The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1903, Page 8

“THE SAN T RANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY ' JANUARY 9, 1903 LULL IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS FOLLOWS THE EXCITEMENT ATTENDANT UPON THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW GOVERNOR GEUSES MINERS LANLESSHESS Coal Strike Inquiry De- velops Spirited Encounter. AR Rl Chairman Gray.and President Mitchell Clash Regarding Violence Used. 8.—The ng to-day the T nt Mitchell to Chalrman Gray tt the M prin- before t was Pres to see the mire president that the be indicted shown unless between it The head of he did t the ganization, he of relatives their rsecutions during the period.ot r works; that his assailants as were prosecuted asked the from the but the that gullty all of re expelled from the DISCIPLINE LAW BREAKERS. Noting the commission took in Mr. Park . the rs for the mor r Terrence ve board ing of a ma remark that it did it, Chairman who crowd and as yet I nce of a disciplining man said. "Shame rrow—You m omj h that n would prove revent the riots. sray replied that he iere was a further discussion subject 3 then Mr. Mitchell nd said to Chairman Gray: MITCHELL RISES IN DEFENSE. I do not know whether I quite under- in exy g yourself to the itude for the or- d rise above the t should rise above the wi e m you Perhaps It 1 may, have not ‘an un- ndly wish th ed. 1 said 1 hoped it wou out of the mire and of the conditions ereated by thess things which have been testified to around its baser parts. Mr. Mitchell in reply the commission is going to determine all the questio that are being presented there is @ greater jury passing upon the attitude of the strikers, As 10 action of our organization sition of the operators.” he t in my mind that are brought here not come as witnesses ordinarily o testify against the strikers and ainst the United Mine Work- It does seem to me that until there i: some connection shown between the Mine Workers of America and lawlessness the organization ot be placed under any indict- t at all CHAIERMAN GRAY EXPLAINS. Gray said that dia he not 1 indicted the organization. ' continued the commissioner would disentangle itself entirely from those scenes of violence and law with which the strike was at- They may have been exaggerated, end. We have heard of isolated in- of outrage which we must all We arn n is responsible for every act of and we only wanted to see - organization has interested » meintaining the order which you advised and whether it has discip- lined those who actually were convicted f disorder. hav | bill will provide th said that while | hell to understand that any- | 1 am not passing upon | not saying that the or- | A S55EMBLY AN FooA A7ATTEES - BERIOVISLY o FES2 R REAL SFTATEI rIAN SAICGG D OF SACRAMENTD |Pardee in Conference| With Devlin and Dunlap. Measures to Rehabili- tate Finances to Be First. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Jan. 8.—There was an ominous rumbling in the po- litical olcano here to-day which portends an early erup- tion with more or le: ireworks | and spectacular glamor. In other words, it looks as though a big fight is on over Solons which broke loose to-day in a howl of protest. caucus of the Assembly Re- was called at 1:30 o'clock to some changes in the list of at- The soft, soothir s of »dy proposed another inc e all un- ase in throbbed on t n a sudden cyclone of wrath h wept in eddying currents S ber. The burden of that was too much for the country well as in temper that the plum pick- a basty nding motion. . but the end is not yet. | BILL TO REGULATE ABUSES. Assemblyman Goodrich of Pasadena is om pacified and promises a war ife on- the floor of the “Assem- as also been pledged a large following. To-night Goodrich is hard at work upon a bill which he pro- to in at an early date to omplained of in the e made the permanent sergea nd_that the appointment of all all be taken from the mem- placed in the hands of the Speaker of the Assembly. ry effort is being made to still the storm,” but Goodrich is in earnest szys that neither he nor his followers can be called off. Another subject which is engaging the close attention of the party leaders is what action will be taken on the legis. lation recommended by Governor Pardee his inaugural addrese, especially the tax levy e the Gage administration. | The Governor himself is diplomatically | | urcommunicative in-this matter and puts | off all inquiries with the explanation that the plans for legislation would be prema- | tere til the committees of the