The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1903, Page 17

@roeteieist ettty : Pages 028 >0 e " YAPUAPIPANPADF NP NN | “\()Lifl\lE XCIII—-NO. 42, @ All, N M e o e e e e e S ) :Pages [ DA SN 028 *e- o SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1903—FORTY PAGES. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. ASSASSIN ATTEMPTS THE LIFE OF ALFONSO Xliil OF SPAIN ‘ WHILE YOUNG KING IS RETURNING FROM CHURCH IN MADRID MOB IN ILLINOIS TOWN RAIDS COAL TRAIN > — e ——p | | | | | | | | | | | | WILLARD ™ 2l M E=EvvEMN | /’ ‘ Al | = /A ‘ | i nls Ce train 5 i with s 1 big cars of coal | for repairs th its " . ! e care | 1 assisted jn the | | £ onel J - al | k 1 the . pastor Presbyte Rev. | W r Free | s ais | poafiged AT TORNEY 2 v esicsadlprt CSEMNERaL 1 i sese s e e Harl Ny | andll ‘ | eed. Several hundred | s w i around the train in | 4 se = 7 T = i - ILLINOIS CITIZENS WHO IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY ARE TAKING EN- » ERGETIC STEPS TO BREAK THE COMBINATION THAT IS KEEP- ING COAL PRICES AT EXORBITANT FJGURES. | | 5 2 - | o — — —— =2 ° % question of a place was discussed and it | McEwen's charge was brief and confined was decided to select Washington, the | largely to defining the dutles of jurors. WILL MOVE v 3 t 5 ) L ON WASHINGTON. gathering to assemble at the earllest| It s not necessary to indulge in any g L S | practicable day. language.” he said, after reading to them Great Coal Convention Called to Btir| -.The convention will not be confined | the State's Attorney’s petition, “to. im Knox to Action. | to the delegates who attended the Detroit | press upon you or upon any. fair-minded cA r A siatio { session, though the gentlemen accredited [ man the crime and infamy of such a sit- e p to that meeting will be members of the | uation as is here set forth. Your dutles P Roosevelt the | CON tion in Washington by virtue of | with regard to the investigation are set Sont wesl At & relfef from the | thelr credentials to the first convention. | forth in the oath you have taken,” ringency of the sation was de-| It i the purpose of the convention to| The jury then entered upon its Investi- a conference in the | 88k the Chambers of Commerce, the | gation e es8ary ie that the Clerg AND SEIZES PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF FUEL V1 v The eall for | jesued Mond: by | of Detroit, acting as f the perma committee of t It was this to-day agreed on national meeting at t Coal which thé opened at 10 o'clock urned session it was voted nen, Bankers and Other Citizens of Prominence Take Acti ve Part in the Confiseation. Boards of Trade and other civic organtz tions of th to send delegations in such see fit. The country numbers as they Governors of all the States and the May- | ore of all the larger citles*will be asked to designate representatives to attend the conventior | the personnel of the gathering as widely representative as poseible.” In conclusion Mayor Maybury explained he Detroft convention in t the earliest practic n followed a series of ttorney General Knox being alleged In the had not enforced the was averred, redress ergence of opinion effective method to btain relief from the pres- Suggestions were | pen letter be addressed to | that a convention be | r( cagn, or that Con- | for action. The pro- | shington in a body 2greed that the tee of the Detroit May- R. A Chicago; Ju e Ed- | Father R. B E. Tarsney, cor- cour of Detr W, C. P ge. Ke Ky, George W. Al- Providence, R. I, and Judg n executive sess ed the action of statement der of the convention in “that this committee convention to reassemble a course was deemed | The decision of the committee | such that the date for the gathering at.the al capital would be fixed according pments that telegraphic cor- would evoke with relation to the convenience of those expected to take a prominent part in the conventlon. The speeches made by Senator Mason, Mr. Tarsney, Rev. R. A, White and Mayor Maybury indicated that the con- vention in Washington would be devoted largely to the presentation of charges that Attorney General Knox has fafled to grant relief that the laws make pos- sible. In f. more than three hours of speech-making , were consumed chiefly with arguments to that effect. GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION. Chicago Court Takes Prompt Action Against the Coal Combine. CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—The prompt action | of State’s Attorney Charies Dineen upon information supplied by the special com- mittee appointed by the Illinois Manu- facturers’ Association resulted in the con- | vening this morning of a speclal Grand it being the desirs to make | “injurious to the public trade,” and that Jury te inquire into the causes for the | calers. Twenty deputy sheriffs worked almost the entire night to serve summons upon seventy-five “¥éniremen and subpe- nas for the appearance of prominent coal | dealers, who are believed to be in a coal combination in defiance of the law. When | court was called this morning a majority of the talesmen were