The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV-—-NO. 72 Call, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903. 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MURDER OF RUSSIAN CONSUL IMPELS THE EUROPEAN POUERS TO THRUST SULTAN ASIDE AND RESTORE PEACE IN BflLKflNJ’ 3 + JLL TRAINS WILL CARRY THE MAILS ———— Railrcad Men to Act as Postal Clerks. — Will Be Commissioned and Paid by the Government. New Order Will Prevent In-| terference by Reason of Strikes. — pt ing fo ever: her important Mce AND BILL IS PAST ALL DANGER )T Re Measure Is Revolution- d Wil the bill ht were third ——————— AMERICAN FARMERS PLAN | AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST Make Overtures to Russia for World-Wide Increase of Prices. Aug. 1 LONDON News m War- says that to which n, said address sian Ministers of re requesting their assists & the current prices of articularly that the association projects a g growing countries of tk the purpose of fixing an anuua um selling price. In view of M de cg of trusts, the corre- it is doubtful whether he bai ——————— FIFTEEN VILLAGES BURNED. Bevolutionists Active Throughout the Vilayet of Okheida. in aggicultural t union eat is ept the Aug Sorovich yesterday, the coming into collision at with a large insur- ty-four Turkish bat- 1 ordered to proceed to revolution districts in Macedonia Anatolia, Russl Pasha passed through nica with two battalibns on his way Monastir. is officially reported that fifteen Turk- lages in the vilayet of Okhreida lage of band have be K Tw from 10 it ish vi and | damond, | it | Charonnes, the preceding station, { Finally wheat, and saying | 10.—Further fighting | T ENTED PSSENGERS © O N FRE « o=t Catastrophe on a : wwowia i French Under- | ground Road. ~Eighty-two from 1 the > Rail- victims is stimated PARIS »ecurred Electr ninet 11.—An ening road Avg. ful catastrophe t Metropoli- which runs mostly pe X this morning and the underground, in which many persons lost their lives dies itinues. of the trains by which in a tion of the city eleven b been recovered One e down at Monil- pobr and popu- This train was and the train which dered to push it to the| On the these two but the employes | montant | 1ous sec is | promptly emptied | tonowea iring caught fire eded in escaping Meanwhile a_crowded train reached Les and the seeing smoke pouring out of the the alarm A panic ensued, gers struggling to e: Amid the increasing smoke many attempted to return along the line | toward Belleville and were suffocated The officials seem to have lost their heads | 2 re unable to say how many passen- gers went out. The firemen for several hours were unable to enter the station or tunnel, owing to the dense smoke, which poured out in black clouds, Meanwhile tens of thousands of anxious | persons gathered about the Station. (Al of the police and fire engines were on the and the excitement was intense. the firemen succeeded in flood- ing the burning mass and shortly after- were able to enter the tunnel. ught up the corpses of nine men women. all belonging : to working class. There are belleved to be | many more bodies in the tunnel. | LONDON, Aug. 11.—A dispatch from | ¥ timed 4:15 o'clock, says that in the erground raflway disaster many were killed and that eleven bodies have been recovered. Three emply trains were burn- | ed and a fourth was full of victims. — e ——— | INSURGENTS CLAIM VICTORIES. Report De:truct{o; “of Three Detach- ments of Turkish Troops. was or she suc- the spot two and . SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 10.—The repre- sentatives of the Macedonian revolution- ary committee have published a state- ment saying that the number of insur- gents in the district of Monastir is 8000 and that they are armed with rifles pur- chased in Greece. It also states that, on August 2, 600 insurgents destroyed three detachments of Turkish troops, number- ing altogether 100, and attacked the town of Kitchevo, but failed to occupy it. The insurgents, however, destroyed the Turk- ish village of Drougovo, whose inhabi- tants had céme to the assistance of the pe from | the | Russia and .flustrza to Have Joint Support. | | | l} | { | | | | OME . 10.—It is stated here that there has been an e change of views tl | in Macedonia and that apparent- | powers regarding the situation |y powers _hz to support and R efforts to ace. previously between sfa in re-cs- re- Italian Consuls in the the which the Consuls edn- t entirely the work of [ tablish ceived he | Balkans predicte n Reports present r the si insurrecti sred to be Bor affof, "the Macedonian agitator, wh now in comm:nd of the insur- gents, it being pointed out that the atti- tude of the Bulgarian Government itself | had been correct since receiving Russia’s | admonition. is ,‘ The plan of Saraffof, as understood, to bring about European intervention by { provoking the Turks to a massacre and | | the murder of the Russian Consul at | Monastir, M. Rostkovoski, is considered | | here to have played into the hands of the ‘ywnnnmmu\ in this respect. \ CZAR'S SWEEPXNG DEMAND. Requires Punishment of Officials as Well as Assassin. §T. PETERSBURG, Aug. 10.