The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1903, Page 2

rHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL ATURDAY, JANUARY 10 3 DETROIT’S “CITY COAL YARD” SOON TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS Fuel Will Be Supplied to the Residents at Cost Prices as a Re- buke to Dealers Who Are Alleged to Have Formed a Combina- GENERAL GOBIN ON THE STAND Reviews the Conditions in the Troubled Coal SOUTH AFRICAN CROESUS IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH Alfred Beit, Who Amassed an Enormous Fortune in the Kimberley Diamond Fields and Who Is One of the Richest Men in the World, Is Suddenly Stricken Down tion to Maintain Exorbitant Rates for Their Stock of Anthracite . | Fields. 1 = At gt 3 e Gty | | Says His ‘‘Shoot to Kill” Order Meant Just What It Said. | | | —_— | “ PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—After occu- pying eight days, during which time they | 1 | | Presented, about 15) witnesses, the non- | 3% | . | unfon men closed their case to-day before | the Coal Strike Commission The coal H | companies will open their case to-mor-| | | { |row, and, according to the plans of the | | | | operators, j the companies will present | | their case In order of the geographical | | { location of their mines. The Delaware | | and Hudson Company, whose collleries | | dre farthest north, will first present | | their witnesses,- and tae Philadelphia | | Coal and Iron Company, who are in the | { | southern part of the coal fields, will be | | heard last. | | "The principal witness before the com- | | | mission to-day was Lieutenant Governor | | J. P. 8. Gobin, senlor brigadier general | of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. ) Gobin was In command of the Third Brig- i A ade while the troops were on duty in the | N | hard-coal fields. He was on the stand i | three hours and a half, and during most | of this time was engaged in a recital of | | | conditfons as he found them in the terri- SEMATOR | tory he covered. From his observation | EAE | and reports made to him by his officers | [ 1t was his opinion, he sald, that an “ex- | cited state of lawlessness” existed in the | | regions; that disturbances were numer- 3 i | ous; that the presence of the troops | | was absolutely necessary to preserve law | | | and order, and that it was difficult to | maintain the law even after all the i B, troops In the State had been placed in the . disturbed territory. C e = see ALFRED | During the cross-examination Generai BETE. . | Gobin had several tilts with Clarence | | | 8. Darrow, counsel for the miners, but| | | they never became serious. The withess | [ sald that when he first went Into the| & coal region with his men, as a result of | * P | | { the riot at Shenandosh, h AL unable APE TOWN, Jan. 9.—Alfred Beit, | | | for a time to get vehicles §o carry his Saliy 5 = ” supplies, teamsters refusing to furnish R e i | 4 them. In Shenandosh and in the Pan- ancler, has had an apoplectlc ther Creek Valley, he sald, there was no | stroke at Johannesburg and is re- | civil authority at times. Committees of ported to be dying. Dr. Jamesson | ' the union called upon him and assured | passed through Queenstown to-day on a | | him that the striking miners would give | gpecial train bound for Johannesburg. | | him all the assistance they could, but as | adpisar Pk 3 | | far as the witness could remember they | LONDON, Jan. §.—The firm of Wirnher, | | never gave him any help, nor did he ask | Beit & Co. of this c r::nnrmvd the an- | | | them for any. After his entire brigade | nouncement from Cape Town of the se- | | had been called out, General Gobin said, | ricus fllness of Mr. Beit, but said the | situation became extremely serlols | |atest reports regarding his conBition | | | in several parts of the territory, and he | were more reass ' | | teared he could not cope with the sifua- | 1: - — < tion if it grew worse ,”’f so ln‘l:(jrmml‘ Alfred Beit is about 45 years old and a SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND the Governor. The now famous *shoot- | pachelor. People say he is worth $375.- H N > | | to-kill" order, issued by him after his | gi0000. He came of a Hebrew family in KING WHO IS REPORTED SE- | \;fin]dl;ri had \‘fler;‘u;m ».vlnm :!n\r;] w 13 | Hamburg, went to college and served an RIOUSLY ILL. | touched upon by Darrow. The general saic renticeship in a Hamburg bank. After it meant every word It said, and that the et aahin B want 1o KBaberms | - - + issuance of the order had a most salu-, v built up a fortune in the dia- ' present was given a valuable diamond as tary effect upon the communities which | 1 ong fields. From the time that Rhodes | a souvenir. This was entirely apart from his soldiers covered. It had such a‘good | . nsummated his great consolidation of | his usual character, for Beit Is a modest, N effect that it was not n ary to fire| 4y Kimberiey diamond mines, in 189, he | retiring man. one shot. The order, he further said, | .4 Beit were in close business associa-| Beit is as thorough and precise as did not include n\.