The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1903, Page 9

MLADAD'S FATE HENGS ON COMMA Punctuation EntersInto | Keene-Harriman | Struggle. 5 : | Vifiering Interpretations of the Southern Pacific By-Laws. | b to The Cail { ‘ March 16.—1t may develop e8s or fallure of the effort r & Co. to force the Harrl- | t of the Southern Pa- olicy of administra- the punctuation of a the by-laws of the Company. Pacifi an taken on the of the authorities 1 eystem more length de- Taylor-Keene rt to prevent ng its Southern Pa- ing annual meeting f & e On a some miles in of section party a majority of the person or by Ay 1000 shares would con- rriman party jortty of to be & Keene of the proxy. nterest person or b he Harri- tence: f the proxy, 7 T Skt mma appears e sense being k present shall ond senter word * as the Harriman ave a quort ock shall rep: or by proxy minimum NTRAL PACIFIC BOND ISSUE IS ATTACKED Stockholders Ask Federal to Declare It Null and Void. by States Walter" o corpora- of Utah. ck of a and t permit nds in organ- the Central the was m »any its the 1 pr h ¢ \rp: complaint charges, COLONIST TRAFFIC STILL INCREASING uraging Statement of West- 4 Travel Made by the South- mpany. ern Pacific Co: McCormick, tr manager of vesterday the west- ex com- week ending March teurists who low rate was way of Ogden s makes a to- te was inaug- nave not yet be- of the colonist not begun ca They 1t rge number 1 4 st con » the southern Sta over their line and e trafic wili materially y start in to advertise the company’s — GBAPE-HU‘TS. FOOD LESSONS. What Prope- Food Wi.. Do. ‘it was but.a w are trou with my stomach, my es were weak and flabby, and I was etely tired out, faint and dizzy after s work ng Grape-Nuts, and in oticed a marked change. the kind of nourish- d & agreed with my stom- at I soon forgot I had one. in strength, my brain be- | e worn-out feeling at appeared. Now I am in bealth and weigh 150 pounds, in I ever weighed before. ) son of a friend to use was sick and weakly, , ndigestion and other rom a bad stomach. He | pounds; in a8 few weeks, | & Grape-Nuts daily, he was so | greatly improved that he entered the fleid | tests and acquitted himself splen- | diy. He kept gradually increasing’ in ght until now he weighs 165 pounds, hard muscle, and is playing on the cal football team, a thing that a year | 2o any one would have laughed at. | If half the people wWho have ' weak | ymachs or are about half well, would op eating poorly cooked food and use | Grape-Nuts instead they would not only | save money, but would scon be as healthy | as tive best.” Name given by Postum Co., | £atde Creek, Mich. ‘ i | | | a woman | of $2500 and $3000 deposited by Mrs. R. NEW GLEWS T0 ASSASSIN OF BURDICK Hackman Tells of Man Who Visited House of Mystery. Says Stranger’s Clothing Was Similar to That Worn by Pennell. Another Witness Will Give Testi- | mony Contradicting the State- ments of Mrs. Hull. Special Diepateh to The Call BUFFALO, N. Y., March 16—How a man whose identity is unknown hired a cab a few hours before the murder was committed and asked to be driven to Ash- land avenue and Bryant street, not far from Edwin L. Burdick's house, was de scribed by Willlam V. Delahunt, a cab- Griver, at the Burdick inquest to-day. Dela- hunt said he was driving down Main street at about midnight when he was hailed by a man standing in front of the Tifft house. within a short distance of Burdick's house. After the murder, the driver ex- Attorney’s office and there was confronted with Arthur Pennell. Beyond the fact that Pernell wore an overcoat and hat similar to those on his passenger, Dela- hunt would indicate no other points of resemblance. - Pressed for an answer as to whether he could swear that passenger and Pennell were the same, Delahunt said he could not. That Mrs. law, was in house in the morning of Hull, Burdick's mother-in- the cellar of the Burdick company of a man on the the giscovery of Burdick's body, will be sworn to by Alfred Brook- | 4 2 b st st | Capitalists Said to Plan a Line From man. This witness the police have been hold- ing in reserve, protecting him with all possible secrecy. Brookman says he heard 1 the cellar while he was clean- Delahunt took the man to | ed, he had been taken to the District | | | | THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1908, PORTUGUESE MOB | MYSTERY VEILS . |GOVERNOR'S NAME \KESWICK MEN STONES SOLDIERS Troops Open Fire on Assailants and Kill Eight.Persons. Serious Rioting at Coimbra Follows Strike of Stall Holders. MADRID, March 16.