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

VOLUME XCIII-NO. 31, SAN FERANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WMWIWS THAEATENS RS F . FOR THE TERRIBLE DISASTER AT BYRON HE Coroner’s jury impaneled to fix the b[szc for lthe tervible railroad disaster at Byron on the evening of December 20 brought in. a verdict last evening censuring the crews of the Stockton Flyer and the Owl for mot taking greater precautions fo prevent the accident and also expressing the opinion that more accidents will occur on the lines-of the Southern Pacific Railroad if théblock system twas not irtroduced. THE STAIRE T0 BOMBARD MARAGAED Union Pacific Men Present Their Grievances. | Full Settlement May | Be Reached on || Friday. ‘3 Harriman Is Willing to Rec- | tify Any Injustice to His Employes. to The Cail No conference | c officials and | | the striking machinist nevertheless a union Horace G. Burt, president an “informal discus- this meeting, which was held in an | office on the second fioor of a building | street, no defiriite action co £ the demands of the strikers was A second informal conference will Friday. Mr. Burt will, in the telk over the situation with Mr. Harriman and it is predicted that as a ome of Friday’s meeting there will micable agreement, as Mr. Harri- | g to rectify any injustice to | | | | | | ime, he change work for from per diem to the boflermakers and ma- igurated about eight montis ent Burt, the fire of con- w center. If the railroad offi- s are willing to permit their employes return o the per diem system (he who have threatened Eym the entire Harri- will waive their resented the strikers at cussion” to-day were president of the Int n of Machinists; John the Tnterna 1 John Slo- ternational Broth- erh iiths; T. H. Wilson, 1 of the International achinists; E. J. Kennédy. of the boilermakers of id A. O'Donnell, district | | kers' Helpers' | | A fic offices Alexander quiries were re olly ignorant of | upan my own H know at no Western men have | : s office to-day. 1 know abso- - bout this matter GREAT STRIKE IMMINENT. T and Brakemen on, All Western Raad< Have Grievance. diuctors Brotherhood d in its de- raiiroads west of November 20 that f double-header trains on abolished. n embod Exception is roads ' e | Engineer Mc(lu:re of the Stockton Flyer Gwcs a Slratghtforward Account of His Connection With Awful Railroad Wreck te Dr.. divisions of e grade is heavy a ain are necessary to grant a 10 L ngineers and r 0 the demands : Leland and Jury at, the 5outhern Pac:ftc Company s Hosptul SURPASSING TOPAZ FOR e e e e ] - THE AGED PONTIFF | HE tuguisttion daken at the Worgue of (he 200 day of Ddesianes, 1608, Melsbs AHbani N A0 land, Coroner of the City and County of San Francisco, upon view of the bodies of Leonard S. Br- win, Robert Renwick, Mrs. Le Sou, Richard Post, Mrs. E. E. Mayer, Mrs. Stella Howard, T. Moy ona, Carl Mayer, James . Carroll, Mrs. Tea An, Mrs. T. Miyagaswn and W. L. Temple: . We the jury do find that the persons named came to their death from shock. burns and || other injuries herein mentioned, causcd by the collision at Byron of two' passenger trains of the Somth- rematihe 121 | erm Pacific Company on December 20, 1902, at a point about 600 feet weat of Byron, a statlon in Contra s g | Costa County. X ,' de l,flm fidelity to Pope ! According to the evidence furnished us, we find that while the erews of the Flyer and Owl trai X111 at the end Magnificent Gift 7Being Prepared to Present to His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII YORK. De part of the world " SCBNE AT THE RA!,LROAD HOSPITAL' “m‘n\ ENGINEER J. M. Mc- —Catholies in mm ’WREQK A’l‘ BYRON TO THE CORONER‘B JURY. R '—»'A the celebration | | swere operated under the genernl rules of the company at the time of the collivion, we belieye that in a, his s jubilee mext April by pre-| Iarge measurc they failed to take advantage of all thosc precauntions which said rules spe almost priceless jewcl low, and we furtheér believe that other accidents of a similar kind will be of frequent occurrence. a topaz, weighing nearly four the block system is established on the entire line in question: rgest in the worid. It is H. Sherwood (Foreman), W. Elerist, C. W. Spaulding, C. Oman, W. H. Quinn Jr., w'lll” B, mlp s of skilled workmen in art, George C. Blasdell, C. L. le Gal, William Davoust, G. F. Corkery. Jing richly carved Approyed by Thomas B. W. Leland, Coroner. 