two houses have been selected. At the same time the new executive held a long se- cret consultation with Senator Devlin and Assemblyman Dunlap this afternoon. The significance of this protracted conference rests upon the fact that Devlin has been promised the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee, while Dunlap is to bess the Ways and Means Committee of the Assembl All appropriation bills, such as would be necessary in adjusllni the tax levy and settling the State’s in- | debtedness, must pass through the hands | der, and Charles Seastow, of these two committees. MESSAGE A SURPRISE. So far as the legislators themselves are concerned the Governor's broad and drastically phrased message caused much surprise to them, with the possible excep- tion of the Alameda delegation, and very few of them have as yet any definitely | formed ideas on the legislation recom- mended. After the interview with Devlin and Dunlap Governor Pardee devoted the re- mainder of the day to a sort of informal reception to old friends and new. proved to be most democratic and ap- proachable and permitted many a frayed week, at which time representatives of / the strikers Grom different parts of the system would be here. The representa- tives of the trainmen and conductors, who have been in the city walting for Mr, Burt to return, expect to meet him in a conference to-morrow. s e | CHICAGO AND ALTON FIREMEN WILL STRIKE Decide by Referendum Vote to Quit ‘Work to Enforce Demand for More Pay. . | CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—The locomotive fire- | men cmployed by the Chicago and Alton | Railroad have decided’ by referendum | vote to go on strike to enforce the de- and the heritage of debt left h,\" He | | the question of legislative patronage, Everybody thought this was finally settled on Tuesday when the list of ap- ees was made up in caucus on the of the incr i allowance to the members of both houses. The greed shown by the city representatives on that | however, started an undercur- rent of dissatisfaction among the country | d the red flag of revolt w: uch greed would not be further | 4. they declared, and the threat even made to reduce the patronage | wance to the old figure of $5 a day. | 4 rebels were so dangerous in numbers retreat and withdrew | his first name. A temporary truce patched up and the caucus| Welcome and a firm grasp of the hand | one of the sturdy nt at| ing, but the exodus of members by the and | | [ | | | | | Mr. Mitchell said he did not know that | ands presented to the officials of the | an 1 nd added that until men are con- vieted of violation of law the organiza- tion had no right to expel them and thus prejudice their case before the trial court. Chairman Gray sald that Mr. Mitchell's point was well taken as far as concerns those under indictment, but what he wanted to know was whether any of thes men were ever called upon who had been notoriously engaged In illegal acts and whether they were subjected to diseipline by ibe organization. This ended the in- cident — Burt Returns to Omaha. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 8.—President Hor- @ce G. Burt of the Union Pacific Rallroad, arrived here from New York to-day. R iking machinists and boilermakers would be continued in this city next He | we conferences with leaders of the ! | per cent in wages. The vote will be | counted to-morrow at Bloomington, Il Word was received from Bloomington to- | night that the vote would be almost unan- | imous for a strike. | John J. Hanahan, grand master of the | Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, | went to Bloomington to-night, and, it is | sald, will izsue the strike order as'soon | as the vote is eounted unless the railroad officials agree to the demands of the men. e Trainmen’s Demand Not Rejected. | ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.—A general request was made by the trainmen's and conduc- | tors’ wage increase committees that the Western roads fix a date for a confer- ence. Grand Master P. H. Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to- night said that., reports to the contrary member of the union had been ex- | road December 1 for an increase of 12% | | doing 25 years for murder committed in S 3 DErT OCRAT, oF WEVAPLA C17Yy /PARES s SEL A= HEAR O gccA .azar\/»‘).c/v. \;\;n e i e ASSLITBLY V S Y OLER, ENTO ° SAC R A syt ATORS SEEN AND HEARD IN QUIET TIME FOLLOWING STRESS OF ORGANIZATION AND CAUCUS. SERGEANT sy | ! 