on hand and the high prices demanded for coal by Chicago | | that the Retail Dealers’ Ausorm\non, the The formal order for the special Grand Jury was issued by Judge Willard Me- Jiwen late yesterday on a petition by the State’s Attorney. declaring his belief that there existed among certain .coal opera- tors, owners and dealers a. combination in consequence ‘‘great distress and suffer- ing prevail among the poor in the commu- nity.” Judge McEwen immediately sus- pended court proceedings while he issued the order for a special venire convening the Grand Jury. The order was taken at orce to the Jury Commissioners, and seventy-five names were handed to Sherift Barrett for immediate service. Attorney General Hamlin, who was in telephonic communication with Dineen several times vesterday, arrived in Chi- cago to-day and will take an active part in the prosecution. It is also expected Building Managers' Association ‘and the committee of the City Council will assist in the proceedings. B.A]IB.OADS SEIZE COAL. Confiscate the Fuel That Is Shipped Into Kansas. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 10.—The coal famine in Kaneas is taking on a more se- rious aspect. Dealers in Topeka announc- ed to-day that they were practically out of coal, with no immediate chance of get- ting more. The State Reform School has only a two days’ supply left. Two manu- facturing concerns were compeiled to close this morning on account of a lack of fuel, In Ottawa, Lawrence and Atchison riots have been narrowly averted during the past three days whenever a car of coal would arrive. Much suffering exists among the poorer classes because they cannot obtain enough fuel. It is alleged that the rallroads are con- work of impaneling a jury at once pro- | fiscating a large part of the coal that is ceeded. Twenty-three jurors were quickly select- shipped. They are ready to reimburse convention be reconvened. The | ed and the oath was administered. Judge | Continued on Page 18, Column 1, IAMED WIFE OPENS FIRE I STRIKER Weapons Are Used in Keswick La- bor War. Night Intruder at a Home Is Filled | With £hot. Ly Reign of Terror Is Reported to Prevail at Shasta County Town. EoPSlie PSR AT Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Jan. 10.—There have been shooting scrapes at Keswick within the past few days, beginning with the cold-blooded attempt to murder Dep- uty Sheriff Irons and ending Thursday night in the sheoting of Barney Wiley by Mrs. Thompson, wife of a mine employe at that place. X There is ane peculiar feature about all of this shooting. It Is the fact that the people of Keswick, and even the officers, endeavor to keep the matters.quiet and prevent the public from learning the facts. It is not stretching the truth to say that the town of Keswiclk is witness- ng a veritable reign' of terror, and whether jt is because of fear or other- wise the true state of affalrs is constant- Iy clouded. Thompson had long léen’ fn the 'em- pioy of ihe Mountam'-Lopper Company and had been loyal to tile company’s in- terests. He did not go out on strike When the strike was declared, and his 2 mpathies bave not been with the strik- ers, For this reason he has been dubbed a “scab,” and it is said that his life had been threatened by a few of the hot- headed strikers SHOTGUN MADE READY. As they sat chatting together Thursday | evening Mrs. Thompson heard a nolse on the outside of the house. She went to the several dcor and saw two men sneaking away from a woodplle near a window in the house. She returned inside, took a double-barreled shotgun, loaded it with shells filled with goose shot and placed it bandy In case they were again visited. She did not have long to wait before an opportunity presented itself to use the gun. The noise was again heard, and on quietly opening the door she perceived a ‘man on the woodpile peeping in the window. She raised the weapon to her shoulder and fired. With a ¢ of pain the man dropped from his position and disappeared into the dar . The next day Barney Wiley was placed under the care of two physicians suffer- ing from wounds made by goose shot. Whether he meant to harm Thompson or not 1s mot known, but Mrs. Thompson took no chances and Wiley got the bene- fit of the shot. Wiley was a candidate for constable on the labor ticket at the last election and he is a striker. The charge of shot struck him full in thé back of the body, just below the belt and he is now confined in the Keswick Hotel. BULLET IN HIS LEG. The same da lately from Te; s. a man who named Evans, 1 been known to talk unfaverably about the strikers, received a shot in the leg. The shot was fired by unknown parties and the affair is surrounded by mystery. The man who was shot by Deputy Sher- iff Trons, when the attempt was made on his life, is said by the very best author- ity to be In Keswick under surgical treat- ment, but it-is an utter impossibility to find out who he is or where he is located. Persons lving in Keswick, who are keeping close watch on affairs, are confi- dent in the belfef that there will be more serfous shooting at the smelter city before many days are ended. The Sheriff's dep- uties are being doubled, the company’s guards strengthened and all ‘are ready for the opening of hostilities, which ft looks like are suré fo occur. UNION MEN MAY BUY CORPORATION STOCK PITTSBURG, Jan. 10.