fested in the proceedings. { During the meeting Mayor Schmitz ar- rived and took part in the deliberations. An agreement was made that each member of the committee, notwithstand- ! ing his rank, official, civic or professional, should at the deliberations of the com- | mittee be designated and addressed as “‘comrade,” and when Temporary Chair- | man Hawley was first to break the new rule by addressing “Comrade” Dibble as “Mr.” Dibble he was good humoredly re- minded of his error. Comrade Warfield presented the follow- | ing copy of a telegram submitted by the Chamber of Commerce which had been sent in with the chamber's suggestion State Senator From Oak- land Defines His Stand. Says Those Who I:low Want a Meeting Once Opposed the Same. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1118 Broadway, Dec. 10. The refusal of State Senator F. W. Lea- vitt and Assemblyman John W. Mott of Oakland to sign a caucus call which was supposed to be in the interests of George C, Perkins for United States Senator was the cause yesterday of a vast amount of comment, some agitation, and a little pro- fanity, but while everybody talked about the double refusal from Senator Perkins’ home county and little chills chased each other up and down the spines of a few politicians and some political profanity was indulged in the two legislators hung to their statements that they were for Perkins first, last and all the time; that caucus or no caucus they would stand by the man from Oakland, and that a mere scratch of ink across a piece of paper was of no more value than their words. State Senator Leavitt, with a force bora of larger legislative experience than As- semblyman Mott, thfows out dark hints about the men who are now anxlous to i | | | that it should be dispatched by the com- mittee to Senator Perkins at Washing- ton, at the same ftime asking the co- operation of the Grand Army in the mat- ter of retaining the transport service at this port: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 1902. Hon. George C. Perkins, United States Sen- ate, Washington, D. C.: XKindly present this %0 the Presideni: We respectfully request that the present limited tramsport service be retained here for the following reasons: Com- fort, health and safety of the soldiers, con- Venience 1o the Government in maintaining its present depots of supplies and routes of trans- portation, and as & matter of €ConOmy to pre- vent heavy loss through inability to dispose of present fieet and consequent rapid deteriora- | tion, The suggestion was adopted and was subsequently signed by Comrade George | Stone, who was later elected permanent | chairman of the committee of 190. GOVERNOR-ELECT WRITES. Comrade Secretary T. C. Masteller then read a letter from Governor-elect Pardee which evoked a storm of applause. , The communication was as follows: OAKLAND, Cal, Colonel W, G. Hawley, San 1 have received the notification of my appointment s a member of the general com- mittee of managemedt, Thirty-seventh | tional Encampment, G. A. R. 1 desire to return’ thanks for the honor there- by conferred and to say that it will give me pleasure as a member of such committee, to do snything in my power to make a success of the arrangements for the entertainment of The Grand Army st the/time of the <uming encampment. ry | truly yours, GEORGE C. PARDEE. latter of the order of Sons of Veterans, were added to the committee of 100, and it was unanimously resolved to invite the Sons of Veterans to celebrate their en- campment in conjunction with the G. A. { R. in San Francisco in 1903. Comrade Shafter, whose name had been prcposed for permanent chairman, ex- pressed his deep regret at being compell- | | ed to decline the honor which the com- mittee desired to confer upon him. In Going s0 he explained that he would be| in the East, and it would be impossible for him to fill the honored position, but, he said, there were many able men more | familiar than was he with the dutles | which were required to be performed. There were men, he comtinued, who were | 2 power of strength, any one of whom | would be of invaluable service in the re- | sponsible position. He named for one | Comrade George Stone. | Comrades A. D. Cutler and §. W. | Backus were also suggested for the po- | sition. Stone was chosen, and escorted to the chair amid a volley of applause. Comrade Stone, in returning thanks deep appreciation. The honor was all the mcre appreciated, he said, because of its | ccming to him unsought. He said he | realized the enormous