The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1904, Page 1

VOLUME XCVI—NO. 43, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIANS CLAIM THE JAPANESE LOST 30000 MEN IN PORT ARTHUR BATTLE ST. PETERSBURG, July 12---A dispatch from a Russian correspondent at Mukden, dated July 12, says: “According to intelligence re- ceived here, the Japanese last night attacked positions near Port Arthur and were repulsed with enormous losses, not less than 30,000, it is said, being killed or wounded by our mines.” MEAT FAMINE 15 LIKELY TO FOLLOW GREAT STRIKE OF PACKING-HOUSE MEN FIND LOST BOYS 0 A HIGH CLIFF Narrow Escape of Two Lads in Yosemite, | Young Men Go to Seek a San Franciscan and Lose Their Way. When Found After Thirty-8ix Hours ’ They Are Wesk and Suflring , i ! From Hunger and Thirst. . Spectal Dispatch to The Call YOSEMITE. Palo July 12.—Allen Bates of | Alto and Ned Corbett of Fair| campers at Camp Curry who | y night went out on the| .. Brown of San Francisco, s morning on a ledge 200| the summit of North Dome. ck to-night they had rescued Two parties Curry had been searching night and early this morn- 2 e party after repeated c faint reply. way below X mpossible to reach the | i of them said that they ished for want of food 4 being what they € st. The boys had been thir- food or water. | were discovered an | rescue them: but found they ore difficult than The boys, it t together late Sun- ng to the anxiety of Mrs. i her husband and son. the cliffs around the sum- | d in some unaccountable manner slipped to a ledge 200 feet be- | the summit and had found it im-| » get by ater rescuers k to safety. attempts they had to fors their efforts and wait for helr vhich the knew would likely be sent out f Camp Curry. The| boys kept up th courage until twen- ty-four hours had gone by and then the situation began to assume a more seri- ous aspect. Their thirst became al- most unbearable and they had almost given up hope when the rescue party came upon them above the ledge. As soon as the rescue party discov- | ered the lads they had 2 hurried con- sultation and two of the party were h jed back to the camp to secure ropes. After the ropes were secured it was discovered that the boys were too weak to attempt to scale the cliff, and after they had been provided with food an k in small quantities C. O. Dun: an officer of Santa Fe, vol- unteered to go down the ropes and see bow they were faring. He reached the ledge in safety, but it was impos- sible to see cither of the three young men, and darkness coming on it was decided to wait till daylight before attempting to rescue them. Brown, for whom the boys were searching when they became lost, left the valley this morning without ren- dering any assistance whatever, say- ing: “I have important business in San Francisco.” He loudly bewailed the fate of a revolver Joaned to one of the boys. —_—————— 1OSS OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS CAUSED BY SNAG al NEW ORLEANS, July 12.—Advices received to-day by the agents of the steamboat Chalmette, which struck a snag below Natchez last night, say the boat with its cargo will prove a total Joss. The steamer was bound to St. Louls with a cargo valued at $30,- 000 and with about forty New Orleans passengers en route to the exposition. The vessel was valued at $560,000. No Mves were lost bl s el emselves became lost, were | | + Nearly Fifty Thou-| sand Employes Quit Work. CHICAGO, July 12.—As the result of a stubborn disagreement, chiefly over wages for unskilled labor, one of the most extensive strikes in the history of | the meat packing industry of the | United States began to-day in Chicago, ! o Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph, and‘ other cities where large packing plants | are located. If prolonged, the strike is expected to cause widespread incon- venience, poesibly equaling the anthra- cite coal famine of two years ago. The unanimity of the strike was com- plete. More than 45,000 employes are | directly involved. In Chicago alone 18,000 men are on strike. | The effect of the strike on the food | supply of the country and the price of | meat is being earnestly discussed, not- | withstanding the announcement to- night that the packing houses, contrary | to expectations, will continue opera- tions without any close-down, employ- | ing whatever help may be available. How much alleviation in the furnishing of supplies to the public this course may afford is a matter of wide varia- tion of