The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1904, Page 7

x HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1904. | REPORT SHONS [BEEF TRUST CREST EXPENSE FYPLOYES in the Fire Depart- | Fifty-Thousand Men Will| Expert ployed ble Than Before | ks “,!,I‘,li}_¥”"\‘§“} Lay Down Cleavers and Sunervisors to Ascertain jf{ Xuives in Chicago and| Sy AR bt Eas, : 21 It Costs More by Con- Other Packing (,entex'aj twict Than by Day’s Labor| v\ QUESTION Wilame &€ the Bowrd IS THE ISSUE, filed a report ———— jant of J. G-I Fmployers and Unions Fail gularities in the liams reports that e Department stables ring the past two the dismissal of t of Horses O'Connell it his plac battalion chief Bat .i :N,‘a”,. :rs..per CHICAGO, July 11.—A general strike r a 0 and a super- | e @ % at $100. The report con- | Of the emploves of all the big packing plants throughout the country was or- | dered to-night by Michael J. Donnelly, - June 1902 the salaries | ident of the Amalgamated Meat c the stabl fed to $755, ana | President o & 1904, §735. The sal o Cutters and. Butcher Workmen of Sivien America. Unless the packing com- panies offer some sort of a compromise to the demands of the union the 49,600 workmen affected by the order will quit to-morrow at noon. The strike involves the following compani which have nches in Kansas City, St. Joseph, , Omaha, St. Paul, Fort Worth York City: Armour & Co., ~ Swift & Co., Nelson, Morris & Co, E kg Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, Cudahy S was present at | packing Company and the National nance Commiitee report, but was ild be furnished ter would be Packing Company. In Chicago alone these companies employ more than 40,- 000 men, all of whom will quit work z the same time as at the packing houses of Chicago. In an interview to- Donnelly said: ly two months we have ing on negotiations with the of superintendents repre- iting the packers, in order to secure - agreements for our men, the old ntracts between the unions and the ympanies having expired on May Since that time we have been working o without any agreement and have tried Fi in every way to reach a satisfactory agreement with the packing interests, but they have held out on every pro- posal we have submitted, refusing to compromise in any way. Finally the men became disgusted and to-night's order for a general strike was the re- sult. BIDS FOR HORSESHOEING. g g was later i adopted by the ve Commis nform this made this stateme wants a strike. no doubt. While « ano tives of the packe nd 1 I think a further co 1d to-morroéw and satisfacto settle- alty \\l".l be reached.” to call a strike w a meeting Uf (h° Pa er meeting between the of SPUR TRACK PERMIT. : ted to th a changed rdered : on suncil, S tive officers of erent was passed to print whose members are emplh)\d in the € e . South packing plants to decide whether the K . to land re- ynjons would continue negotiations for ‘f Fifth and the s d men proposed by 1 from A street to the packers’ repr: , or wheth- er a strike would be r‘all“(’ to the union demands for a minimum wage for unskilled labor. The vote in of a general strike was unani- on a » on the or- favor mous. The butcher workmen at a recent convention decided that a minimum wage of 20 cents an hour for common labor should prevail in the packing centers, and that the wages of the skilled workers should be equalized in each branch of the trade. Wage scales were arranged by the different unions 3 on the basis adopted by the conven- ppea ff P‘Hnn & but a number of conferences with tion, sment for street failed of reaching any 5000 was drawn In Schmitt as final price of the t the northeast and Drumm e Harbor Po- 17% cents an hour for la- propesal was rejected by the unions, and, although several other conferen were held, no agreement could be reached. Finally it was decided by the officers | of the unions to take a referendum upon the question of calling a strike to enforce the demands. Before issu- ing the order to-night for the strike to- morrow, Donnelly said that meetings similar to the one held to-night had been held in other c where the borers. for Supplies Awarded. of the Election Com- the following bids supplies for the be held on August envelopes for re- Smythe & and tally chen Jr. f‘am- allots, $173 5 rishing (h’ur:, 44 per booth; ereffing; hauling, | airing booths, $12 90 each booth nal action on the chase of fifty voting machines was red il Thursday, July 21. ( —_———— DM Schord, Dentist—Now located # bullding, 1065 Market st Tth, s companies have branches and that at all of these meetings the vote resulted in favor of a general strike. iting poll John In addition to the large firms al- ready named, the following concerns will be affected if a strike is started: St. Louis Dressed Beef Company, East St. Louis; Fowler Packing Company and Ruddy Brothers, Kansas City, and a number of smaller houses throughout the East. OMAHA, July 11.