responsibility which would devolve upon him—a respon- sibility that goes with the position of chairman. All he asked was that the com- mittee assist him in the toil and through the late hours which were a part of the undertaking. He assured the committee that he would do all in his power to | maintain the name of San Francisco_as | “The Convention City.” *“To score a 'cess,” said Comrade Stome, “we [bave financial aid from the State.” | in obtaining that aid, and also the ald of the people of San Francisco. c- ust He ‘When Comrade Stone took his seat Com- | rade E. W. Woodward started every one laughing by they had a'good “Stone” foundation they =hould proceed to the eleetion of vice president. Comrade Henry C. Dibble thereupon proposed for the position Comrade C. Ma- son Kinne, seconded by Lomrade Jr*C. Currier, Dibble was elected. MAYOR IS INTERESTED. Mayor Schmitz, who came in abeut the middle of the proceedings, said, in speak- ing of the coming encampment, that he | had done everything in his power to bring the Grand Army here and he would do everything to assist in making the en- campment a signal success. In seeking the | | co-operation of the people of S8an Fran- | cisco, and the people of California, said | the Mayor, the committee should let the | people know the good the encampment | will be to them. Mayor Schmitz again as- sured his hearers that all his time, as far as possible, would be devoted to making the encampment a Success. Department Commander W. G. Hawley extendedpthe thanks of the Department of Califor and Nevada, G. A. R., to Mayor Schmitz, to the Promotion Committee of California, to the various icommercial | bodies and the citizens generally for their substantial assistance in aiding to secure | the National Encampment for San Fran- | eisco in 1903. | On the recommendation of the special | committee of nine it was resolved that the | executive committee be charged with the duty of securing a suitable appropriation | from the State. The committee will meet again Decem- | ber 20 in the same rooms. Killed by an Iron Girder. L. Hedrick, a laborer in the employ of the Judson Manufacturing Company, corner of Beale and Howard streets, received injuries whilc shifting fron girders in a lot across the strest from the firm's store. He and George Warster were shifting a big beam by from the iron bar, which rendered him unconscious. He was re- | moved to the Harbor Hospital, where he dled. | The body was taken to the Morgue. ‘was 40 years old and bad been employed tado, 18, both of San Lo . Dexter, 18, Albert McNell A. W. Foster and Frank B. Wiison, the | for the honor conferred on him by the | | committee, assured his comrades of kis | was sure that there would be no difficulty | remarking that mow that | ing a United States Senator being the very ones who did not want to go into caucus -during the Burns fight and who forced In fact, Senator Leavitt told this to Frederick S. Stratton, now Collector of the Port, but at that time a State Sena- tor, when Leavitt and Stratton met on the | local train one day not long ago,*and be- gan a discussion of the signatures upon the call. meda County had to say to-day: My refusal to sign that caucus call was purely & matter of principle. It is st several weeks before the meeting of the Leg- islature and that call set the caucus for Jan- uvary 7, the second day after the Legislature is due to meet. How do we kmow now but that may be an inopportune date? Legislature was to be organized quickly and without friction this might be all right, but there is every indication that there is going to be. trouble over the organization of the lower house. Then patronage caucuses to | settle the distribution of places and commit- | tees must have the right of way to get the organization perfected. < The law provides that the election of Sen- ator must begin on the second Tuesday after { the organization of the Legislature. If either house fails to organize on the day that they meet, which is practically impossible as things stand now, the election of Senator will mot begin for two weeks, and there is ample time to get a caucus together on the ground upon some opportune day instead of trying to tie everybody up weeks before the Legislatu even meets. That is bad policy and I would not sign. But because I refuse to sign a caucus call does not mgan that I am against Perkins. I am for him'and it looks to me as if he would win in a walk. All this other talk is just like the talk that has been handed out at only talk. Mr. Perkins