1 GrorRGE fFortsEXP | OF LorREKXA, THE | GGrIAN T ASSEMELY TN | ly patronage from $12 to $16 2 | 4, Message’s Plain Words Cause Lawmakers Surprise. £ and spavined old-timer to greet him by | Among those who received a hearty ! was Captain W. J. Paterson of Oakland, | “Old Guard” of veter- | ans of the company formerly commanded | by the Governor. The Pardee family will remain in Sac-! ramento until after the inaugural ball | Monday night. Then the children, who are in a high state of excitement over the approaching festivities, will returm to | Oakland and reside for the present with | their aunt. At the close of the session to-day the Senate adjourned untll Saturday morn- first train means that there will be no | quorum then and another adjournment | will have to be taken until Tuesday. The Assemblymen, however, were not in such haste “to get home and decided to meel to-morrow morning, though there i “nothing doing” that anybody knows of, except, perhaps, the troublesome patron- age revolt. L e e e e e i o e EIGHT LIFE TERMERS LEAVE PRISON TO-DAY Fourteen inmates of the State prison at morning. Eight of the men who were San Quentin who were pardoned by Gov- ernor Gage will be free men to-morrow granted full pardons were life-termers in the penal institution. Jerry McCarthy, a life-termer from Del Norte, who has been in San Quentin since 1878, is among the pardoned. Jerry has been dungeon tender for twenty-four years. Among the other life-termers pardoned are Nelson G. Pierce, sentenced from San Francisco for the murder of A. L. Nott, at present in- sane, and Wang Chuey, sentenced in_18% from Los Angeles for murder; Jose Mira Alviso and Francisco Alviso, brothers, sentenced from Monterey in 1879 for mur- 2 for murder, committed in Sacramento. Among those not life termers and granted full pardons are Adam Yorke, doing 25 years for murder committed in Fresno; George Wilson, doing 12 years for burglary “in Los Angeles; Francls M. tyan, doing 15 years for felony com- mitted in San Luis Obispo; Pat Savage, Los Angeles in 189. Those commuted were A. F. Willlams, doing 10 years for | manslaughter, reduced to 3 years, from December 12; Charles W. Hawes, doing 50 years for murder, redyced to 18 years and 6 months, from June 1, 1892, and Willlam Williams, doing 3 years for murder, reduced to 26 years, from 1887. notwithstanding, the demand for a 20 per | cent increase had not been rejected by the Western roads and that the fwo com- mittees are in a position to discuss the matter of wage increase and mutually agree upon terms. FORTY-EIGHT GIRLS WILL TAKE A CHANCE Blind Opportunity to Get Married Appeals to the Women of Indiana. KOKOMO, 1Ind., Jan. 8.—Forty-eight Kokomo and Howard County girls are making preparations to start to Rugby, North Dakota, to become wives of men they have never seen. Several weeks ago J. R. Walters, formerly of this place, now a resident of North Dakota, wrote a let- ter to a paper here stating that there were 500 bachelors near Rugby wanting'| wives. As a result Walters received near- 1y one hundred letters from young women of this place offering to go there and marry their share of lonely bachelors. , The names of the women were gi the North Dakota men, ‘and a corres- pondence was opened, forty-eight young women being willing ‘to take chances on securing good husbands. — / Miss Letherio Is Dead. LONDON, Jan. 8—Miss Letherio, an actress who has been prominent in the London theaters for many years, is dead. ROME, Jan. 8.—It is announced here that Emperor William of Germany will reach Rome April 25 on a visit to the Italian court. The Czar of Russia will visit the court Mav 11 Routine Measures Drag Wearily. in Assembly. All Interest Centers in Formation of Committees. —_— ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Jan. 8—It was indeed a quiet day in the As- sembly. The roll call showed & strong quorum, but the mem- bers while making a bluff at doing a day's work responded most heart- ily when the motion for adjournment was made. The morning session lasted but half an hour and that time was taken up in the reading of minor resolutions, the appointment of attaches and th changing of a few positions on the list of tax-eaters that had been passed dur- ing yesterday's session. Atter prayer by the chaplain honors for the floor went begging. Beyond asking for the change of a name or two on th: | list of appointments the members were silent. It seemed that the one endeavor of the House was to rush things through and ask for an adjournment until Mon- day. as bookkeeper to the sergeant at arms and the place, worth $ per day, was given to Al Sewald. The mileage bill was offered and