—The packing-house ndersor 2 fq ng and rey fied the commission men that there will cor. . account of the threatened strike of 400¢ packing-house employes. This notice was given early to-day in order that commission-house men might netify shippers to withhold shipments of livestock to this market until the threatened troubles were settled. It is understood that the local packing- house men have received orders to strike at noon to-morrow. This order, | | however, is conditioned on further in- | siructions from Chicago, -where nego- | tiations are in progress. One of the large packing-house man- agers stated to-night that, although | there would be no market to-morrow, | | his plant would remain open and give | employment to all men who did not Join the strikers in case of a walkout. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July .11.—Union | leaders of the packing-house employes in South St. Joseph say to-night that {all union men in the four plants will strike to-morrow, according to advices | received from the national officers. Six thousand men are employed. KANSAS CITY, July 11.—The execu- tive committee of the various unions of |the two Kansas Cities that owe al- llegiance to the A Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workmen's Union I have use for it and will give you liberal allowance for it on a ew one. My Razors are all high e and guaranteed. Prices as as £1.00. AR 300 vatuee el Full sets and extis =1 blades at Jow prices. POCKET Kl KNIVES, the kind you can swear by and depend on. Two or thee biades. My price only 81,00 Other lines of good Cutlery at moderate figures. Razors _honed Honing. 28 Mail ordérs attended to promptly. THAT MAN PITTS F. W. PITTS, The Stationer. and ground. and received final instructions as to | the strike in-the packing-nouses which | had been called for to-morrow. One | thousand men attended the meeting. When the telegram ordering a strike was received the men arose and cheered. MARKET ST., Above SAN FRANCISCO. —— to Come to Agreement on Terms and General Walk-' out Is Ordered for To-Day distributing | managers of South Omaha haye noti- | | be no livestock market on Tuesday, on | {met in Kansas City, Kans., to-night DISCUSS FIGHT FOR THE TOGA Judge McKinley Returns and Expresses Preference for Senatorial Candidate L IS THE NMAN | FLINT Henry T. Oxnard and George | the Favor of President Four recognized candidates for the | honer of representing California in the Senate of the United States are now in the field. Three of the aspirants, Thomas R. Bard, Henry T. Oxnard and | Frank P. Flint, hail from the south, and it is general gossip in political ern California delegations will ulti- mately go to one of the three—the one that deveiops the greatest strength in | the Legislature. The candidacy of George A. Knight is causing a deal of comment in political circles. Common rumor is to the effect that both Oxnard and Knight stand high in the favor of President Roose- | but nobody expects the President | velt, to indicate a preference for either. In the Union League Club yesterday the remark was made that George Knight shou!d post himself at once and ascer- a ow name and not fall into the error of coo- ing the first syllable of Roosevelt. Henry T. Oxnard makes no mistake in pronouncing the President’s name. George Hatton, the manager Oxnard’'s Senatorial campaign, is not disturbed in the slightest degree by the reports of cordial between the President and Mr. Mr. the Hatton recalls the incident that President on his memorable visit to California set aside the committee’s | programme and went miles out of the way on his special train to pay a visit to his friend Oxnard at the town of Oxnard. Mr. Knight, it is sald, may recall many demonstrations of Presi- | dential regard, but he will have to get a move on if he expects to outclass Ox- | nard in this line of campaigning. FLINT'S LAW PARTNER. Judge