—During the rioting at Coimbra, Portugal, yesterday, caused by the refusal of the inhabitants to pay their taxes, a mob attacked thejCourts of Justice, broke up the furniture and stoned the troops, who replied yith & vol- ley. : According to a dispatch to El Liberal from Coimbra, the Portuguese Govern- ment has prohibited the sending out of news regarding the rioting, but it is known that the tax collectors have fled and that a veritable revolution exists. El Liberal adds that a state of slege was proclaimed at Coimbra four days ago and that the disturbances continue. Eight inhabitante, if states, were killed and a number of persons, including several sol- diers, were wounded. LISBON, March 16.—The troubles at Coimbra started on March 11 with a trike of stallholders in the against an order to renew their licenses. Riots ensued, the whole working class and the students sympathizing with the stallholders in their protest against the arbitrary action of the authorities. The number of rioters amounted to 10,00. The police and the military were powerless to cope with the rioters and large forces of troops were summoned from neighbor- ing towns. The Civil Governor, after re- ceiving a deputation, which put the griev- ances of the stallholders before him, de- clared that the protests were justified and promised to intercede in their: behalf. This, however, failed to pacify the mal- contents. The censorship conceals what happened since. The corporation and citi- zens of Coimbra have telegraphed appeals to the King for justice. | NEW ELECTRIC ROAD ing out the furnace. He recognized the | voice as that of Mrs. Hull. A man with her heard a sound in the direction of the furnace and asked “Who is that Mrs. Hull has denied she was in the cellar on tragedy was dis red DR. MARCY QUESTIONED. in startled repeatedly the day that the Dr. Willam H. Marcy, the Burdick family physician, was the first witness called - to-day Dr. Marcy said he been the physician for the Burdicks for about seve: Mre. Hull professionally. Dr. Marcy said he received a telephone message from ths Murray girl, one of Mrs. B k’s malds, t § o'clock on the roing @ r. He was met the door of th k home by M ears and also had treated 2 mu e Burdic I “What did she say to you’ trict Attorney Coatesworth “She said the servants had found the front r open and a kitchen window open. She said that Mr. Burdick had been home the night before, but his bed had not been upied. Relating what followed, the doctor said he went into the “den.” He did so be- cause Mrs. Hull said she had looked into that room. She told him she found the door of the “den” closed could mnot recall that Mrs. had said she had seen Burdi there. Mrs. Hull was very nervous, the witness went on, and always had some difficulty in sleeping. She had taken dicine uiet her heart action, but )t specifically to ind sleep. Marcy described the condition “den” when he entered it and ot finding the body on the couch there anything in the appearatce cotich to indicate that there was asked Dis- oc of teld “Well, the pillows were piled up rathe: was the reply. dging from the luncheon. ete., that Bur- murder had grown out of the di- proceeding: He thought Burdick had & woman visitor there. y admitted that he had told Dr. Howland, the medical examiner, that if it was a case of sulcide, or looked sui- cidal, 1t would be all the better for the family to make it out a case suicide. Later he agreed with Dr. Howland that the suiclde theory was untenable. MARION BURDICK CALLED. Miss Marion Burdick, the pretty, rosy- eked daughter of the late Edwin L. was the most interesting wit ay. Marion is 16 years of age. he answered in monosyilables whenever t was possible. It # * or **No,” or, when those replies would not suffice, she used as few words as possible. She was not easily confused and there was no sigr . when the District Attorney her clo: regarding the irred at the time her father was murdered Mr worth began by speaking king girl and carefully choos- ing h in putting questions to her. Later he ed questions in rapid succe: sion. At one time, when the District At- tor: asked the same question several by raising her voice sharply ar, mphatic “I don't know.” Nothing of importance was elicited from