Speaker Fisk appointed Walker, King and Lum- ley as a committee to audit the demands presented. The report of the Committee on Rules was submitted to the House. No ma- terial change was made in the rules that | governed the last session outside of the forming of a committee on universitles and one on constitutional amendments and the dropping of the census and the apportionment committees. A concurrent resolution authorizing the expenditure of a sufficient sum to place the Capitol in order for the inaugural ball was adopted. Governor Pardee sent a message to the House announcing the appointment of A. B. Nye of Oakland as his private secretary. On a joint resolu- tion, the Sepate concurring, it was or- dered that the deaths of Lawrence J. Dwyer and J. H. Sewell be recorded on the minutes. John P. Greeley, Charles Thompson, F. W. Heatherly and J. W. Harney were appointed assistant clerks. TAKING CARE OF SOUTHRONS. Speaker Fisk stands aces up with the members who came from south of the Tehachapi. In the caucus of the Repub- lican members where the naming of a Speaker was the one big event Fisk was not overburdened with votes. Dunlap gave him a hard run among the men from the orange groves and it looked for a while that the lawmakers from down below held the whip hand. True, Fisk held his own, but the delegation was wavering and the least break would have started a slide for Dunlap and changed the complexion of the struggle. It was an open secret-that Fisk felt his weak- ness in that sectlon and when the voté of the caucus was finally given to him he realized that the southerners could have turned him down and beaten him for the honored dosition. When Fisk was elected the contingent from the citrus belt feit that it was “all day with them’ so far as favors were FOUR ARE KILLED INA COLLISION Fast Freight Crashes Into Passenger : Train. ADA, Ohio, Jan. 8—Four men are dead and fourteen-or more other persons, were injured, one fatally, as the result of a collision between two trains on the Penn- sylvania system «on Main street in this city at 5 o'clock this evening. The dead: THOMAS D. COOK, conductor passen- ger train. 3 JOSEPH STEIN, Fort Wayne, Ind. M. POOL, Fort Wayne, Ind. ALONZO HARLRY, Vanwert, Ohio. The injured: W. A. Freeze, Chicago;: Jy J. Casey, Toledo, cannot recover; Mr. and Mrs. Deuiselman and little daughter of Vanwert, Ohjo; Peter Tracy, conductor of train No. 35; Curtis McElroy, Ada, Ohio; ‘Andr¢w Brunner, Fort Wayne, Ind.; M. Gelse, Ottawa; Walter Klinger, Ada; W. B. Blackburn, baggageman of No. 35; Guy Kingsburg. editor of the Dunkirk Stand- ard; Benjamin Zooke, Fort Wayne; E. J. Burdette, Dayton, Ohdo. 1 Wertheimer resigned his position | <+ 1 | | FREL Sr7/7/7, SE~AmTOR Feory 103 ANGELES \EHED FHE Fleo B2 | J ! S g, d outherners to Fare Well at Hands of Fisk. = concerned and that their friendliness for the Stockton man would be a hard rap against them with the news Speaker. From the very outset, however, Fisk has | shown a aisposition to favor the members | from.the lower part of the State even though he is aware that they were none too strong for him in his fight for the chair. In the few committees that he | has already appointed men from the | south are on the list and as a rule are at the head. The feeling of the south- erners is that they will be as well taken care of in the coming committees as the rest of the members. ATTACHES ARE NAMED. The following attaches were appointed during the afternoon session: | Assistant _committee clerks—Mrs. Ida Her- E. Irwin, C. V. Pedlar, Anna Mec- te Yocum, E. C. Seward, H, C. M L Walker, H. H. McDonald, Ainsworth, | Mrs. C. A, L Clerk to Ways and Means Committee—H. F. Bridges, $6. Sergeant-at-arms to Ways and Means Com- mittee—E. B. Johnson, §3. dent of attAches—H. A. Plerce, $5. reeants-at-arms to committees— Eisfeld, Sam Brunswick, Willlam | T Douthitt, Elwood Ralston, A. M. Johnson, John Johnson Jr.,, L, T. Holland, Hugh Murphy, S. 0. Richardson; $4. Assistant bill clerks—Percy Hazelton, Wil- | lam Tryce, E. A. Tibbetts; $4. Porter to gallery—A. V. Cadman; $3. Porters—W. H. Gallagher, J. R. Hudson, F. §. Baker, W. H. Blake, J. D. Bhay, J. C. Crawford, Walter Leitch, John Palms; Watchmen—J. McLaughlin, Fred Rauer, W. Dunleavy, W. J. Ford: $3. Pages—Tracy 1. Storer, Joseph Imsand, F. Rodgers, Willle Saunders, Harold Doherty, F. Niediein; $2 50. Assistant electriclan—Charles Fisk, $3. Assiztant mail cnereFThomg Smith: $3. Afsistant gatekeepers—G. W. B. Yooum, A. P Brown, ira A. Lee, A. G. Blalkie, Peter Lioyd Childs, Peter Faher Jr., Elmer Halla- ban; $3. Assistant bill filers—H. S. Rhinehart, J. P. Horton, M. Casterson, Joseph Bring, J. 8. Chambert . M. Ensign, Austin Langford, E. E. Maxwell, J. McCormack, W. §. Hickman, Howard Raines, A. B. Freidlander; $4. ‘Assistant postmistresses—Miss Agnes Kelly, Miss Pauline Smith; $4. Atsistant history cletk—Ben Peckham; $1. Coatroom attendant—Willlam H. Gale:'s3, Assistant coatroom attendant—H. H. Mas- ey; $4. s ’l"lle’ or attendants—Thomas Rae, Charles Ashhurst; $4. Engineer—J. Q. Nolan; li.