The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1903, Page 17

VOLUME XCIV=NO. 161. I’()RT_Y-FOUR PAGEE—=SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1903—PAGES 17 TO_28. PRICE FIVE CENTS, AMERICA TO PROTECT NEW REPUBLIC, GUARD ISTHMUS BUILD FORTIFIED CANAL e ACCREDITED TO WASHINGTON BY BATTLESHIP WHICH HAS WATERS. ;Treaty Negotiations With Panam Will Begin Immediately. Special Dispatch to The Call. mbia are so ba the work of r now er 1 Roads The May- Admiral Coghlan leave Washington for norrow . morning. dy en route or This makes ordered to the he Navy t is said that oping with he situation, either te: v or during ng occupatio The p ient unti December 15 the departure from New York for the Philippines of the army | Kilpatrick tensibly for re- | s when she really needs no repairs, jficant. She will thus be aval v regiments to the isthmus If n CANAL TO BE FORTIFIED. T e isthmus will never again be gether probable. The admin- pects that the effort to con- anal will be successful. Each ! be made an American coal- nd the waterway as com- pletely as England at Gibraltar com- mands the entrance to the Mediterranean. The w pe that will participate in affeirs at the isthmus are: The Atlanta, Dixie and ville, at Colon; the Bos- ton, Wy Concord and Marblehead, en Toute t Panama: the Maine, en route to C. the Mayflower and the Olympia, which, when repairs on her at Nerfolk compieted, will go to Rear Admiral Coghlan’s Three hundr and fif marines, com- Major Lucas, will embark on w erulser Prairie at the League Island « Navy Yard. Philadeiphia, on Tuesday, und for Guantanamo, Cuba, but they will be available for duty on the isthmus if required. ALL SUPPORT In pupport of the manded by PRESIDENT. administration’ American military or naval | n, strongly fortified so that it | a blic of Panama, practically all Re- | f the Senate and House are ! aligned behind President Roose- bold policy will be firmly u s majority, which, it is ex be augmented by man both branches of Congress. general sympathy in Congress thmians who have fared so | at the hands of the Colombian vernment, and the advices which have State Department are taken irances that the new govern- when finally organized, will be | le and comservative and. friendiy to ited States. ugh the President believes the canal act “runs with the land” he is, therefore, empowered to 4 with the government of Pana- directed by that act to do with the government of Colombia, it will to pass a new bill appro- ng money to be paid for the canal strip and to the Panama Canal Company. It is expected the United States wiil opéen negotiations for cangl treaty with Panama as soon as that government Is permanently organized. That the Presi- dent will lay the whole situation In Panama before Congress by transmission the Senate of a new canal treaty drawn on,similar lines to the Hay-Herran | treaty, but giving the United States even | greater concessions, is belleved “to be | certain. SENATOR CULLOM’S VIEWS. | | Senators Aldrich, O. H. Platt of Con- | necticut, Spooner, Hale and Cullom were | called to the White House by the Presi- | dent this morning. He discussed the | whole Panama situation with them at Spoone sar; a to | great length, and although among these Senators there were some who were at first disposed to regard the administra. | tion’s action as hasty, they all left satis- | fied that the President had taken the right course and should be firmly sup- ported. Eenator Cullom, chairman of the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, sald to- ight: “The administration is playing no grab game in Panama, that is certain. Neither is Congress. What part Congress will take in the recognition of the new gov- ernment 1 cannot say. The question may be brought before it. 1 see Senator Mor- gau proposes to bring it up. The course of the President in recognizing the new government is supported by ample prece- dent. Colombia rejected the Hay-Herran treaty almost with contempt. The people of Panama have long suffered neglect ai the hands of the Colombian Government, { | | course of action in recognizing the new ! which taxed them but gave them little. . — g 4 OLON, Now. 7—The United States gunboat | sheille 15 doing pa- trol duiy in the vicinity of Pucrto Bella, .and the cruiser Atlanta is under orders to patrol in the other direction, and doubtless will go to Bo- eas del Toro. It is important that that port shall be in the hands of the republic of Panama, as atherwise the @ Colombian