The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1906, Page 2

© COAL MINERS STRIKE LOSES THREATENING ASPECT. Many Operators Agree to Give Men In- crease Demanded by Leaders. Continwed From Page 1, Column 7. c d, ready to go on duty to- x d ¥'s prop- © comp rtake at | perat olliery in b ¥ stockade | are t | will work | - OPERATORS WEAKENING. Indizpa Owners Willlng to Agree to sSchedule of 1903, S i S S o - e GRAY WILL NOT SERVE. President of Anthracite Coal Commis- sion Anxious to Avoid Arbitration. QUIET IN SOUTHWEST. No Signg of TroyBle Among Strikers in the Territories. Y A th no signs of trouble ester, 1. T. wher some Union. w as South- ation, night said e Indianapolis erence, to arbitrate is still open ‘_ s RATLROAD RUSHES CARS. Distribtites “Empties” fn Hope That Few Mipes Will Be Operated. READING, Pa., April 1.—This was ar v the mai Yester- kil region, been rushed to , and these will colleries early £ that some | the y the b 1l be in operation. An- s to the W which | have been entirely in the East ners fail to report for work | yruning it is expected that iIn forty-eight hours the men emplos | 1 coal-carrying trade will be | end this will be followed by a curtail- mept of work at the shops along the mair Many foreign miners have | passe rough this city, and there is | e regular exodus from the anthracite | regions | i a | TAKE TOOLS FROM MINES, ‘ Wilkesbarre Men Will Remain Idle Un. { 11l Ordeved Back to Work. | CSBARRE, Pa., April 1.—Most ners and laborers were busy | night and today removing thelr | and supplies from the colliertes | bBreakers. he miners and laborers throughout this distric will generally refrain from working until such time as they @are ordered b k by the union. Today and-tomight the railroad com- panies were busy fllling sidings lead- | ing to some of the large breakers with empty coal ears preparatory to making &n attempt to continue work tomor- row.. Notices are posted at some of the breakers announcing there will be who &pply. work for ail Berwind-White Company Grants 1903 Scéale to Its Hands. JOHNSTOW Pa., April 1.—In spite of notices.posted by the Berwind-White Mining Company at Windber that the 5000 ‘bituminous miners employed there will be granted the 1903 scale 1000 or more union miners from Lloydell, Bea- werdale, Dunle and South Fork will amfreh to Windber tomorrow and pa- rade the streets. United Mine Workers' officials haye for several weeks been endeavoring to get the Berwind-White miners into the union, but they have |and Iron policemen arrived here this/ met with determined opposition from the company, which declares they will close the mipes before they will employ # union man. The parade is designed 10 encourage the men st Windber to come into the union. ey = S, OBEY ORDER TO STRIKE. Mine Workers of Dubois District to stay Idle Pending Conference. DUBOIS, Pa, April 1.—The bitumin- ous miners employed at all the work- ings of this vicinity held a meeting here this aftefnoon and were unanimous in their acceptance of the order issued by President Patrick Gilday of District No. 2 that, with the exception of pump men, engineers and firemen, all em- ployes about the mines of the district ould do no more work after Satur- ¥ night until the issues of the district convention, to be held at Clear- beginning Tuesday, of the Erie, Buffalo an a and Falls Creek compa- s were represented at the meeting. PR IS X, MINER KILLED IN FIGHT. Quarrel Over Keg of Beer Results in Ome Death and Others Fataully Infured CHARLEROI, Pa.; April 1.—One man ) death, two others suffering s that are expected a > east of Twilight, a mining here, this evening. quarreled over a keg of is Lewis Williams, 38 tally - wounded neider, brothers. of the party included and two Finlanders. American, who is al- liams, is being i man RSy STATE TO RUN MINE. Governor Folk of Minsourl Leases Coal Depoxsits N Waverly. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 1.— 3 r Folk, through Warden Matt of the State penitentiary e, has leased a mine near Waverly, from which coal will be mined during the present strike in sufficient quantities to supply with fuel fifteen State institutions The miners at Waverly are ore than the regul do not want to strike. If be forced to go out Warden there would be no difficulty it the State is tremity. ng the mine esort to that ool sy MANY REMAIN AT WORK. Vast Majority of West Virginia Miners to Continue Digging Coal. WHEELING, W. Va., April 1.