opinion. The packers declare that hundreds of men who could not be provided with places have been ap- plying daily for work. NO SIGN OF DISORDER. | 3 | The walkout here was started by the | employes of the Kkilling deflnments" in the various packing houses. The | killers were followed by the workers in the other departments as fast as the current work left by the slaughterers could be cleaned up. Thus, as the toil- ers in each department disposed of their part of the work, they threw off their aprons and departed. This con- sideration was shown to the packers, the labor officials announced, because it was not the desire of the men to cause the employers any financial loss as a result of neglecting meat that was on hand to be dressed. ‘Watched by cordons of ' police, the strikers filed briskly out of the packing houses, carrying overalls, rubber boots and knives, cleavers and steels. The strikers were greeted by crowds of women and children, many of whom Jjoined hands with the workmen on the outward march. There was absolutely no sign of disorder. GIRLS JOIN IN STRIKE. A picturesque scene was presented when the sausage factories and can- . - - —r § WHOSE GREAT PLANTS UP BY A STRIKE OF = 5 2 oughfare of the stockyards and were roundly cheered as they emerged through the gates and distributed themselves in the crowd of men who had awaited their coming. “We are with you to the last,” the girls exclaimed, smiling prettily as they stood around and talked over the situa- tion with their male companions in the movement. “How long do you think it will last?” inquired one of them, looking quite serious. “Dunno,” a man replied, “except that President Donnelly says the men man- aged to hold out fifteen months in Buffalo, and I guess we can do as much.” President Donnelly of the Amalga- mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, leader of the strikers, said in a conversation to-night that he believed the strikers would have little difficulty in with- standing a siege of more than a year with the strike funds the unions have on hand. In Chicago thirty-five local unions are involved in the strike. ATTITUDE OF THE PACKERS. President Donnelly and the presi- dents of the various locals assembled at the headquarters this morning, thinking they might receive a notice of surrender Jfrom the packers, but no word came. The packers took the po- sition that they had replied decisively to the workers’ demand and had noth- ing more to say, except to emphasize a refusal to pay the wage scale asked. Arthur Meeker, of Armour & Co., said to-night: “We consider the demand of the union for an advance in wages of un- skilled labor entirely unwarranted by conditions. We could not concede it and proposed to submit the question to arbitration, which the union' declined to do and called a strike to-day at all of our plants. Every department is kept running, however. We have had applications from bhundreds of unem- ployed men for positions at less wages than we have been paying, and every day expect to increase our output. We neries were left by their forces. There are 1000 girls employed in these two departments of the meat industry. Clad in the variegated garb of factory girls, this army of feminine strikers &ripped blithely along the main thor- regret extremely the hardships and suf- fering that will be imposed on the thousands of men who are thrown out of work, directly and indirectly, ' Bryan Accuses His DENDUNCEN PARKER 43 GOLD WING Conquerors of Croglg@ess. Says the Democracy Is Now | Only a Chattel of Wall Street, Nebraskan Will fupport the Ticket, and Later Attempt to Reor- ! . ganize the Party. PR G v LINCOLN, Nebr, July 12.—~William | J. Bryan to-day gave out the follow- ing statement: “1 shall vote for Parker and Davis, the nominees of the Democratic Na- tional Cenvention and shall do so for the faHowing reasons: . i “ififst,” because the Democratic tick et stands for opposition to imperials ism, while the Republican ticket stands for an imperialistic policy. On this question, which was the para- mount issue in 1900 and which must re- main an important issue so long as an attempt is made to hold colonies under the American flag—on this issue the convention was unanimous, the plat- form emphatic, and I have no doubt that the candidates will carry out the platform. “Second, Mr. Roosevelt is injecting the race issue into American politics, and this issue, if it becomes national, will make it impossible to consider questions that