her while she was on the stand and the Disirict Attorney finally gave her up in despair. STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS. Mis aricn said that Grandmother Hull first informed her that her father was ill In his “den” before Dr. Marcy arrived and before Mrs, Hull knew posi- tively, aceprding to her own testimony, that it was Burdick's body lying on the couch. The District Attorney tried to get Marion to tell why she apparently took so lttle interest in her father's iliness when she was told of it by her grandmother, Marion replied that she 'new that when it was proper her to know Grand- mother Hull would tell her. She loved her father and he had always been good to her. Marion admitted that she knew of the divorce proceedings instituted by Burdick against her mother. with her father, but would not admjt that she thought he was right in driving her mother from her home. Neither would she admit that she knew of her mother meeting Arthur Pennell Insolvent Kratz Enjoined. United States District Judge de¢ Haven jssued an order yesterday on J. E. Mec- Dougald, Treasurer of San Francisco, re- straining him from parting with the sums M. White as bail in the case of the Peo- ple ve. A. A. Kratz and William Kratz, The order was issued on the affidavit of the ereditors of the firm, Donandt-Kratz Company, which was forced Into bank- ruptey last week. An order was issued also on William Kratz, A. A. Kratz, Mrs. R. M. White and Hugo D. Newhouse en- joining them from disposing of $17,900 col- lected by Willlam Kratz on February 13 on behalf of Donandt-Kratz Company. lad | ie girl caused a murmur in the | She sympathized | tones: | haa | Where | | | |a Marcy said he was of the opinion, | | | time before she was siowed down. ‘FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES Sacramento Into Placer and Yuba. SACRAMENTO, March 16.—Tt is expect- ed that within a few days articles of in- corporation for a great electric road en- orise will be filed. 1. Myers of San 0, who is said to represent Eu- nd Eastern capitalists, has been y for some time past looking for rights of ¢ for an electric road to run rom Sacramento to the orchard districts along the Sacramento and ers, thence through Placer County to a po‘nt near Smartsville, in Yuba County »me rich copper mines have been ropean in this opened. @ St it @ AND LOGATORS SINK IN SNOW Travelers Have Almost Fatal Experience in Modoc. Special Dispatch to The Call REDDING, March 16.— Thompson of the Alturas Plaindealer, and party of timber land locators had a thrilling experience in the snow near Al- turas Saturday. T'he party had started out on snowshoes to investigate some timber land locations that had recently been made by W. B. Walker, who is taking up much land in sdoc to the consternation of the people the county. The party, which con- isted of ex-County Clerk Marion Hughes, Thompson, Attorney Henderson and J. Jackson, had a most difficult trip and en- countered a terrific blizzard. The men were most of the time waist-deep in the snow, it being so light that it was impos- sible to bear up, and the wind was blow- ing a gale. Thompson at one time nearly lost his life. He disappeared beneath the snow and it was with considerable dif- ficulty that his companions dug him out. The men finally arrived at Baltards Mill, more dead than alive from exhaustion. The storm that is in progress in Modoc is one of almost unprecedented severity. It began snowing early in the morning Saturday and twelve inckes of snow has fallen. The mercury dropped to 16 de. grees below zero. This has occurred but once in twenty vears, the last being on March 4, 1890, when the mercury fell to 18 degrees below zero. —_——— STEAMER ALAMEDA MAKES EXCEPTIONALLY FAST RUN Averages About Fifteen Knots Dur- | ing Her Last Trip From This * Port to Honolulu. HONOLULU. March 9.