—Of the 000 bi miners in West Vir- ot 5000 are affiliated with nited Mine Workers. Of this 1500 > in Panhandle dis the and have gone out. In the Nor- folk and Western fields the miners are entirely outside the organiza- and the great bulk of the men are nuing at wo with here and there small strikes disagre: ised by the local ke PEACEFUL IN ILLINOIS. No Disturbances at Vacated by Any of the Workmen. Mines ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 1.—The situa- tion in Illinois across the river among the gtriking. coal ners, is _reported There awas no disturbance to- ubl and no at any of the places scated by miners at midnight last night. Between East St. Louis. and Belleville, fourteen miles east, today coal e side-tracked by roads as a reserve. — . NO STRIKE IN KENTUCKY. varfous rall- Agreement With’ Miners Does Not Ex- pire Until September. z LOUISVIL Ky., April 1.—All the Kentucky coal miners will be at work tomorrow as usual. The contracts for the eastern district do not expire until September 1. The signing of the agree- ment by the operators of the western district yesterday to pay the 1903 scale consequently assured the continuance of mining throughout the State until | September 1 at least. oo S i | SEEK TO STOP STRIKE-BREAKERS. Labor Council of Winnipeg Appeals to Minister at Ottawa to* Prevent Im- portation of Men. OTTAWA, Ontario, April 1.—A. B. Aylsworth, Minister of ' Labor, has re- ceived a telegram from the Trades and Labor Council of Winnipeg asking him to send an alien law officer there to deal with cases of strike-breakers al- |leged to have been imported from the United States by the Winnipeg Street Railway Company. The department will investigate at once. i e e EVERY MAN TO GO OUT. Labor Leaders Positive Workers Will Obey Order to Strike. TAMAQUA, Pa, April 1.—Officlals of the United Mine Workers today made a careful canvass among their men to ascertein whether any of them were likely to fail to obey the suspension or- der tomorrow, This evening they said they were positive every union man would remain away from the mines. R 3" 7 GRANTS AN ADVANCE. Company Operating Fifteen Mines in ‘Westmoreland Railses Wages. GREENSBURG, Pa., April 1.—The Keystone Coal and Coke Company, operating fifteen mines in Westmore- land County, has granted the miners an advance of 5.55 per cent. he order { was issued last night and will go into effect tomorrow. S it TEXAS MINES IDLE. FORT WORTH, Tex., April 1.—Work in the coal mines of Texas stopped Sat- urday night and the situation is mere- 1y one of waiting to ascertain what will be the result. As far as can be learned about 1900 mhen quit work at Thur- ber, Strawn, Mount Sterilng and Rock Creek. The number out at Bridgeport cannot be ascertained. ‘There is little excitement. Lo No Strike in Fairmont Mines. FAIRMONT, W. Va.,, April 1.-All of the mines of the Fairmont soft-coal re- gion will work tomorrow as usual. The miners are taking no interest in the strike situation in other locations. On the other hand the men are looking for- ward to good work which will result from the trouble in other fields. e o iy Special Police for Shamokin. SHAMOKIN, Pa., April 1.—A special forece of Philadelphia and Reading Coal evening to assist the regular force in glving protection to any miners want- ing to go to work tomorrow. No work was done by any one at the mines to- day except in the case of firemen, fire bosses and engineers in their regular capacity. o AL To Await Result of Conference. MAHANOY CITY, Pa., April 1.—Every colliegy in the Mahanoy region will be in readiness for operation tomorrow, notwithstanding the order of President Mitchell to the men to cease work . are settled. | bout the hand ace | usly injured, is the re- of miners in the woods | teur. ores of cars filled “with bituminous | SPEEDING AUTO KILLS A WOMAN Maimed and Unconseious Forms Are Left in Wake of Swiftly Moving Machine OCCUPANTS ARE WANTED | Police Are Looking for Party of Five That Fled From ene After the Accident | . NEW YORK, April 1.—Mrs. Alvina | Stein of St. Louis and her sister, Mrs. George J. Kuchler of New Rochelle, were struck by an automobile in that village today and probably fatally injured. Mrs, Stein had come on to attend the celebra- tion of her sister’s seventy-third birth- | day -anniversary. & Mrs. Stein and Mrs. Kuchler were hurled ! with terrific force against the stone abut- | ments of a railroad bridge. Mrs. Kuch- ler's skull was fractured and she suf- | fered several internal injuries, from | ‘wh!ch she died in the hospital. Mrs. Stein’s arm was broken and crushed and | she also suffered interhal injuries. Mrs. Stein’s arm will have to be.amputated. After the - accident the automobile, which was occupled by two men and three women, was driven away at a rapid rate. - The police say they have the num- | ber of the car and are tracing its owner- | ship. ahna igait Ny FIVE HURT IN COLLISION. Automobiles Collide gnd Occupants of One Are Thrown Out and Injured. NEW YORK, April 1.