—The officlal atti- tude of the Amalgamated Assoclation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers on the profit sharing plan of the United States Steel Corporation was made to the members to-day. It is as follows: “The proposition of the United States Steel Corporation of placing $2,000,000 of its preferred stock aside for sale among its employes for a Stipulated price and under prescribed conditions has caused quite a stir. “There have been inquiries as to wheth- er there is anything in the laws of the association that would stultify the union- ism of any of our members if they were to buy some of this stock. To such we say there Is not. A member can be a stockholder in the works in which he s employed and hold full membcrshlp in the association. “The question whether it is advisable for the members .of the association to invest in these stocks is one that each member of the association must decide himself. It is not for the association to advise its members how they shall dis- pose of their money.” as, l Wt‘iluld=Be Regicide, Mistaking th’e Ruler’s Carriage, Shoots at Wrong Vehicle and Faulty Aim Saves Lives of Occupants YOUNG RULER OF THE SPA) OF THE L ADRID, Alfonso, I King Queen court from a Dowager Christiana and the were -returning church thi: ternoon man, who aftfrward gave his name as Feltn, fired a pistol at one of the carriages In the royal procession. The bullet went wild and no one was wounded. The King heard the shot and put his head out of the carriage window, but he was immediately dragged back into his seat by the Queen mother. The escort of clvil guards threw themselves upon the assassin and overpowered him. Feito was taken to the police station, where he clalmed he did not desire to kill the King, but the Grand Chamberlain, the Duke of Sotomayor, at whose carriage he had aimed. He was scarched and in his pockets were found unmalled letters marked ‘“‘Registered” and addressed to President Roosevelt, King Edward, the Emperor of Germany and the President of the High Court of Justice at Mexico, and also recelpts for a number of registered letters and a visiting card of the Mayor of Madrid. FEITO PROBABLY INSANE. Feito was later put under examination by a maglstrate, to whom he repeated his statement as to the object of his shooting. He insisted that he was not an anarct and sald that his wife, a French woman, had confined him in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner in making this statement did not appear excited, but there are indlea- tions that he is insane. It is believed he MOROCCAN PRETENDER ' PITCHES TENT NEAR FEZ Buhamara Is Preparing to Assume the Offepsive Against the ultan. TANGTER, Morocco, Jan. 10.—The latest advices from Fez say the pretender has established his camp at Et llfllan, about twelve miles from Fez, and that he Is preparing to assume the offensive. Four Englishwomen and an American woman left Fez on January § and are ex- pected to arrive here about January 4. i SECRETARY MOODY MUST PASS UPON HIS OWN ACT Bill Introduced by Him While in Congress Referred to Navy Department. WASHINGTON, Jaw, 10.— Secretary Moody has been called upon to pass judg- ment on one of his own acts while a member of Congress. While representing the Sixth District of Massachusetts he in- troduced a bill to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Charles A. Amos, one of his constituents. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Naval Affairs and has just been taken up for consideration by that committee. Following the practice in such cases, the bill was referred to the Secretary of the Navy for examination and report. Tt was received to-day and, still following the routine practice, was referred to the Judge Advgcate General. If that officer should make an adverse report Secretary Moody might be placed in an embarrass- e mistook the second carriage for the one containing the King. The Minister of the Interior has tele- graphed to the Prefects in the provinces that the attempt was directed against the Grand Chamberlain and not against the King. Other attempts are being made to lessen the gravity of the incident. A police sergeant, who was the first to selze Feito, made the following state- After the King's carriage had passed Feito, who was standing in front -of me, raised a pistol and fired'at the second car- riage in the procession. . Before he could | fire a second time I struck him with my sword. He cried: ‘You wish to kill me, but I seek the life of the Duke Soto- | mayor, who is the cause of all my trou- | The Duke of Sotomayor, however, not in the second carriage. It was | occupied by the Marquis de la Mina, the | court Grand Equerry, and two palace offi- clals.” It is the custom of the Spanish court | to attend divine service every Saturday | in the church of Atocha. This chureh, | however, is belng rebuilt, and the King | now goes to the church of Buen Suceso. | On these occasions the court rides in | state, preceded and followed by mounted | detechments of the royal bodyguard and | accompanied by carriages.containing the court dignitaries and grandees of Spain. OVATION TO YOUNG KING. | After the shooting incident the people gathered along the route from the church to the palace and gave the King ing position, as he could not consistently | decide that a bill for which he had as- sumed responsibility was without merit. BANKER OF BROOKLINE CHARGED WITH LARCENY! Edward D. Dunning Arrested for Al- leged Theft of $23,000 From { Francis A. Brooks. | BOSTON, Jan. 10.