The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1904, Page 1

— THE WEA erly winds, with £ A. G. District Forecast made st San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, Scptember 9: San Francisco and vicinity— Fair Priday; cooler; brisk west- THER. oF. McADIE, Forecaster. 3, o Plays. Majestio—"In The Chutes—Vaudeville. After- noon and Evenin, 4_3'_. E H ! 1 H the Palace of the . 7, 10 IN AL L THEIR GLORY REAF PRICE FIVE CENT DOVNELLY CALLS OFF THE STRIKE Great Stockyards Trouble IS af an End. | —_— Buichers’ Union Yields and" Affiliated Bodies Will | Do Likewise, Only s Portion of the Skilled Men | | Are to Be Taken Back by the Packers. 8.—The strike of the which has demoral- eat-packing industry itire country, was of- by Pres- Sept rkmen 1 off to-night of the Amal- Butcher | America. This hed to the executive d e mnational asking their consent to an f the end of the strug- ed fa- s f e declared strik mbers of his B t midnight. rs of the o stock yards, | | t workin synmipathy with the | X v officially called off t ng at a miesting of ard of the Alléa a ded upon at a v of the Al- e notified to- een decided to end nounced that they as far as possible ut stated at of these men their old 0y the work erformed satisfactorily by | engaged since the It is ex- of the un- unable to regain It was the ques- le for this class of t about the strike, th agreement lled work- t man cases, ther than strike approximately been involved, and ted to have cost ) in wages, as of $7,500,000 business and in in- The greatest num- Chicago during the and the total in the £ th is estimated same number. f the strike was by the Butchers' Union kers pay to the unskilled cents an hour. The sed to sign an agreement, ate. This was ac- k greeing to return pending the decision of the The men, however, were sfled with the manner in which re being put to work and de- at they would not return un- men were given their old e day's time. The packers t this was impossible and strike for the second urn to work under ns that existed before the — COLORADO MINERS DISARMED. Sheriff and Deputies Prevent Demon- | stration and Arrest Fifteen Men. | IDAD, Colo., —Sherift | with fifteen deputies, went to | afternoon in response to | message that striking | ering over 100 were | Tabasco and Berwin to | miners out of the]| e arrival of the Sheriff | informed him that they mbled to hold a meeting. Sept. the strikers carried gunl‘ disarmed them. Fifteen | considered dangerous | nd placed in the Coun- | 1 ville last night six Italian | ssaulted coal company | Christopher Shore, one of thc’ as shot through the gro(n? fatally wounded. Three of the | T8 were arrested and placed in| t the others escaped. | Jail, b Sargent Coming to Coast., WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Commis- sioner of Immigration Sargent will B 1 of McAbee N i SHADED FPORTION INDICATES BURNED DISTRICT. ,///A 14 ‘3 ) 0 % 7% | . Fierce Flames Destroy Trees That Made Golden State Famous. Special Dis; BOULDER abated and CREEK unchecked, Sept. 8.— the fire that has been threatening the California State Park finally to-day swept through the stately park and laid low the hitherto untouched woodiand, mak- ing a dreary waste of the State’s pleas- ure ground. The fire started near the headwaters of Waterman Creeek, near where the California Timber Company was conducting milling operations, and traveled easterly along the Waterman and Pescadero creeks over the lands Bros., " whose mill and possessions were eagerly licked up. The lives of two men were sacrificed in an endeavor to save the mill Over the lands of Sinnott, Koster, Trays, Doeg, Hubbs, Rambo and many others rushed the fire, sweeping all be- fore it. Through the, Sempervirens camp the fire made its way, and then along the northeasterly line of the park to the cut timber lands of I. T. Bloom, where hundreds of men have.gathered in a final effort to stay the onward sweep of the flames. P This afternoon the railroad company sent word to all section crews to re- port to Warden H. Pilkington at the park and all afternoon and evening Station Agent Aram has been sending men out in teams and on horseback. The chance of reaching the warden, | however, was slight, owing to his be- ing cut off from the