J. W. McKinley, chairman of the California delegation in the late Republican National Conventiony ar- rived in the city esterday on his re- turn trip to Los Angeles, and at once declared hin f in favor of Frank P. Flint for Unit Senator to suc- ceed Thomas As Judge Mec- Kinley is Mr. Flint’s law partner in Los Angeles the declaration does not create sy al wonder. H Senator C. W. Pendleton of Los An- in San Francisco studving the natorial signs. If he can get a re- lease from Lankershin he will visit the Flint camp. State Senator Thomas Flint of San | Juan was at the Union League Club sterday. It is well kndwn that he s partial to the candidacy of Senator Bard, and entertains the belief that the latter will win out in the south, nator Thomas Selvage of Humboldt is also in town. He of the leaders of the Knight forces. THE ORGANIZATION. There is more or less talk about what the “organization” intends to do. It is said that interior members of the force | Legislature will not declare a prefer- | is heard | The assertion comes from the | ence until the from. headquarters of the Republican State tral Committee that the party or- ation, as represented by that “‘organization™ ga body, will not lend its support to any | aspirant for Senatorial honors. It is said that some knowledge in this re- spect was gained at Sacramento in 1899, established headquarters in the Golden Eagle Hotel torial candidacy of D. M. Burns. this talk about the ‘“organization” is uttered to delude and mystify One of the talkers when hard pressed | for definite Jnfurmalmn regarding the existence of an “organization” replied | that whoever Jere Burke, John C. | Lynch, George Hatton Fisk indorsed would be the man for Senator. The information comes to The Call from rearly all the leading counties of the State that the Repub- | lican voters intend to elect to the Leg- islature men who will not take orders | from any self-constituted organization. | There is no indication at the present | time of any purpose or desire on the | part of the railway or other corpora- | tions to meddle In the Senatorial cam- paign. i i ! REGISTRAR ISSUES FIGURES. Number of Registrations Doubles That | of Two Years Ago. The figures of the Registrar show twice the number of voters registered this month over those of 1902; that is, 47,533 as against 20,434, at this time two years ago. This is accounted for by the fact that there was no primary election held two years ago, just prior |to September. The total registration ‘in 1902 was 80,000, The registration this year is 47,000 to date, leaving a balance of 32,500 voters to register before September of this year to equal the registration of two years ago. The registration office will be open evenings from 7:30 to 10 o’clock to allow for the registration for the pri- maries, which take place July 20. { —_— OXNARD BEGINS WORK. Sout,h’ern Californian Opens Campaign for Senatorial Honors. | LOS ANGELES, July 11—Although | San Francisco and the north will have much to do with the election of a United States Senator to succeed himself or not, Los Angeles will be the | center of the open shows of strength. That is to say, from here will be made the announcements of the seemingly | the various posts along the course, and meantime each of the candidates will be pulling all available wires else- where, hiding all possible cards and otherwise endeavoring to secure votes A. Knight Are Rivals for camps that the solid support of South- | to pronounce the President’s | of Mr. | friendship existing | Knight. | s classed as one | when a branch of the committee | and espoused the Sena-! Well informed politicians assert that | the | | country candidates for the Legislature. | and Arthur | | Thomas R. Bard, whether he succeeds | relative positions of those in the race at | PRAGERS PRAGERS PRAGERS PRAGERS Inventory Drive Sale Note the Bargains in ‘Choice Summer Merchandise Offered Here Values in Dress Goods and a New HESE items are certain | in our receiving rooms. | Silk. to interest you. They are parts of shipments of goods that have just been opened The silk is something new and urdoubtedly will prove very popular. It has a soit finish and comes in all the popular colors. Peau de Carol —a New Silk. “Peau de Carol,” yard. Wool Challies in white, will sell it at this special Splendid for outing suits. this price. 