—The Czar has demanded the exemplary punishment | not_only of the murderer of the Russian | Consul “at Monastir, who was killed last weelk . by Turkish’zendarmes, but of all the mjlitary and civil officials in any way responsible for the crime, The assassination of the Russian Con- sul at Monastir, M. Rostkovoski, was the second murder of a Russian Consul in Macedonia within a few months. and cre- ated intense indignation here. In report- ing the occurrence to the Foreign Office the Russian Embassador telegraphed on August 8 from Constantinople as follows: “The Russian Consul at Monastir has fallen the victim of an atrocious crime. The Grand Vizier and the Turkish For- elgn Minister have come 10 me with ex- pressions of regret in the name of the Sultan. Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier, Informed me that the assassin was a gen- darme pamed HalMim,k and that he will be subjected to the severest punishment, and the Vali of Monastir will be removed from his post.” In reply Count Lamsdorff, the mmgn Minister, telegraphed to the Embassador on August 9: “His Majesty has received a telegram from the Sultan expressing his deep re- gret at the death of the Russian Consul at Mcnastir. When I showed the tele- gram to the Emperor his Majesty gave orders that you should not confine your- self to receiving explanations from the Grand Vizier, but should make the most energetic demands on the Turkish Gov- ernment for full satisfaction and imme- diate and exemplary- punishmert both of "the murderer and of all the military and ci#1 officials on whom responsibility for the audacious crime may fall.” According to the report made by the official now in charge of the Russian have been burned by the Bulgarian revo- Jutionists. There were many wictims. The Turkish troops arrived too lats to save the viliagers. The chiefs of the gendarmerie and the police of Salonica have been dismissed. garrison of Kitchevo. The statement further says that three Christian villages—8milevo, Krouche and Bolno, near Monastir—have been com- pletely destroyed by Turkish troops. consulate at Monastir, the murderer is a gendarme. The Consul had asked his name because, In defiance of instructions, the gendarme did not salute him. The vival of | ARIAN WAR & DIN IGURES DEVELOPME NE AND IN LATE - — Czar Demands Full Reparation of the Turk. <+ - < {head and hip. The horse drawing the carriage in which the Consul was rid- ing received two bullets and shots were { fired at the coachman | TURKEY MAKING REPARATION. Orders Trial of " Assassins and Dis- 1 misses Vali of Monastir. | CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10.—The Vali of Monastir has been dismissed and Hus- sein Hilmi Pasha, formerly Governor of Yemen, Arabia, has been appointed as his successor. An imperial irade orders a court-martial to assemble at Monastir to try the assassin of M. Rostkovoski and report on the responsibility of the author- ities in the murder of the Russian Consul The murder of the Russian Consul has caused intense excitement here and is the sole topic of conversation in the streets, cafes and public places. The general be- lief is that the incident is bound to con- siderably aggravate the already serlous situation in Macedonia, and it is felt that it will undoubtedly encourage the Bul- garlans to support - the insurrectionary movement, which is spreading rapidly, notably to the southward of Monastir. According to mail advices from Monas- tir dated August 5 the insurgents who recently occupied the little town of Krus. hevo, twenty-three miles north of Monas- tir, numbered %00. They killed the garri- son, consisting of fifty-two soldiers, dy- namited and burned the government head- quarters and hoisted on a hill a red flag bearing on one side a lion with the in- scription “Death or liberty,” and on the other the words “Courage, brethren.” The rebels were etil in poseession of the town when the letters were sent. Practically the whole country north of Monastir is in revolt. The Turkish officlal reports state that revolutionary forces in considerable numbers have ‘crossed the frontier from Bulgaria during the last few days. The local Bulgarian officials, how- ever, deny this, and declare that the strictest watch is being kepg along the frontier. . —_— Am IN GREAT BRITAIN. Government Awaits | Develvpm«nu in Balkan Situation. LONDON, Aug. 10.—The Bulgarian sit- uation has assumed a more serious aspect in the eyes of the British authorities. No gendarme thereupon fired several shots, | official statement of the British attitude mortally wounding the Consul . 