The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1903, Page 1

@ all, VOLUME XCOIlI=NO. 111. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, .MARCH 21. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS, THREATENED STRIKE OF STREETCAR EMPLOYES IS AUERTED AND MEN WILL BE REINSTATED UPON SIGNING § ‘TUDEN T CARDS COLLISION'S DEATH LIGT INGOMPLETE e At Least Six Lives Britain Will Grant Lost in Crash of = Change in Erin’s | Steamships. Some of the Plymouth’s Self-Government in a Passengers Yet Un- accounted For. United States Marines Avert Panic on the Disabled Vessel. BLAME ! E F J cupied by J. M. Thomp- | first thought to have | who escaped in what | save, and -was only at upied by an unknown sed. <£ARCHING I‘OR THE BODIES. he Qisab d Plymouth came after 3 o'clock this were summoned to ! wspital. The pas- for until spoclalv ¢ them | a & for bodies of the victims oon there re- of the the miss- wer deck John Brisce g wa er, who been at | i pended erations on | 1 passenger, George N. J., lies in an word from the ertaking shop aw or friends. Al of clothing, well were swept a man's | s his personal in the crash. in this city to- ght that several Italian workmen, who passengers on the Ply- These wefe in the on rboard side and the s bow crashed through that com- | partment ke @ knife through paper. It | was in th that Watchman Me- | Carthy was kil ©OfQicials of the company to-night said | rumor was current X cably HOME RULE FOR PEOPLE OF IRELAND . — e Autonomy. Modified Form Is Planned. Scheme Will Be Embraced| ' in the Land-Purchase Measure. al Dispatch to The Cail. YON, March 20.—Rumor ascribes nment the intention to sub- > Parliament a measure upon bestowing Ireland d home r et me time past gossip in certain politicar purchase bil yndham, Chief Secre will embrace ive schemes Trel pected by the general public and d into the this pre- n that will confer modi- ome rule The Belf been pointed out cable dls- ommodating shown themsel w0 the House of alning from opposing the 1d otherwise withholding from the Gppoments of the en in th to The Call how I members ave iment recer for defeating th b Their compl mor, which, even inGov obtains partial confirma- sh i eems cnee holding t Britain by an imporiant M. P., which morrow mir fluential He of Lord Rosebery's e ate poll with its condemnation rule for Ireland of the utmost importance,” he Protestant nonconformists houid a Liberal of the noncon- ffairs are thor- noxious > Trish members. their priests, they have used 1 continue to use every effort to te and strengthen clerical coxtrol the ary, Liberal w whips may it is e say ut that the Lib- $ 10 maz lkf its choice between nformist alllance and an Irish al- WATER-PURIFYING PLANTS FOR THE UNION PACIFIC Railroad Hopes by New System to Double the Average Life of Locomotives. CHICAGO, March 20.—The general man- ager of the Union Pacific has closed a contract with a Chicago company for the truction of twenty-five water puri- & plants to be constructed on the sys- tem between Omaha and Salt Lake. The order is the largest of its kind ever giv- en in this or any other country and con- templates the expenditure of at least $1,500,000. Work is to begin at once. The 1 of the Union Pacific Railroad have solved the question of pure water. It is estimated that the average life of | locomotives will be more than doubled. L e e . ] 3 officials | that as far as they knew all the steer- age passengers had been accounted for, although they admitted that it was pos- sible that one or two might have been swept overboard. The number of pas- sengers was larger than usual at this season—about 560—and that more did not lose their lives is considered marvelous. MARINES AVERT A PANIC. A detachment of United States marines, under command of Captain Low, whe | were passengérs on the Plymouth, had a peculiar e ence. Awakened from a sound sleep,™he soldiers rushed from the lower cabin, where they were quartered, without their clothing or shoes. They were largely instrumental in averting panic among the other passengers and while engaged in this laudable work their clothing and effects were lost. The sol- dicrs made outer coverings of blankets and even cut the blankets, Into strips and wound them around their feet to replace their shoes. In this condition the marines boarded a special train for Boston. ) spread the beliet | e of apparent | [ REPORT OF COAL STRIKE COMMISSION FAVORS THE MINERS ON MANY POINTS [Recommends Increased Pay and Shorter Hours, Does Not Deal With Recognition of Union. ’1 but | | | | { | { ASHINGTON, March 20.