is going to be elected and he is going to get my vote for both him- self and for caucus. I am loyal to him and he knows it, but plays like this caucus call circulated so early in the game might be con- strued into an evidence of weakness. It bad policy. As for all this talk about Burns showing his hand, that is nomsence. Burns has noth- ing to do with this and Perkins will get every vote in the Alameda County delegation, MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF POPULAR CLUBMAN Remains of Captain Harry Meagher Are Interred in Presence of Sorrowing Friends. i | Monday morning at St. Mary's Hospital from pneumonia contracted from a severe | wetting and chill while on a shooting ex- | cursion, was buried at Holy Cross Ceme- | tery yesterday. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral by Rev. Father Hannigan for the repose of his soul. Rev. William P. Morgan re- cited the last prayers over his remains at the cemetery. Few men were better known in this city than Captain Meagher. He was born in | Ireland, but came to this country when young, and was at all times unselfishly | engaged in charitable- and public good | work. He was an ardent Irish nationalist | and a still greater lover of the country | of his adoption, being a captain.in the | National Guard of California. For years | he was distinguished for his | €kill, and he was considered by authori- ties to be a very clever drill master. He | | | | Sodality of St. Ignatius Church. Until it closed he managed the branch store of J. J: O'Brien at Los Angeles. | Meagher was 43 years of age and up to | the time of his illness lived at the Olym- pic Club. He was a keen sportsman as well as a lover of athletics. The funeral was largely attended by members of the Olympic Club as well as by many busi- ness associates. The pallbearers were William Alford, Richard W. Costello, John Bouse, E. Dillon, A. Castlelago, Dr. G. Y. Vanderver, David J. Costello and J. A. Clarke of New York. ————— PUPILS HOLD ANNUAL CONCERT AND BALL Enjoyable Programme Is Rendered, and Many of Participants Show Much Talent. The pupils of Professor Louis Merki held their annual concert and ball- last evening at Union-square Hall. Thé se- lections were rendered with skill, many of the children being talented musicians. A large crowd attended and was highly entertained by the enjoyable musical pro- gramme. The hall was artistically deco- rated with flags and lanterns of every description, which hung in profusion. The musical programme for the evening was as follows: “Affinity March” (Abe Holzmann), ensemble by juvenile class—Samie Rosenberz, Frank Foster, Walter Natson, Frank Arnold, Lillian ‘Otden, Claire Bvans, Victor Evans, ’ Fowler, F. McCoy, Joseph Reichmuth, Jo- sephine Reichmuth, Rose Reichmuth, Anna Conland, Marcel M “Indeed’’ (Arthur Trevelyan), violin and piano duet, Misses Lil- lian and Margareth Olden; guitar solo (select- ed), Mies Rose Reichmuth (first appearance): intérmezzo from ‘‘Cavalieria Rusticana” (P. Mascagni), violin and piano duet, Masters Frank Foster and Marcel Merki; “The Rose of Kil- larney”” (Lee Johnson), ensemble by the juve- nile club: piano solo (selected), Mrs. Amburg: Little Violette; hornpipe dance’ lantern dance. Miss Nellie Ingram; the Waltz'” (Abe Clay. B Roseathal, dna Jshason, Nette B Clay, H. n na. Nellie Rose Barclay, A. Waldorf, Julla R Belhmer, J. Abel, Messrs. Alfred J X E. G. McDougall, Hy Heeder, L. G. Lauray, L. T. Rankin, A. Chartler, T. Kastwood, I. Gold. stein: “Sixth Air Varie" £0lo by Master Sam Rosenberg; Professor Merki’s Mandolin Club. L naw STUDENTS GIVE RECTOR A GRACIOUS WELCOME STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 1. Students and professors to the number of 1700 crowded the Assembly Hall this morning at the third of the newly insti- tuted university meetings to greet. the Rev. Heber Newton, the rector of the Memorial Church, who arrived on campus yesterday, and to a by . Professor Henry ens of Berkeley, Professor Clarence John Blake of Harvard ‘and Professor John Maxson Stillman of the Stanford ch istry department. Mrs. Stanford attend- ed the meeting and was greeted with loyal cheering by the assembled students, singing college go into a caucus for the purpose of select- | the fight on the floor of the Legislature. | This is what the State Senator from Ala- | If the | bring up 3138 pounds of coal and dirt to | other times and which always proved to be | Captain Harry J. Meagher, who died | military | was also a member of the Gentlemen’s | 1902, NER EXPOSES | WAGE SCHEDULE | DEATH FOLLOWS Tells of Attempts to Corrupt Presidents of Loéal Unions, The Coal Strike Commission Hears Much Import- ant Testimony, 8 \ SCRANTON, Dec. 10.