The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1903, Page 1

v 0F - 4 VOLUME XCIII-NO. 62. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNITED STATES TO JOIN IN AN ALLIANCE OF EIGHT NATIONS 7O COMBAT DEMAND OF GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY AND ITALY THAT VENEZUELA REGARD THEM AS PREFERRED CREDITORS. V\ and ltaly began their coercive measures. the allies that their claims be given preferential treatment. cnezuela will soon find itself backed by a combination much stronger than that of its present foes. »\\HINGTON Jan. 30.--The Venezuelan situation has become more serious than at any time since Great Britain, Germany "Eight nations, including the United States, may unite to oppose the demand of Unless the blockading powers recede from their position One significant development is that this Government is considering the advisability of buying two battleships from Chile, and of making an offer for Argentine warships. MACHINISTS THREATEN TO TIE UP ALL ROADS IN HARRIMAN SYSTEM MURDERING I3 TAKE IANY LIVE Americans Dieina - Battle With Indians. Savage Horde Swoops | Down Upon Town in Sonora. out of Shopmen May Now Be Ordered! w.rge Number of Dead on h Sides Counted After Fierce Fight. }”,’PP.Q'\."E, NT FOLLOWS INT WHO USE OF FORMALDEHYDE LEADERS OF ': | Successfully Blood of be necessary scon e son is now over MAHA Jan. With new shops the same num i\ more work than of work do: here, we out =0 many engines during the past tion applies six at strikers’ rep- without ~ having they d il now be continued T v\dl hfl extended through- | sthern Pacific Chevenne. IMPEOVED TRAIN SERVICE. o take back the strikers d mean that our force in the shops here would be crowded out, and now P . 2 this we dislike to do; but we would not o ) il of the National AsSo-| ;.0 room for two forces. akers, was spokesman | ~ .0 (000 - mSeiihal) the strike President Burt g OYSTERS AND COCKLES a thoro s of the strikers | ARE SPREADING TYPHOID been b with the result that they i pecatas. of nimously agreed that they could not of the| president Burt . ] 5 it | for which the :mk,u prubabl; will m p P s b 5 SECE S T con- | cogl fnto N .rnska as during any pre fict has is- | aitions, and expressed himselt sorry i on Fhe coudl et Teets iote I hig he con- | hey al, " i v " e | that th would not give the tem a e | rings is runnin, - ““:’ € | trial. The conference lasted fifteen min- e Bt S e & e. Not 3 Do § _— | “Six new engines have just arrived, and ts must be| WILL EXTEND THE STRIKE. | four more are on the road and an indefi- nite number of new engines will continue We will soon have engines ‘to The labor leaders returned to the La- bor Temple. They said that a mass meet- | to arrive. an agita- | ing would be called at once and steps | burn.’ means of dis- ! taken by the strikers to extend the strike | ‘“This strike iz ended so far as the com- &e | to all parts of the Harriman system. pany is concerned. The men quit the s gy At Union Pacific headquarters this offi- | vice last June and we hired new ones to MUTINEERS OF THE BARK | cial statement was made concerning the | fill their places. That's all there is to it.”” VERONICA A | strike situation: ———— BE REMANDED | *7 e ork has been a suceessful ays.| AWAIT THE STRIKE OB™ER. hames fish- | arge popu- Union Pacific Breaks Off Negotiations With | the Strike Leaders and a General Walk—[ RPOOL, Jar sea- | tem in the shops of our company for s ght | months past, and the committee repre- steamer | senting the strikers was told that no on the | change in the system could be made at W, two | this time. About % per cent of the work of the | done in the Omaha shops‘is by plece s have | work; 100 per cent of it at Armstrong, | emselves | and from % to 100 per cent at other cused | places. who | *“We now have more men in the shops » declares | here than we ever had before, and their | character and skill is all that we couid temments to be uatrue. ‘Southem Pacific Boilermakers at | Ogden Expect to Be Called Out. OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 30.—Rallroad men {on all roads into Ogden expect that the jlermakers of Southern Pacific, the ort Line and the Oregon Railroad and | Navigation Company road will be ordered {out. The local union's officlals say that ‘(ho\ expect telegrams to that effect from Continued on Plgd 2, Column 6. | Cabinet Regards Sit- \ uation With Ap- prehension. ‘ e ‘ Suspicious of the Mo- | | tives of British ‘ \ Government. Entire Dispute May Be FKeferred to The Hague. | Special Dispateh to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G | STREET, N"W WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—An alliance of i eight countries to thwart an in-| | on of their rights as creditor | | nations by the allied powers in the } Venezuelan difficulty now a| possibility, they are taking a firm s inst having their claims shoved to the rear. The action of Great Britain, Germany and Italy in insisting on [ preferential treatment has caused | | a most serious discussion. 