The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1904, Page 1

cisco for midnight, August 5 Sza Fraacisco and vicinity— Fair Prid with fog. bri District TEE WEATHEER. Forvecast made at San Fran- thirty homrs eading A. G. McADIE, sk westerly Forecaster. 'SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST Alcazar—“The Tramp.” California — “A Thoroughbred Central—“Sergeant James.” Cclumbia—*“Mice and Men.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Fischer's—“The Whirl of the Lady of Lyons.” 9, 1904. MERCHANT MARINE COMMISSION OF CONGRESS CONFERS WITH MEN THAT CONTROL COMMERC i \ THOUSAND OF TOIL LOCKED 0 ~ S U1 Serious Industrial Crisis in Greater New York. Building Trades Employers’| Association Declares War on Unions, | | | | Striker Who Does Not Appear for Work This Morning Will Taken Back. Be | — War to the | between the | rs' Associa- ions of the The threat- was this The Call ug. 4 ployers k now brought ately not fewer the boards of govern- | {iding Trades Employers’ t session, when, les Eidlitz, president. de this official walting news- has been strike, r building on the usual hour locked out and e left on the street on s order will ap- operative in New twenty miles | if they do not nday morning out, along affiliated in the ance.” ald, general con-| way, began to-night | of the subway| he ranks of such men be Ge rge A. Fuller Con- ¥ its unqualified sup- ay to supply the sub-| with lists of non-| plumbers and other| w to take the places of the| locked-out strikers. —_— HATTERS GET INJUNCTION. Prevent Use of Label They Say Is an | Infringement. { BRIDGEPORT, Conn., ge O. Wheeler of tilelayers, Aug. 4.— the Superior urt has granted an injunction re- straining C. H. Merritt & Son of Dan- bury from using a label which is al- | leged to be an infringement upon the lzbel of the United Hatters of North The petition was brought in ica. ase of Martin Lawler of Danbury, | United Hatters being an unincor- d association. The decision is ng in its effect, the labor organi- being given a standing before the court and every contention upheld. of a contract between the employers is held to be of the salient features of is the statement that heir concomitants are not as some of the court de- tter being permanent in the their effect, while the strike and dis- order are ephemeral. ‘ < | MORE PAY FOR MACHINISTS. Labor Leaders Ask for Increase for Navy Yard Mechanics. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Samuel president of the American of Labor, called on the ent to-day with President O’Con- nal Association committee repre- n of that organi- an increase be ration of the n hinists ton Navy Yaurd. The Pres promised that an estigation of the question involved i}d be made by Secretary Morton n would be based on the Sec- | Pattison’s Remains Interred. PHILADELPHIA, Aug £ —The 1 of former Govérnor Robert E. attison took place to-d: Governor Pennypacker, former Governor William | A. Stone and nearly every Democratic politician in Pennsylvania attended the funeral. | service of the United States. 1 PRES GEO NEWHALL Laddd | | S MINOR | LIFE-SAY S VOCATION OF HEIRESS Society Girl Joins Corps at Long Beach. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Well known in New York society, accomplished, | wealthy, pretty and a graduate of an | exclusive seminary, Miss Norma Ham- ilton of 65 Central Park West enjoys the distinction of being the first woman enrolled in the volunteer life saving been assigned to the station at Long Beach, L. I, where she will be on duty for the first time to-morrow afternoon. | Miss Hamilton is 19 years old, stands feet 4 inches and weighs 110 pounds. he was graduated from “The Castl 5 8 at Tarrytown, N. Y., last year. ilton's daring in battling the waves has attracted attention at*Nar- ragansett Pier and other seashore re- sorts where she has been with her par- ents. Recently Miss Hamilton was invited to join the life saving corps, and, with the consent of her mother, took the ex- amination under Inspector Brown and obtained a rating of 100 per cent in deep sea diving, swimming against breakers and taking out a catamaran without help, —_—— MILLS OF SPOKANE DESTROYED FLOURI Fire Sweeps the Plant on the Anni- | versary of a Former Great Conflagration. SPOKAD Aug. 4.—Fire to-nighi | burned the old C. and C. flouring mills, | the pioneer plant of the city, with a loss of $60,000. The fire came on the fif. | teenth anniversary of the great confla- | gration which almost wiped out the| city, and the mills were among the few buildings then that escaped. The buildings were owned by the Wash- ington Water Power Company and were leased to the Portland Flouring Mills Company. The building and ma- chinery were insured for $35,000, She has | s Mason’s school for young women | Miss | | {Darious Remedies for Condition Suggested. | | Facts Are Supplied in Support of Theories. “Subsidy.” In this one word is crys- all the suggestion, all the the- ory, all the logic and all the hope of the San Francisco shipowners and commercial men that advised yester- day with the members of the Merchant Marine Commission of Congress at the ~ooms of the Chamber of Commerce. tallized American merchant vessels in a thou- | sand ways were suggested, but, always | keeping the national treasury and the bank accounts of American manufac- | turers and laborers and artisans In | view, the whole question again to “subsidy.” The only question | that remained unanswered 1s: - Who | shall pay this tribute that must be given to re-establish the prestige gf the American merchant marine? George A. Newhall, president of the Chamber of Commerce, called the meeting of the commission to order yesterday morning at 10 o’clock and, after assuring