—Ralph Shaw, {of Little Falls, lawver and assistant | | prosecutor. of pleas of Passaic County, | sustained a fracture of the arm and | his wife three brokén ribs while a| young woman and two children were | il){\dl) bruised in an aulomobile acel- | dent which happened this afternoon | near the Heights station, at Upper Mont | Clair. i The automobile in which the party | were riding was headed from Little | Falls, and while going along a moun- | | taln grove at fast pace over a Soft. muddy road collided with an automo- bile owned by W. E. Duryea, son of a vealthy starch manufacturer of O »g0, which was occupied by his t ids and Fred Newberry, his Chau[-[ AR i i AUTO KILLS LITTLE BOY. i April Fool Joke Responsible for Death | | eof Six-Year-Old Frederick Cullman. | NEW YORK, April 1.—Playing an “April fool” joke cost the life of Fred- erick Cullman, six years old, today, when hée was struck and almost in- stantly killed by an automobile in front of his home, in Sixty-fifth street. | The lad was a son of Willlam Cullman, assistant treasurer of the Metropolitan | Opera-house, who witnessed the acci- | dent from the window of his residence. | —_— | NOTED PIANIST RESUMES CONCERT TOUR AFTER REST | Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler Returns | From Springs After Recovery From | nsz + Neryous Prostration, | M ICAGy ! ApribaddisaMrs” Fannie | Bloomfield “Zeisler, the noted pianist | who was compelled several weeks ago | to abandon her concert work and seek vest, returned today'’ from 'Colerado §prings and aunounced her complete egovery from what her physician de- clared to be a case of nervous prostra- tién. 'Her rondition at.that tim¢ was | attributed to'an oculaf ‘affection. "Re- garding her present condition, Mrs. Zeisler sald today: “I never felt better in my life. The condition of my eyes | also is much improved and while I will have to leave reading and writing alene for the rest of -my life, my oculis? | informs me that -my eyes will not | grow worse if I confine their use to | what is necessary for the pursuit of my professional work."” + i pending the outcome:of the conference in New York on Tuesday between the miners and operator: 2 RS st ‘Will Noet Grant Increase. WELLSTON, Ohio, April 1.—Opera- tors of Southwestern Ohlo, controlling 90 per cent of the total output, have declared themselves unequivocally op- posed to granting the increase de- manded by the miners. There are 5800 minerssin this district. Painters and Paperhangers Out. DENVER, April 1. —'The paint- ers and paperhangers of the city, to the number of 300, decided. today to strike for an increase of wages. They will not go.to work tomorrow. i gy CAN STAND A LONG SIEGE. President of Erie Ralirond Says Strike Comes at Fortunate Time. “The anthraeite coal :situation is far better now—although it 'is bad enough—than it was during the last strike. The action of the Pittsburg Coal Company and the unorganized miners in coming to an agreement prac- tically settles the soft coal strike. They can supply enough soft coal to keep everything running. It ‘may cost out- side manufacturers a little more to haul their coal from Pittsburg, but the in- crease will be slight on the price per ton and they can afford it to get the product. There has been an overpro- duction of soft coal any way during the last few years.” President F. D. Underwood of the Erie Rallroad, one of the largest coal shipping lines in the East and the owner of several collieries, freely dis- cussed the coal strike last evening at the St. Francis Hotel, where he is for a few days while on his way home. “The gnthracite coal strike is well on,” he ntinued, “but I'bellieve that the hard coal can stand a long siege. This time, unlike the last strike, there is a supply of anthracite on hand. Out of the 60,000,000 tons mined annually 9,000,000 tons are now above ground and ready to bé shipped out for-the market. Added to this there are miny great culm plles, which will be washed and ®old out. Summer is coming on and the demand for coal will fall ofr, The summer weather will also decrease the hardships usually suffered by the poor of the large cities. “I will tell you a pecullar thing,” he went on. “In the former strike, when the rich could not obtain coal for love or money, the very poor of New York City and Philadelphia were plentifully supplied. The little basement shops there sell coal by the pall to the poer and by the mutual consent of the operators and striking ngners