‘ Assistant_engineer—John Bailey, §4. Ladles' cloakroom attendant—Miss L. Har- 1s; . ¥ !.\rll!lant ladies’ cloakroom attendants—Mrs. ! ¢.”R. Johnson, Mrs. Nora Carroll; $3. i Stenographer to Democratic minority—Miss | E. -R. Houghton; $5. Clerk to Democratic minority—Miss Florence Neison; $5. Seon: 3 Unton Laber miority®Mise Jesste Speegle; $4. This done an adjournment was taken until 10 a. m. to-morrow. Train No. 35, westbound, for Fort Wayne, started out of the station, but at the Main-street crossing was com- pelled to stop on account of an accident to the airbrake. A flagman was sent back to notify No. 19, a fast freight train going In the same direction, which was several minutes late. On account of a driving snowstorm the engineer of No. 19 was unable to see the signal in time to slacken his speed and his engine crashed into the rear coach of No. 35 while run- ning at the rate of forty miles an hour. No. 35 consisted of two coaches, the rear one being a combination baggage and passenger car, with another passenger car in front. Both were telescoped and scarce- ly a passenger escaped injury of some sort. The engineer and fireman of No. 19 were also slightly hurt, but not enough to prevent them from rendering immediate assistance to those who were in distress. The engine of No. 19 was almost demol- ished, but the cars behind were not dam- aged in the least and none of the pas- sengers were bruised. The company officials to-night announce that the entire freight crew is to blame, | without specifying an individual. Observance of Arbor Day. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 8.—Senator 8. S. Smith, president of the San Joaquin Val- OEEL “FriirvA G Y, e | | | | VIOENATOR BAUVER TP EASURE ABL SenateTakesAdjourn- ment Till To- Morrow. Werk Will Wait Till Committees Are Named. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- 1 RAMENTO, Jan. 8.—Very lit- tle business was transacted in the Senate this morning. The upper house is stll engaged in settling matters pertaining to its organiation and will not settle down | to business until next week. Lieutenant | Governor Alden Anderson will then an- | nounce hig committees. Until this is done the work of the Senate will be merely | formal. | Secretary Brandon, who was taken ill | immedtately after the maugural ‘ceremo- nies yesterday, was at his post of duty to-day. His knowledge of routine matters is so great that his absence from -the desk | would be a setback to the Senate. Senator Leavitt as chairman of the | Committee on Attaches had many resolu- | tions to offer. The first resolution of im- | portance to be presented was a concur- | rent one introduced by Pendleton. It was | for the purpose of haveng the two cham- | bers set aside on Monday next for the B inaugural ball. Another portion of the | resolution, asking for an appropriation of $500 for lighting the dome and to defray | expenses, created some- discussion. Segators Belshaw and Caldwell not see the necessity of the appropriation. Caldwell announced that $500 much to turn on a switch. Senator Pen- bers and hallway. The | adopted. come through him. Senator Richard J. Welch of San Fran- cisco offered a concurrent resolution to have a committee of six, three from the Senate and three from the Assembly, ap- pointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of his predecessor, the late Lawrence J. Dwyer of San Francisco. This was adopted and Welch, Pendleton and Plunkett were appointed on behalf of the Senate. Upon motion of Senator coples of the inaugural address were or- dered printed and ten coples are to be | presented to each Senator for mailing. tions to secure appropriations for nominal sums to purchase rubber stamps, files and other neceseary articles for the sec- ’rptary and committees. Anotheg resolu- tion introduced by Leavitt directing the | Secretary of State to close the contingent | account of the Senators and send them to | the Controller and ordering the latter to draw his warrants for each account on the Treasurer and that official to pay the same was adopted after the