—The most inter- esting if not the most important testi- niony brought cut at to-day's session of the Coal Strike Commission was to the effect that an alleged attempt was made by a former mine foreman to bribe two presidents of local unions of the miners to have ten men in each local use their icfluence to have & resolution passed ‘sending the men back to work, thus mak- ing a serious break in the solid ranks | of the strikers. Each of the presidents was to receive $2500 and a good position as mine foreman, and each of the ten men was to get from'$100 to $200. The name of no company was mentioned in connection with the bribery scheme, and none of the lawyers cross-examined the | witnesses. | 1 The large coal companies have taken notice of the testimony which has been presented against the Coxes and Markles. During the afternoon session David Will- | cox, vice president of the Delaware and Hudson and general counsel for the company, addressed the committee and protested vigorously against the commis- sion holding his company responsible for the conditions that may exist at the Coxe or Markle mines. He was quickly stop- ped by Chairman Gray, who sald the com- mission did not intend to hold any com- rany responsible for whatever special conditions may exist in other parts of the coal fields. While none of the attor- | neys for the other coal-carrying roads said anything to the commission, they stated privately that Willcox's attitude In the matter had their indorsement. Two check weighmen produced figures which tended to show that at two Dela- ware and Hudson collierfes the miners produced 116839 tons of coal more than they were paid for. The miners must make a ton of 2240 pounds of pure coal d the union clalms that the company i { each “miner’s ton” of 3136 pounds. AVERAGE EARNINGS. Ipre!ented its figures to the commission | to-day, they being the first certified | statistics submitted. They show the aver- | age earnings of the miner in 191 to have | been $622 68 and his laborer $449 47. ‘When President Mitchell was on the stand he said that $600 should be the mini- mum of American wages. Among the visitors at the commission's headquarters to-day was Michael Davitt, the Irish leader. He came here from ‘Washington especially proceedings. Torrey, for the Delaware and Hudson, sald that company had a large number of witnesses to testify on the violence phase of the case, which has a direct bearing on the recognition of the union. Chairman Gray, in reply, said he hoped both sides would do the best they could not to pro- duce .too much cumulative evidence, and concluded by saying: “I think that matters growing out of { the mere_ exhibition of fefling will not | have much weight wjth this commission.” ‘ G. W. Phillips, City Superintendent of | the Public Schools of - Scranton, was | | called. He testifled that children of mine ! | workers leave the schools earlier than the | children of parents engaged in:other oc- | cupations. After the Superintendent of Schools in | Lackawanna County, J. C. Taylor, and | Superintendent of Schools M. W. Cum- mings of the borough of Oliphant had told the commission that 27 1-2 per cent of the children in the mining region were out of school a sensation was caused by the testimony of John Early, a check- weighman, employed at the Gypsy Grove | colliery of the Erie Company, who was| : president of the Gypsy Grove local. Early | said he was introduced to a former mine foremen named Michael Grimes in the | Lackawanna Valley Hotel at Scranton. | Early and a miner named O'Hara, who | |'was also president of a 1ocal union, were | | each offered $2500 to get ten men to pass | a resolution ordering thé men from the two locals they represented back to work. | FROM POLITICS TO STRIKE. Early's story was as follows: He met Grimes in the hotel tie6ugh | another person. In the course the | conversation Grimes asked him How he | stood in politics. Early replied that he ! had not made up his mind and Grimes said that being president of a local unign | he had a good deal of influence among | his friends in Dunmore and that if he ‘worked for William Connell for Congress ! he would give him $1000. This was on | September 23. After Grimes made the | §1000 propositien, Early continued, Grimes | sald: “How about the strike: don't you think the men are weakening?" To which