—The re- mission will be made public to- morrow. The report was made to President on Tuesday and laid be- | tore the Senate vesterday, but has been carefully” guarded, that its contents should not be made public until to-mor- row afternoon. It is possible, however, for The Call to give the two most impor- tant recommendations of the committee: First—The committee recommends an advance of 10 per cent in pay for mining in the anthracite region, this advance to be pald from the time when thy miners resumed work in October last. Second—No recognition is given to the mine workers' union. The commission states explicitly that the question of rec- ognizing the miners’ organization was not within the scope of its investization. The the PENNELL NOT THE ASSASSIN ———— BUFFALO, March 20.—Chlef of Police Bull said to-day that his opinion as to who killed Edwin L. Burdick had not been changed at any time since the mur- der. “I believe a woman killed Burdick,” he declared, now that 1 did the day of the murder. I believe Mr. Cusack and the District At- torney are of quite the same opinion.” The foregoing statement was made by the Chilef of Police in an interview deny- ing a published report, which quoted him as saying: “It looks more Hke Pennell's job than at any time since the murder.” Ever since Burdick was murdered the police have been trying to learn what kind of a weapon was used in the com- mission of the crime. A golf stick and the missing cocktail bottle have been con- 4 =ldered. The latter is now eliminated “and 1 suspect the same woman | demand that there shall be an agreement between the ators and the miners’ union is, therefore, not answered. These are vital points in the controver- between the operators and the miners, and while the commission decides for the miners on the wage question it does not assume to settle or express an opinion on future relations by recognizing the union. FAVORABLE TO THE MINERS. The finding is in favor of the miners as far as it goes. The advance of 10 per cent, recommended as fair to the miners, is what John Mitchell contended for and to secure which the strike was ordered. Mitchell offered to walve demand for a recognition of the union if the 10 per cent advance in wages were conceded. The finding of the commission justifies the position taken by Mitchell when the strike began. ope , from all consideration. Dr. Danzer, the medical examiner, said to-night that a | | cocktail bottle never could have made the wounds which killed Burdick. It was ! possible, he sald, for the back of a hatchet to have caused the wounds. In his oplnion they were made by an instru- | ment with a sharp edge and it 1s possible that a golf stick could have made them. Former District Attorney Thomas:- Penny said to-day: | *“Not a dollar of Pennell's life insurance will go to Mrs. Burdick.” Penny made this statement in view of a report that only $25,000 of the enormous insurance carried by Pennell was made payable to his estate. The circumstances gave rise to surmises that Mrs. Burdick might be the chief beneficiary. “It is not known yet who are the bene- ficiaries,”” Mr. Penny sald, ‘‘but this much is known—that Mrs. Burdick will not get a dollar of it.” A. F.”Aird, general manager of a New York insurance company, confirmed the statement of Mr. Penny. “Mr. Pennell had $30,000 life insurance in our company,” sald he, “‘and this is made payable to his estate. From all I have heard I believe that the rest of his life insurance will be found to be payable to his estate or to his family.” | o % | MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION i THAT INVESTIGATED THE COAL STRIKE. | 1 In addition to the recommendation noted, it is understood that the commis- sion recommends 2 reduction in the work- | ing hours of per diem employes and that nine hours be substituted for ten hours. Another concession won by the miners a recommendation of the committee that coal be weighed whenever practicable and the miners paid by weight instead of by car, and, where weighing is not practica- ble, the coal is to be measured by the lineal yard. The miners are to provide check welghers at their own expense. The recommendations of the committee, if accepted, are to remain in force three years. Local beards of arbitration for conciliation are recommended, to which shall be submitted disputes that arise in individual collieries. DEPRECATES THE BOYCOTT. It is understood that the commission discusses the cause of the strike and points out wherein both partles to the controversy were wrong. It deprecates boycott and violence, but it is understood that no direct recommendations are made regarding the employment of non-unifon labor. Coples of the report have been sent to the representatives of the operators and | miners. The President is gratified with the find- ings of the commission and he believes it will suggest a plan for an amicable set- tlement of such _controversies between labor and capital® the future. PUNISHES | THE MEAT | COMBINE ———is JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.,, March 20.