~0il burning on the steamship Alameda was proved an unqualified success during the trip from San Francisco to Honolulu, ending March 6, her record for the trip being five days and fifteen hours. With fair weather all the way down, the Alameda plowed her way across the 2100 miles of ocean in al- most record breaking time, and could eas- ily have com&into port the previous night, The capigin, however, slowed the vessel down and arrived at his dock at 8 a. m. March 6. One day the steamer made 378 knots. The passengers were in high spir- its over the showing made by the vessel, The engineers claim that it is only a matter of a few trips when the Alameda will do her sixteen knots. This trip she averaged about fifteen knots all of the P days’ runs were as follows: Noon l(ur:): 1, 323; March 2, 371; March 3, 37; March 4, 375; March 5, 369; March 6,'to port, 267, ot B S et WILL COME FROM WAPSAW TO FIGHT FATHER-IN-LAW Bertha Rosenberg, who was married to Morris Rosenberg at San Jose in 1900, is | coming all the way from.Warsaw, Po- land, to oppose the suit for the annul- ment of the marriage brought by George Rosenberg, her husband’s father. This an- nouncement was made yesterday in Judge Seawell's court when the case was called for trial, and a continuance was granted to enable her to controvert the testimony of the Rosenbergs, father and son. Ros. enberg senior seeks the annulment of the marriage on the ground that when it was performed his son was under age, Divorces were granted yesterday to Edith V. Buffington from George A. Buf- fington for desertion, Elizabeth A. Bow- ers from Edward Bowers for neglect and Annie Gale from Richard L. Gale for de- sertion, e Suits for divorce were filed by Peter F. Thelan against Annle Thelan and Albert Billings against Jennie Billings for de- sertion. market | American riv- | itor William | Sacramento Lawyer’s Wife Not Author of Kearney Epistles. Police Believe That the Story of a Murder Is Nonsense. Special Dispatch to The Call. BACRAMENTO, March 16.—Charles B. Harris, a well-known young attorney of Bacramento, resents the imputation cast upon him by a San Francisco newspaper this morning that he may have had some- thing to de with the mysterious death of Dantel Kearney, whose body was found floating in San Francisco Bay. Harris admits it is strange that love letters found on the deceased should bear his | letterhead and home address in Sacra- mento and appear to have been written by his wife. Mrs. F. C. Beers of Cakland, who is | now visiting her sister, Mrs, Charles B. Harris, at 617 Eleventh street, speaking | for the latter's family, said to The Cali correspondent late to-night that she had carefully examined the fac similie hana- writing in a San Francisco evening paper, as had also Mr. and Mrs, Harris, and she declared most positively that neither she nor Mr, Harris recognized it as the hand- writing of Mrs. Harris, nor of any one with whom they are acquainted. Mrs. Beers says she s the mother of Myrtle Beers and the handwriting is as certainly not Myrtle Beers' as it is not Mrs. Harris'. She weclares that as an older sister of Mrs. Harris, who has known her writing from childhood, she can be most positive in her declaration. Harris made this statement: “1 wish to deny there is the slightest ground, so far as 1 can learn from the newspaper articles, for assuming chat | Kearney was murdered, and if there are any facts tending to show he was foully dealt with I fail to see why that news- paper's article is written in such a way | a4 to cast suspiclon upon myself as being implicated in the deed. Subsequent to | the publication of the story of the suiclde |1 was unaware of the existence of this | man Kearney, and upon the day of his disappearance, January 23, the court rec- ords will show 1 appeared and tried a case in Judge Brown's court in Sacra- mento, and records will show I was here on preceding and succeeding days. 1t can also be shown by conclusive proof that my wife was in Sacramento duriug the entire month of January.” There have been no new developments | that would tend to throw any light on | the mystery that enshrouds the death of Daniel B. Kearney, the young salesman of the Brooks-Follis Electric Corporation, whose bod off Meiggs' wharf on March 10, | lice place absolutely theory that has been advanced that Kear- The po- ney was the victim of foul play. Captain Martin, in discussing the matter last evening, stated that all investigation went to prove that the young man was un- doubedly the victim of an accident and | that the letters found in his pockets, | some signed “Sacramento,” ' a married woman in Sacramento, and giving the ad dress 617 Eleventh street, in that city, have no significance, It is the opinion of the detectives that Kearney boarded the traiw for Alameda land rode on the platform and that a sud- 1 ilhe drawbridge precipitated him into the estuary and the body floated out with the | tide. Coroner Leland denies that he has ever |&dvanced a theory that the case was one of foul play. He stated last evening that the matter had been placed in the hands |of the Police Department and that it | would be excedingly bad taste on his part |to advance any theory before the in- Guest. \ | @ it oot @ CORPSE MMKES ~ UOGTORS MARVEL i | ;Medica,l Men Try to Re- ! store the Life of a Youth. