The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1904, Page 1

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GERMAN CRUISERS BOUGHT BY RUSSIA JOIN RAIDING VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON LONDON, July 22.---A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from St. Petersburg says it is reported there that cruisers said to have been bought by Russia in Germany have joined the Vladivostok squadron, which went to sea especially to meet them; BUTCHERS AND RiOTOUS Packers Accused ! of Violating | Pledge. i Alleged Discrim- ination Against | the Union. l y 22—The stockyards 1 was renewed this morn- go and all the other points g packing companies have | 1 ikers were dis- e manner in which the | i to reinstate former a settlement by ar- ue for another day d ence between the es of both sides of the con- resentatives of the al- to bring about t of this second 1, and the meet- to-night with the another conference o'clock to-morrow vhich lasted ing of and the - Butchers’ i to go over the but it was unable to| both agreement n and that is responsible STRIKE PROBABLE. | be reached to- belief is that a| ike of the allled trades industry, which was k to enforce the de- W be called. e signified their v the butchers if n to assist in the packers for su- " , | n a at t given out to-nighl} GENERAIL Pres of the Butchers' | rs signed an agreement| th i be no discrimination | ir g of the men. This was | e ficers of the organiza- | t On the return of th s ng they were lined uy he foreman, walking throug would pick out a man ar You come up.” The next man v pushed out of line and told e t be used, and it was e active union men » 4 not use. Pension of the Ar- ent - addressed owing language | away like cat- u back like cat- | tie’ This ge was used both to men and women.” SERIOUS RIOTING BEGINS. The first rioting the day came when man named Hank Miller was | Y & crowd of strike sympa- | who beat him so badly that at tal to which he was taken it | that he had little chance of | ller was set upon in front | r & Co.’s plant, and after he kicked almost to death he| by pedestrians, who sent| It was found that Miller's | tured and his jaw broken. le came when Joseph ed at Nelson, Morris taken out of the which had been falling of a skid, could | be cared for 2 physician. The doctor | after attending the wounded man called an ambulance to have the sufferer taken back to the company’s impro- vised hospital in the yards. A crowd, assuming that Younichs was a mnon- union man, attacked the ambulance and nearly upset the vehicle in an endeavor | to reach the supposed foe, With drawn revolvers two policemen and the doctor | defended their charge, the doctor de- claring to the strike sympathizers that the wounded man was a fellow union- ist. This took time, and the defenders had to withstand a siege till help came | from the stockyards police station, a considerable distance Other men Wwere severely beaten by strikers. STRIKERS ATTACK A GIRL. As soon as it grew dark small-sized riots became numerous, and it kept the police busy until far into the night scattering the belligerents. In one of these disturbances Josie Rominsky, who had taken a striker’s place in one of i s U e T it N i Continued on Page 2, Column 1. yard so tha fractured by RESUME — STRIKE. ' ERA BEGINS FR- o eEncE E M CANN- SULDIERS ARE CALSE 0F 4 CLASH Order for Their Re- lease From Jail Is Ionored. i Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, July 22.—The military | authorities at Fort Baker and the civil authorities at Sausalito have clashed. The trouble started to-day, when two soldiers were arrested here for disturb- ing the peace. A squad of men from Angel Island had been sent to Point Bonita by way of Sausalito this morning for target practice. Two of the boys in blue im- bibed too freely here and were arrested for disturbing the peace. When the military authorities at Fort Baker heard of the arrest they immediately dispatched Lieutenant Taylor here with an order for the release of the men. Justice of the Peace Pryor refused to liberate the prisoners, and Lieutenant Taylor returned to Fort Baker. Later in the day Lieutenant Jameson, adjutant of the artillery corps, present- ed Judge Pryor with apn order from Colonel Lomia for the release of the men, but Judge Pryor remained firm and refused to liberate the offenders. Judge Pryor said in discussing the matter: “These men committed a mis- demeanor and I mean to punish them.” The prisoners were brought before the Judge to-night, pleaded guilty and were fined $20 each, with an alternative of spending twenty days in jail. The men were unable to pay the fine.and were sent to jail. —_——— RUSSIAN ENDS HIS LIFE ON RAILWAY TRAIN First Secretary of the Legation at Pe- king Commits Suicide on Way ¥From Madras. BOMBAY, July 22.—P. C. Roudan- ovsky, first secretary of the Russian legation at Peking, has committed sui- I | [ - >3 4 i - + | I CHICAGO OFFICIALS WHO FACE | SERIOUS SITUATION DUE TO | ] THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE, 1 i i PRESIDENT 0F KUNANI Southfnfirican’s Claim Is Aired in Europe, Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, July 22.