— The Supreme Court, sitting in bank, to- day awarded judgment to the State against the beef packers for combining to fix prices of meats, and assessed their punishments at a fine of $000 each and all the costs in the case. 1 The fine is to be paid to Clerk R. Green of the Supreme Court within sixty days from this date, and if any of the com- panies fail to pay the fine without that time an ouster will issue, restraining the company from doing business In the State of Missouri. The packers against whom this judg- ment was fssued are the Armour Packing Company of Chicago, the Hammond Packing Company of Chicago, the Cudahy Packing Company of Chicago, Swift & Co. of Chicago and Schwarzchild & Sulz- berger. All of these companies have ex- tensive. branches in Kansas City, St. Jo- seph and St. Louis. The money will be paid by the clerk of {at first assoclated with the other com- CONNAUGHT A PARTNER OF WRIGHT King’s Brother One of the Holders of Shares. May Figure in London and Globe Concern Disclosures. Premier Balfour's Name An- other on the List of Speculators. patch to The Cal NEW YORK, March 2.—The We | has the following from London: A\rv.Ul‘ White, to whose strenuous work the pros- | ecution of J. Whitak Wright is due sald to-day: “I have no personal an Wright, but there ar mensely powerful infly at work to pr *nt an investigation of the L and Globe red.” > “immensely referred to by and in the public interest I powerful influences™ | Arnold White are at last Known. Some the powerful names in the kingdom are on Wright list of shareholders. | An Independent investigation by the World correspondent revealed namds which hitherto have been close The investigation loug current most confirm but unauthent until now, that the Duke of Connaught, brother of King Edward, was financlal Interested in Wright's spe.ulations. has been frequently charged that it w owing to the Duke of Connaught's former interest in Wright's companies that| ‘Wright was so long protected from pub- e prosecution. | The Duke of Connaught bought 1280 | sbares in November, 18, at the time the | London and Globe C¢ tide of its prosperit: held for six months mpany was at flood | These shares he i then sold. No less a name than that of Right Hon. | Arthur Balfour, now Premier of Eng-| land, was carried on Wright's list of | shareholders. Mr. Balfour, then First | | Lord of the Treasury and leader of House of Commons, held 1000 shar London and Globe. BROOKLYN POLITICIAN IS FATALLY WOUNDED Engages in an Altercation With a Clerk and His Antagonist Stabs Him. W YORK, March 20.—Frank representative in the Sta ture from the Sixth District of Broc was probably fatally William Getteys, a clerk. The me into an altercation over an alleged offered by Getteys to two young women, which Ulrich resented. Ulrich is a prom- inent Democratic politician of Brooklyn. i, R S L TURKISH TROOPS ENGAGE A BODY OF INSURGENTS Severe Fight Takes Place in Mace- donia and Both Sides Sustain Heavy Losses. SOFIA, March 2.—The newspapers re- | port that a severe fight has taken place | between Turkish troops and a body of in- surgents in the Golay Hills, Macedonia. Both sides sustained heavy losses. SR s President Reappoints Dr. Crum. WASHINGTON, March 20.—The Presi- dent to-day reappointed Dr. W. D. C colored, Collector of Customs at ton, S. C., and Willlam M. Byrnes, United States District Attorney for Delaware. Both of these nominations fafled of con- firmation at the recent session of the Sen- ate. L e e e the Supreme Court Into the State treas- | ury and will go into the general revenue fund of the State. The Henry Krug Packing Company was panies in this proceeding, but the court some time ago dismissed the proceeding against that company, it being a Missouri corporation which handled pork ex- clusively. 