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 16.—Efforts are still being made to bring life back into the bedy of Thomas Guslander, a young man | | who is =aid to have died last Tuesday at Tumwater of inflammatory rheumatism. Opinions differ as to whether life is en- | tirely extinet. The physicians and un- | dertaker, though mystified at first, now | agree that the young man is dead. His muther refuses to give him up and will I not consent to his burial. Rigor mortis, the stiffening which invariably sets in | after death. has not made its appearance |in this case, the body being as limp to- ay as it was a week ago before the man’s supposed sudden death. No signs of mortification have appeared. His moth- er thinks there is still warmth in his | hands, while a pink tinge is observable on the finger tips and on one ear, { Undertaker Whiteside asserts that in some instances bodies remain perfectly | limp after death, as with Guslandef. Sat- urday the young man’s body was sub- mitted to electrical treatment at the re- quest of the mother in the hope of pro- ducing some signs of life. The electrical battery was used vigorously with the re- sult of bringing something like life into the hands. There is no respiration and the physicians agree that there is no eir- culation. S ————— SENSATIONAL SUICIDE OF AN IOWA LABORER IOWA CITY, lowa, March 16.—Jacoh Brum, a workingman, ended his life to- iday in a sensational manner. He loaded a gun with a three-cornered file, and, the trigger being broken, he placed the butt of the gun in the stove and the muzzie against his breast and waited for the heat to fire the weapon, The file went through his heart. e ——— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED, Monday, March 16. Stmr W H Kruger, Ahln. 30 hours from g SAILED. £ Monday, March 16. Stmr Robert Dollar. Johnson, San Pedro. + MEMORANDUM, tmr W H Kfll"‘"“lfi'h 16, 10 g ,,’:{“,',- below Point Arena, .,...,f,‘ the s National City, for San Francisco, with. the stmr Brunswick In tow. . FOREIGN PORT. VICTORIA, B C—Arrived March 16—Danish stmr Wyefleld, hence March 12, for Nanaimo. OCEAN STEAMERS, ST MICHAELS—Arrived March 16—Stmr commen aples, for Bos th, from Ni ORK—Arrived drapurs, from Rotterdam. March 16—Stmr In- was found floating in the bay | no credence in the | iden jar or (he turn at the approach to | LETTER WRITING| ON MANY BILLS] Abolition of the Barber Commission Is Now Complete. State’s Water and Forestry Resources Will Receive . Attention. Lt SACRAMENTO, March 16.—Twenty- four bills recelved the officlal signature of Governor Pardee this evening and have become laws. The most important of these are Assembly bill No, 75, which pro- vides for a joint investigation by the State Board of Examiners and the Fed- eral Government of the water and forest resources of the State, and Senate Lill No. 561, which repeals the State Bar- ber Commission. .Other bills signed are as follows: Assembly bill 613, by Mott, providing that appointees of the Governor may omly hold office for the balance of an unexpired term when appointed to fill vacancies in office. Assembly bill 332 by Mattus, providing for the method of changing the aames of school distriets. Assembly bill 314, by Brown, making the | continuance of a public nuisance & misde- ;Inelnol' after being warned by a health of- cer. Assembly bill 500, by Mattos, relating to the duties of Superintendent of Schools out- side of San Francisco County, Assembly bill 584, by Weger, providing for the protection of livery stable men and | ti. prevent the overdriving or malicious abuse | of horses. Assembly bill 21, by Killingsworth, empow- ering Boards of Supervisors to maintain fer- ries across navigable rivers. Assembly bill 68, by Lewis, allowing Treasurers of counties of the twentleth class to appoint deputies. Assembly bill 521, by Waste. relating to the transfer to the Regents of the State Univer- sity of lands acquired by tax sales. Assembly bill 411, by Duryea, relative to the | salaries of county