(- ::'h-,wrlux ul' WOmen | 4;,n Belt is one of the executors of the | Rhodes was general and heedless to de- and children. Darrow called his atten-| f..;6us Rhodes will. The South African | talls. Both Rhodes and Belt began their + tion 29 h"“’ f“",“;"“‘ |'(h:. ““r‘"ru‘;‘,"t;:‘:‘ millionaire is also much the largest share- | fortunes with the consolidation of the & exespt Shemy, and Luc withbes Fopliad Shat | . e R: Mines, Limited. jlamond mines; but while Rhodes left off | MAYOR OF DETROIT, WHO HAS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY'S his men were not engaged In fighting | h‘;‘g,‘",”:: lfif}:,,‘zfi"‘,’,),,f.',,‘;,.,,,,u,'f’, lhu, three | ;Ormne.mTng and began Imperial ADVERTISEMENTS. COALYARD, AND TWO_UNITED STATES SENATORS WHO HAVE | women and children or four times, and on one of these visits | schemes, Beit, should he survive his {ll- 5 e INTRODUCED BILLS DIRECTED AGAINST THE COAL TRUST. | R Forbign | he Bave a great ball to three hundred | ness, will never reach the point where he i % | BERLIN, Jun.- 9.~The German Foreign | 9 St ¢ tuous - | has money enough. He possesses con- VESS . FROY friends, one of the most sumptuous en-| has money g P IS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. | - . 5 o ST | tertalnments ever scen, where every lady | trolling Interests in many street railway r, Swift & Company to-day they would go into the not only in Chicago, but herever the firm has a plant. The | firm has a contract for the entire output The Principal A; ful Busixz w L legislative f a mine and has been selling coal at cost prio ¢ r Maybury to its employes. Having more coal than S criticized b | the latter require, surplus is to be “ouncil mee | placed at the disposal or the poor. No that works a hardship action of the Co al dealers, who rmed a combination to Owing to the action | lealers will be Great efforts a | one can obtain more than a bushel at a ar a s ity | time. The price will be: One bushel, 20 It & s s posed by Y government | cents; half a bushel, 10 cents; one peck, § 4 1 ) the residents at cost | cents. [ t v 3 e pr s will be conducted oL S | o = p e | on d will be geotia d| PROOF OF CONSPIRACY. . . v robust | as long famine” keeps the price | Illinois Attorney General Sends De- | re | tectives to the Coal Mines. | CHICAGO, Jan. 9 — To determine whether a conspiracy has existed to force | up the price of coal Judge Willard Mc- e ; - .‘ - 5 alers’ combine to | Ewan to-night, on the petition of ;State’s — . e ity going into the coal busi- | Attorney Dineen, summoned a venire of | . seventy-five men, of whom twenty-three p St will be selected for a speclal grand jury hast s simp HOLDING TO THEIR COAL. | to-morrow morning. Forty witnesses B \ ke s % ¥ | were named in subpenaes given to the | v Large Companies Selling Little Fuel | gheriff to serve. | to Washirigton Dealers. | are not the mark at F WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The Senate | Which the Smu-: q\tmrney aims. Whil¢ have a = ® - S 5 o | the names on the list of w sses . ~ Committee on the District of Columbia Hols Kok thak :’h’:;‘e;rs S iree s o to-day continued Iits investigation into | of mine-owners and wholesale dealers in | bur stom the shortage of the coal supply in Wash- | coal | f Joseph Crawford, general agent| Attorney General Hamlin left Spring- Pennsylvania Railroad, said that | fleld to-night for Chicago and will con- | duct the investigatic He took with him | | evidence which he asserts will show that had been a anthracite vear there | | Alfrea Beit HONOR MEMORY OF DEAD RULEF [ Thousands Visit Tomb | of Victor Emmanuel | II in Pantheon. RO | Twénty-Fifth Anniversary ol | Italian King's Death Is | Loyally Observed. | ROME, Jan. 9.—The twenty-fifth anni | versary the death of King Victor mmanuel II was observed to-day by a | pilgrimage to his tomb in the Pantheon | The procession was two miles in length and 30,000 persons participated in it cluding delegations from all the province | and a thousand veterans of the war independence with whom the King, V | | Emmanuel 1II, shook hands. Hundreds ot | wreaths were 1 n tomb. The city was dressed with becraped | flags. The outside of the Pantheon was hung with ck draperies, ed, silver, and interior of the buf | coverea with black hangings having golg | and silver borders and with trophies « national flags. The | two altars, on which | Veterans, including « | camp of the late monarch | around the sarcophagus. On re: | Pantheon the proce King's tomb iea 2! jon, head | by flags, placed wreaths on or near | sarcophagus, the standard. bearers dip- | ping their flags as al offe: were deposited. A striking wreath was te aching past | presented by the national committee. It bore the words, “F Della Patria.” | The Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the | provincial and municipal bodies, the navy | and army and the Italian communities | abroad were fully represented. A detach- ment of Garibaldian v rans, the old sol- | diers displaying numerous medals, was | enthusiastically cheered. | The King and Queen attended a m: | celebrated at the Pantheon before the rival of the n. cessic | False Rumor Excites Speculators. LONDON, Jan. 9.—The unfounded port publishe the United States t} Colonial Secretary Chamberlain had be assassinat Kaffir sec day. - It brought quickly Gepressed p the market when the news c caused another tereds, De curities. hey lowest quotations of the day. