The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1906, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 30 [PLOYE AND A TRACTIO: ) } ak T1E-UP SEEMS CERTA Strike Affecting the E It is believed that a strike of the Oakland Traction Consoli- dated and the Key Route car- men will be declared very soon. In response to the : . | umon s decision t sirike Un]PS: e granted the has flaty not grant those den any Refuses All emands Made by Union. —e h he National Executive Board Notified of Vote. S0 T | rbitration Efforts Give But Faint Hope of Peace. phed thle national the Carmen’s t sanction a support ¢ fforts at arbitration are prepar yrder and shop to t mpany ha since the is toward vote was officials 1's vote. He > toward arbi- He added international executive NATIONAL BOARD L) NOTIFIED. i t :! the | P Every effort will o°.°°°4°° Traction Consolidated's nt follows: $3.0 Our object in sending out yes- of caution to our men relative » & strike was based on authentic srmation that a large number of them de- d that the vote should be by ballot. We were also advised that notwithstanding it was reported . preside; ployes’ i The Safe Keeping of Valuab’es. Wedding Presents, Gold and Silver Plate, Costly Laces, csent part anged plan that he and his followers should Jewelry, Keepsakes and every be oresent and force the matter to a vote description of valuable prop- opportunity for a sealed ballot erty are recived on storage in were ceutioned against a stampede fire and burglor proof vaulis of trickery, and notwithstand- i d_against d down and ve epithets. 2 as to the hall was packed to a mass of men standing as e, and a large number were nder am absolute guarantee or the return of the deposit. Moderate rates. CALIFORNIA Safe Deposit & Trust Company ices in protest we; while those in favor were [ California and Montgomery " Sts. | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA "ASSETS OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS HONEST VOTE THROTTLED. t obtain a fair and honest vote ottled and the results are such as be expected under such conditions. ng from the meeting stated that they not know how their vote was counted. ey who are promoting this agitation seek befog the public mind with a false issue. s not & question of wages or the treatment our men. They will admit that they have to a s recel falr and courteous' treatment | it fou that the rate is but a er tion of a cent below the San Fran- cisco rate, and, with the exception of Butte, M the wages are higher than are pald other street railway In America or that we have in any way opposed e their union organization any unfriendly attitude toward ary we have placed members ation in places of trust and ve always received the com- ly, and in no instance have to satisfy them that our course rel- ‘harge of men and punishment for rules was just and fair. And & controversy a courteous answer the president of the union as the past three years all com- r men who have cglled on us members of the union and were re- treated as guch, and we have never discuss the matter. of wages or other features of their employment The Oakland rallway systtms are built annd supported by Oakland capital and their owner- ¥hip ix vested in men of Integrity who have long been residents of Oakland. They have large interests here and have the highest in- | terest in the peace and prosperity of Oakldnd and adjacent towns. The only issue between the company and its men (and that issue is mot raised by us) Is | whether a body of men, under the leadership | of a few, shall manage our business, or | ‘Whether we shail have the right to manage | our own business In a proper way. We do not ’under\flk! to manage the affairs of the Car- wmen’s Union, and under mo circumstances can | we consent or permit that they shall manage | handle, three specially e} blades and nail Sle. X for any gen- Easily worth $2.00. ;... . HLBO y fMled P MAN PITTS, The Stationer, ETREET. §. F. our business. We want no strike. This community wants no strike. The rank and file of our men want no strike, but if the price of the right to con- duct our business in & fair, honest and reason- | able menner s a strike, then let it come. , | . We know what i+ means We know the cost, | the inconvenicnc the loss to business inter- | ests, the sorrow and misfortune which will come to many most excellent and worthy men who have long been in our employ. Our duty to the public and to every business interest in Oamkland and elsewhere requires that so long a8 we own this property we. do not surrender e management of our business to the employes. nor'to the paid agitators who make our men the unfortunate victims of thelr own selfish_uses. OAKLAND TRACTION CONSOLIDATED. By order