—Adolphe Brezet, who styles himseif “President of the Re- public of Kunani,” sent out to-day a protest against the recent award by the King of Italy in the arbitration of the frontier question between British Guiana and the Amazon Province of Brazil, which affects territory which he alleges to be independent of both countries. The protestation is ad- dressed to President Roosevelt, Edward VI1I, President Loubet, the Kaiser, the Kings of Italy and Spain and the Presi- dent of Brazil. Brezet, who arrived in this city re- cently, is taken seriously by a number of persons. He says he has formed an Anglo-American syndicate in New York and London for the purpose of supporting his rights to the territory in question. He will go to London next week in order to fit out an expedition to take effective possession of the land. Meanwhile the Brazilian Ministry here is urging the French police to ar- rest Brezet before he makes serious trouble. Brezet has a large following in Kunani. He also seems to have money, as well as credentials showing he is the “legitimate successor of former Kunani Presidents.” Most of these cide on a railway train between Mad- | Presidents, however, have been Presi- ras and Calcutta, dents in name only. BECK JAY SUIN LEATE LOCAL BANK President IS Await- ing Resignation of Manager. Company Sends Ifs Agent to Cily to Adjust Differences. Retirement of Official Depends on His Dispesition in Maiter of a Two Years' Contract, A it The arrival here from New York of William B. Wightman, assistant to the president of the International Banking Corporation, has been quickly foll.wed hy a report that Colonel Fran- | cis C. Beck, local manager of the in- stitution, is soon to retire, Although Wightman, who is staying at the 8t. Francis Hotel, deglines to re- ceive newspaper representatives or an- swer any inquiries over the phone rela- tive to the report of Manager Beck's retirement, it is generally understood that the assistant to the president of the big banking institution is here to deal with the local manager regarding his resignation. According to information gleaned from reliable sources Beck has declined to resign unless the full amount of his salary for two years, the period iIn | which he has contracted to serve the company, is paid to him. The amount is said to be $30,000 and the officials of the company are be- lieved to be dickering with the local | manager with a view of having him | agree to a compromise on a much lower figure. The differences between Beck and the head of the banking institution date | back more than six months, during | which time it is said that much corre- | spondence has been indulged in be- | tween manager and president relative | to the amount of money that should | be paid to the former in consideration of his resignation. Beck is reported to have refused to compromise, and some time ago he engaged Attorney William H. Metson to represent him in the mat- ter. Later Judge Henshaw became in- terested in the case, as a sort of me- diator, and now that Wightman has arrived here it is expected that the dif- ferences between Beck and the presi- dent of the company will be amicably adjusted. It was reported yesterday that the Russo-Chinese Bank, through one of its local representatives, had been nego- tiating with Beck for his services. This fact is sald to have brought forth a suggestion from the International Banking Corporation that Beck could well afford to compromise with the lat- ter institution, as he would probably suffer no financial loss. As the matter now stands the retirement of Manager Peck rests entirely on the question as to whether the International Banking Corporation will pay the full amount due him for two vears' service, under an existing contract, or whether he will finally agree to accept less. Just what brought about a diagree- ment between Manager Beck and the higher officials of the bank is not known. The fact that a breach exists between him and the president, how- ever, is 2 subject that has been quietly discussed in banking circles since ‘Wightman'’s arrival here two days ago. Apparently the original information re- garding the trouble came direct from New York, for several prominent bank- ing men of this city appear to be very well informed on the matter,'although they are not willing to discuss it for publication. Manager Beck is regarded as one of the best bank exchange experts in this city. Tt was this reputation, gained during his many years’ connection with the Anglo-Californian Bank, that was materially responsible for his appoint- ment -to his present position with the International Banking Corporation. Every possible effort is being made to keep the matter of his retirement a gecret, and no one: connected with the affair will consent to discuss it. e e . Prominent Actor Dead. NEW YORK, July 22.—Charles M. Collins, once prominent on the Amer- ican stage, is dead at his home after an {liness of four months. Collins ap- peared during his professional career 4n the support ©f many leading actors. | e detpspe—— AFTER FIVE DAYS OF FIGHTING KUROKI GAINS BIG ADVANTAGE STRAPPED 10 THE LD OF COFFIN Bachelor Pays for ‘His Temerity in Marrying, Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICACO, July 22.