outside. All the roads are destroyed and until the woods cool it will be impossible to reach him. The last word from the warden was received early in the after- noon, when he sent out the following message: “Park is gone; haven't given up hope, but hope to save Governor's Camp.” Since then the fire has hemmed him in. When last seen early this morn- ing the warden was escorting a party of women to a place of safety. Inthis party were Mrs. M. E. Kinney, Miss E. Kinney and Miss N. Davenport of San Jose, Mrs. William Hill of Peta- luma, Miss George Trude of Shelton and Mrs. Pilkington. They had an ex- citing time and were in danger many times from the flames. At one time were it not for the quick wit of the warden, who dampened handkerchiets and tied them over the faces of the tch to The Call. | John L. Koster's home was entirely !doslruyed The schoolhouse at Sequoia was saved by the bravery and heroism | of Thomas and James Maddock, who, when deserted by their comrades, stayed by the burning building, and by pulling off part of the boards and shingles saved it. | The fire is now raging fiercely and is | utterly -beyond control at 6:20 p. m. | The fire reached the extreme north- | easterly limit of the park, where every | available man has been gathered under | the direction of I. T. Bloom in a final | effort to get the flames under control. | Back-firing is being freely used, though much fear is expressed for the safety { of Warden Pilkingtqn and a handful of { men who are supposed to be some- | where near Governor's amp. Every avenue of ‘access has been. burned !and not a road remains by which the | park and the warden can be reached. | The losses at present are as follows: McAbee Brothers, $20,000; S. Gra- hammer (tavern), $2500; T. Trays, $5000; ‘Mrs. ‘Welch, $5000; J. L. Koster, $5600, and J. Sinnott, $5000; total, $42,500. The many other smaller losses will make | this the most disastrous of the many | conflagrations that have ever swept the country. L E e e COMMISSION ANXIOUS, State Officials Are in Dark About Amount of Loss. When the news concerning the fire in Big Basin Park In Santa Cruz County reached this city yesterday morning, the Redwood Park Commis- sfoners, who live in San Francisco, had a hurried conference. There was no way to communicate with State War- den Pilkington in the Big Basin and some solicitude was experienced con- cerning the welfare of him and of his family and the unknown campers who are in the park. The Commissioners also were anx- ious about the fate of the Big Basin Park, the custody of which is placed in their hands by the State law. ‘W. H. Mills and Commissioner Fos- ter conferred ' with Professor Dudley of Stanford University, the secretary of the commission. Professor Dudley reported that the fire originated on Pescadero Creek. Commissioner W. H. Mills said last evening that he had | women, they would have perished, as the suffocating pine smoke was roll- ing around them in billows. The Basin View and, Tray's ranches are reported to be the scene of a sad leave on September 15 on a tour of |tragedy. None of the people on these inspection, which will include points ranches have been seen alive since the on the ‘Moxxcan border and on the | flames swept over their places yester- Pacific Coast. He will be gone four |day, and it is thought they were o, Burned. : no doubt that much damage had been caused in the State’s park by the fires. ‘He declined to speculate concerning the amount of it. “The difficulty of forecasting the amount of damage,” said Mills, “is increased by the uncertainty of the concentration of heat at any given point. Ordinarily the green under- growth 'in the Big Basin would not %2~ i VIE OVER WHICH SWEPT THE DESTROYED THE BEAUTY F. CA Lives Are Lost in Struggle to vent Progress of the Fire. WS OF THE BIG BASIN PARK AND MAP SHOWING THE TERRITORY IERCE AND DE LIFORNIA'S STRUCTIVE FLAMES THAT MOST FAMOUS-PRESERVE. 