—Edwarg’ D. Dunning | of Brookline, of the firm of Dunning & | Co., bankers of this city, was arrested | to-day on a warrant charging him with | the larceny of some $23,000 from Francis | A. Brooks of this city. i It is claimed that while the sum named in the Indictment is only $23,000, the funds of Brooks’ estate are involved to the ex- tent of more than $100,000. The accused man is very prominent In Boston busi- | ness circles and is regarded as being very wealthy. News of the arrest caused a sensation in the financial district. After a hearing he was held for trial in $20,000, A Attorney a Fugitive. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 10.—Thomas A. Steel, a well known local attorney, for- feited his bond in the United States Court here to-day and is a fugitive from jus. tice. Steel had been convicted of con- spiracy to use the mails for blackmall and was out on 33000 bond, pending the arguing of a motion for a new trial. He has been missing for ten days. His com- panion in crime was sentenced to thirteen months in the penitentiary yesterday. | Posatdas. | police of Madrid a great ovation as the carrlage proceed- ed slowly toward the ro The Prefect of Madrid, who residence. in~the | last carriage, left the procession and gave orders for Feito to be taken to the police station. Féito.is 34 years old and He retur was born at °d to Spain from Mexfco last June. He was slightly cut on the head by the police sergeant's sword. Questioned as to what reason he had for- wishing to kil the Chamber- lain, Feito said the Duke of Setomayor had_offered him a position at the pal- ade, but had failed to keep his promise. It is’belleved he cc téd this statement to hide his real purpose, in the event of Grand | failure. FEITO'S STORY NbT BELIEVED. Madrid Police Seeking Information Concerning Him. 10.—The spondent at Matin tel hs that the have wired to the au- a that Ru- shots at PARIS, Brussels of an. thorities in Bru bino, the request who fired - three the King of Belg in Brussels on November 15 and who now awaiting trial, be Interrogated with a view to ob- taining further light with regard to Feito's attempt SR YOUNG RULER'S CAREER. | Has Occupied the Throne of Spain Lees Than a Year. Alfonso XIII attained his majority and ascended the Spanish throne en May 17, 1902, that being h sixteenth birthday His father died on 1 ber 25, 1585, an he was born nearly six months th Being a male, Alfonso, by the law and custom, di 1 his elder sis- ter, the Princess M s, D =9 of Verag whd, during aterval he- tween her father's birth of her brother, he title to the throne. The mother of\ the young King, Queen Maria Christi ed a Regent from his birth until ined his majorit The attempt on the life of King Alfonso s a new thing in the hi ry of Spanish time © while the ¢ rulers of moder: cupants of the thrones and theit familles in other E tries been frequent a low or bullet of Spain have had remarkable from such attacks, ALLEGED INSURANCE SWINDLERS ARRAIGNED Men Accused of Having Murdered Policy Holders Enter Plea of Not Guilty. EL PASO, Tex.. Jan. 10.—C. son and Dr. Haile, Richar of the three twe pris- oners who are accused of having swindled | the New York Life Insurance Company out of large sums of money 1 of have ing murdered two policy holé in Chi huahua, Mexico, were arraigned to-day before the United States Commissioner to plead to the extradition warrants. Their attorneys entered a plea of not guilty and the prisoners were remanded to jail, to be held for the hearing of ‘the case, which was set for Monday next. William Mason, the third defendant, has never recovered from his mental and phy- sical collapse, which occurred soon after his arrest, and is reported by physicians to be dying. Richardson, Mason and Halle are want- ed in Chihuahua for trial on the charge of having murdered James Devers and Mrs. Richardson’s brother, whose name was Mitchell. The case ha attracted widespread attention wing to the re- markable nature of the disclosures Buildings Collapse Under Snow. ROSSLAND, B. €, Jan. 10.—The ex- ceptionally heavy snowfall has resulted in considerable damage being done to bulldings In this city. Several store- houses have collapsed from the pressure on the roofs. Three houses in the uppes part of the town have given way a occupants have been forced to seek ter with neighbors.