of the board of directors, March 20, 1906. CONFER WITH MAHON. Before the strike meeting was called to order this morning W. D. Mahon, with Richard Cornelius, president of the San Francisco Carmen’s Unfon; James Bow- ling. secretary of the State Federation ek s the mxc Y u'fi’?fi"“m Indi- | of Labor: W. G. Burton and other labor cartburn,_Constipation, N 2 e exciusively | Tepresentatives were In conference with at of aliments of men, If you | President Ellison. After the meeting had . write at once for free advice. been éalled to order discussion continued fice hours, § &, m. to 9 p. m.; Sundays, 8| for. an hour and 2 half. The motion to & B R M sT AF g | Strike unless demands were conceded was h - & DR, LS R adovted by a rising vote of the union. M WELIL! OUR FEE This Week 5500, Pay Us 60 Days After E-C8 & cured every day by new method of treat- You cannot afford to - We do not care how sch you have tried to be red without -success, all we that you call on us for free consultation end give us & fAlr trial. ¢ we take the case our treatment will cure, only cure, but keep you well. our NEW METHOD the despondent ws hopeful, the weak and feeble get stronk. jo and vigorous, the sick become well oy the vlearures of life, VARICOCELE we have a painiess and se, quick and certain cure. For Stric- ve the quickest cure in the world. atic_ inflammation, Loss of Vigor, Blood Pimples Blotches, ’ Ulcers, Weak Kid- k to wait | o notify | ast Side of the Bay Is Imminen ~ L7 L7 ELLISON — ND SECRETARY WILL HEAD THE OPPOSING FOR( OF THE STREET CARMEN'S UNION. THESE MEN "ES SHOULD A STRIKE BE DECLARED, | OFFICIALS"OF THE OAKLAND TRACTION COMPANY AND THE PRESIDENT | Two votes were thus taken, the ‘first be- ing counted as 497 to 56, and the second to 5. Following this action speeches were made by Cornelius, Mahon and Dowling. This afterno®n committees of the car- men were in session and there was a con- ference with President Mahon Notices have been posted at the trac- tion company's offices that men will be glven employment. While there is no admission on the part-of the company officlals carmen freely assert that the company has arranged to put a large force of ‘men at work in case of a strike. Just how far a strike order would affect the company is a question. Whether the mén would all go out is debatable. Should a strike be called the company's end would be under the direct control of General Manager W. F. Kelly. With him will be J. Q. Brown, assistant man- ager and chief engineer, and James P. Potter, general superintendent of trans- portation. Among the union leaders are Ellison, J. F. Anderson, secretary of the union; E. C. Straub and G. F. Stoll, mem- bers of the executive committee. T present wage scale of the companies fol- lows: San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Rail- way—Gatemen, first two years, 25c per hour; third year, per_hour. Conductors—First two years, 28 per hour; third year, 30c per hour. Motormen—First two years, 32c per hour: third year, 35¢ per hour. Oakland Traction—Conductors and motor- men: “First year, 26c per hour; second year, 26c per hour; third year, 27c per hour. The union's wage demand is as fol- lows: Key route—Motormen and conductors, with- out regard to time of service, 85c per hour; gatemen, 27%c per hour. Oakland Traction—Conductors and motor- men, 27%c per hour, without regard to time of service. - STREETCAR MEN STRIKE. Conductors and Motormen at Winnipeg Demand Higher Wages. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 29.— After a mass-meeting lasting nearly all night, conductors and motormen in the -employ of the street railway com- pany went on strike for higher wages this morning. Scenes of violence never before wit- nessed on the streets of Winnipeg fol- lowed attempts to run the cars. A howl- ing mob of sympathizers showered bricks, siones and mud on every car. Drivers of drays took keen delight in blocking trafic by driving on the tracks. Wires were cut and switches opened, and finally the attempt to run cars was abandoned. Many fights oc- curred between strikers and strike- breakers. —_——— Temperance Countries, Tourists traveling in France, Italy and Spain remark that in those coun- tries they never see intoxicated people. It is because every man, woman and child uses.wine at meals. The people of San Francisco who desire temper- ance in their families should use the Italian-Swiss Colony’s delicious Asti Tipo ‘;’)hlgn&l v'rlrtn: at ltl'lelh'&lmeals. It may ad at the princ 0c ltoro(.eln quart, pll‘l’t l)?fl hg{t-pel:l{ flasks. Beware of imitations. ' ———— Fund for Hawalian Improvements. WASHINGTON March 29. — The House committee on Territories today made a favorahle report on a bill set- ting aside for