1 R Pre- i catch fire easily. There are places where the tan bark oaks have been stripped for their bark. They are dry and inflammable. They might strongly aid to spread the flames. If a great redwood tree should take fire'it would be like a torch to light its neighbors.” Early yesterday morning the follow- ing dispatch was received by H. R. Judah of the Southern Pacific Com- pany from J. H. Algler, dated Boulder Creek: Bad fire raging in Big Basin. Country tavern at Old Union Mill and summer home of J. L. Koster all gone. Stats Park in danger. Entire country from head of Pescadero Creek to Blooms Mill In flames. Several lives sup- posed to be lost. This gives official proof that the sit- uation was serious. Telegraphic cor- respondence took place promptly and the railroad people sent thelr track men to the rescue. it The only way to reach Boulder Creek from the park on the east is over the ridge along whose entire extent the flames raised their impassable and practically unbroken warl of fire. The Big Basin is surrounded by ridges, some of the peaks being as high as Mount Tamalpals and the entire coun- try is very rough and broken. E Through Big Basin Park run_the several forks of Waddell Creek. These are quite large streams, but they are strewn with huge boulders. low the creeks down below the fire belt might be very difficult for. any but and active persons. It is necessary the bed of the creek.... To_fol-' e T T _The Governor's Camp is-a collection of small, one-story wooden houses’that were ‘erécted by Mr. Middleton of Boul- der Creek, the former owner of a great part of the land sold to the State for | park -usés., They were built for the en- tertainment of distinguished visitors, and many have been entertained there. There have been fires in the Big Basin before but none so threatening as’ the present one. When the State Commissioners decided to open the park this year to the general public for the first time, regulations were care- fully prepared to guard against the starting of fires within the park except- ing at certain places and then only un- der the supervision and direction of Warden Pilkington. The residence of Mr. Koster of. this city, that has been destroyed, was a handsome structure, overgrown with ivy, surrounded with clusters of hand- some redwood trees, and.standing not far from the main road that leads from Boulder Creek into the east side of the Big Basin Park. The Union Mill prop- erty, the country tavern, that has been burned, was the property. of Mr. Mid- dleton of Boulder Creek. There was formerly a growth of large redwood’ trees near the mill, but these were cut off ‘before the basin was ‘offered to. the | State as'a park. ‘A fire would probably | make slow. progress into- the heart of ‘the Big-Basin from the immediate vi- cinity of the country tavern. - > FOREST FIRE RAGING. 'CREEK, Sept.- 8. \very ' |+ | disastrous .forest fire has been raging for two days-a few miles east of Jack- | % i | ? | Anxiety for Safety of Warden. -+ son. . It is supposed to have been started by the blasting of wood near the Government agricultural station, six'miles from Jackson. The conflagration has traveled in a southwesterly direction over an area from three to five miles in width for about ten miles, destroying valuable timber and pasture land and wood ranches. A -‘large number of men have been fighting the fire and defend- ing their homes for two days, but the trouble still continues. The power plant of the California | Gas and Electric Company is in dan- | ®er and part of the pole line was ‘burned - down last night. The quartz mills of“the colinty’ were shut down in consequence. . elo s A 5 FIRES IN MARIN COUNTY. Fierce Flames Make Headway Despite Efforts of Men. SAN:RAFAEL, Sept. 8.—The forest fires which, started on -the Bolinas ridge yesterday afternoon have made great headway and many acres of tim- ber ‘and brush haye been destroyed. This morning the fire fighters were sanguine of checking the flames, but at 10 o’clock the wind shifted and the fire is now working down the Bolinas ridge toward the Lagunitas Canyon and the Cascades toward Mount Tamalpals. 8. B.- Cushing of 'the Tamalpais Tav- ern has been working with a squad of men ‘since morning trying to keep the flames from crossing the ridge to the mountain. Should the ' wind change there is danger of the fire making its way toward the Mountain Tavern, destroy- ing the bridges of the Mount Tamal- pdis Scenic Railroad. The, telephone lines between here and Bolinas_ are destroyed and the stage road is blocked by the burning timber. 