the committee that its | presence here was appreciated by the shipping interests of the coast, intro- duced the members of they; commission to the assembly, which whs composed of the most prominent commercial and transportation men of the city. SENATOR GALLINGER REPLIES. Chairman of Commission States Pur- pose of Visit Here. In replying to Mr. Newhall, Senator | Jacob H. Gallinger. chairman of the commission, after expressing apprecia- tion on behalf of himself and col- leagues for the courtesies that had been extended them since their ar- rival here, addressed himself to the work before the commission, saying in part: . “I regret to repeat a statement I | have made many times and that is that the merchant marine interests are in a deplorable condition. The commis- jon is here to secure from practical men information that will help us in reaching a conclusion we may present to Congress as a report of the result of our labors. We realize that the questions to be dealt with are technical and require, much study. In the many cities we have visited we asked those interested, as you are, in the shipping interests of the country to state their case. We ask the same of you, assur- ing you in advance that the sugges- tions you-may make will be carefully | g | Discriminating tariffs, tonnage tax, | free ships, extension of the postal| bounty, export bounty and aid of reverted | SCENE IN ING SESSI MERCHAN' ON OF T T MARINE COMMIS! Commission Gratified at Day’s Results HE Merchant Ma- rine Commission of Congress opened its San Francisco session in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday morn- ing. Men prominently identi- | fied with the shipping inter- ests of this port and men in- terested in the general pros- pe of the nation gave to the commission the result of their years of - observation and study. = Though many theories were advanced, it was the opinion of the ma- fority that a general subsidy || would best further the inter- | | ests of American commerce. At the conclusion of the meeting the members of the comimission expressed grati- fication at the fact that many points had been given them here that would aid them in their deliberations of the fu- ture and in solving the great problem that means so much to the nation. | | | { — and conscientiously considered by this commission.” Senator Gallinger's warmly applauded. When silence camé the commission immediately plunged into the work before it. The examination of what might be termed witnesses, or, rather, the questioning of those that came to give advice, had not proceeded far when it became man- ifest that three schools of thought were to be advocated by their parti- sans. First—Subsidies (properly and strictly so called). This remedy amounts to the direct payment from the Federal treasury of a given sum for each mile of outward voyages of ships carrying the American flag. It was most strong- ly advocated by E. F. Preston, who addressed the commission in his capac- ity as a director of the Oceanic Steam- ship Company. From his replies to | questions put by Senator Gallinger it was apparent that he favored this pol- | fey. ' Second—Free ships and differential duties on imports. This mixed remedy involves the rebate of duties on imports carried by American-bufit ships carry- ing the American flag and the privi- lege, now withheld, of flying the Amer- ican flag on ships built abroad. This policy is favored, apparently, by Rep- resentative Spight of the commission. Its strongest advocate yesterday, was James Rolph Jr., president of the Ship- owners” Assoclation of the Pacific Coast. v expression was | ~—~ E SEMN JH QALLINGER REP W E HUMPHREY WER THOS. SPIGHNT SECTWL. MARVIN | | ‘ L Subsidy Is Favored by Majority of Aduvisers. Advocates of Three Lines of Thought Are Present. — ~ 3 Third—Export bounty, which requires payment direct from the Federal treasury of a given sum a ton ad v lorem on cargoes carried from Ameri- can to foreign ports in ships of Ameri- | can register. H. E. Pennell, vice presi- dent of the Shipowners’ Association, advocated this as a remedy for existing conditions. While it is certain that Representa- tive E. S. Minor favors a subsidy, he;, leans toward a more complicated appli- | cation of the principle than Senator | Gallinger. From his questions yester- day it was manifest that he is in favor | of subsidies to be paid to mail-carrying | vessels out of the general funds of the | Government and to be paid to other| vessels out of a special Federal| fund to be made up by tonnage taxes levied on all vessels, American includ- | ed, the treaties between our Govern- | ment and other Governments not for-| bidding tonnage taxes on foreign ves- | sels if the same taxes be levied on | American ships. ‘ Representative W. E. Humphrey of | Washington indicates a leaning toward | subsidy, but it is apparent that he is yet open to conviction as to whether to put the principle Into practice di- rectly or through some modification of the tariff that would have, at least the- oretically, the same effect. | ROLPH GIVES HIS VIEWS. Advocates Free Ships and Imposing of Differentail Duties. James Rolph Jr., advocate of free| ships and differential duties, was the first to address the commission yester- day. His paper, which was carefully prepared and demonstrated that he had | given much careful thought to the question, was, in part, as follows: It scems strange that manufacturing and business concerns generally seem to have the right of combination, while the same rights are denied carriers. The Sherman act strictly prohibits any contract entered into for the purpose of regulating freight rates of railroads or ships engaged In Interstate or forelgn com- merce. Such