Early replied that he did think they were wavering just a little. Grimes then told him that he knew a break was coming in the ranks of the men and that they would be defeated. Grimes recog- nized that the men had grievances and that they had put up a good fight, and as long as they were going to be defeated | by the operators Early ought to get something out of it. Grimes then made this proposition: If Early could get ten men to have a resolution passed by his local, Grimes would give nine of them $100 each, the | tenth man $200 and Early $2500 and all expenses necessary to carry out the scheme. He further added that Early need not apply for work for three months and that he then would be given a fore- man position. During the three months his expenses were to be paid; there would be no trouble in getting a mine foreman certificate, as the companies couuo!led', the boards that issued them. Later on during the conversation, Early said, Grimes amended his proposition by offering"to give two Of the ten men $200 each. Early reported the matter to Dis- trict President Nicholls of the Mi Un- jon, and it was decided to see how far| the bribery scheme would be carried. Another meeting was arranged, and as Grimes had spoken of having approached | P. F. O'Hara, the latter went along. Thal same proposition was made to O'Hara. The same night there was to be a joint meeting of all the loeals in the vicinity of Dunmore, and Grimes wanted them to pass the resolution that night, but the two presidents could not see their ‘ clear to do it. Grimes then wropo'-z that they size up the men in the meet- ing, get thirty of them interested and- if the resolution was passed the thirty would each receive- $200. President Nicholls, Early sald, then gave out a public statement in which he intimated bribery was heing resorted to in order to break the strike and the whole thipg fell through. 3 , <Insolvent. Clerk. Frank B. Sharpe, a clerk residing at Berkeley, filed a petition in insolvency in the United States District Court yester- dey. He owes $2509 and has no assets, ———— ‘Statuary and Lamps. | i | | gets more than 2240 pounds of coal out of | The Delaware and Hudson Compan}'! to listen to the | {in order that sufficient quantity may be.on Approved : | Vice President | sclentific NBOUT CAUCUSES| PLOT TO BRIBE] CAUSES COMMENT —_— Railroad Men Watch for Further Scale An- 5 nouncements, ———— Switchmen Figure g Measur- able Increase Over Former Rates. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. if. With ths posting at the West Oakland railroad yards of the new switchmen's wage schedule, interest gains among the trainmen and yard employes concerning the scale that will be granted for en- gineers, firemen and conductors.” These organizationg are represented at Southern Pacific headquarters by delegations from each of the three great brotherhoods witk: which the engineers, conductors and fire- men are affiliated. The status of these employes so far as | organization is concerned is somewhatl different from that of the switchmen. The | latter are divided into two main groups, | | one of which is afiiliated with the Broth- | erhood of Rallway Trainmen and the oth- | er with the Switchmen's Union of North America. The‘latter has not been official- ly represented during the wage negotia- tions with the heads of jthe company, and is to that extent at some d!ndvumu | compared to the brotherhood mem So far as the new scale is concerned it gives a decided increase in wages if the men work full months, without taking the two Sundays off that were allowed under the former scale of a flat monthly wage. Now a switchman will be pald by the hour. In figuring the increase a basis can be found by taking the $75 a month paid to day helpers under the former rate. “The new scale will pay $84 a month of thirty days to day helpers. But deduct- ing the two days off; the actual increase would be $3 4 for the same month. The same ratio applies to day foremen. On the night shift the gain will be meas- urably greater, because the men work | twelve hours and will be paid as follows: Helpers (night), $360; foremen (night). $2 9. Formerly they received per month | 889 and $90. The new rate would give them on a thirty-day basis $108 and $1S 80 a month for helpers and foremen, respec- tively. Railroad men about the yards say the new scale appears to meet the views of { the switchmen gea:rnuy except in the { | i { | matter of Sundays “oft.” Some of the | men feel that they Should have that priv- | ilege without