five years 75 per cent of the customs and internal revenue of the Hawalian Islands for public im- provements. —_————— Pure Milk, Statement of error. Palmiter Bros.’, 8534 Seventeeth street, San Francisco. Ranch milk was found pure. No boron or impurities, Stood 4 per cent butter fat each test by City Chemist. Above statement verified by Health Office. * RACING MACHINE RUNS ODWI MER Two men were injured by being knocked down by a rapidly driven automobile be- longing to the Golden State Auto Com- pany about 11 o’clock last night on Mar- ket street, opposite Mason. One of them, Charles Swain, a miner from Shasta County, will die. The other, Theodore A. Meyers of 410 Minna street, was badly cut and bruised and his right arm was broken. According to the statements of Meyers and eye witnesses and by the ad- mission of the chauffeur, Herman F. Saunders, the accident was due to reck- less and fast driving. Storekeepers on Market street complain that the speed ordinance regulating the propelling of motor cars is not enforced by the police and that at all times of the night autos can be seen racing down the wide thor- oughfare, endangering the lives of pedes- trians. Had Herman Saunders been going at the regulation speed allowed by city or- dinance—eight miles an hour—he would not have run down the two unfortunate men. At the City Prison he admitted that he was going ‘“‘a little fast.” Meyers says that the auto ran them down like an express train, He gays that he and his friend heard no gong or alarm horn from the direction from which the auto came. Swain, who is living at 119 Fifth street, was coming from the Red Men's lodge with Meyers, who is a janitor at the Waiters' Unfon at 110 Turk street. They started across Market street opposite Ma- son. Meyers says that he looked up the street and saw no auto. The two men had got half way between the curb and the street car, tracka’ when, without a warning, they were hurled to the ground. Meyers caught a glimpse of the machine and has a good idea of the speed at which it was traveling. He was run over and his right arm fractured. He was badly cut and bruised. Swain was less fortu- nate. He was thrown into the air and nded on the back of his head, fractur- ng his skull at the base, & fatal injury. { Both men were taken to the Central Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Frank Tillman treated them. He says that Swain will die. Saunders was arrested and booked at the City Prison on a charge of battery, which will probably be changed to one of manslaughter if Swaln dies. He says he was trying tg avold the men, but was going at such a high rate of speed that he could not. Meyers says that Saunders got off his machine, helped Swaln to a doorstep and when the crowd gathered made his escape. He was later captured and locked up. The passenger who was in the car got away. ————————— New Improvement Club.Organized. The Sunset Improvement Club was recently organized in the district south of the park. This section has become thickly populated during the last few years and the residents there have formed a club for the purpose of im- provement. The following were elected as officers: President, F. Sunder; secre- tary, 8. E. Sherwood; eXecutive com- mittee—J. M. Gregory, C. F. Cheneg, W. ¥F. Jane, R. C. Schafft and E. Menit. ————. NURSE 1§ INJURED.—Mrs. E. V. De For- est, who was recently appointed a trained B, Home, { S ARE BOTH FIRM — RUSSINS FIRST PIPLLAR VOTE Twelve Men of Prominence Elected to Membership in Council of the Empire CHOSEN BY A CONGRESS Former Minister of Com- merce Timiriazeff to Lead Liberals in Parliament ST. PETERSBURG, March 29.—The first actual elections to the Russian Na- tional Parliament took place today, when twelve members of the Council of the Empire were chosen by a Congress composed of representative associa- tions of trade and industry throughout European Russia. There was no speech making. The members chosen are well known men of affairs and of high standing in their respective communi- ties. They are all Conservatives. Former Minister of Commerce Timiri- azeff was unanimously elected as one &f the delegates to the Council of the Empire, and he undoubtedly is destined to be the leader of the Liberals in the Upper Chamber. The other members are: Yassouninsky and Glezmer, members of the St. Petersburg Council of Commerce and Industry; Avadkoff, president of the Industrial Coal and Metal Congress of Kharkoff; Goudasoff, representing the Baku Bourse Committee; Kahnekof, Kelff Bourse; Moukhine, director of the Volga Komma Bank of Kharkoff; Kres- tovni, president of the Moscyw Bourse committee; Roehwand, of the Warsaw Bourse committee; Kramer, of the Riga Bourse; Baouline, of the Nizshni Nov- gorod