officers of the fortieth class. Assembly hill 766, by Wanzer, appropriating $500 to pay the contingent expenses of the Sur- veyor General's office. | Assembly bill 537, by Barnes, providing that | street cars may be run at a greater rate of peed than eight miles an hour. 7 Assembly bill 212, by Walker, relating to the salaries of county offices of the fourth class. Assembly bill 40, by Drew, relating to the attachment of rea) and personal property. Assembly bill 403, by Goodrich, relating to | the sale of property of incompetent persons. Assembly bill 966, rela: to the vonded in- debtedness of municipalities. Senate bill 927, appropriating $1000 to pay | the contingent expenses of the Senate. Senate biil 390, by Coggins, providing that | the Governor and the Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction shall be members of the joint Board of Normal School Trustees. Senate bill 606, by Hubbell, Supervisors to malntain 5. bill 887, by Sa | i | | ! empowerirg pubilc Senate act which creates a fireman’s rellef and pen- sion fund. Senate bill 633, by Caldwell, actions to enforce the rights of eminent do- main shall take vrecedence over other. clvil cages in the matter of setting the same fer ge, amending the providing that hearing. Senate bill 560, by Judiciary Committee, re- lating to the ‘granting of divorces. Senate bill 422, by Belshaw, relating to the salarles of county officers in countles of the nineteenth class. THENES RO Gt | ! XSRRPY |Large Amount of Money | and Papers Lost by Schilling. { | Pickpockets have made several good | hauls during the last few days and the | detective department is busy in an at-| tempt to recover some of the stolen prop- | erty. One of the biggest “touches” made | for some time was accomplished on a| | Geary street car yesterday morning and | Capitalist Schilling lost §500 and a number | .of valuable papers. Schilling boarded the car to come down- | town. He was about to attend to some | business matters and took more than an ordinary amount of money with him. Heo had inclosed $00 in bills in his wallet | with some valuable papers, including | | two certificates of stock. He placed the | book in his insidé coat pocket. Just when the thieves did thelr work he is unabie to say as he did not discover his loss | until he arrived at an office downtown. The victim at once notified the police and every effort will be made to recover the property, especially the papers, which he values more than the amount of money stolen. William E. Mighel, president of the California Shipping Company, lost $100 on a car bound to the park Sunday after- | noon. The money was placed in his hip | pocket and so cleveriy taken by lhei “dip” that he was not aware of his loss | for some time. The thieves seem to have transferred their operations to street cars | and recently numerous complaints have been made. Three men were robbed in one day on the McAllister street line and two weeks ago a gem valued at over $1000 was taken from its owner on an electric car bound for the heach. De- | tectives are working earnestly and are keeping a sharp lookout for the crooks. ———————————— HEAVY-WEIGHTS WILL MEET AT SAN FRANCISCO CLUB' Manager Greggains Matches Some Fast Boxers for Friday Night's Exhibition. 4 Manager Alex Greggains of the San Francisco Athletic Club has arranged for a great amateur show at his Sixth street | clubroomg on next Friday night. Three ' heavyweight bouts will be pulled off in| addition to a middle-weight and a light- | weight match. The main event of the evening will be between Jack Johnson of the San Francisco Club and Gus Koster | of the same organization. Koster and Johnson should put up a great fight, both of them are amateurs of the first class and know the gam: thoroughly. Koster is one of the best heavywelghts in the amateur arena, while Johnson is a young lad of much promise and has defeated every one he has met | so tar. Joe Schmed, the former Carlisle 1ndian football player, will g0 up against Tom Smith of Montana and there is sure to be a rough battle when the men face each other, Joe Dixon of Los' Angeles will face Charles Walsh, a pupil of George Green. The men will weigh in at 160 pounds and should put up a good fight. The re- mainder of the programme is as follows: Jack Burke vs. Mike Snyfy, 130 pounds; George Lewis vs. Joe Rellly, 125 pounds; Eddie Burns vs. Harry Tenny, 10 pounds. ———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March 16.