7 yokes of tiny tu lar and cuffs finished with regular value $1 00. $1.23 Children’s i 78¢c grounds. to be found at. Pragers. shadings, such as black, cream, ivory the thing for fall garments. Homespun Suiting in nrixtures of g#ay, fine Persian Lawn dresses; broidery insertion and cluster of tucks—edged all around with 2-inch Swiss edging—collar and cuffs finished with narrow valenciennes lace edge. a soft finish silk in solid colors. Only It comes in all the popular and white. Just It's regular value is 85¢c per DRESS GOODS. While the quantxty on hand lasts we The regular value 4oc. , red, blue and green. The regular value 23c. price. 38-inch Black Zibiline—good quality—a splendid bargain at The regular value 6oc. Great Special Sale of Children’s Dresses. These garments and prices are unmatchable. Children’s white dresses made of soft finished Nainsook; ks alternating with fine Swiss Insertion; col- narfow hemstitched ruffle. The yoke of dainty em- The regular value $1 75. Fast colored Percale dresses for children; yoke of embroidery with a 4-inch gathered ruffle of percale, edged embroidery and French skirt; with dots . narrow white polka on dark The regular value $1 oo. .= Rare Economy Opportunities in Specials Women’s Stylish Symmer Wearing Apparel. HE reductions made on s enormous that our price will not cover the cost of manufacture. OUTING 79 98¢ extra strong thread; two hu tion. The regular value $i1. One hundred and eighty da extra quality duck: full circ bands to match. The regular value $1.75. WASH SUITS. About one hundred in al ty patterns, full flaring $1.4 regular value $3.50. $3.45 and $4.95. cilian shirt waist suits $9.95 pretty checks—hardly a from $14.95 up to $z0. Suits at Less The lot comprises about Extra quality Black Duck Skirts; Many other good values from $2.75, Worth double the price. SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS. in an assortment ome of these garments are so Pl l-q SKIRTS, 1 widths ndred included in 30. rk blue and black polka dot skirts; skirt®. prettily strapped in nd sewed with his great reduc- ular 1 of these wash suits in three pret- skirts, at less than half price. The fifty very handseme Silk and Si- of colors and The regular values Than Cost.. ny two alike. $7.95 cost of material. to-date in every respect. We on them on account of their lat to $20. 49¢ SHIRT WAISTS. up to $4.95 _Thousands of beautiful Lawn and Silk Waists are marked special this week at half price and less. are regularly worth from $10 up to $12.350 up by eager shoppers. WASH GOODS. 9¢ goods in small dots, pin pretty organdy effects. value 15¢ per yard. PONGEES. 39c ?3 w yar 15c 25¢ dow. rin)—Very fashionable " CREAM CASHMERE. 40-inch Cream Cashmere: calico. CUSHION TOPS. The regular value 50c. Variety of New Wash Goods at Small Prices HESE four items are the pick of our stock at this time and with- out doubt will be quickly snapped This season’s choicest selection of wash stripes The ongees in heavy woven designs (also dth 28 inches. The regular-value 60c splendidly and cheaper than buying Lithograph Cushion Tops—over 100 gross in an endless variety of designs. See our win- E be found in this Enameled Ware. VERYTHING used for the kitchen can or 17-quart dish pan, regular value 83c. or 10-inch colander, regular value 35c. or milk or stew pans, regular value 33c. or 12-quart dish pan, regular value or Berlin saucepan, regular value 83c. saucepan, We have taken about fifty of our best selling suits out of stock, and will sell them for the next few days at less than They are all handsomely tailored and up- are making this great reduction e arrival. The regular values $1§ They gteat sale at reduced LL com A 5 regular value 85c. Fan and regular just now; will wash ragers ;1238 1250 MARKET ST.5% ALWAYS RELIABLE 17¢ Sc lars valu ribbor broidered match this store popular are still here 8| Sheer lawn handkerchieis for chil- All the shopping indycements that made /3c dren with marrow hemstitched bor- ders and lace corners. The regular value 3c Women'’s Fincycoods at Inventory Prices with Bishop er v, e 35c. \ Embroidered lawn top ollars for 0. regular value roc. SHIRT WAIST SETS. 2 a set—Shirt waist setg to be worn with cotton waist dainty turn-over collars made of cotton bunting, em- CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS. of these are necessary to plete every woman's attire. STOCK COLLARS. cy embroidered lawn eol- stock The The 1 in Persian designs The regu with cuffs to value 30¢ a set KANSAS “MOB” RELIEVES TOWN Citizens of North Topeka Cut Through Railroad Em- s MAKE COURSE FOR FLOOD - Ditch Is Made to Enable Water to Escape to Without Injuring i S TOPEKA, Kans., July 11.