Bourse; Kozell, a manufacturer of Cathrineborg. The Constitutional Democrats have won a sweeping victory in the municipal elec- tions in the cities and towns of the St. Petersburg district, outside of the capital itself. Their ticket, with Professor Paul }M. Milukoff at its head and including one |of the HEssen brothers, who was con- | cerned in the movement to set up a pro- vincial government last year, following the massacre of workmen in Bt. Peters- burg, completely buried the Octoberists and cther Conservative parties. It is noteworthy that Professor Milu- koff, althongh the editor of a paper pub- lished here, could not be a candidate in the capital, as an old Von Plehwe decree forbidding him to reside either in St. Petersburg or Moscow on account of his authorship of articles of *‘evil tendencies” still stands against him. It is understcod that the delegation took a solemn pledge to demand that the | National Parliament call Premier de ‘Witte and Minister of the Interior Dur- novo to answer for the acts of repression committed since the manifesto of Octo- ber 30. Nicholas N. Gerhard has resigned the Governor Generalship of Finland be- cause Garin and Seregiveski, two reac- ticnaries, against his protest, were ap- pointed on the commission to elaborate the “new fundamental laws” governing the relations between the grand duchy and the empire. . ODESSA, March 29.—Acting under the orders of Vice Admiral Chouknin, com- mander of the Black Sea fleet, the bodies of Lieutenant S¢hmidt and his three comrades, who were shot on March 19 at Otchakoff. in accordaice with the sentence of the court-martial which condemned them to death for mutiny, were exhumed last night, taken to the opcn sea and sunk. The authorities of Otchakoft have issued a published order that visits to the burial place of the mutineers and the placing of wréaths on the graves must cease. MOSCOW, March 29.—Arrests here for political reasons aggregate from 100 to 200 daily. Kauprin’s drama of ‘The Duel,” a Russlan version of Lieutenant Bllse's “A Little Garrison,” which was forbidden to be played In St. Peters- burg, was played here today to an over- flowing house and scored an immense success. Thé drama depicts military life in Russia in the darkest colors, with incidental immorality, drunken- ness, brutality and peculation of offi- cers. CHITA, March 29.—Governor General Rennenkampff today commuted the sen- tence of death imposed upon thirteen postal officials, who had been involved in the recent strike, to various terms of penal servitude, and, in some cases, to exile. WARSAW, March 29.—Under orders from St. Petersburg the inspector of schools will permit the use of Polish as the language of instruction in all the schools and universities of Poland. RECHITSA, Russia, March 29.—Artil- lery belonging to the division of Gen- eral Volkoft today bombarded and set fire to the house of a revolutionist named Bolchakoff, who, together with his son and an unknown man, perished in the flames. —e————— CTURE ON YELLOWSTONE PARK.— l{‘f Evening in Yellowstone Park’ will be the subject of an illustrated lecture to be given this evening by the Rev. H. H. Bell, D. D., in the First United Presbyterian Church, Gold« Gate avenue and Polk street. Dr. Bell b made & special study of the great park an has procured a volume of pictures of some of the most beavtiful spots in it. -No admission will be charged, and the public is cordially in— vited to attend. l.of Lower California. Ladies” Shirt Waist Pattern 234 Yards 40-Inch Lawn with em+ broldered stripe for front and sleeve. Will make the daintiest of walsts. Big value for soc 75e. - Friday Surprise, h 1114 ¥ ALWAYS RELIABLE MASRKET = JONES Friday Surprise No.88 No Telephone or C. O. D. Orders. These Prices for Friday Only. $8.13 Boys’ Lunch Sets The famous Dennison Crepe Pa- per Lunch Sets—for dirner parties and outing tours: com- sisting of paper Table Cloth, 12 Napkins and 12 Doylies; done in pretty flower figures and pa- triotic emblem: price 23c. prise price . 1 Boys' Two- Piece Suit .. 1 pair of Shoes 1.50 1 pair of Stock- ngs... 13e 1 Dress Shirt.. . 50¢ 1 Cap or Hat.. 1. Sult of Un- derwear 50¢ Regular price ta'.;l $8.13. Entire Surprise Sale Gowns Women’s Gowns—Made with deep tucked yoke, with narrow rufiie around the neck and at the $7.50 Suit Case—Pragers, —made of genu Special leather: round handle dark or light celo: a fing high-class Sui Big Butter Sale cormers; straps all around cage; Case. Friday Sur- Again Today and .Slfwdall hand; full width and length; 4 all S(Ze!