3 The total costs in these cases will be about $000, of which each of the five com- panies against whom judgment waus awarded is to pay its proportion. The Supreme Court was unanimous in this judgment, all seven Judges concur- ring. The court to-day held that the evidence | obtained at the hearings showed econ- clusiveiy that there was a combination | of the packers to maintain trust prices of | Dbeef in Missouri; that the representatives of the packers met on certain dates to fix the prices for the week: that rebating was done; that the same prices prevailed at all the coolers at the same time: that no competitor could enter the field against the packers because the combine would undersell the newcomer out of business. The opinjon did not take up the charge relating to diseased meat. Much of the evidence was to the effect that the com- panies did scll diseased meat, but the opinion of tfe court was based on the violation of the anti-trust law of the State. at the th | the abolit ation « tionable features of the studer tem shall be left for arbitration. | riek Calhoun, | directors LUalter Maca rs thur Opposes Demands. Labor Council Re- Juses Its Ap- proual Wages and Hours IIlel Be Made the Issue. CH/}PMJMI " EXPRESSES PLEASURE AM pleased to state that the controversy with regard i at an en just motifie mittee has fin rds and the aspended pe will remain adjustm With this ann ing fea f us we now be at liberty to give eare- sideration to the gene demands, nnd it is doubt- will have any farther 1 Among the suspend- ed employes who are returning to work are some of the very best men in our employ. Their superintendents regretted the necessity for suspending them, | and I am persuaded the men themselves disliked very much to disobey the rule. We welcome them back to their posts with the kindliest of feelings. ! The following is the men's acceptance of the company's | offer: “SAN FRANC SC Mareh 20, 1903, ~Mr. G. F. € n, Gem- | eral Manager United Railroads of San Francisco—Dear Sir: Acting in accordance with a proposition made by you at a conference of your employes (which was to the effect that it | the men suspended for refus- | ing to sign students’ cards sign | satd cards you thexi at that you would not | ny more students | than were absolately required | for the operation of your lines | until the matter was finally | settled), said conference com- mittee hereby notifies you that the proposition quoted herein has been accepted by the swus- pended men, who will sign the eards that were presented them some time ago. (Signed) “R. to P. M. BELKNAP, “W. G. BURTON, ! A onference Committee.” F. CHAPMAN, General Manager. | LL probabllity of a strike amor the employ the s s morning. was formally determined at a conference between the ive committee of the carmen’s nion and the sw ded em ployes yesterday afternoon at the Turk- street Temple. The terms which were of- fered by General Manager Chapman on the previou we epted at the the arbitration the emple roads will be more cards. With the objectionable question students’ card system practically dispo of, it is expected that the company and the Carmen’s Union will come to a speedy understanding on the remainder of tho demands. At the conclusion of the con- ference between the executive committes and the suspended employes yesterday afternoon President Cornelfus announced that he received a telegram from President Mahon informing him that the officials of the United Railroads in this city have been instructed to take up the demands at once. The telegram was the outgrowth of a conference between Pat- chairman of the board United Railroads, and President Mahon, representing the Car- men's Union. The receipt of the tel gram played a promiyent part in indue- ing the men to accept Chapman's offer. WAGES AND HOUR.S. Leaving out the student card system the principal demands of the union now in the hands of Manager Chapman ar for $3 a day and for a nine-hour working day. The other demands are admittedly of less importance to the men than the advance in wages and the shorter day All the questions at lssue will sidered by Manager Chapman and an au- swer returned to the union by March at the latest, or at an earlier date If the railroad officials find it possible. In the agreement that the men should return to work this morning the executive commit- tee dld not stipulate any special time when an answer will be expected to the demands. General Manager Chapman at the eon- had a n of the be | Continued on Page 2, Colunm 1o