1t will contain, n finished, a rep-| | f on of the papal' arms and of | % 5 S breaking bread. Notices on this g to him 5 8 n the where HE foregoing verdict was hand- sengers. The te stimony was taken in the e ‘GUIRE OF THE STOCKTON. FLYER TOLD (H1S8 STORY OF THE DIS- — Sendl l'ordp‘ Iiauur to Vienn to Armnge an Agree- German Admiral in ' Mood for More Violence. :fBlockaders Diserimin- ate Against Amer- 3 ican Ships. I‘ | President Castro Victorious | in Battle With Vene~ zuelan Revolutionists. i NDON, Dec. 30.—A dispatch to the | | Daily News from Willemstad, Curaeao, dated yesterday. says: “The postmaster | | of Maracaibo, Venezuela, having detain- | | ed correspondence belonging to German | | merchants. the German cruiser Falks | threatens, in consequence, to bombard | the town.” | CARACAS, Dec. 30.—United States Min- Bowen has received Information | that the Dutch steamer Brinz Mauritz | has entered certain Venezuelan ports | | blockaded by the British fleet and dis- charged cargo there. Special permission | for the Dutch steamer to do this was ob- ! | tained from Commodore Montgomery the British cruiser Charybdis. The Ital- ian cruiser Giovanni Bausan ordered the Prinz Mauritz away from port, but Com- modore Montgomery directed that she continue to discharge: her cargo. In Caracas this is held to be diserimination ister against American steamers, and ‘the British commodore’s actioft has been erit- icized. CASTRO WTHI VICIORY. Barquisimeto, capital ef the State of Lara, which for some time past has been in the possession of the Veneszuelan revo- « | | lutionists, has been recaptured by Gov- | | ernment forces. The towns of San Car- { | los and aquille also have been reoc- i cupied .by the Government. The revolu- tonists at Barquisimeto were under the command of Generals Solagnie and Pena- *lm They evacuated the tawm affer los- ing 112 men. kmud ‘and (325 wounded. There was hard fighiingin the streets and_subyrbs of Barquisimeto for two days. The Government forces were com- manded by General Ceferino Castillo. It new transpires .that President Cas- tro's recent visit to La Vietoria was not of a social nature, as reported here. but for the purpose of comnducting personal- | Iy by telegraph the operation of the forces at Barquisimeto. This vietory for the | Government appears to be a direct result of the President’s initfative. It has been a most severe blow for the revolutionfsts. | WILL MAKE REPLY TO-DAY. | President Castro arrived ‘here . this | morning. At 3 o'clock this afternoon | United States Minister Bowen called upon the President and cammunicated to him | that the recommendation that the is- | | sues between Venezuela and the allies | be taken to the international peace court | at The Hague. Venezuela's answer will | be received to-morrow morning at 11 o’ecleek. The victory gained by the Government at Barquisimeto augurs for President Castro’s condnuance in power. PRISONS OPEN FOB MANY. Castro Orders Incarceration of Forty Prominent Venezuelans. | WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec. 30.—Pres- | ident Castro of Venezuela has imprisoned | | General Lutowsky, former Minister Pa- | chano and about forty other prominent " men. | There has been a split among the fol- ! lowers of General Hernandez, the former | | revolutionary leader, who has now cast | his lot. with_CaStre. All of his supporters | | who were in arms are still loyal to the | revolutionary. leaders. General Vidal, an important Hernandist, who is chief of staff to General Rolando, has visited Wil. lemstad, where he had a conference with General Matos. Prior to leaving he is- sued a manifesto severing all relations with General Hernandez. E SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS INDULGE IN CLASHES Burgomaster of Namur Compelled to Call Troops to Preserve Order. be displayed in all of the lic chure in the country. ymer NEW GUINEA NATIVES MURDER PROSPECTORS | Supposed That Famine Has Driven | Them to Resume Cannibal- ism. YDNEY, N. 8. W., Dec. N—Ad\lces‘ received here from New Guinea state that | natives there have brutally murdered | v European prospectors and many | ther persons. It is feared that the ght has caused the natives to resort annibaliem. Thousands are starving | subsisting on‘roots. r I'wenty-five natives were recently killed | in o tribal fight. , ATTEMPT TO FIGHT { THE STANDARD OIL LONDON, Dec. 30.