4 in the|can be obtained pending the receipt ol Toinr ke ZE h‘gls i Reuoldtibn Jpreads Throughout the Peninsula. ‘ | £ | information regarding the length-to which | Russia will go in exacting reparation for | the murder of the- Russian Consul at | Monas It is expected, however, that the Russian demands for the punishment | of the murderer and the responsible of- | ficiuls will be followed by others of greater International interest and affect- ing the general Balkan question. It was stated to-day by an official a position to know the Czar's policy that | the Emperor had no intention of precipi- tating a war and that beforc dealing with the international situation in Turkey hussia would communicate with Austria and acquaint the other signatories of the Berlin treaty with at least part of her | plans, { The state of affairs in Macedonia was brought up in the House of Commons, but Premier Balfour declared he was unable to give any satisfactory assurarces re- garding the situation. The latest news reaching the Government, he said, was far from reassuring. Balfour acknowledged the ill-success of the efforts of Europe in the Macedonian question since the signing of the treaty of Berlin, but he thought that the critics of English diplomacy should not forget the extraordinary complications ahd aif- ficulties of -the task: There were grave grievances arising from a deep-set dis- ease. He deplored the non-suceess of their efforfs to deal with the situation, but he was still hopeful that the plan recently designed by Russia and Austria would prove the best way of dealing with the problem. It was therefore the duty of the rest of Europe to support them as long as their efforts were directed in no ambltious pirit to the amelioration of the lot of the population of Macedonia. It must sorrowfully be admitted, he said, that the revolutionary bands them- selves were one of the chief obstacles to the suecess of Europe's efforts. The picture drawn.of the condition of Macedonia by his interrogator was not painted in colors any too dark. Between the outrages deliberately planned by the revolutionists and the license of Turk- ish troops the historical trath required him to say that the balance of criminal- ity lay rather with the revolutionists than with the Turks. Balfour said everything possible would be done to impress the Porte with the necessity of keeping its troops well in hand and every assistance would be given to the Porte in carrying out that object. He helieved that the Porte was keenly alive to the present necessity of repress- Ing the excesses committed by the Turk- ish troops. Unfortunately, Burope had not the same opportunity of bringing pressure to bear on the rebel bands. The latter's deliberate and avowed object was to make the condition of - Macedonia so impossible that, at whatever cost to the peace, of the world, there must be some intervention on the part of Russia- or Augtria, or both. The British Government, concluded Bal- four, did not desire to see such a policy succeed. Its was to aild Austria and Russia in | lucing the elementary principles of sound government, which for the present constituted the best means of | dealing with the w‘_‘ evil. in | | ceived from ~ -+ CO3SACKS FIRE UPON STRIKERS Kill Twenty ‘and Wound Three Hundred. Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, Aug. 10.—The social revolt in South Russia continues to spread and is everywhere taking the shape of strike riots on a great scale. Dispatches just re- Nicolaieff tell of a severe fight between 10,000 strikers and a mili- tary force from The strikers were ordered to disperse, with the alter- native of having ball cartridges fired at them. They refused and thereupon vol- leys were fired straight into the mob. Twenty persons were killed and 300 seri- ously wounded. The Cossacks were then ordered to charge the strikers. ~They rode up and down through them, wounding many. This occurred on August 5, but the strike was still maintained and the town is in a state of anarchy. The central ad- ministrations of industrial towns through- out a great area are completely at a loss to know how to deal with the present labor rising. The general strike at Odessa marks a new era in the economic history of the nation., The tramway employes there have resumed work on the appointment of a commission by the Governor to de- cide their grlevances. The steamship companies, it is believed, will take a sim- flar course. An order has been issued from St. Petersburg to the Governor of Odessa the Black Sea and Batoum district re questing the heads of industrial estab- lishments to direct their workmen to ab- stain from work on holidays. Artisans must not work except In cases of abso- lute necessity on Sundays. On the other hand Jews may be required to ‘work on Sundays and Christlan holidays. Working days mast be strietly limited to ten hours for adults and eight hours for apprentices under the age of fifteen. Business In Odessa is being slowly re- sumed. Only a portion of the men are returning to work in the factorles at Baku. SARAFFOF GIVES WARNING. Revolutionists will Use Dynamite on the Railroads. VIENNA, Aug. 10.—Officials here real- ize the gravity of the situation arising from the murder of M. Rostkovoski. but believe that Russia, in spite of the provo- cation, will maintain a peaceful attitude as long as possible. According to reports received here, tfie Turkish population in Macedonia is form- ing bands to fight the Bulgarian revolu- tionists. 