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding and Protruding P! uggists are au s ANACONDA, Asa Conn, a_we Valley, who left I was fo in e home yesterday. He had been killed a entally by his own gun [ o o o e o o o e ] systems in South Africa, Mexico, Chile and Portugal. While the actual figures of Beit's wealth are probably man, he is, beyond doubt, one est men in the world Superb Exquisitel Beautiful! Are the expressions that one hears every day when referring to the cele- brated Pastels e HZHP D mHPO~MED advertisement ts; tha change 1 throat from s v, but = tablets, ionary work with extent that coughs unknown among my pupils to and c *h an re almost IT'S TIMIE To satisfy yourself of our claims for the superiority of our laundry work. Do it now, and note the personal com- | fort it affords you in carrying out your | ideas of good dressing. No saw edges. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY ‘ ©Office 1004 Market Street, | ear Powell | wonderful cures of n over his line but that during | : months of November and December | there had been an increase over the no: mal receipts. He said there had been no increase in the rates from the mine: W. Sech, a loc dealer, said that it was much easler to procure coal from in- dependent companies than from the mines owned by the railroad companies, and in this connection an effort was made to | . that the large companies were dis- | & of their product through the small | s, in order to keep prices up. The fact was brought out that there are now in the bins of the Capitol about 300 tons of coal, but it was said that there had been days when there was no certainty to whether there would be quantity for twenty-four hour: Charles Weller the Associated Chari- ties of the District of Columbia said there had been much suffering among the poor on account of ccal scarcity. a sufficient | - Coal for Chicago’s Poor. CHICAGO, Jan, 9.—1g view of the scare- ity of coal and to alleviate the suffering ADVERTISEMENTS. Catarrh e Is a constitutional disease. It originates in a scrofulous condition of the blood and depends on that cond tion. It often causes headache and dizziness, impairs the taste, smell and hearing, af- fects the vocal organs, disturbs the stom- ach. It is always radically and permanently cured by the blood purifying, alterative and tonic action of This great medicine has wrought the most 1 diseases depending on scrofula or the scrofulous habit. HOOD'S PILLS are the best catharte. BAJA CALIFORNIA Damiana Bitters S A GREAT RESTORATIVE INVIGORA- tor and Nervine, The most wonder{ul aphrodisiac and Special Tonle Zor the Sexual Organs, for both sexes. 14 e r. Sell m-:m 115 own merits. NABER, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents. 823 Market st., S. F.—(Send for Circulars.) the | the market was being controlled by | since the civil war. a conspiracy exists by which the price of al on the Chicago and is kept up. The Attorney General recent- ly engaged the service of competent men, whom he sent to the mines along the Chi- cago and Alton road and also other edal- producing reglons, and the reports which they have made convinced Hamlin that cer- tain dealers and operators. Coal Ten Cents a Bushel. COSHOCTON, Ohio, Jan. 9.—The local operators ended the strike of coal miners; to-day by granting the 6 cents per car demanded. Retall prices have advanced to 10 cents a bushel, the highest price ANXIOUSLY AWAIT REPORT ON RECIPROCITY TREATY Michigan Beet Sugar Interests Con- | fer but Do Not Decide on Line of Action. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—W. 8. Hum- phrey, H. H. Hatch and James G. Mec- Pherson, representing the beet sugar in terests of Michigan, held a conference to- day at the committee room of Senator Burrows for the purpose of deciding on a course of action with reference to the | Cuban reciprocity treaty. After the meet- ing they announced that they had de- cided to await untll after the Committee on Forelgn Relations should make its re- port on the treaty before deciding on a line of action. They expressed them- selves In somewhat skeptical terms as to | the possibility of securing any substantial | guarantee that there would be no reduc- ' | tion for the next five years bevond the' Hood’s Sarsavarilla | 20 per cent provided by the treaty, say- ing that their principal fear lay in the operation of the clause which protects Cuban sugar to the extent of 20 per cent over all other sugars. They said they had made no canvass of the Senate. it v ef S, Private Pension Bills Are Passed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—This was pri- vate pension day in the House and 144 bills were passed, none of special im- portance. ——————— To Cure a Cold in One Da; Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c, * other markets | | £ I San krancisco Call j- Cartoons in Lealor By OSCAR HOLLIDAY BANGHART And which are being GIVEN AWAY with The San Francisco Céll EXT WEEK'S SELECTION, entitled “Vanity,” an up-to-date ' creation artistically drawn, portraying a young ‘“‘bud” in evening gown taking a parting glance in her mirror, is considered one of the best of this justly famed series and is certain to attract every one. THE CALL has arranged to have sam- ples bf the original on display nearly every- where, and after seeing one nNo time should be lost in ordering The