'l"nei‘ United States, France, Belgium, | Denmark, Holland, Norway, | Sweden and Spain n@y join in a} movement to offsetighe: combma—i 4 is tion of debt-colle nax . ! whase acts smftfir%fi?:f the neg tiations and cause distrust and" concern in E: Hfflp( | If the air be not apecdlh ! cleared there may be another alli- | ance as a foil to that put into ope- ration by King Edward and Em-! peror William. | DISCUSSION IN CABINET. The Venezuelan question was discussed in the Cabinet meeting to-day and it may Re stated that some persons in the administra- | tion are apprehensive and di [ trustful of the ultimate designs of | | the alliance and mystified as toj ‘ the real reason the allies have in| | | | distasteful to every other Govern- T — —* France Takes a Firm Stand Against the Blockaders. Expects to Receive Support of This Government. ' i p DIPLOMATS WHO ARE PARTICI- i PATING IN THE VENEZUELAN | NEGOTIATIONS, i | +*= — — 3 . . P . 1 ARIS, Jan. 30.—The Foreigng bringing forward a claim for| l | Glice 'Deje' ‘Teteived: to-dn preferential treatment, which is! | Ivices giving ) g 3 515 ment which has claims against | 7”{_,f Venezuela. After talking with| l—gfi)‘fix the diplomatic representatives of | P I T ; s of | fi_]]" Ioa/__ claimant nations outside of the| j/{fll-"”y existing alliance, I can say that| | their Governments resent the| | efforts of the powers to gain fav-| | | : ered treatment, and if the allied & + first is that a pacific settlement be Ry et 3 4 | tween two sovereign nations is entitled powers force Bowen to .}leld ml+ {at least to equal treatment With a war their demand that the alliance be! P If not a precedent would bs favored, these Governments will | Bl O‘ KA DE ANGERS bt g S o B e not blame Venezuela, but will vent | | »3“1'4!;;'1“"2“: 18, e Coniet ot Vatvn their displeasure probably in sharp | KA ISER’S SUB ’E‘ STS serving the usual pacific means of set . ) - ¥ tlement. The view is strongly held here protests to the allies, who will that the United States, France and Bel have thus forced Venezuela to re- | gium are in effect pacific al % s 4 2 | . ¢ P | d1d not resort to force agains tract her promise that all claims 'ARACAS, Venezuela, Jan.30.—The captain of the Ger- The second principle of the French po- = fibasis: ) ; : S | sttion 1s that the French Venezuelan set- | will be settled on-an equal basis. | man cruiser Galilee, which is anchored at Puerto Ca- ement is in the form of a treaty, which | < y . ational s ition. ’EISTBII_JS_T ; OFEENIGLAIND‘ : | bello, on the occasion of 'the German Eniperor’s birth- g Rl | 1e beliet that Iingland, equal- | P e 5 s the allies and while [ & (’erm;m’ \\'a: inflncx?cin || day, sent an invitation to the members of the German colony - | | Veneguela retained full independence in .l-he 'xilian’cc ix; i{s.effz;r‘s o obhii | to celebrate the day on board the cruiser. All refused. One, | ';‘a“"“_‘:;’n’_’ ,ph;r;“;::“l':‘“! ;":'P:’!mt ) l"u'r:rable tl'caln>1 t \\';ts empim | the head of osic.of the ‘clyéf tfirms:, at ‘Puerio. Cabell, ‘gn- e e T At R & | sized to-day. Reports from Lon- | swered: “Tell the captain his-invitation surprises me under | er-li}“sle:emt;m o P gl E> 2 . 2 » ’ 2 | rity in e ¢ don early in the week that the al~‘: the present circumstances, when Venezuela is suffering from | 7 1 % . ® J o - | liance was sought by England, || wunjustifiable aggression on the partof Germany. I will not at- | | i - | followed as they are by the grow- tend nor allowany of the young German clerks employed by | o Tan Thi. Tt B : w = | and that the opposition came from | ing belief h.ere thatang]and isthe| | sy firm to attend the celebration.” o St cos't oo yeensdonce B o | power that is delaying and endan- | . | tives. But the latest advices indicate the 5 e - - - + | sympathetic attitude of the British Em gering the negotiations, have | 5 3 4 sador at Wa on, Sir Michael Her- caused a growth of anti-English The diplomatic representative; ment on terms equal to all the s Count von sentiment. Among officials here much of the gain which England has made in American friendship during the of one of the lesser claimant na- tions expressed the belief to-day that the allied powers were de- 1 powers who had not taken the| e vr,:':‘ T le and expense of instituting | their instructions. cognition trouble » s < g.gh—en of the evident fairness of Min a coercive plan in Venezuelan | Bowen. waters. The Cpuncil of Ministers to-day was oé- manding preferential treatment in cupled chiefly with Foreign Minister Del- last four years has been dissipated by her course in the present crisis. This belief prevails in the highest | administration circles. The policy of the allied powers is not based on the merits of the controversy, as it 'is negotiatéd here. | the hope of gaining a point whiclt | would enable them to conclude | negotiations with apparent vic- ! tory, instead of being won over by | by Europe for being virtually beaten at the game of diplomacy | by Bowen, and accepting a settle- Bowen's proposition and ridiculed | In some official quarters to-day | the utter abandonment of Bew-| en’s mission has been contem-| plated. 1f Bowen should be com pelled by the haggling of the al- lies to stop his efforts to settle the dispute at Washington, there are Continued on Page 4, Column 5, | | been fully commun n of the state of for- s assumed that the Ven- situation was included, but the atement of what occorred at the e g mentioned omnly Morocco and acedenia. M. Dele e's views have ated to Embassador Jusserand, who is expected to arrive at Washington to-morrow. The position of the French officials in regard to the claims of the powers is one of aignified’ firmness, but there is no sug- gestion of a threat or of a possibility of serious eventualities.