these lit- tle shops were kept supplied. We watched them carefully to see-that they did not raise the price ‘on their cus- tomers and in someé ‘where the dealers were tricky Wé established our own shops.” e President Underwood . a high compliment to, President ‘John Mitchell. “Mitchell is an mp’hfi leader,” said the head of the Brie, “and he is working without selfish thought.” By a telegram last evening it was learned that the Erie had 1300 men at work in its collieries today. | numerous "holdups on P.J. ROWAN'S - WOUND MAY PROVE FATAL. —_ e —— " R R GIRL WITH WHOM THE WOULD- BE SUICIDE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN LOVE. ) Love Leads Suspected Footpad to Shoot Himself. Porter J. Rowan, afmy deserter and suspected footpad, who shot himself in the saloon of the father of the girl whom he claimed to be his sweetheart, 148 Third street, on Saturday night, may die. His condition yesterday was much worse. The police have made no effort as vet to connect Rowan with the South Side, but will await a change for the bet: ter in Rowan’s condition. : Rowan has a hemorrhage of the lung from the bullet and is delirious. In his ravings he accuses himself of neglect- ing his mother and he denounces Joseph | Bernard, father of the girl he says he loves. Lulu Bernard says that she cannot conceive of any reason why Rowan de- clared after he attempted suicide that he was despondent over her refusal to wed him. ‘She barely knew the man, she declares, and had ouly seen him a few times when he.was in the employ of her father. J. Bernard, the father of the girl, believes that- Rowan refers to a woman who came intp the saloon a few months ago and asked for the bartender, Shortly after this visit Ber- nard says that he discharged Rowan. TRAIN JUMPS TRACK IN THE MOUNTAINS, Aceident - on the Southern Pacific, but No One Is Special Disgatch to The Call. AUBURN, April 1.—Passenger train N 3 of the Southern Pacific, west-bound, went off the track near Cape Horn, east of Colfax, this morning. Notwithstand- ing the fact that nearly every car was off the track, not a passenger or train- man was hurt. This is the most danger- ous place for a wreck on the road, the track running around an abrupt point on the mountain, the a.yss below being fully 2000 feet. The Wrecking train went up from Sacramento and the track was not ecleared until this evening. The breakbeam' of the second engine broke, causing one bdggage car and sev- eral tourist cars to go in the'ditch. The train ran about 300 feet on the tles. DEATH CALLS A PROMINENT SANTA CRUZAN I ANTA CRUZ, April 1.—James Mc- Neil, one of the wealthiest, and best known citizens of Santa_ Cruz, died this morning at his home in this city of cirrhosis of the liver after an illness of two weeks. Mr. McNeil had been the owner of the Santa Cruz Electric Light and Gas Works for the last sixteen years. He recently sold it to John Mar- tin and Eugene de Sabla. of San Fran- clsco. Mr. McNeil was a partner in the big Pittsburg steel firm of James Mc- Neil & Bros., the largest manufactur- :rn of steel water mains in this courn- Ty. Mr. McNeil was 69 years of age. He was a Scotchman by birth and came to this country in 1851. During the year 1864 he wae foreman of the Vulcan Iron Works in San Francisco. He came to Santa Cruz in 1890 and lived here ever since. He lately lost his son, Thomas, Wwho managed the business in Pittsburg and who was one of that city's most promising business men. : Besides a widow, Mr. McNeil leaves one brother, Donald McNell, of New York. His brother is now in Santa Cruz, The body will be buried in Cypress Lawh Cemetery next Wednes- day. G Rk L Passes Away in Mexico. BAN JOSE, April 1.—A telegram was recelved in this city today announcing the death of Colonel Charles E. Mor- daunt, a former well-known resident of this city and a . wealthy coffee grower, at Chihuahua, Mexico, He was related by marriage to ex-President Bayfios of Guatemala. ——— . Brigadier General Dies. NEW ORLEANS, April 1—Brigadier General Francis . Harrington of the United States Marine Corps, -retired, died while on a visit to his son-in-law, Captain Hall, at the Algiers naval sta- tion here today.. g B M SR CANADIAN CITY MAY BECOME . DARK AS RESULT OF STRIKE Trouble Between Street-Car Wem and Their Employers in Winnipeg Aftects Light System, ‘WINNIPEG, April 1—The street car directors are expected to give an answer tomorrow to the compromise offer made by the men. If the strike is not settled machinists and electricians at the power house may go out tomorrow, leaving the city without electric light, excepting on streets which are lighted by the munici- pal plant. As the Sunday e laws forbid the running of cars on Sun- day there were mo alsturbances today. e !