rules had been suspended. Senator Belshaw then moved that the Senate adjourn until Saturday. In a mo- ment almost every member in the house arose and begged to be excused until Monday. Belshaw stood In the aisle with a quizzical look on his tfce. He knew that | a motion t6 adjourn more than three days | was not allowed by the constitution and he smiled broadly when one of the new members tried to amend by having an adjournment until Monday. The Sena- tor's motion was laid over for a time in order that Leavitt could introduce a reso- lution to have the following named per- sons elected as employes of the Senate: W. H. Dickerson, bill filer, $4; C. C. de Lancey, committee sergeant-at-arms, $i; R. Krepper, clerk, $3; and Mrs. C. R. Ol- ney, document clerk, $4. In explanation of the new appointments Leavitt stated that tney were a part of | Senator Lukens' patronage. He said the latter had been so busy with the inaugur- al ceremonies that he had no time to put them in. Leavitt assured the Senate that this patronage did not exceed the limit. The resolution was then adopted. An adjournment was then taken until Saturday. A few Senators will attend the 'session and as there will be no quorum an adjournment will be taken until Tues- day morning. St e oo @ trees along the roads selected, the trees to stand as a lasting monument to the Native Daughters. e Santa Rosd Church Wedding, SANTA ROSA, Jan. 8—Henry D. Noon- an and Miss Sara Markham, two prom- inent young people of this city, were wedded at an early morning mass in the Catholic church of St. Rose on B street, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew MarkHam, pioneer residents of this city. Mark&am is a capitalist and is also vice president of the California Northwestern Railroad. The groom is the son of Mr. residents of this city. e LI Chaffee Denies Responsibility. NEW YORK, Jan. $.—Major-General Adna R. Chaffee made a denial to-day of the cabled report that any act, order, or could be construed into an authorization of the application of the water cure for the purpose of extorting information from ment when his attention was called to a of the court-martial of Major Glenn of the Fifth Infantry. ley Commercial Association, has ad- dressed a circular to all parlors of the Natlve Daughters of the Golden West in the valley requesting them to co-operate in the observance of Arbor Day. The plan fs that each parlor shali take up the work in its particular locality and raise the necessary funds, after which a day shall be chosen on which all will be urged to turn aut and assist in planting Boy Leads Counterfeiters. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 8.—Patrick Groghan, aged 16, has been arrested for passing counterfeit nickels, mostly into slot machines. He has confessed to the existence of a gang of counterfeiters headed by a 17-year-old boy, and has di- rected the police to a complete plant for ;ml;]klng bad money. Other arrests will ollow. . instruction of his while in the Philippines | dispat¢h from Manila giving an account | s 1 | | | { .I - | ERY SCOAIG OF DELEGATES Labor Federation Goes After Wisler and Macarthur. e Provoke Wrath of Convention by Failing to Follow Instructions. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8.—Aside from a spirited discussion over a telegram |from San Francisco announcing that the anti-injunction bill tathered | by the Labor Couneil had been given to Grove L. Johnson, Re- i I » could was too dleton explained that the money was to be used In buying canvas for the cham- | explanation ' proved satisfactory and the resolution was The first message sent Into the Senate | by Governor Pardee stated that A. B. Nye of Oakland had been appointed private ‘ secretary to the chief executive and that | all communications would be received and | Hubbell 1000 | Senator Leavitt presented three resolu- | | ishing the “truck’ | are providing for | | | | | | lative publican member of the State Assembly, to introduce In the present session of the Legislature, to-day's session of the State Federation of Labor convention was given up wholly to the report of the committee on constitution and by-laws. Up to the time of adjournment thirteen of the fif- teen articles had been passed upon. The announcement from San Francisco that Grove L. Johnson had been Intrusted with the introduction of the anti-injune- tion bill precipitated sa heated discussion and an angry scoring of Delegates Mac- arthur and Wisler, who had been in- structed to give the bill into the hands of the Union Labor members of the Leg- islature at