2 FIRES NEAR MARYSVILLE. Blaze Starts in Forest and Destroys | Much Valuable Property. MARYSVILLE, Sept. '8.—A forest fire that broke out in the hills east of this city; yesterday destroyed the old Oregon Hotel and all the nearby buildings., The Baxter store building and its contents; the Baxter residence, containing the postoffice, .and large Is Felt| PS STAND WHERE ONCE D THE GIANT SEMPERVIRENS o —— e Lashed to Bar of ' Parachute She Floats Away. p—i {Cords on Her Hands Alone Save Her From Death, | Spectators Shriek at the Spectacle, but | the Venturesome Girl Reaches | Earth in Safety, ——e——e Special Dispatch to The Call DERBY, Conn., Sept. every minute to see | death, 5000 8.—Expecting her dashed to Orange Fair saw Miss Mabel Kent, a pretty nine- teen-year-old girl of Shelton, borne out of sight, clutching the bar of a huge parachute below a balloon, her body | swaying at full length in the air. Her hands were tightly lashed to the bar and the rope held her until | had reached an altitude of nearly t! miles from the point of ascension. The balloon descended to the top of a tree fifty feet high, where she managed to free herself. She was rescued in a | semi-conscious condition. A balloon ascension and parachute leap by Professor Hayden had been an- nounced as one of the attractions of the afternoon. An invitation for any young woman to accompany' him was ac- cepted by Miss Kent. Professor Hayden lashed her loosely by her feet to the trapeze bar and tied her wrists to a guy rope. As the balloon ascended the fetters slipped from the woman's feet, leaving her a waving human pendulum. The straps that held her wrists to the guy rope formed the only tie that kept her from falling. Fortunately these held fast. The crowd in the fair grounds shrieked in agony. Miss Kent says that she was too frightened to cry. She had expected to | be able to stand on the trapeze, but the slipping of her feet bandages left her helpless. Down the balloon shot and hundreds of spectators who had seen the inci- dent rushed to the spot where it w | falling. It struck in the top of a tr iand Miss Kent lodged in its branches, | where she was rescued persons at she —_———— | WIDOW WILL FIGHT FOR HER RIGHTS IN COURT | Intends Suing Santa Fe for Ousting | Her From Premises She Has Oc- | cupied for Years. | SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 3.—Mrs. | Quinnlan, a widow, residing at | Needles, came to San Bernardino this afternoon to take the prelimimary | steps for instituting a suit against the Santa Fe Railway Compaany for mak- |ing her vacate the house she rented | from the company because she would not board strike-breakers. | -Mrs. Quinnlan has been a tenant of | the company for the past ten years |at Needles. She ran a boarding- house. When the stockade was aban- dcned by the road she alleges several of the strike-breakers applied to her for board. She refused them, not con- sidering them desirable boarders, and yesterday she was served with a notice to vacate the premises on the 15th. —_————————— ENGINEER PROSTRATED BY FATAL ACCIDENT Drives Locomotive Over His Niece, Killilng Her, and Shock May Prove Fatal. | ELGIN, I, Sept. 8.—Miss Anna Roycroft, 18 years old, was run down and instantly killed last night by an engine in charge of her uncle, Taylor Sergeant. The tragedy so affected the engi- neer’s mind that he collapsed with his hand on the emergency brake. He is completely prostrated and the attending physicians fear he may not recover from the terrible shock. e e with little insur- | aggregate $20,000, { ance. The fire is now believed to be under control and ng further damage is | feared. | CROPS ARE DAMAGED. Forest Fires Near Healdsburg Injure Growing Fruit and Grain. HEALDSBURG, Sept. 8. — Forest lflre‘ are raging in the hills surround- ing this city. Great damage has been done to the crops and fruit. It is sup> barps filled with hay were consumed. | posed that the, fires are due to the The fire spread rapidly in spite of | carelessness of campers passing the efforts of hundreds of men. Much | through this section. timber, ‘grain and pasture land was| This city is enveloped in a cloud of destroyed and it'is believed tMat some | smoke and to-day the thermometer stock: perished. - The'-losses reported registered 110 degrees in the shade.