‘1n':émmu with & custom fol-law:: for centuries, when the newly elects Mayor of the borough of ‘Lon- don, first took his seat on the bench as a | magistrate he was fined $1.25. | MRS, LE DOUY 0 8E INDICTED Will Be Formally Charged With Murder by the New Grand Jury at Stockton TRIAL TO BE IN MAY TR ‘Woman Must Answer for the Death of MeVicar, Vietim of Recent Trunk Tragedy —_—— STOCKTON, April 1»—The Le Doux murder case will come before the new Grand Jury tomorrow and Mrs. Le Doux will be indicted for murder. The :dase will be set for trial some time in ay. 3 sl U NO POISON IN THE BOTTLE. Chemist Fails to Find Deadly Drug im Vinl Bought Here. - Dr. Roy Ravone Rogers, the chemist who disgovered the morphine in the ‘in the stomach of A. N. McVicar, the Stockton trunk tragedy victim, yes- terday analyzed the small portion of liquid In a bottle found in the room of | the Lexington Hotel, on Eddy "treet, occupied by Mrs. Le Doux ‘and Mc- Vicar. Dr. Rogers says the bottle was labeled “cyanide of potash” and came from the Baldwin drug store in this city, but after a careful search the medical man failed to locate the slignt- est trace of the poison. “The bottle contained about one cu- bic centimeter of a pale yellow liquid,” said Rogers. “I worked over it for several hours, and am convinced it con- tained ndt the slightest portion of cy- anide of potash. The specimen was turned over to me by District Attorney Norton Saturday night, and he seemed very anxious about the result of my ex- amination. . “There was not enough of the liquid in the bottle for me ‘to-determine just what it is composed of. It is very easy to detect eyanide of potash in nearly any quantity, and I am positive this poison is not contained in -the bottle sent to me, though I am not prepared to say what was in it originally.” LEAPS NTO BAY IND SHVES LIE Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIE', April 1-—What might have proved g fatal aceident occurred on the Pacific Cloast Steamship. Company’s wharf at the foot of Fifth street shortly before noon vesterday, and that It did not result in the loss of a woman's life was due solely to the bravery of En- gineer E. L. Dahlfues, an employe of the steamship company. The woman, a Mrs, Wright, living at the Alhambra House, was walking on the wharf, where the spur joins the maln structure, when she was struck by a train of flat cars pushed by an engine ‘Which was running from the steamship State of California to the warehguse. The cars were piled high with freight and sev- eral of them were in front of the engme. For this reason the woman probably dfd not hear them until the end car_was upon her, nor did the engineer. or switchman see her. When the train struck her she was knocked off the wharf into twenty- seven feet of water. Not until the engine passed the spot where she had been struck and the engi- neer saw her hat floating on the surface did he suspect that anything was wrous. Quickly surmising that there had been an accident he stopped the train: and, without walting to remove any of his clothing, jumped into the waters of the bay just as the woman®rose to the sur- face. Dahlfues supported the woman until Firemah Goldman came to his assistance and threw him a rope. After Dahifues had secured hold -of the rope it was fastened to the wharf and then a boat was procured and rescuers hiirried to the aid of the brave engineer, who was al- most exhausted, having been in the water mearly ten minutes. DEPEW’S ILL HEALTH FORCES RETIREMENT NEW YORK, April 1.—The Herald to- morrow will say: PromiSes that Senator Depew would return to his place of duty by this time have not been fulfilled, for the reason that hopes of his family for a complete restoration of his' health have been disappointed. He is still in retire- ment on the Elliott F. Sheppard estate, back of Scarborough-on-Hudson, where ha has been in seclusion for a month since he suddenly left Washington. So closely is the Senator guarded that only a few persons living in the imme- dlate neighborhood are able to say from their own knowledge that he 1s in “The Villa,” as the house is known, as extreme measures have been taken to check the rapid decline into which it has seemed for several months he has been falling. 