loss of pay, as the old flat rate schedule provided. There bas been ro concerted movement yet in the direc- tior of a further appeal. It is sald the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will | | tion develops it will come from the un- | affiliated Switchmen's Union. Rumor has | it that the engineers and firemen are to ibe given an increase that will approxi- | { mate an 8 per cent raise over the present | scale. —— NEW OFFICE IS CREATED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC W. BR. Ormsby, Formerly of Sacra- mento, Is Appointed General Storekeeper. The Southern Pacific Company has cre- ated a new office—that of general store- | ‘W. R. Ormsby, for many years torekeeper at the Sacramento shops, has | | been appointed to the positlon. The cir- | cular issued by Assistant to the President eeper. Kruttschnitt follows: { W. R. Ormsby | storekeeper of the Pacific system lines, with headquarters at San Francisco, Cal., effective December 15, 1902. He will be charged with the care of the company’s materials and stores for all departments, including material for shops, roadway, lumber, fuel and stationery, but excepting materials and stores for the | commissary, hospital and engineering depart- | ments. He will report to the manager on all mat- ters pertatning to the administratiop of the de- partment and the handling and care of the company’s stores. The general storekeeper will consujt with the officers of the transportation, motive power, maintenance of way and other departmeénts as to the quantities and kind of material to be | kept in stock for the use of the respective de- | partments and with the manager of purchases and supplies, on whom he will requigl- tion for material and supplies to be purchased, 1 ! hand at all times and at all points to meet the necessities of the company’s service. Nothing herein is to in any way affect the jurisdiction and control of the manager of purchases and supplies over fuel supply and purchases and contracts therefor. The general storekeeper will report to the suditor in all matters pertaining to the ac- counts of the department and to the methods of receiving, classifying and issuing material. JAMES AGLER, Manager Pacific System. R. KOEHLER, Manager Lines in Oregon. J. KRUTTSCHNITT. Four and General Manager. e REFERS TO EXPLOSION. BERKELEY, Dec. 10.—In the course of an address on ,Texas oils, delivered to- night before the Chemistry Association of the -University of California, Professor Edmund O'Neil of the department of chemistry made the following comment | on the explosion on the steamer Progreso: “There are three factors necessary to make an explosion from petroleum. There must be a certain amount of gas or vapor, oil and a temperature sufficient for igni- tion of the mixture. The temperature of ignition is usually high. On the Progreso the 2000-barrel fuel tank had only 400 bar- rels of oil in it, leaving a large space for vapor and air. Some high heéat, as a match, flame or redhot iron, would have caused ignitign. It is a mistake to say that an explogion can be caused only by light oils. Hedvy oils when heated may, and frequently do, give off considerable vapor and it is possible thit a heavy oil at a high temperature 8. as dangerous as a light ofl at a pm;m‘ngm making an arbit “sta for “fuel oils, based only on flash test, a care- ful survey of the ‘question should be made. Many other factors besides gravity and the flash point determine the safety of an oil. The question is one for investigation rather than a hasty decision.” ————— GILROY, Dec. 10—Thomas Joseph Sul- livan, aged 23 years, succumbed to con- sumption this morning at his home in this city. He was one of the most pop- ular young men of Gilroy, and his death is mourned by a large circle of friends. He was a_member Gilroy Court No. been employed in various hotels in San Francisco and Los DEATH OVERTAKE TOUCH OF WIRE] MRS. BRADBURY Visitor at Ps't;ol Station Suffers Electro- cution. Michael Toohey Is Struck Down by High Current Near Livermore. Oskland Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, Dec. 10. - While visiting a patrol station of the Standard Electric Company's high cur- rent system, three miles east of Liver- more, Michael Toohey, 33 years old, was instantly killed at 11 o’clgck this morning by touching a live wire which carried thousands of volts of electrical turrent. Toohey's body was found by John Me- - Cormieck, who has charge of the station. The dead man and the patrolman were friends, and Toohey was