The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1903, Page 1

This Paper not to be taken from the Library.+*+*+ VOLTUME XOIv—xo. 31. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, Tal 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION THAT WRECKS THE INNER WORKINGS OF A WYOMING COLLIERY ——— AB YSSINIANS SLAUGHTER TEN THOUSAND DESERT SPEARMEN King Menelik’s Soldiers, Led by British Officers, Sur- prise the Camp of the Mad Mullah’s Forces in Somaliland and Annihilate Its Fanatical Defenders ERITISH OFFICER OPERATING WITH THE ABYSSI\’I/\.\' FORCES IN SOMALILAND, WHO HAS REPCNTED AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY OVER NATIVE ARMY AND THE FANATICAL LEADER WHO HAS LONG 1‘ HARASSED THE COMBINED EXPEDITION SENT TO IJESTRO\ HIS POWER. ° ES o T THAEATENING GROWL FROM RUSSIAN BEAR Warning Against American In- terference. —— T PETERSBURG. Ju L semi-official statement was fssued The vi »-da) There have been no tween Russia and the U regard to President Roosevelt's intention to forward to the Russian Government 3 petition from the American Jews concern. ing the events at Kishenev, and no com- mmication has been made to Russia by the United States on this subject. But, 1d such been received, Russia would nat. } n attempt at interference in her interna| fairs” . The foregoing note was lissued by ‘semi-official news agency. As & result of the petition Dresented by ihe deputation from the mercantife com- Continued on Page 3, Column 3. the .rally have known what to reply to such | NSTRN MINISTERS QUIT FOST Report. That Entire Cabinet Has Resigned. LONDON, June 30.—According to a spe- clal dispatch from Vienna the entire Austrian Cabinet has resigned, thus add- ing greatly to the confusion in the politi- cal situation. VIENNA, June 30.—Dr. Resek, member of the Austrian Cabinet, without a port- follo, has resigned -owing to the persis- tent obstructionist tactics of the Czechs, | who have renewed their vehement atti- tude because of the success attending the obstruction in the Hungarian Diet. Count von Welshersheim, Minister of National Defense, also intends to resign because of the military concessions made to Hun- gary without his consent. BUDAPEST, June 3.—Premier Heder- vary's appearance to-day in the lower house of the Hungarian Diet for the pur- pose of unfoldiug the Ministerial . pro- gramme was signalized by scenes of ex- | the British commander ONDON, June %,—The War Office to-day received a dispatch from Colonel Rochfort, one of the Brit- ish officers serving with the Abyssinian forces in Somaliland, which says ‘the Abyssinians on May 31, after a series of forced marches, struck the Mad Mullah's forces near Jeyd, sur- prising them at dawn, killing 10,000 spear- men and capturing almost all of thelr cattle and sheep and one thousand cam- els. 3 Colonel Rochfort adds that the Abys- sinlans have effectually closed to the Mul- {lah all of the watering places south of the Gerlougubi-Galadi line, and he hopes they will soon be in contact with the British forces and thus be able to co- operate in the pursuit of the Mullah, who ! is delayed in his movements by the fact that he is crossing a waterless part of the country. The colonel’'s dispatch was dated June 14 LONDON, June 30.—General Manning, in Somaliland, has telegraphed to the War Office dis- crediting the reports that several British officers are’ prisoners by the Mad Mul- lah. The General says deserters from the Mullah’s forces deny the rumors. L e e e ] traordinary uproar, during which many insults were hurled at the Premier. After preliminary remarks concerning his appointment as Premier, Count He- dervary referred to the Parliamentary troubles and to the extraordinary condi- tion of affairs primarily due to the bill increasing the number of Hungarian re- cruits for .the Imperial army, and said of that measure. o+ WO hundred and thir- ty-siz miners lost their lives through an explo- sion tljat wrecked the inner workings of mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal Company at Hanna, Wyo., yesterday. Of the 282 men who went down into the mine in the morning only forty-six emerged - alive. The others were killed out- | | -right or entombed alive, to | slowly succumb to the pois- | | onous gases that filled the || workings. Because of the || presence of these gases res- cuers were forced back when they attempted ta enter the mine, and it was mecessary to make additional openings to permit fresh ai¥ to reach the lower levels. It was ex- pected that this work would not be completed before day- light this morning. No _ hope is held out for the men || zwho are still in the mine. The cause of the. explo- sion is problematical, the general belief being that. some careless miner allowed his lamp to come into con-. tact with fire damp. Gases Drive Back Res= " Men j : ANNA, Wy explosion of . mine N cific Coal Gompiny at 10:30 'clock this forencon snufted: - ofit the lives of 23 men, in- . June30.~An fire” damp. in | structior® of a vast amount of, property. Thé explosion completely -shattered, the timbers of the main $haft and numerous entrafces _and filled the workings with debris, and those of {he miners that were riot killed Sutrfgsht were entombed slive. “The explosion was heard, -fot iles around and .attracted resldents from,the adjoining settlements] Huge .timbers and | vailroad iron were hurled from the mouth | of °thé shaft a distance of 200 or 509 feet. Superintendent E. S."Brooks and a large force of men went at work with-a. will to remove ilfe. debiis from the- shaft and reach’the entombed miners. “Fheir prog- | ress, into- the mihe was blocked by the foul .geses and sevéral times.