1f any,employe on the Shepard place is questioned as to the Senator, he answers either with a well-simulated stare of amazement or flatly denies that he has ever heard a report as to the Senator's ‘whereabouts. But here and there can be found one or two to admit having seen Mr. Depew. Every pleasant day recently he has been taken for a ride in an automobile, and || several times he has taken children ef the neighborhood as companions. Except for caretakers, ‘Senator Depew Is prac- tically alone on the 200-acre estate. —_——————————— PROFESSOR VOGEL ' GETS BRUCE MEDAL The Astronomical Soclety of the Pacific held its elghteenth annual meeting at the Academy of Sciences Hall Baturday night. The soclety elécted officers, presented the Bruce medal to. Profes- sor Herman Carl Vogel of the Astro- physical Observatory of Potsdam, Ger- many, and listened to a lecture by Pro- fessor C. D. Perrine of the Lick Obser- vatory. ; In the absence of Professor Vogel the medal was presented to Secretary Ziel of the asgociation, who wiil forward it to the hed recipient. Dr. 8. D. Town- ley, of the society, made the presentation speech. The medal is given annually to some noted astronomer, the fund having been provided by Miss Cath- arine Wolff Bruce in 3 ‘Expedition to observe the total eclipse 0 0 of the Sun of August 30, 1905.” were elected: Board of The !bll!'hul directors—R. G. Charles Burckhalter, W. W. Campbell. ‘William H. Crocker, Charles S. Cushing, George E. Hale, mchf;llomlk s, F. R. Ziel. ublication committee—R. G. Af ‘tfi‘:m; D Townley, B L. Now: Aftken, A. H. Babcock, | FORCES CHAN IBOUT HARTE Pittshirg . Distriet Attorney ‘Declares His “Evidence Will Conviet Society Men UNCOVERS A CON§PIRACY BT Prosecutor Claims Most Sen- sational Developments in Plot to Ruin a Woman PITTSBURG, April 1.—Assistant Di trict Attorney John S. Robb has com- pleted a strong chain of evidence and information against three persons prominent in the social and financial life of Pittsburg, and criminal action will be begun this week in connection with the Hartje divorce case. Augustus Hartje, millionaire paper manufacturer, entered sult against his wife for di- vorce, naming their negro coachman as co-respondent on his own affidavit. Later the nesgro confessed he had per- jured himself, and is now in jail. Des- perate efforts are being made by some person to get him released, but Mr. Robb will not permit it. He said to- day: “If he were allowed to go out on bail his bond -would be forfeited.and he would disappear. This is going to prove ome of the most sensatfonal cases in history and one of the most damnable conspiracies ever concocted lies at the bottom of it. Information will be made this week against three parties prominent in the business and social world of Piitsburg and I am going to see that they are pushed to a finish. * The honor of American woman- nood is at. stake In this case and it shall be fought to.the limit. What will be brought out will surprise the pub- lic. Barrels of money have been spent to secure evidence to carry on this ight and we have traced it all and will be able to'prove its expenditure.” As a result of disclosures threatened Hartje is seeking ‘reconciliation with his wife, but his appeals fall on deaf ears. = The statement of the District Attor- ney has raised a commotion in Pitts- | burg’ society circles and the next moves are being walted wigh interest. Who the three persons to-be prosecuted are 1s being broadly hinted at, but the pub- lice generally is holding its breath for final announcement. DIAZ OPENS CONGRESS AT MEXICO CITY MEXIG0 CITY, April ‘1L—President Diaz opened the spring session of Con- gress this evening. In his message he states the government will instruct del- egates to the pan-American Congress to be held at Rio Janeiro in July that the Mexican Ggvernment has approved the adhestén of Mexicd, the terms of the Geneva conference respecting neutrality of hospitals in time of war, and that the government has, signified its willingness to take part in the proposed second peace conference at The Hague. President Diaz states that the foreign xrelatipns of' Mexigo are mpost satisfactory. The message, ' shows that great progress has.been made,.in minipg, agriculture, barbor improvements aufl rajllway con- struetion. © ' - 2 Notwithstanding a loss of a part of the wheat and malze crops and more espec- fally of wheat. business transactions of all 'kinds have been more active than ever. The ;rl of prosperity in the r public is du® largély to the monetar form which, among other happy re has powerfully stimulated the investment | of_ foreign capital. The army shows modern_ lines. The message is a ‘strong business-like document and confirms the opinion of bankers and others that theéountry has entered on & perfod of gfeat business activity. much ‘progress on TROOPS KEPT NEAR LENS' COAL MINES LENS, France, April 1—The striking coal miners of this district