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day Santo Sciontino, aged 26 years, and Bu- chiera Giavaina, 20, toth of Oakland; James E. Adams, 32, San Francisco, and Lucy Gordon, 32 Pasadena: Charles L. Howard, 23, Oroville, and Francis B. Wat- Tus, 0, Bimhurst. N _YORK, March w—i‘l!u of the and vice tacturing i [ i i | her friends are legi G BHTIL T0 STRRERS Attempt to Coerce La- borers Precipitates Conflict. Clubs Are Used and Six For- mer Employes Are Injured. gy Stranger Seeking Work Falls Under Slungshot Blow and More Serious Trouble Is Expected at the Mining Town. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, March 16.—The long-looked- for clash between the strikers and mem- bers of the Citizens’ Protective Commit- tee occurred at Keswick Station - a: this morning, and as a result six of the strikers are lald up at the strike head- quarters and are under surgical treat- ment. A party of seventeen workmen arrived at Keswick Station on the delayed over- land train at 2:30 o'clock this morning The men sought employment at the smel- ter. The strikers were informed of their coming, and sixty, armed with pistols and clubs, massed at the station. They were determined that the workmen should not alight from the cars, ‘or, at all events, should not be allowed to proceed to lhe‘ smelter. The Citizens' Protective Committee, knowing that the laborers would be down on the delayed train, and, learning also that the strikers had assemblec at the depet, prepared to offset the strikers plans and to escort tne newcomers to the smelter. There were about twenty of the committeemen, armed with clubs. FIGHT WITH CLUBS. the laborers alighted the strikers at- tempted to make & rush for them. They | ran in a body toward the little group of men, who were considerably alarmed at | the welcome. Several of the strikers used violence and one of the strangers was as- saulted and knocked down. This was a signal for the Citizens' Committee to take a hand and protect the newcomers. At a word from the leader the members of the committee forme. a semicircle around the small band of frightened I borers. The committeemen faced the strikers and there was a pitched battle. The strikers, though armed with re- volvers, were afraid to use them, and de- pended upon their numbers and clubs to make a successful rush. The committee- men stood firm and wielded clubs in such a manner that five strikers were placed h.rs de combat and the remaining assail ants fled from the determined citizen: The five men who were Lurt by the cit- izens' clubs were taken to the strikers’ “mulligan” and cared for. »mmit- tee members then escorted the strangers to the smelter and safely i stalled them at work. MINERS AT WORK. The second furnace at the smelter fired and ready to be blown in. work to man two or three furnaces more men are going to work daily. T day there were 350 men at work at the | smelter and 1% at the mine. The men at the mine will immediately begin work taking out ore. They are now doing tim- bering and some dead work. The affair this morning is looked upon | as a prelude to other and more serious | trouble. John Gold, a stranger, was a costed on the street by three strikers. He told them he was looking for work. They remarked that if he ca « with em they would show him the shortest <nd safest route. They saild they, too, w-e | looking for work. He was taken to ige | union commissary and t over a 1 beyond, where one of ‘hem suddenly struck him with a slungshot. strikers then ran ~way. Gold has a broken nose and a deep gash under his eye and is in the Mountain Copy Com- pany’s hospital, " EVENTSINSOCIETY., - OAKLAND, March 16.—At a little gathering of friends at her home on Boulevard terrace to- day, Mrs. George E. Gross announced the en- gagement of her sister, Miss Mabel Gage, to | Dr. J. Loran Pease. The announcement is one of more than usual interest, as Miss Gage Is | one of the most populgr girls in her set and n, not only in Oakland, . Dr. Pease is also a tands high in his pro- but in San Franc soctal favorite and tession. Miss Gage is the eldest daughter of Stephen T. Gage, and since the death of her mother seve! . she has presided as head of the family with a rare ability and sweet- ness of character that have won the love and dmiration of all who know her. She is an complished