Government 7 conld swarm it with troops and be a constant menace to the new republic. ! The public manifestations | of joy continue throughout the length and breadth of the isthmus. It is not forced, but a real expression of joy that the people are once and forever delivered from their oppressors. Generals Tovar and Am- ava, with their full staffs | and a number of other pris- oners, arrived here early this | evening and were taken to | the calaboose, where they will await the first steamer | sailing for Cartagena or Sa- | wvanilla. The republic of | Panama will garrison Colon and several other points | soon. 2 | i i “The canal treaty if ratified would have brought much to the isthmians, but when Colombia, evidently losing sight entirely of its great value, refected it unanimous- Iy, the people of the isthmus were quick to see their chance. Realizing that Con- gress was about to meet in the United States and the administration was sorely tried by the rejection of the treaty, they revolted. To protect the treaty rights and obligations of the United States the Presi- dent could do nothing less than take vig- orous steps to prevent a recurrence of warfare on the isthmus.” TELLER WANTS THE FACTS. Senator Teller of Colorado said: “It looks to me as though our Govern- ment Is responsible for the condition of affairs at Panama. We evidently have undertaken to force the construction of the canal, even at the cost of going to war with Colombia. It is a very remark- able situation at Panama, and the estab- lishment of the new government at Pan- ama and our hasty recognition of its in- dependence come s0 unexpectedly that those of us who are not behind the ad- ministration screens are obliged to await furtber development before we dare com. ment upon the situation. I may have something to say on the subject. in the Senate when T am better Informed than 1 am now.” —_— PANAMA CITY REJOICES. Bands Play American Anthem and Parades. PANAMA, Nov. 7.—The news of the recognition of the independénce of the republic of Panama, cabled this morning | 0ccurred here.” Several Barcelona FIANGIERS FEAR EAAND JURY KON Denouement Near in Shipyard | Scanda_l. J Civil Hearing MayGive Way to Criminal Pros=cutions. | Friend of Dresser Makes Involving Pam. R S Srecial Dispatch to The Cali | —= | NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Explanations | came from both sides of the shipyard con- | troversy to-day. The talk about the pos- | stbitity of criminal actions following the present civil hearing agitates the prin- clpals. Sensational terminations of the several phases of the litigation are now | looked for. It is even hinted to-night that the wkole affair might be brought to a sudden close within a few day { through Grana Jury action. Charles M Schwab and Max Pam have been waiting | to be called to the witness chair, but counsel for the complainants have kept | | them in suspense. in dally attendance un- | der subpenas, while more and more dis- closures were wrung from D. Le Roy | Dresser and Lewis Nixon. threw some further light to-day on the [transacth.n by which the $1,500,000 work- { ing capital of the United States Ship- bullding Company was ralsed from the Trust Company of the Republic, through Harris, Gates & Co. and other houses. PLEDGES ARE BROKEN. Dresser's: trtend repeated the statement | that Dresser was induced to_copsent to | the tpansactioff on 'Max Pmi%‘::om- ise that the money should ot be nd- ed and on Pam's representation that the separafe concerns had money which they needed, while the Bethlehem company | had $4,000000 of cash capital. It was un- derstood also that when the stock was listed and marketed the first received should be turned over to the trust com- pany. The statement of Dresser’s friend continues: “The trust company had also assur- ances of Pam and of Harris, Gates & Co. that if their stocks and bonds were list- ed on the Stock Exchange, as Pam sald they would be if this money were paid in, Harris, Gates & Co. would markst these securities within six weeks. As a matter of fact, Pam, after he had ob- tained this capital and it was patd in to the shipbuilding company, did not carry out his agreement to list the stock on the Stock Exchange until December 24, in- stead of 4t once, as he promised, and Harris, Gates & Co. could not make an effort to market the stocks as they had agreed, and they never have marketed the stocks, ALLEGED PERFIDY OF PAM. “Pam, during Dresser's absence in Eu- rope, contrary to his