demand solution. The election of the Democratic ticket will put a quietus on this subject. “Third, Mr. Roosevelt stands for the spirit of war. His friends present him as a man of blood and iron. He be- lieves in strenuousness and inculcates a love for warlike things. The Demo- cratic ticket stands for peace, for rea- son and for arbitration rather than for force, conquest and bluster. “Fourth, the Democratic . platform declares in favor of the reduction of the standing army, and, as this plank was unanimously adopted, Ythere is reason to believe that a Democratic statement on this sbject would bring some advantage to the people. WALL STREET IN CONTROL. “For these reasons I feel justified in supporting the. ticket. A Democratic victory will mean very little, if any, progress on economic questions so long as the party is under the control of the ‘Wall street element. On the money question Mr. Parker is as thoroughly committed to the side of the financier as Mr. Roosevelt. If he does not go as far as the Republicans would in re- tiring silver dollars, in establishing branch banks, in enlarging the powers of the national banks and in the sub- stitution of an asset currency for the present currency, it will be because he is restrained by the Democrats in the House and Senate. Nothing greater can be expected from him on the money question. On the trust question the\Democratic platform is very much better than the Republican platform, but the nomination of Judge Parker virtually nullifies the anti-trust plank. Unless, in his letter of acceptance, he commits himself to anti-trust legisla- tion, we need not expect him to pur- sue a different course from that pur- sued by President Roosevelt. “So far as the labor questions are concerned, we must await Judge Par- ker's letter before we shdll know whether the laboring man has any- thing to expect from his election. The labor plank, as. prepared by Judge Parker's friends on the sub-committee, was a straddling, meaningless plank. In the full committee planks were adopted in favor of arbitration and the eight-hour day and against Gov- ernment by injunction; also a plank on the Colorado situation. If Judge Parker is silent or ambiguous on’ these subjects it will mean that the men back of him will not permit him to take the labor side on these disputed questions. PARKER'S STAND ON TARIFF. “On the tariff question some little progress may be hoped for. But the Parker men on the committee were nearly all in favor of a very conserva- tive plank and it remains to be seen . Continued on Page 3, Column 1, £ } RUSSIAN UOLUNTEER SHIPS FROM THE BLACK SEA ARE DOING DUTY AS CRUISERS K +* * 3 RUSSIAN CHIEFTAIN . TO WHOM GENERAL KUROPATKIN HAS INTRUSTED THE TASK OF HARASSING THE JAPANESE ADVANCE TOWARD THE MAIN POSITION OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. % B % + Dessel Permitted to Pass the Dardanelles Stops and Searches Two Brit- ish Steamships. PERIY, Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, July 12.—The Brit- ish steamship Menles, from Clyde for Shangh: rived here to-night, reports that she and the British steamship Crewe Hall, from stopped on June 11 in the Red Sea, south of Jedda, by the Russian volunteer fleet steamship St. Petersburg, which carried eight guns and a large crew. , which ar- Clyde for Kurrachee, were Both steamships were boarded and all their papers and manifests over-" hauled. The vessels were detained four hours, after which the St. Petersburg steamed off to the northward. LONDON, July 13.—The Morning Post's Shanghal correspondent says that the Japanese casualties by land mines at Port Arthur Sunday night are reported to have been 28,000, but none of the many special war dispatches mentions a Japanese disaster at Port Arthur. TOKIO, July 12.—The Japanese Ta- kushan army is moving northyest from Siuyen. It fought a series of small bat- tles with the Russians on July 9 and 10. The army is divided into two col- umns, which advanced against the Russians. When the first column ap- proached Chiekuanching, the Russians retreated southwest through the val- ley, but at 5 o'clock in the evening they took up a position on the heights west of Chouchiachang. The Russians were dislodged at dusk, when the sec- ond Japanese column advanced along the road toward Tongchis, repulsing small bodies of the enemy en route. They attacked the advance line of the Russians near Siuyanglaku. The Rus- sians were reinforced and compelled the Japanese to withdraw. At dawn