{hey were forced to Teturn to the surface. . . PABTIA‘L LIST OF VICTIIE. The following is a_ partfal fist of the dead; James Mc¥enni, pumper; George McKenna, dtiver; Thomas Davis; ‘electri-, ¢ian; Michael .Sperro; rope runner; John Boney, W, M: Lonki; John Wilds, James Fieids, Joseph Battle, James Mnssl John Rale, Peter Holley, ~Joseph effield; Nicholas Thies, H. Rees, James " Wilds Jr., John H..Cox.Jr., John Cox, John Bat« tle,"James Watson, Matthew Jacobi, Os- "car Jacobseti,. Eric’ Lunki, Alfred Hap- géad; Nicholas McFees, Michael Arthurs, Hugh Davls, Harry ‘Ray, Olet; acobson, John Swan, Axel Matson. John Matson, Jolin Klassen, Carl Riosk, Fred Typpa, Henry Glad, Henry Palse, John Swanson, William. Ghaffee, Samuel Kerr, Matthew \‘léholaon. -John Blumenulron,‘ Phoenix McKenna. ‘SURVIVORS 'I‘AKEN OUT All day thé rescuing party worked, the force being ‘increased from timé to- time by the arrival of ranchmen and others from nearby settlements and by those of a relief train sent out .from. Rawlins, which arrived at 2 o'clock inthe after- noon. alive and a half hour later they were fol- lowed by forty-two others. Many “were unconscious and had to be carried from the workings. Some® were finjured, but none fatally. Several are in a critical condition, but it is believed all of the fes- cued will_recover. “Two huhdred and elghty- two men werit down into the mine at 7 o’clock this morn- ing and up to a late hour to-nlght only forty-eight ‘had been accounted’ for. Of this !atter number two are dead. . It.was some time after the explosion occucred that the first man was brought to the surface. He was followed by oth- ers until 1 o'clock, when the last were brought .out. The rescuers were unable to penetrate farther into the mine until additional openings had been made to per- mit fresh air to reach the lower levels and clear away the foul gases. . RESCUE WORK IS SLOW. Horses and scrapers were put at work hauling debris away from the, shaft and cars were pushed down the incline, loaded and hauled back up the tipple and dumped. The work is progressing slowly, owing to the narrow space in which the rescuers ‘are compelled to operate, but daylight the mine should be opened cuers. e 1 of the Updon Pa- | |)ured scores of others and ¢ used the de- | At 1 o'clock four men were. taken out | JHIPY’J?RDJ‘ TRUST WILL PJ?J'J‘ INTO CONTROL OF RECEIDERS Judge Kirkpatrick Decides the Great Combine to Be Insolvent and Summons Counsel to Make Recom:- mendations as to Men to Be Placed in Charge 1 | ' | | EW. YORK, Kirkpatrick’s . announcement “that he wnuld dppoint a re; celver o ..recelvers for. thé Uhited States controversy this. md¢ntng {a the Unifed States Circuit “Court ‘room. at “Newark that has marked the struggie for the pos- session of the dssets of that corpurmlon. After arguing from h@lf past ten until’ eleven o'clock, “the lawyers adjourned; | then thiey returntd at changed. bitter retorts for an-hour longer, until Judge Kirkpatrick: stopped = them | and told them. te, come’ into court to-mor- ‘row with an ordet mmprmng the powers and limitations that.both must agree to and he would sign it, naming one, or per- haps two, recelvers.. In deltvering his de- cision the Judge said-something must be done at once to conserve the interests of’ all involved and ds _to-morrow the first payment of the’ five per cent. first mort- gage bonds fell due, he would appoint a ‘| receiver or receivers immediately if the opposing counsel would agree upon names to submit to-him. The attorneys for the defendarits seem- ed taken aback at the Judge's determin- ation. CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDGE. Samuel Untermeyer and Henry Woll- man of this city, and Richard V. Linda- bury of Newark, counsel for the first mortgage bondholders, who had appeal- ed for the appointment of a receiver, re- plied that they, too, felt that something should be done promptly, and they were willing to leave the selection 6f the re- celver entirely in the hands of Judge Kirkpatrick, satisfled that he would choose & man who would investigate the organization thoroughly. In his decision, Judge Kirkpatrick said the answer of the defendants was evasive and that the ground for the appoint- ‘ment of a receiver or receivers was the insolvency of the company. The decree which Judge Kirkpatrick will_sign to-morrow will direct the hold- ers to place in the recelver's possession and personal, in the name of the United States Shipbuilding Company. The Judge sald that the recelver would have d@ll the powers that the statute granted such of- ficer and that he may come into court and receive permission to appoint man- agers for the properties that will follow his directions, if he should meet with any aflom to thwart the mandates of the ‘court. DIRECTORS HOLD COUNCIL. After ignoring Nixon's appeal for a con- -*Juhe . 30.