out at the post visiting. busy with some repairs on the line that Toohey accidentally came into contact with the deadly wire in the station-house, where telephones and other instruments are installed. McCormick returned to the house short- 1y after the accident and found his friend dead. o . He notified the deputy coronor at Liv- ermore, who took charge of the body, re- moving it to Livermore, where Toohey re- sided with his parents. He was a bar- tender. Coroner Mehrmann will hold an ingquest. NORMAL SCHOOL PUPILS RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS Seventeen Young Ladies Are Gradu- ated From State Institution on Powell Street. Seventeen young ladies who have ac- jquired sufficient knowledge to become | i teachers in the public schools were grad- | uated Tuesday afternoon from the San | Uel H. Atchison, assignor to H. Arnke, Francisco State Normal School on Powell street. In accordance with the customs of the school, graduation exercises were omit- ted, but after the clash had received its diplomas the graduates tendered a ban- quet to the faculty and the Board of Trustees. The diplomas were presented by 8. C. Denson, president of the Board of Trus- tees. - The graduates are Margaret Akelan, Ethel Banks, Freda Berg, E. Dillon, Ma- rie &Erlach, Ray Jacobs, Florence Mar- { tin, Mary Mayberry, Katheryn Murray, accept the new scal?, and that if opposi- | Mary F. O'Connell, Nellie O’Connor, Sara | 2 | Peete, Clara Reid, May Ryan, Edith Sar- | . | ent, Maud Wentworth and Lillian Clark- | camarillo, beet b The members of the faculty who en- It was while McCormick was ! | Late Capitalist's Widow - Succumbs to Long Illness. She Was Member of the Old Martinez Family of Mexico. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, - 1118 Broadway, Dec. 10. Mrs. Simona M. Bradbury, widow of the late Lewis L. Bradbury, the eapitalist, and a woman well known in Oakland and Los Angeles, died to-day at her res\dence, 1040 Filbert street, after a year's illness. Mrs. Bradbury suffered from heart disease, fer which she sought relief without avail. She failed rapidly during the last week and her.death was momentarily expected. Mrs. Bradbury was a member of the distinguished Martinez family of Sinaloa, Mexice, where she was born fifty-seven years ago. She married Lewis L. Brad- bufy and in 157 they made their home in Oakland. Six children were born to them, all of whom are Hving and reside in Oak- Tand. They are Colonel John Bradbury, Léwis Bradbury, Mrs. Rosario Winston, pfi Stmona Bradbury, Mrs. Minerva Polk and Miss Louisa Bradbury. | No definite arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral, though it is the desire of the family that it take placs on Friday. | PATENTS : ! I ! | ARE ISSUED TO COAST INVENTORS Several San Franciscans Are Among Thoss Who Have Perfected Labor Saving Appliances. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 10,—The following patents were issued to-day: California—George W. Arper, Oakland, | asphaltum coilector for ofl-burners; Sam- | San Francisco, apparatus for dispensing | iquors at high pressure and at various degraes of temperature; John M. Barmes, Fresno, fertilizing vine-cutter; Henry B. Carey, Los Angeles, burner; same, hy= drocarbon burner; same, {ry square; same, burning liquid fuel; Frederick R. Finch, San Francisco, conveying appara- tus; John Hondschumacher, San Francis- co, r-hanger; Joseph G. Hudspith, | Be , motor; Andrew W. Livingston, Alameda, can-sealing device; Arthur Painter, San Francisco, assignor to H. M. | Barstow. Napa, wire-rope ‘ramway: | George W. Peck, Greenview, attachment | for gates; William J. Thomas, Sausalito, nd J. B. Stetson, San Francisco, locome- steam-boiler; Isaac L. Umsted, arvesting plow; William Vandegrift, San Francisco, fluid- ping and fluid-actuated machin iC | pum | joyed the nospitality of the graduates are | Newton B. Wachhorst and M. J. | Jean Parker, Percy E. Davidson, Walter | gap Francisco, device for machine; is_hereby appointed general | J. Kenyon, Effie B. McFadden, Frank F. | George E. Woodbury, San Francisco, ore | Bunker, Alma Patterson, Frederic Burk, | concentrator. | Frank E. Thompson, Estelle Carpenter,| Oregon—William 8. Richards, Albang, |Eva A. Le Stella Huntington and | rake; William D. Beldleman and E. G Henry A. Suzzallo. | Cameron, union harness appliance; Har- | =N | per Pease, Portland. pencil-sharpener, | FORMER SUPERVISOR | ink-eraser and paper-cutter. A na “Washington- ‘ames . Berry, ‘acoma, i DIES VERY SUDDENLY; Ui/ pulley: Michale