musician and French scholar. Her younger sisters. Mrs. George E. Gross, and Mrs. William Richardson, were married more than a year ago and their weddings were bril- lisnt social events. The marriage of Miss Gage and Dr. Pease will take place in June, and will be a m}! al The expected visit of Professor S. H. Clark of the Chicago University to Oakland this week has areused considerable interest and the Ebell clubrooms will doubtless be crowded to hear the noted reader's interpretation of Stephen Phillips’ poem. “Ulysses.”” The committee of Ebell ladies, who have the affair in charge, consists of Mrs. J. B. Hume. Mrs. E. A, Kiu gel. Mrs. L. F. Cockroft and Mrs. J. R Squp- ham. The Ebell Club has also obtained the consent of Lieutenant Hobson to lecture some time dur- ing the week beginning April 6, e e At the last meeting of the Linda Vista Club the members were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Britton. The three solid silver forks Which are always given as prizes were won by rs. E. A. Heron, John A. Britten and Mrs. E. J. Cotton. Miss Bertha Runkle, the charming young a thovess of ‘“The Hslmet of Navarre,” is the guest of Mrs. Henry Wetherbee in Fruitval . ADVERTISEMENTS. YOU FEEL SICK And you wonder what’s the mat- ter. Your head aches, you feel tired and nervous, have no appe- tite and can’t sleep. The trouble lies in the stomach. It has be- come weak, and cannot, therefore, do its work properly. Take a dose of Hostetter’'s Stomach Bitters before each meal. It will restore the appetite, insure perfect diges- tion and sound sleep and make you feel better. Na other Spring medicine is as good. Try a bottle. HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. I As the train pulled into .he station and | The three | WILL AEQUEST LIRGER FORCE Commissioners Desire an Increase of 145 Policemen. PR S5 B Plan to Construct Station Near the New Park Hospital. The Police Commissioners and Chief of | Police Wittman will make an attempt to secure a large increase in the depart- | ment, and plans and a petition, to be pre- ! sented to the Board of Supervisors, will | be adopted at a meeting this evening. It | 1s desired to enlarge the force by about | 42 men, making the total number nearly | 0. They will also ask for a new Park | station and for an appropriation sufficient to purchase the Harbor station. * The rapid growth of the city has made the inadequacy of the Poiice Department feit, not only by the Chief but by citizens. The occasions where policemen have been sorely needed when not available are nu- merous and the difficulty was due entively to the small number of men supposed to | perform the great task of properly cov- | ertng a city of extensive area. Many | streets, and especially those in the out- | lying districts, are absolutely without | protection and in some sections the sight | ot a policeman is an occasion for won- | | | | | der. Even in the downtown and thickly settled territory patroimen are required to double up on streets and where beats should be limited by blocks they are lim- | ited by miles. | With the present force, 5{1 men, the | business of the department is seriously hampered, especially since the eight-hour system went into effect. The charter pro- | vides that there shall be one policeman for each 500 inhabitants, and the Com- missioners will ask that appropriation to cover the charter demands be made. Stat- ing the population at 340,000, there are about 145 men less than s required by luw and what the city is entitled to. The increase will necessitate an extra allot- ment of nearly §200,000. When the force | is enlarged there will be vacancies in the ranks of captains, lieutenants, sergeants and corporals and these will be | diately filled. At present the city is paying a large rental for,the building used as the Golden Gate Park station. The Commissioners tigure that money can be saved by the construction of a new building with pub- lic funds and recommend that a station | be placed in the park near the new hos- pital. They also will recommend that the | Harbor station, which was recently oe- | cupled by the department, be purchased at a cost of $34,000. The board of Super- visors may ndt hesitate to indorse the last named recommendation as the eity has an option on the property and has paid $1000 for the privilege of purchasing. 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