were com- paratively calm today. There is, how- ever, great indignation agaist the Bruay miners who continue working notwith- standing ' the threats of violence. The troops. have .been reinforced in that vicinity in order to prevent collisions, but no display of force has been made. The body of Botel, the striker killed yesterday by Carron, the man who re- fused to join the strikers and was in con- sequence attacked at his home near Lens, was conveyed for burial to a distant vil- lage for the purpose of avolding violent demonstrations. Several strikers’ meetings were held to- day in the course of which the determina- tion was expressed to insist upon the de- mands that have been made. The companies have not replied to the FIORES SHOW FUTURE CRONTH Size of “Greatest New York” According to Statistician Will Greatly Increase Parts of Another State Will Be Absorbed and Popula- tion Number Eight Million NEW YORK, April 1—“Greatest New York, it will be found, will be the home of more than 8,000,000 inhabitants in 1920, aceording to elaborate calculations pre- pared by Rev. Waiter Laldlaw, statisti- clan, who {8 i charge of researches of the New York Federation of Churches. In the number of the Federation. which is to be issued this week, are embodied the analysis of statistics which lead him to his conclusions. The greatest New York of which he tells embraces all the territory within a radius of nineteen miles of the City Hall on Manhattan, and includes many of the New Jersey suburbs. Mr. Laidlaw calls all this New York because the inhabitants of the district depend for their living on the activities of the metropolis. Many of those who ltve in New Jersey journey to Manhattan every day to follow their vocations. Statistics show that in this regioa eighteen new inhabitants are added every hour of day and night, an addition every three minutes and twenty seconds. This means a dally Increase of 432 persoms. Between the years 180 and 1900 the hourly increase was 14.7 persons. MRS, STORER 5 ACCRESSIE Speclal Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, April 1—The contro- versy precipitated by Mrs. Bellamy Stor- er with President Roosevelt is of deep interest in politieal and church eireles; and the beltef now is that the wife of th ex-Embdssador to Vienna has put the President on the defensive. At the White House today it was asked if there would be any reply to the direct charge of Mrs. Storer that the President's letter to her on the subject of Archbishop Ireland was intended for use by Mrs. Storer at the Vatican. The semi-official answer was that there would be no amswer at this time. Tt i2 the belief here that if the Presl- dent should enter into controversy with Mrs. Storer he would stir up trouble for his son-in-law, Nicholas Longworth, who is a hephew of Mrs. Storer. It will be asserted in all probability within a day or two that the letter re- ferring to Archbishop Ireland had noth- ing whatever to do with the sudden re- call of Mr. Storer. Dispatches today prove that the Storers did not offend |‘either the Vatican of-the’ Austria-Hun- gary Government. ipd . The Papal nuncio and kinsfolk o Em- peror Francis Joseph made calls on the Storers and exploded any such charge. it is mew up to the President to make the next move. ——————e 3 PYTHIAN FAVORS INDIANA BILL AMENDING BY-LAWS Supreme Lodge Desires to Hold Real Estate Exceeding Present Limit Set by Articles of Incorporation. RICHMOND, Ind., April 1.—Supreme Chancellor Charles E. Shiveley of the Knights of Pytalas has placed in the hands of James E. Watson, Congress- man from the Sixth Indiana district, a bill amending the articles of Ineorpora- tion of the Supreme Lodge, so that the Supreme Lodge may take and hold real estate and personal property in any amount. The charter now provides that the Supreme Lodge may held | property not exceeding in value 3100,- 00v. The bill will be presented at this session of Congress. -_ - —- - e | request for a resumption of negotiations. Minister of Fublic Works Barthou ar- rived at Courrieres today and distributed | the decorations awarded to the miners | who were taken from the pit last Fri- | day. There was a touching ceremony. at | the hospitals where the miners are under | treatment. The minister afterward, wear- ]lnx a miner's working costume. descend- ed into the mine from which the surviv- ors escaped and made a thorough exam- ination of it. He witnessed the recovery |o( several bodies. ——————— They are making the least out of life who are ever thinking of what they can make. ast Week Japanese % PRICE SALE SHIBATA BROS. 917 MARKET STREET X Open Evenings KEARNY STREET