express agreement, caused drafts to be made on this money in the Trust Company of the Republic for the current uses of the shipbuilding company, and Dresser, on his return, pro- tested. Pam toid Dresser that he intend- ed to draw agaln that day 3200000 against that account. Dresser told him ke had no right to do ii. Pam asked Dresser if he appreciated what it meant if he should do it and if the trust company refused to honor the check the next morning when it came through the clearing-house. Dresser answered that it meant that the Trust Company -of the Revublic was in- solvent. Pam said that was exactly the condition and he proposed te do it, and he did it, and finally, before the end of Jan- uary, he had drawn every dollar of the $1,500,000 out of the Trust Company of the Republic which had been put in there on his representations thet the money would not be drawn out.” e HENRY CLAY'S NEPHEW DIES IN SAN DIEGO Aged Relative of the Designer of the Missouri Compromise Passes Away. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7.—Cyprian Clay, a nephew of Henry Clay, the statesman, died at his residence, Twenty-fifth and I streets, to-day after a long illness. He was 90 years of age and a native of Louis- iana. In early life he was a printer by trade. He came to San Diego sixteen years ago from Dall: Tex. During the last ten years Mr. Clay's infirmities had been so great that he had been dependent upon the benefit of friends for support. The funeral service will take place from the Adventist church to-morrow. ————— Tribute to Queen Victoria. LONDON, Nov. 7.—In memory of ‘“The Best of Mothers-in-law” is Queen Alex- -andra’s tribute to the late Queen Victoria, inseribed on the national mausoleum. The memorial is a beautiful statue of the Savior, seventeen feet high, sculptored and-sent from Denmark at the expense of Queen Alexandra. ¢ % bl On Trail of Anarchists. BARCELQNA. Nov. 7.—Further arrests of anarchists and seizures of materials for the manufacture of e the track of an exten- Startling = Revelations ‘ : | A close friend of D. Le Roy Dresser | | " |TOILING THOUSANDS MADE IDLE THROUGH - TWO GREAT STRIKES BECIPROCITY W PRESIDERT FRANRK BUCHA NAN\ T0BE FOUGHT - T0 K FINSH Tariff League Is | Ready for the ‘ Conflict. Cuban Treaty Will En- \| counter Bitter Op- position, } | | Many Republicans in House Remain Steadfast to Pro- tection’s Cause. S SN Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Former Repre- sentative Robert W. Tayler of Ohio ar- rived in Washington to-night to lead the American Protective Tariff League fight against Cuban reciproeity. There is no longer any attempt to conceal the fact that the contest is now on between the administration and the Tariff League. Tayler sald to-night that he represented the league in this matter and was here to use his influence to prevent, if pos- sible, the passage of a bill making the | | Cuban treaty ective. He distinetly | | saia that this was no contest against the | | President, but against the prineiple of | | invading the proteasive policy of the Re- | | publican party. Tayler has no figures bearing on strength of the “insurgents” In the House or Senate, but from another au- | thoritative source it was learned to-night | that there are still thirty-nine Repubil- | cans In the House opposed as strongly | now as in the Fifty-seventh Congress to Cuban reciprocity. The success or fall- ure of the measure for which the Presi- dent has called Congress in extraordinary n | Special the | | session now depends on the combin: which these Republicans may be able to make with members of the minority. “The American Protective League.™ [ COLORADO MILITIA COMMANDER | STRIKE DISTRICT, AND.LABOR IRON WORKERS TO JOIN'IN SYMPATHETIC jV"ALKOUT. said Tayler to-night, “is as strongly op- posed now to the granting of Cuban reci- procity as it was in the memorable fight of the first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress. The principle is the same now WHO WILL SEND TROOPS LEADER WHO CALLS UPON AL iron Workers Slow)| to Heed Call of | Leaders. I » { Speciel Dispatch to The Call { EW YORK, Nov. 7.