combinations, If they should exist, would be illegal and vold, being in re- straint of trade and commerce, and therefore violating the provisions of the act. The law of our country therefore absolutely prohibits individual shipowners from combining in any way whatever for the purpose of advancing freights, even though ruination be staring them in the face. The amalgamation of great car- rying corporations under a single head, now 50 common, Is but a result of this Sherman act. Under such conditions does it not seem reasonable that Congress should in some way foster our American shipping as an offset to Continued on Page 4, Column 1, | held out the return coupons of round- | RAILROADS ROBBED OF THOUSANDS Ticket Scalpers and?” Culprits prits. T Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Aug. 4—Detectives of the | Passenger Association have obtained | evidence that the railroads terminating | in St. Louis have been defrauded of | about $200,000 since the opening of the | falr by the collusion of the railway con- | ductors and ticket scalpers. Reports | made to the heads of passenger depart- ments of the number of persons carried | on the trains to and from St. Louis | over certain roads did not correspond | with the number of tickets turned in by the conductors to the railway auditors. An investigation was made on one road with the above result. A close watch upon certain conductors resulted in the finding of proof that they were furnish- ing tickets to agents of the St. Louis scalpers.. In most cases the conductors ‘ trip fair tickets issued by their respect- ive lines between points on “runs.” To stop the wholesale stealing by | their conductors, many of the St. Louis lines have just put a ticket collector on each car of their trains and other roads are preparing to do so. Another plan | which all roads will adopt is to require | that all return coupons of round-trip | tickets to St. Loufs are to be presented | to a Joint agent at St. Louis and| stamped good for passage only on a certain date. i —_———————— CLAIMS THAT ASBESTOS CAN BE MADE INTO CLOTH regular | Inventor Says That He Can Make a Beautiful Silky Fiber From Rock. ORANGE, N. J. Aug. 4—It is claimed by a resident of this place that he has invented a perfect process to convert asbestos rock into a beautiful silky fiber, capable of being spun into a cloth similar to silk. He alleges the process is adapted especially to the manufacture of fine dress goods. Be- sides being mothproof, it is said the new material is eatirely fireproof, | with its prize of | One faction is headed by Govern OF PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO FISCONSIN DISPUTE T0 E SETTLED State Will Remain in Republican ~ Golumn. Court Decision to End the War Between the Two Factions. President Brings Pressure to Bear Upon Leaders in the Interest of Harmony. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Aug. thirteen was the subject of two impor- tant conferences to-day, one by Demo- 4.—Wisconsin, electoral votes, cratic managers, who believe th e the Badger the Democratic column, and one who see some re is tate in by R danger a chance to pla ican leade osing the m F. han, chairman of the ocratic campaign co: long session with Edward had a Wall of Wisconsin, who i leading Democrat in the was just back from a visi Parker and had given to the cratic can e his opoinio less the outlook for the improved.the State weuld go cratic. Wisconsin is divided into th tile camps. One is Democrat two are Repub There are two electoral State tickets in the fleld, both by Republicans of prominence each faction 1 ocrats win than have its foe tr and Follette, and he is opposed | are known as the “S by Senator John and met Senator Spooner and Repre- sentative Babcock by appointment. They had a long conference over the situation. The Pres is by no means In sympathy with the “Stal- warts,” who took the bit in their teeth in the Chicago convention and had the La Follette legates thrown out. He had requested that the whole dispute be left to the urts and that each e tv sets of delegates half vote. . suspected that the Pre: dent, through yne, is bringing pres- | sure to bear upon Spoonmer and Bab- cock with the view of getting the case decided in the courts. If it be decided in favor of La Fo ther side has promised to take down ticket. Thus the electoral vote of Wisconsin may be said to hang on a court deci- sion. o ol S i INDIANS KILL FROM AMBUSH Ten Young Men Are Fired Upon by Yaquis and Three of Them Slain Outright PR Special Dispatch to The Call. GUAYMAS, Mex., Aug. 4—Ten young men, all of prominent Guaymas fami- lies, composing a hunting party, were ambushed by a band of at least twen- ty-five Yaqui Indians Tuesday after- noon,‘near Lamesa Arvasada, north of Guaymas. Three were killed outright, one has since died and several others | received slight wounds. The party was returning from the hunt about nightfall, expecting to stop at the Sangerman ranch, when, with- out warning, the Indians opened fire, killing Albert Atiziar, Jose Davila and Juan Cecilio, driver of the stage. The survivors returned the fire and suc- ceeded in fighting their way out of the ambuscade, but Jesus Hernandez was mortally wounded and died on reach- ing the Sangerman ranch. A hard 1 Tuesday night covered up the India tracks and a Guaymas posse which went out Wednesday has returned unable to get any trace of the perpetrators of the outrage. A number of Indians from nearby ranches have been out several days gathering cactus fruit and Guaymas officials think they are responsible for the killing and that they are venting their wrath upon the Mexicans who persist in deporting to Yucatan all Yaquis suspicioned of treachery.