—An orderly “mob” of about twenty-five reputable citizens of North Topeka took a Union Pacific work train this afternoon, went four miles west of town and with picks | and shovels dug a ditch three feet wide | and seventv-five feet long through the railroad embankment. This was done City jcape to the river instead of running | through the town. The members of the | “mob” then quietly returned to their | homes. Another expedition was made in a similar manner against the Santa tion men were working there, but they | made no opposition to the tearing out | of-a section of the embankment. The Santa Fe fast mail between Kan- sas City and Topeka was annulled this morning on account of the soft tracks. Otherwise that system has resumed service on the main line and nearly all its branches in Kansas. of those who will be members of the next sessfon of the Legislature. Henry T. Oxnard will open head- quarters in this city to-morrow, a lo- cation for the purpose being selected to-day. L. W. Andrews, an attorney formerly of Ventura, who has per- formed confidential service for Mr. Ox- nard several years, will be in charge. He will be assisted by a staff of ste- nographers, clerks and other attaches. Mr. Oxnard having decided to divide his time the next few months between Los Angeles and Ventura County, he has deemed it advisable to secure rooms where he may be found when he is in the city. Senator Bard and Frank P. Flint will be obliged to do likewise and from their headquarters here the various candidates will expect to cover all of Southern California. ‘Bard made a distinct gain to-day by reason two announcements in his fa- | vor. ! e first was from Howard Broughton, former Assemblyman from the Pomona district, now candidate for the State Senate. The other was the announcement of Richard Melrose of Anaheim, who seeks to succeed State Senator A. A. Caldwell. Melrose has declared he will support Bard, no mat- ter who enters the race. There have been no public announcements in favor of the other candidates. —_————— i FINES LOTTERY AGENT.—OAKLAND, July 11.—Charley a Chinese lottaty agent, was fined t:m to-dly by Polu:- .mq.‘ George Samuels for selling lou bankment to Save Property River | | to allow the stored flood water to es-| Fe tracks east of town. A gang of sec- | CHINESE TALK ON POUTICS Marking and Dotting a| Lottery Ticket Is Shown R e {MEETING IS STILL as Celestial Plays | . Somewhat on the plan of the St Louis convention is the political meet- ing of the Chinese Native Sons that started last night in the assembly hall of the Six Companies. last as long as the celebrated Chinese | play, “The Purple Nosed Dragon and | the Bow-Legged Daughter of the Son of the Stars.”” The grandson of the leading man who began this famous | drama is only in the five hundred and eighty-seventh act. The object of the meeting jg to pro- vide so that the voting population of { Chinatown may get its rights on elec- tion day. No one in the assemblage was certain as to what the rights in question are, but from the ‘“‘chin chin” that is still disturbing Commercial street it is thought that the Celestials are going to get their rights or start something. Seung Kwai Pak opened the meeting with a detailed lecture on marking a ballot. Quite a sensation was caused when he explained that this game dif- fered slightly from marking a lottery ticket. One venerable Asiatic who hag been waiting patiently since last elec- tion to get a line on the drawings of the last ballot marking went home in disgust. Ng Chung had the floor for two hours and a half. His subject was “The Full Chow Basket.” When he alluded to that great patriot, Georgie Wah Sing Ton, who “no sabe talkee lie” a China- man in purple bloomers arose. “Me sape Wah Sing Ton. He my cousin. He live Oakland. He work in saloon. He alle time talkee lie.” An executive committee was ap- pointed, cons#ting of Lee Sing Sz, To Chiu and Leung Chung. These names are pronounced with three coughs and a sneeza. Animated caucuses were held all over the block throughout the entire even- ing. The meeting will adjourn when the building catches fire. Just what party, if any, these “Na- tive Sons” will support they will not state. But they emphatically denied that they were Prohibitionists. There are dbout 700 in the organization. FIEE SRS e *Tis Springtime in Yosemite. In Yosemite the grass is green, birds are singing and blossoms border the trails. Why not go to God's own coun- try for your vacation? Round trip. 8"8 50, via Santa Fe, and the grandest stage ri in California. Ask at No. 641 erkel street, Santa Fe office. R e eon o A happy heart is better than a full purse, .