1t appears that the insurgemts captured three cannon at Krushevo. ‘Boris Saraffof, the active leader of the Macedonlan insurgents, has warned the dfrectors of the Oriental Railway not to sell passenger tickets, as all the railways, hé says, will be destroyed. According to a dispatch from Salonica, the insurgents last evening blew up with dynamite the custom house at Zibevche, on thé Servian frontier. There were no talities. MONEY KING 10 CONTROL LEAD MINES 'Rockefeller Joins in $30,000,000 Merger. Wants to Consolidate Ceur d’Alene Properties. Combines With Capitalist of Spokane to Put Through the Big Deal. Special Dispatch to The Call SPOKANE, Aug. 10.—Rockefeller inter- ests have joined hands with Charles Sweeny of Spokane in forming the Fed- eral Mining and Smelting Company, with a capital of $30,000,000, to control the Coeur d'Alene lead mines and engage in the gmelting business. The deal, which is now being perfected in New York, is the most important merger that has been at- tempted in the mining industry since the | flotation of Amalgamated Copper. John A. Finch, representing the Standard and the Mammoth mines of the Coeur d’Alenes, which will go into the combine, is now in New York perfecting details of the transfer. A. B. Campbell, Finch's partner, said to-day: “It looks now as if the consolida- tion will go through. I feel confident that the Rockefeller interests are behind it. The deal will take in the Rockefeller mines (the Monte Cristo) and the Ever- ett smglter, which are owned by them. The deal is on the stock of the Standard Company and is not for the property it- self. 1 am not particularly anxious to see it go through, and I have not given any kind of an option to my personal holdings in the Standard. However, if looks now as if it will be closed. T under- stand that there is $500,000 on deposit in New York now as an initial payment on the deal. The options which Mr. Sweeny holds will expire September 1. I do not care to state at what price the properties will be turned over. I understand the capital is $30,000,000.” The Standard Company owns a three- eighths interest in” the Mammoth and the neighboring property, which is also under option to the Sweeny-Rockefeller ifterests. The Mammoth is perhaps the | most valuable silver-lead mine in the Coeur d'Alenes and it is held at about $2,000,000. It has been paying dividends of from $20,000 to $40,000 a month for the past three and a half years. The Standard Company has paid up to date $2,850.000 in dividends In te years. It is expected that the Standard will be turned over to the new syndicate on the basis of about $6 a share, or $3.000,000 for the company's holdings. That surplus above $1,250,000, to be paid for the re- maining five-cighths interests m the Mammoth, would make the two properties stand a little more than $4,000,000. The consolidation would include also the Tiger-Poorman group at Burke. Idaho, and the Last Chance group at Wardnes, Idaho, owned by the Empire State-Idahe Company. It has an fssued capital of 5,500,000 and is paying dividends of § per cent a year. The three properties under one manage- ment would form the strongest silver-lead combination in the Coeur d'Alenes, which produces about 8 per cent of the argen- tiferous lead mined in the United States. The options on the Standard and the Mammoth were secured by Senator Tur- ner, acting on behalf of Charles Sweeny. —_——— ARROGANCE COSTS HIS LIFE. Consul Rostkovoski Delighted in Dis- playing Authority. BELGRADE, Servia, Aug. 10.—Accord- ing to the latest reports received here re- garding the murder of the Russian Consul at Monastir, M. Rostkovoski abused the Turkish gendarme, who was doing sentry duty, for not saluting him and called him a “pig of a Turk.” Then he struck the sentry with his whip, saying at the same time, “Perhaps you will know me.” The gendarme thereupon fired on the Consul. It is said that M. Rostkovoski was hated by the Turks on account of his in- tense arrogance. M. Rostkovoski has been in Macedenia for twenty years. He Knew the inside of almost evary village in the province and was regarded as a friend of the Chris- tand. He was a belidver in the tradition that an overbearing mahner was best in deaiing with Orientals. Last May the Consul had an experience apparently similar to the incident which led to his death. He went to the village of Mogil, six miles north of Monastlr, to investigate the Turkish excesses there. The Turkish troops had cordoned the vil- lage and a sergeant seized the bridles of M. Rostkovoski's horses and attempted to stop the Consul. The latter raised his cane and struck the sergeant. His action placed him In imminent danger until his identity was revealed. —_————————— Lords Pass the Sugar Bill. LONDON, Aug. 10.—The House of Lords to-day passed the sugar conven- tion bill, which was adopted by the House of Commons last Thursday.