—From the | little room in Maennerchor | Hall, where “Sam” Parks has | planned and directed many | campaigns, letters were sent | to-day to ironworkers’ unions in every | city of the United States and Canada, | asking the men to join in a general | strike in sympathy with Parks’ old New | York union in its fight against the Iron | League and the Bullding Trades' Em- | ployers' Association. Frank Buchanan of Chicago, president of the Interna-| tional Association of Structural Iron Workers, directed all movements. He appointed five members of the old Housesmiths' Union’a strike committee, opened strike headquarters in Maenner- chor Hall and directed that every job in| New York where irenworkers zre em- ployed should be struck. Several hun- dred men, most of them members of | Parks’ union, left work and it is said that a much larger number will quit! Monday. Within four days representa- | tions are expected from unions in out- | side cities, stating whether or not they will join in the strike. That is the men's side of the story . as given by Buchanan and others to-day. The employers. members of the Iron League and those in the Fmployers' As- sociation, say the strike taik is'a bluff; | that It will have no effect outside of | New York City. and very little here. | Nevertheless. the men quit work on sev- | eral jobs during the day. but in each | case, so far as could be learned. they were members of Parks’ union, who had been taken into the new Housesmiths' Union organized by employers several months ago. : Divested of many unimportant details, the cause of the strike is this: When | nearly all of the unions in the skilled trades had signed the employers’ arbi- | tration agreement, the Housesmiths' and | Bridgemen's Union. Local No. 2, under the leadership of Parks, continued to stand out against the employers. Mean- while the employers had organized a new Housesmiths' Union, under the ar- bitration plan, and engaged all the men | they wanted. When it became apparent ; that Parks had lost his influence as a leader about 660 members of his union deserted the old organization and joined the new one. When it became certain that Parks E:Iut 80 to prison his old union. through chanan and the international execu- | tive committee, made overtures to the Iron Le‘:gn and Employers’ Association to be n in under the arbitration lan. At a conference last Friday every- ing was agreed to except the final dis- position of the two unions. Buchanan wanted the Parks' union to preserve its autonomy by practically absorbing the ion, and the employers insisted Parks loyers said the new had assist- 3&-— in, of need, when the Parks ‘'men were ng the bitter fight, and that now the employers would stand by the men who had stood by On this no could be agreement ¥ | guards sald to be in- the employ of the | ferences between the | field. as it was then and our effort is to pre- vent any breaking of the great principle of protection on which the industries and the prosperity of this country are founded. The league contends that reci- procity by any treaty is a denial of pro- Western Miners Be- gin Battle With Operators. tection, just as much as a bill for the reduction of the tariff would be.” Tay- ler came direct from New York, where e e he hzd been in consultation with officers of the Tariff League. He was a prom- inent opponent of the bill in the last Con- gress and shared the Insurgent leader- ship with Representatives Tawney, Lit- tlefield and Wiliam Alden Smith. Of these leaders now in Congress, Repre- sentative Tawney has returned ready to continue the fight and will take com- mand of the Republican opponents of the bill. Littlefleld is expected to join with him on constitutional grounds. e WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. | President Discusses the Reciprocity At Primero. the largest of the camps Plans With Senators. of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,| WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—A conference 200 minérs went out this morning. At| to review the work to be done at the ex- Bowen the mines of the Unlon Coal and | tra session of Congress and to discuss Coke Company closed, throwing 350 men | matters of legisiation during the reguiar out. Delagua is expected to be the storm | session was held at the White House to- ENVER. Nov. 7.