—Cabling from Odes- ¢a, the correspondent of the Standard re- ports that in spite of the refusal of Gov- ernment support and the consequent col- apse of the proposed syndicate for the purpose of fighting the Standard Ofl Company, another attempt 1s being made to combine all the Baku oil houses, with view of driving the Standard Com- oy out of Great Britain. ed to Coroner Leland last even- ing after the jury ‘mpaneled to fix the blame for the Byroa dis- aster had deliberated for more than three hours. In receiving the verdict of the ten men Dr. Leland ex- pressed himself pleased with their conclu- sions. He spoke as follows: am very much pleased with the ad- mirable manner in which you gentiemen have served, in giving up your time in this case. The verdict is particularly pleas- ing to me, as T do not see how you could have reached any other conclusion un- der the evidence given. We have exam- ined cvery point possible in this*case by which any light might be thrown on the wccident. 'We have examined everybody who knew anything about it, and left no | place unsearched where we could ‘have obtained more information. If we had been eye-witnesses of the scene we might have arrived at another conclusion; but under the circumstances 1 think you gentlemen have come to the very best corclusion that could have been reached.” Early yesterday morning" the -Corgner and jury visited the Southern .Pacific Hospital {o take the testimony of En- gineer McGuire of the, Stockton flyer, which crashed into the Owl and caused the death of more than & score of pas- library of the hospital. ~The. injured man was wheeled into the room by an at- tendant, McGuire looked weak and wan as he sat In his arm chair. He presented a pathetic appearance, and the sympathy of every one in th: room went out to him. His devoted wife stood close to the injured engineer and comforted him with kindly words and also wiped his fevered brow. That the engineer show- ed fortitude and courage during the ex- amination wes evidenced by the manner in which he answered questions put to him by Coroner Leland and the members of the jurys McGuire proved a splen- did witness in his own behalf. He an- swered questions in a manly way.. He did not attempt to shift the blame, and made admissions that were ~actually agaihst himself. He had no excuses for what he did, nor did he defend him- self. He told his story simply and in a straightforward manner, McGuire was unable to raise his right hand ‘'when being sworn by Dr. Leland. It was with- great effort that the en- gineer elevated the arm s few inches to take the oath before testifying. At the outset of the testimony he said his name was J. M. McGuire, and that he resided at 972 Center street, Oakland; that he was a locomotive enginéer in the ment for eniploy of the Southern’ Pacific Company, and had been suchesince 1883 The wit- ness stated he entered the employ of the company in 1880, and had acted -as' fire- man for two years and seven days. He |’ testificd that he ‘had been a passenger engineer *for -sixteén vears. He saild he was very famillar with the road :over | which he was traveling when the disas- ter oceurred. 5 5 . “How many runs did you average on|p the engine? Did you get a}eev enough?” | asked the Coroner. % “Yes, sir! I went out every four days | on the flyer. - It was a''100-mile Tun, and: I got plenty of sleep,” answered the en- gineer. 3 “Was your health good on that: tm"" “No, sir; it’ has not been saofl for tlw last four months.” ¥ © The witness (estified um he rwl the Southern Pacific Company nfilon for. color blindness, and tha ity “On’ this plrllculu‘ dn.y did-you les on time?” asked 2 for the Enforcing of Turkish Reforms. est. to abstain from politlcal adventures. {'Count "Tamsdorf said that he had given King Alexander and Queen Draga a satis- factory -explanation of why. the Russian court had beeri unable to receive them and that he had amicably arranged this mis- w.umztd:fon Dec. %.—Justice Shiras /| 6f, the. Supreme Court of NAMUR, Belgium, Dec. 30.—There has been trouble between soldiers and eivil- lans here recently and several clashes have occurred. Matters reached a climax to-night when a number of lamncers start- ed to act riotously. They broke windows in houses on several streets. The pelica and gendarmes appeared on the sceme, but were unable to suppress the disord- ers; several of them were wounded. The burgomaster has sent in a requisition for troops to control the situation. All mop. here are closed. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 30.—The Santa Fe has announced that no annual passes will be sent this year to officials of the trumk lines. Not only is the anti-pass rule to be enforced in regard to annuals, but no trip passes will be given to any of the * names proposed it of Willlam . _.mn'mr of - the Philippine anti-pass agreement. 'l'lnlnu Fe s willing to send out passes to these lines. providing they reciprocate and extend the courtesies to Western roads.