Sacramento. Instead of doing this, they had given it over to Johnsonm, who opposed a stm bill two years ago and in the present instance reserved the right to amend the measure prepared by the Labor Council. The delegates tried to justify their action by stating that Johnson seemed to be most thoroughly posted on the subject and most competent to push it to a successful issue. When the wrath of the convention had subsided somewhat, a motion was passed declaring that all legislation indorsed by the con- vention should be placed in the hands of the Union Labor delegation at Sacra- mento. CUNSTITUTION IS AMENDED. on over article 13 of the consti- tution as reported by the committee was long drawn out. Tw2 amendments to the article as proposed were offered, the first prohibiting fon of political ques- tions in the ntions of the Federa- tion and the second reading as follows: “The California State Federation of La- bor urges, h organization of wage- earners, pol to secure the rights of nciated by the American Fe Labor, separate and apart fri lar unions.” According j of the Federa g of legis- matter 1zing an new trades unions, etc., shall fall the executive council after convention has adjourned. Under the caption of “Revenue and Funds,” the new constitution provides for a new per capita tax of 13 cents, the old tax having been 1 cent. Article X1, “Strikes and Lockouts,” has been strengthened. According to section 5, “no union shall be entitled to financial support during the first week of a strike,” and “In the event of a strike, only @uch organizations shall be entitled to financial support as have been in good standing for six months." FAVOR FREE CLASS BOOKS. Only such organization having the sanction of its national head in any strike shall be accorded the indorsement of the Fedetation. These and certain other changes were the only ones that rendered the constitution satisfactory to a major- ity of the constitution committee. At the opening of the afternoon session the legislative committee announced thar it was ready to finish its report and the regular order of business was suspended that the report might be submitted. The committee recommends the introduction of bills prohibiting the sale of goods in second-hand bottles; one dealing with the subject of direct legislation: a bill abol- stem, and a meas- free class books f All of the children in the public schools. recommendations were adopted. @ iriivivivivinisinirinieieiininiie- @ TAKE BABY GIRL FROM CHINATOWN Pretty Child Said to Be White Rescued From Mongolians. > AU Detective George McMahon and Frank J. Kane, secretary of the Pacific Humane Soclety, rescued a little girl, aged five vears, from a Chinese actor and actress at the Chinese Theater on Washington |‘street last night. "Rev. J. M. Cassin officiating. The bride | | The child is very pretty and it is a ques- tion whether she is half Chinese or pure Caucasian. One story is that she is the daughter of a notorious woman and a Chi. nese merchant, both of New York City. Another is that she Is the offspring of white parents and that she was sold into - | Chinese slavery by them for $60. There will be a battle in court for her possession, which may bring out some sensational facts. The little girl was taken from New York to Portland by a Chinese actress named Ngan You, who joined an actor named Ho Gin in the latter city. About six months ago they came to San Franeisco, bringing the child with them, and accept- | ed an engagement at the Washington- and Mrs. P. H. Noongn, also wealthy | natives. General Chaffee made this state- | and th | | i street theater. For a time they kept the little one con- cealed, but latterly allowed it to play about the stage of ‘the theater. It was found there by McMahon and Kane. The child is now in charge of the ma- tron at the City Prison and will be kept there until Kane's petition to be appoini- ed her guardian comes u Coftey on the Lith inat, SO Ho Gin followed the officers to the prison, declaring the child was his own at it was an outrage to take her * eans sidims 1 ane claims he can prove positively that the baby s of American pnrenmn.y —_— ‘Will Press Currency Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—The House Committee on Banking and Currency to- day asked Chairman Fowler to gress for an opportunity to bring before House for consideration the currency bill intro- duced by him iIn accordance with the views of the Republican members of the committee. The minority of the commit. tee were given five days within which wrasent their revort uvon the bill, 3