} ‘éegu;ur G‘SC 3c values, Friday Surprise F h G r' R TR S res roceries Pure Foods at Lew Prices at Pragers. FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY. GROCERIES. California Full Cream Cheese, 1b. B de % size Norw for 25c tn:g Boyw Khaki Hat, 20¢c—These Hats are in two widths of brim and are just the thing for the vard or for holiday wear. Regular price 25c. Fri- C day Surprise price...... L Ty rted Ementhal Swiss Stik Elastie—Fancy frilled and in colors of pink, yellow, lay- ender and black. Regular 25c Friday Sur- 10c Mackerel—Good fish; regularly 2 ‘Walnuts—Choice stock of Golg FI0eR Mot Fine o best nuts, 1b ... 15e ns—many _c s:tgusngs; regular 50c 'l'l-Ied- — Spanish - American velue. Friday brand, 8 tins . 2Be Tomatdes—Good LIQUORS. Table Claret—Our regular 65c .Men’s Boston quality; has age and body; G ri 12!6 gallon ... ariers C Holland Gin—Imported; regular This Is the genuine Boston. Gar- B e ter, with the patent velved grip ol shonsp, v and the Silcott webs | that “eseiereseseusessienenienes everybody knows. Never sold | | Burkes for less than 25c. 1 builder; dozen 10 C | | Ricsting ana Zintandel—Worth ............ double our special price; gallon s | L VS bman iy g .. @0e Hunyadl or ters—Bot Bythinia Mineral Wa- tle ..... 23e Belmont Rye or Bourbon—Hand Table 0il Cloth, Yard, 10c 150 pigces best quality Oil Cloth, 48 inches wide. Best quality of mash; aged In wood; gallon.. 0il Cloth made, Never sold for | | «----- . $3.00 ss than 20c or 25¢ the Yellowstone hiskey — Either ard.” Friday Surprise C 1 .,u.".,lj te, yard . NEXCO WANTS T0 SELL LAND MEXICO CITY, March 20.—It is report- ed in official circles here that the Mex- jcan Governmgnt will open negotiations with the United States looking to the sale to that country of the peninsula The report has caused great interest on the peninsula, and, judging by advices received here from La Paz and other Lower Californian circles, there would be little if any op- position to the transfer. The principal industries and mauch of the land of Lower California are in the hands of foreigners. The copper mining and smelting industry of the Boles Cop- per Company, a French concern, is the most important on the peninsula. The In- ternational Developing Company, the Mexican Land Company, and the Anglo- Mexican Trading Company, all English concerns, and the Charter Company of Lower California, a Bostom corporation, are the owners of large tracts of land. The principal American mining com- panies operating in Lower California are the Mendosa Consolidated Company, the Progress Mining Company, La Junta Gold Mining Company, La Vettano Mining Com- pany, and Las Canos Mining Company. The Mangara Exploration Company, Limited, a British corporation, controls the pearl fisheries along the eastern coast of the peninsula. — e LENS, France, March 29.—The miners’ con- gress, in consequence of the referendum vote having decided that the strike shall continue, has demanded a further interview with the representatives of the companles relative to concesstons, BURNING IS ELL CAPPED INDEPENDENCE, Kans., March 2! The Kansas Natural Gas Company's burning gas well below Caney, which was’struck by lightning February 23, was extinguished to-day, when a hood was placed over the well. The ground had been made wet and soft around the well, so that the hood sank deep into it. Freviously a six-inch ecasing which had caused the horizontal tongues of fire had been dropped Into the hole, and the only fire left was through the vent pipe in the top of the hood. More than one hundred yards of can- vas ducking was sewed into big blank- ets, and first a layer of canvas and then a layer of gumbo was butlt around the hood, where there were tons of earth banked up. Then the hood was anchored with big chains. Steam pipes were comnected to the vent pipe to pre- vent the flames from rushing down inte the hood when the valve was shuf, 33 in yesterday's trial. A big spool was next attached to the long arm used to turn the valve and around this spool wire was wound. At a given signal men took the end of this wire and ran, turning the valve quickly, gnd the fire was out. The difficulty now will be to build a derrick over the well, fish\ out the dropped tubing and retube and shut in the well. “After the fire was put out the gas was turned loose and is now blowing into the air out of .the top vent of the hood. ., :\‘ ~ LS 1i{e 1 N {exa Al N 1 LG NBC e NEBCe D Specially egistered to You Consider how the United States Government protects a letter registered o you, guaranteeing its delivery safe and in good order. ZU ZU GINGER SNAPS—Crisp, delicious, golden-brown CHEESE SANDWICHES — Thin crackers enclosing a layer of mym*hflh-h_-fluufl-. S e N N/ ) ‘EMl The NATIONAL BISCUIT. COMPANY exercises Biscuit and Crackers to you. Fresh from the oven, package, on each end of which is affixed this trade mark in red and white. N o DN ¢ ) HINKRe):)