—A special to the Republican from Trinidad says the. strike in the Southern Colorado coal fields, which has been ordered for next Monday, practically began to-day, and not less than 2000 men are out to-night in Las Anl- mas County. How many more will join the ranks of the strikers by Monday morning can only be guessed at, but it is believed all of the Itallans in the district will be Included. The Mexicans and Japa- nese are said to be unwilling to walk out, and many of the Austrians desire to re- main at-work. | center, as at least 2000 Itallans are em- | gay between President Roosevelt aad ployed at that point by the Victor Fuel | Senators Allison, Aldrich, Cullom, Platt Company. (of Connecticut), Hale and Spooner. Altzough Hastings is an incorporated | Cuban reciprocity legislation was dis- town, it is now surrounded by armed | cussed for some time and the possible dif- Senate aud the Victor Fuel Company, wiio permit no one | House considered. All agresd that it fo enter ‘the town unless the officiais of | would not be wise to have a contest with the town' consent. Miners who are sus-|the House as to the form of legislation pected of an intention to strike are said | and that an understanding should be to have been notified to vacate the com- | reached. pariy’s houses by to-morrow. Sheriff| Members of the House agree that the { Clark of Las Animas County has been | pill will contain articles 1 and 2 of the re- swearing in deputies all day and has sent | ciprocity treaty, the first referring to the a large number to Hastings. free list and the second to the 20 per The union officials bave procured trans- | cent reduction on certain grains deported portation for about 300 men to other | from €uba. The bill also will enact the fields. and already many of them have | provisions of article § which provides left for the East. The union leaders are | that there shall be no further reduction renting every available building in the | of duty on sugar from Cuba or from any district for the use of familles which will | other country during the life of the be evicted from company houses. Every-| treaty, which is five years. Some mem- i far has bee bers of the House desire to change one ::”l‘:esgkt:i‘c(ha‘ been quiet In all parts | 0o, flon in this article, in order to assert L ve of the House as to rev- Orders ‘have been issued by Adjutant ;Tj,,_fl':‘,‘,:::;n General Bell to every organization of the The amended portion of the section pro- Colorado National Guard not now in Crip- | vided that sugar should not be admitted plé Creek to be In readiness to take the | at a lower rate of duty than the law of It had been planned to reopen the | 1587, “by treaty or convention.” The mem- mines at Telluride next Monday under | bers of the House wish to make that pro- military protection, but in view of the | vision read “law,” as they do not intend, impending strike of coal miners the Tel- | even by a slight implication, to admit luride mine managers decided to defer | that anything relating to the tariff can action. It is pi med the troops are to | be done by treaty or convention, but that be held in readi to proceed to coal! the House must originate the measure. camps where miners will go on strike| It is evident from the opinions express- next Monday. x ed by Senators at the White House to- PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 7.—The mines|day. that they will avoid any contention owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron | with the House on any point of this kind. Company in Fremont County are closed | The Senate therefore will be inclined to to-night as the result of an order given | accept any measure the House may pass Ly local officlals of the company this|that will put the treaty into effect and morning to the effect that all tools be- | will indorse the eighth artiele, regarding longing to the miners must be out of the | non-interference with the sugar duty dur- mines by noon or be locked in indefinitely. | ing the life of the treaty. Of course, it The mines at Rockvale, Brookside and |is understood that one Congress caunot Fremont and the Magnet properties are | bind the next, but it is claimed by those deserted. who do not want the sugar schedule dis- Morgan Williams, manager of the Wii-| turbed that the good faith of both houses liams-mines, has announced that he will | will be pledged to the treaty provision sign the scale demanded by the miners at | and that a change. therefore. is unlikely. 7 o'clock on Monday merning. These It is probable that the President wili mines 30 far as known will be the only | transmit ty the Senate the text of the ones operated. It is conceded that the | Cuban reciprocity treaty with his mes- closing ‘of the Colorado Fuel and Iron|sage on that subject on Tuesday. This Company’s mines is in anticipation of a | course would obviate the necessity of a strike throughout the entire district on | vote on the question of making eertaiu Ivldv. ‘which now appears inevitable. treaty amendments public.