—Judge-| ) Shipbuilding | ‘| Company caused ‘the most heated legal clovk and ex-| all leases, all stock and all property, real Fm— PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - ‘HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION, AND MAN WHO PRACTICALLY SUCCEEDS_SCHWAB AT THE HEAD .OF THE STEEL TRUST. - s SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, WHO company’s offices within an hour after the decision to appoint a receiver was an- nounced. s After they had considered the effect of the appointment of a’ recelver, the ques- | tion of Nixon's resighation was taken up. He Wwas réquested to hold' it over, and the directors agreed to meet at the com- pany's offices again to-morrow. It is believed that counsel for the de- fenddnts will come into court to-morrow | with 'some’ papér calculated to nullify the | powers of ,the -receiver, or, at least, handicap him as much as possible. George R. Sheldon of the reorganized cempany said afterward: “I don't see how the appointment of a receiver wilk interfere with the going ahead of ‘our plan of reorganization.” | President Nixon -was asked: “*Wiil the appointment of a receiver in- terfere wjth the completion of the work now under way or. prevent the company carrying out any contracts it has under- taken?” 5 “Not at-all. T apprehend that the naming of receivers will, in the opinion of sthe court, enable us to do the things we set out to do, and bring the plants of the company up to their highest state of efficiency. "I do not think the appointment of a receiver is Inténded to be a step to- ward the disintegration of the plants.” . SHIP WITHOUT A HELM. Judge Kirkpatrick's opinion, given out to-night, enters very fully into the merits of the controvery. After showing that the corporation is without funds, that the directors are unable to raise money upon the corporation credit to meet ma- turing obligations, and that it, therefore, is insolvent, the Judge goes on to say: “It would appear that the directors of the company have abdicated their powers, and that the company is drifting along without any guidance. Not only are the directors not striving to relieve the com- pany from embarrassments, but they are advising the stockholders to submit to numerous extortions to procure funds, and threatening foreclosure to those bondholders who refuse to relinquish the security of their mortgages. These peo- ple are entitled to the protection of the court and that protection can be had only by the interference of the court and | the appointment of a receiver.” The World to-morrow will say that the receiver for the Shipbuilding Company— or, at least, one of them—will be former United States Senator Smith of New Jer- sey. to | PRRISTE TS < Court Sustains Cramp Company. PHILADELPHIA, June 30.—In Common Pleas Court to-day the Judges refused to grant an injunction restraining the Wil- liam Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Bullding Company from ineredsing its capital from $5,000,000 to $6,250,000, and Its mortgage indebtness from $1,500,000 to $7,- 500,000. The stockholders, at a meeting on June 25, approved the Increase. J. W. Grange and Andrew H. McNeal, stock- holders, protested against the increase and entered suit for an injunction re- straining the company from increasing its capitalization and mortgage indebted- ference, nine directors hastened to the / ness. s . Jchwab Relieved of Steel Trust Man= agement. Special Dispatch to The Call. EW YORK, June 30.—The of- ficial announcement was made to-day that Charles M. Schwab, president of the steel trust, had been relieved of the dutles of his position. At the same time it was known that an assistant had been appointed at Schwab’s request, who wil in future perform the duties of the pres- ident's office. The new executive of the steel trust— who, however, does not succeed to the of- ficial title world's biggest trust— is W. E. Corey of Pittsburg. He has been president of the Carnegie Company and is one of the group of young men who assisted Andrew Carnegie in buillding up the great Carnegie Steel Works. The official announcement was given out after the regular weekly meeting of the finance committee, which practically dominates the affairs of the big steel trust. The secretary of this committee, Richard Trimble, handed out the follow ing: “In consequence of the continued ill- health of the president, he has requested the appointment of an assistant to pere form the active duties of the presidency and at to-day's meeting of the flnance committee W. E. Corey, president of the Carnegie Steel Company, was appolnted to such position.” CAUSE OF THE CHANGE. Schwab’s conection with the United States Shipbuilding Company, which will be placed in the hands of a receiver, was generally said to have been the cause of the change announced to-day. Schwab bitterly resented the criticisms made of his connection with the shipyard trust and his dealings in the concern led him to make a comprehensive explanation of his connection with the company through his ownership of the Bethlehem Steel Company. In a statement issued a fort- night ago Schwab explained the connec- tion which the Morgan firm had with the made | financiering of the Bethlehem steel deal and the stock amounting to $5,000,000 which the Morgan firm had demanded when it sold contrel of the Bethlehem Steel back to Schwab. After the state- ment came out members of the firm of J. P. Motgan & Co. denied having had any connection with the affairs of the ship- yard combination and they, too, resented any comnection with the shipyard trust's affairs. —_— |coxnlnns OF GERMAN SQUADRONS ARE RECALLED Commodore Scheder and Admiral Count von Baudissin Are Re- lieved of Their Commands. BERLIN, June 30.—The commandet of the German squadron in Americen waters, Commodore Scheder, and Admir- al Count von Baudissin, second fn come= mand of the East Asiatic squadron, hatl® been recalled.