E._Riley. Everett, | window shade; Samuel ng, New chrémix:l:le;t MSu er, '-:::‘u x‘k"'n1 Whatcom, planer chuck; Frank B. ap: , Succumi Attac | Womer, Fairhaven, rotary engine; Albert of Heart Failure. | M. Zinn, Spokane, theater appliance. Christopher Dunker, the well known | C —_— capitalist and former member of Board | health Tuesday night and Burglars Wreck a Safe. of Supervisors, died early yesterday morn- ing at his home at 332 Fremont street. His death was entirely unexpected and came as a sad surprise to his many friends. Dunker was apparently in the best of tended a the Veteran Firemern. He was ss soon after return- meeting of attacked by weakne: | ing to his home and died shortly after midnight. Death was due to heart fail- ure. The deceased was a native of Germany, 60 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children—John A. Dunker, a former dep- | uty in the County Clerk’s offi and Miss Emma J. Dunker. The funeral, which will be private, will take place from the family residence to-morrow morning. el RED CROSS SOCIETY ISSUES A NEW BOOK Publication Tells of the Work Done by Ladies of Organization During Late War. The Red Cross Society of California has just issued a new book entitled ‘““The Rec. ord of Red Cross Work on the Pacific Slope.” The new publication is written and edited by a committee of Red Cross | ladles, consisting of Mrs. J. G. Lemmon, { Mrs. 8. A. O'Neill, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, Mrs. G. S. Abbott and Mrs. F. H. Gray. It is & handsome volume, elegantly bound and gotten up and contains 458 pages with numerous illustrations. The book deals with the work of the Red Cross Soclety on the Pacific Slope since the time of its inauguration here. It tells of the work that was done for the unfortunate wounded soldiers during the time of the late war with Spain. It is full of interesting details describing the splendid services performed by the ladies of the society and is an invaluable work to all those interested in Red Cross work or charitable work of any sort. The publication may be secured from Mrs. A. ‘W. Scott, 305 Buchanan street. ——e——————— Shriners Elect Officers. There was an exciting election last night in Golden Gate Hall by the members of Islam Temple of the Ancient Arabic Or- der of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrix€ for officers who are to rule that organiza- tion for the ensuing term. Colomel Charles H. Murphy was re-elected poten and Professor J. W. Anderson, ap- pointed some time since fill the va- cancy caused by the re of Hiram T. Graves, Wi of recorder. There were four candidates for each office and each had a number of personal friends. It required two ballots to elect the recorder. The other afficers of the temple will be appointed by the potentate. After the election there was a collation in the banquet hall, which was partaken of by about #0 nobles. There was no speecl — e LADIES WANT TRANSPORT. ~ J Nossen, A J Thomas, Loyalton F Hubbard, Vallejo E F Cate, Vallejo i, Lammason and wife Colfax, Wash Ak g : i i | EETRT 1 3 5 ] § E i A cleties of this side of the bay have taken 4n interest in the keeping of the transport service under the control of the Govern- ment. These ladfes, under the leadership of Mrs. Granville Abbott and others, did a great deal of hard work for the volun- continued ingthe office | POCATELLO, Idaho, Dec. 10.—The safe |in the Western Lumber Company's of- fice was blown up by burglars early this | morning with nitroglycerin. The bur- | glars obtained about $50 in money and $T |in checks. The Studebaker Manufactur- | ing Company's office and the Bristline | Lumber Company’s office were entered. | but as the safes in both places were cpen and contained no money, nothing was cured nor any damage done at el | place. The Western Lumber Company's | office was badly wrecked. —_— um Stone to Be Laid. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 10.— To-morrow afternoon the corner-stone of Stanford's new $500,000 will be Jaid. The matter has been left In charge of the student body and the exercises will be participated in largely by the college students. There will be addresses by lent Jordan and other persons com~ Sscted with the university. s et ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The day sent to the Senate the nomination of Lieutenant John F. Wilde to be captain, reves nue cutter service. ——— { | teers during the war times, and they now to try to pose keep e the hands regulars .in of lhon the shipment of the Federal