on July 10 both columns at- tacked and dislodged the Russians from the heights west of Sinchiaku. The Japanese pursued them and again at- tacked a strong position held by the Russians at Siuti After a des- perate fight the occupled the position. After occupying Kaichou General Oku's army, on Sunday, moved north- ward. The Russians have strong de- fences at Tapingshan, Niusenthan, Wangmatai and Chinghishan and camps near Kuochiapao. General Oku probably will attack these positions as soon as his troops are rested. . In the fights of July 8 and 9 the Jap- anese lost about 150 men. The Rus- sian losses are believed to have been heavier than those of the Japanese. P LS | JAPAN BUYING BRONCOS. | NEW ORLEANS, July 12.—Creole ponies from the prairies of Southwest- ern Louisiana 'and broncos from the plains of Texas may be seeing war ser- vice within two months. It is learned that a Texas firm has been approached l by Minister Takahira of Japan with hoises of the'type now used by the Japanese cavalry. The creole ponies and Texas broncos, | with wonderful staying qualities, easily fed and kept, are considered ideal mounts for the Japanese sabermen and it is understood that negotiations have been opened with the traffic de- partment of the Southern Pacific Rail- road for a large number of stock cars WASHINGTOZX, did, however, ports which have been lately publish- ed regarding his operations. “It is true,” have sold all my stock in the American Steel Miller, president of that company George Leighton, its vice president “While in Europe I will look into the processes used there for manufacture of armor plate,” pect to drop in upon the Krupps.” It is believed in Wall street that if Schwab decides that the new armor plate process now being used by the Krupps is better than anything now in use here, he will try to secure the exclusive right for the process in this country, so that it may be used in the Bethlehem Steel Works, which is the backbone of the reorganized United States Shipbuilding Company. Schwab is very heavily Interested In the re- organization. STEEL KING S LOYAL T0 HIS FRIENDS Schwab Pays Back Their Losses in Full. |Volantarily Hands Over Almost Two Million Dol- lars in Cash. Acquaintances Whom He Induced to Invest in Bethlehem Steel Stock Are Reimbursed. ConlBE” IR Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. July 12.—“No man can say he ever me, either in the Bethlehem Steel mat- ter or any other,” Schwab, former president of the United States Steel Corporation, on the eve of his departure for Europe to-day. Schwab sailed on the steamship Kalser Wilhelm IIL Schwab’s | story published paid $1,910,000 to personal friends who had participated with him in the pur- chase of the Bethlehem Steel property. These friends, Bethlehem property was taken over by the United States Shipbuilding Com- pany, received for the Bethlehem stock shipbuilding securities and Bethlehem | | bonds. pany collapsed heavy loss stared them |in the face. “Yes, 1 did turn over to my friends, lost a dollar through said Charles M. statement referred to a to-day that he had like Schwab, when the When the shipbuilding com- as the story says, $1,910,000 in cash,” said Schwab. He declined to go into details, but clear up some other re- said Schwab, “that 1 Foundries Company to Charles and added Schwab. “T ex- ——————————— MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WEDS EARL'S DAUGHTER Archbishop of Canterbury Unites in Marriage John Sinclair and Lady Gordon. Marjorie 8 LONDON, July 12.—Lady Marjorie Gordon, only daughter of the Earl of Aberdeen, formerly Governor General of Canada, was married in London to- day to John Sinclair, former Lancers. The Archbishop of Canter- bury, church was filled with distinguished persons. Sinclair was Lord Aberdeen’s aid de camp when the Earl was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836 and was a view to procuring 100,000 head of | secretary when the latter was Goverpor General of Canada. TOWN OF M. P, and a captain of the Royal Irish Dr. Davidson, officiated. The to the Earl in 1893-% —_—————————— SANTA MARIA TO HAVE NATIONAL BANK Stock of $50,000. July 12.-—The so that everything may be in readiness | Comptroller has authorized the First to rush the ponies to San Francisco | National Bank of Santa Maria, Cal, and thence by ship direct to Korea. ——— to organize. Its capital is $850,000. are John Houk, M. 3 The organizers ‘War News Continued on Page 2, Fleisher, A. McNell and Reuben Hart,