- * ON| { Will Probably Last as Long‘ That | | Have No Concluding Aect| It will probably | GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST MINER | in Connection With Ex-| | plosion at Independence n AID TO HAVE BOASTED | Protests His In-| ! nocence and Claims That| ! Prisoner He Can Prove an Alibi| — 1 l CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., July 11— | | Pearl Skelton was brought to this city | to-day from Pueblo on a warrant | charging him with the murder of the | fourteen men who were killed by the | | explosion at Independence Station | “June 6. Skelton, . who left Cripple | Creek after the explosion, was arrested |on a ranch near Rye Station. The | Sheriff sai@ that Skelton had talked a | great deal about the explosion, but he did not know what evidence had been obtained to connect him with the | erime. Skelton protests his innocence | and says he will have no difficulty In proving an alibi. Upon complaint sworn out by S. H. Phipps a direct Information was filed to-day in the District Court charging Frank Cochran, secretary of the Vie- tor Miners’ Union, Arthur Parker, Al- bert Carrington, Thomas McManus, Richard James, John James, Edward | McKelvey and Alfred Miller with con- spiracy to kill Roscoe McGee, who was | shot and instantly killed in the Victor street fight June 6. All of these men | are now in jail here. The warrant for the arrest of Skel- ton was sworn out by Sheriff Bell, who | had received information that Skelton had been boasting that he knew wh@ | caused the explosion at Independence. | Skelton was a member of the Free Coinage Miners’ Union and has worked | in several mines in the district. s i ke OPERATIONS RESUME. Many Mill Owners of Fall River Re- open Their Works. FALL RIVER, Mass., July 11.—Most of the Fall River cotton mills resumed operations to-dayg after a ten-days’ shut-down. Many of the manufactur- ers are tiring of the curtailment policy which has been in force here nearly | four months, and as soon as a new agreement, now being worked out, by many members of the Fall River Man- ufacturers’ Association, is formally as- sented to, it is expected the mills will | be more active. ! The operatives, of whom there are | more than 2,080 in the cloth mills, are | restless over the situatigpn. They have sustained a loss in wafes during tnet spring and summer amoynting to a re- duction of 40 per ce The textile unions expect a revisioff in wages will be made which will be a reduction of at least 10 per cent. —_———— He who hath most heart knows most of SOITOW, | | HOU | without operation Comsumption, f ' The Electro-Chemic Institute BOLT FROM SKY TAKES A LiFE | Difference Between Ba]lot“l[eml)er nt' Union Arr «Nod Lightning Kills a Man at St. Louis and a High Wind Brings Injuries to Others ES ARE UNROOFED Heavy Storm Does Great Damage to Property and Shipping in Fair City ST. LOUIS, July 11.—A terrific storm of wind, rain and hail prevailed in St. | Louis and vicinity for a short time this afternoon, causing considerable damage to property. One man was killed by lightning and five others were injured by flying missiles. The maximum reached by the wind was sixty-five miles an hour, but this vejocity was sustained for onlv a minute or two, or the damage might have been much greater. The average velocity w8 about forty-eight miles an hour. Twelve barges were blown across the | river and eighteen or twenty houses on Twenty-first street. between Washing- ton and Carr streets, were completely unroofed, and other damage was done throughout the city. Some of the hail- sfones that fell during the storm meas- ured an inch in diameter. LINCOLN, Neb., July 11.—A tornado | last night destroyed several barns and outbyildings near Burwell. The build- ings on Mr. Brittain’s farm were re- duced to splinters. No lives were lost. { The list of injured is not obtainable. Severe hailstorms Ttuined croos at Greeley Center, near Ord, at Hastings and at Arcadia. 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