—Strapped to the lid of a coffin and escorted with all the ceremony of an anciént Egyptian fu- neral procession, Frank Ellis, living on the South Side, was carried to a pre- nuptial reception given him by his fel- low-members of the Thirteenth Club of Woodlawn. This is an organization of bachelors who agreed not to marry, and | Ellis was the first to break the pledge. On Monday evening he announced that to-day he would marry Miss Ella L. ‘Holstrom. Carey Reese, president of the club, sent for Ellis, and when the young man got off the train at Auburn Park he was met by twelve men, all dressed in white gowns and caps. Ellis was over- powered and strapped to a coffin lid. He was placed in a wagon draped in white and drawn by two white horses. At the head two men marched, beating muffled drums; two others led tHe horses and two carried banners. The | others marched beside the wagon, each carrying a green lamp. Inscribed on one banner were the words: “He'll be under the lid next week,” and on the other were painted a skull and crossbones. Through all the principal streets the procession marched, thence to Reese's home, where a banquet was served. —_—————— FRENCHMEN QUARREL OVER EXPOSITION SUBJECTS Commissioner and Minister of Com- merce at Loggerheads About Question of Authority. PARIS, July 22.—Sharp letters have been exchanged between Emile Du- pont, president of the French section of the St. Louis Exposition, and M. Trouillot, the Mi er of Commerce. M. Dupont asserts Ahat the Minister's assumption of power to revise the list of French jurors at St. Louis is unjus- tifiable and he declares that the French exhibitors will not recognize the Minister’s power. M. Trouillot an- swered by rebuking M. Dupont’s Jan- guage and saying he intends to exer- cise his power and will publish the list of jurors in to-morrow’s Journal. | | COMMANDER _OF THE _VLADI- VOSTOK SQUADRON AND HIS JAPANESE ADVERSARY. | + + | | { | — War Bu}l_etins. = | 23 | TOKIO, July 23, 11 a. m.—The Viadivostok squadron was seen at noon yestcerday (Friday) eighty miles off Hitachi province. The squadrom | was going southward. CONSTANTINOPLE, Tewfik Pasha, Foreign Minister, vis ited the British Embassador, Sir Nicholas O’Connor, and declared to him that the Porte could not refuse to allow Russian volunteer fleet steam- ships to pass through the Dardanelles when unarmed and flying the commer- cial flag. With the action of the | steamships, once they had passed the | Dardanelles, the Minister said, the | Porte was not concerned. | 22— July LONDON, July 22.—The Brussels | correspondent of the Daily Telezmph; says that the Russian Government has | addressed several prominent mem- bers of The Hague arbitration tri- bunal, requesting their opinions on the ' seizure of mails by Russian cruisers. SUEZ,. July 23.—The Hamburg- | American line steamship Scandia, | seized by the Russians in the Red | Sea, has just arrived here. She flies | the Russian naval flag, is commanded by a Russian naval officer and is man- | ned by a naval crew. She will enter the canal. Her destination is not known. | —_— CARRIES HIS WEALTH ON HIS WAN’DERINGSi New York Police Pick Up Aged Man and Find Pockets Full of Money. NEW YORK, July —Edward Conrad, aged 85 years, formerly of San Francisco, was found wandering aimlessly about to-day by Detective James R. Harvey. When searched a small cloth bag containing an old- fashioned pocket book with $200 in gold and drafts on the City and Coun- ty Bank of San Francisco to the amount of $4300 was found. Conrad was taken to the Police Court and arraigned before Magistrate Flammer, who committed him to the Bellevue Hospital for treatment, o | 22 T‘ Strate gic Points Seized From Russians. GENERAL KUROKI'S HEAD- QUARTERS, via Fusan, July 22.—As a result of five days’ activity, the Jap- anese have secured much better stra- tegic lines for their advance and the Russians have lost their best defensive positions, both on the Liaoyang and Mukden roads. Four Russian guns shelled one of the Japanese positions for an hour this morning without result. The Japanese guns remained silent. Major Hiraocku, who was wounded on July 19, has died. He was attached to the Bri h army in the Boer war. CHEFU, July 23, 9 a. m.—Thirty Chi- nese refugees who have just arrived here from Port Arthur report that the Japanese made another torpedo attack on the Port Arthur fleet last Thurs- ight. The stories of the refugees y in detai. Some state that the nese were repulsed with a loss of three torpedo-boats, while others de- clare that the movement was merely an attempt which failed, owing to the vigilance of the Russian searchlights, and that the Japanese escaped unhurt. PR AL P L, STEAMSHIP HIPSANG'S LOSS, Vessel Torpedoed by Russians Proba- bly the Overdue Freighter. CHEFU, July 22.—Russian refugees who arrived here this afternoon from | Port Arthur report that the foreign vessel, supposedly a merchant steam- ship, which was sunk by the Russians off Port Arthur on July 16, was chal- lenged from the forts and then fired upon. She did not stop, and therefore a torpedo-boat dashed out and sank her. The refugees are unable to give the name of the ship, but believe she was the Hipsang, belonging to the Indo- China Navigation Company. Steamships arriving here from Shanghal report that they are being searched by Japanese auxiliary cruis- ers. PSR SR, INDEMNITY IS SUFFICIENT. Louis Etzel Must Accept Sum Offered by China. WASHINGTON, July 22. — Heirs of Louis Etzel, killed: by Chinese soldiers | near Newchwang, are dissatisfled with { the amount of indemnity (325,000 Mex- |ican) paid by the Chinese Government on account of the affair and have com- | plained to the State Department. The . department has replied that, in view | of the facts, the unpremeditated char- | acter of the killing and the general ! practice of the American and other Governments in fixing indemnities on account of death, the indemnity in this !cue is regarded as sufficient. The promptness of the Chinese Government | in settling the case without any pres- sure is officially commended. 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