The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1906, Page 1

g = . <2 P = THE CALL PRIVTS Forecast for April Fran ligh mer THE WEATHER. . \ 3, 1906: B 3 and vici n[t.\'f.Fllr : ® 8 it east winds. e A. G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. ‘. . 22 COLUMBIA—"“The Lion and the Mouse."™ N FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TIE-UP IS AVOIDED IN THE COAL FIELDS NATAL EXECUTIONSIINTHIRUST STIR ENGLAND. Twelve Co;zd€;Z'72§)éq£\Il;iativesi ASKH] H]R' Are Put LAWT0 Bt @D S —_— President to Send - a Message to Congress. Al e Miscarriage of Justice in Packers’ Cases His Theme. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, April 2.— Presidént Roosevelt is contemplating making an appeal in the beef-trust cases to Con- gress and to the court of public opin- | | fon. He probably will send a message | to Congress very soon, dealing with the | whole guestion. It promises to be a | ser’sational document. . | In this message Mr. Roosevelt will | discuss the question of immunity, show- | | ing how individauls in the beef trust, | were placed on trial, escaped { through a technicality of the law, | | which, as interpreted by Judge Hum- phrey, enabled them to obtain full m- i | | | 1 | of their business before Commissioner | ot Corporations . Garfield. President Roosevelt, it is understood, will recom- mend that ‘an amendment be made to the law defining tmmunity, narrowing its 1imits to the scope prescribed In the constitution ahd limiting it to per- sons who have given tesimony in in- quiries out of which grow eriminal pros- “trge the, i will enable the Dépa to take an appeal in writ of “error to the higher courts to have the law determined. President Roosevelt will call atten- of Justice + | | | | —— 3 H IMPERIAL SE RENDERED OF N ,,, SR s TERMARITZBUR The twels for the mu rising § of thi pa the pers, whol Lib- igh they admit that the the best possible in the yet satisfied that | done, and point | Governor of Natal himself | trial for the unfortunate ves of the country circumstances &bso The Tribune this morning does not hes- itate to declare editorially that British peaple, ‘including, in the calmer mood in- after reflection, the people of will look back on this wholesale execution as ome of the ugly incidents of history which national pride out of sight and does not teach its history books for the young. yuncement of the execution of ves was received with angry cries of “Shame” from the Irish Nftion- and Labor benches and from somTe| als in the House of Commons yes- ay afternoon. One Ministerialist, amid cheers and some protests, described the executions as bloodthirsty murder, and James Ramsey McDonald, secretary 10 the Labor representatives committee, promptly moved an adjournment of the Mouse to discuss the manner in which martial iaw was being applied in Natal and “the imminent and great danger to which the native subjects of the crown are involved in its administration.™ The debate on McDonald’s motion oc- cupied the evening session of the House of Clomm: ns, but no new features were developed. ——————————— Bxfled King to Live in Algeria. FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar- tinjque, April 2.-—Behansein, former King of Dahomey. who was msiled to Martinique when the French subjugated his country in 1894, salled yesterday for Bordeaux on board the steamship Martinigae. He had beeh given per- “ mission by the French Government to reside =t Blidab, in Algeria. Behan- sein’s son wae one of the victims of the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902. ————————ee Werld’s Fair for Brussels. BRUSSELS, April 2—The report that 2n international exposition will be held 4n Brussels in 1810 is oMelally con- firmed. The most notable feature will be exhibits from the Congo. alists | the calendar, | Friends of a pending measure vainly tried tion to the faet that the investigatio: conducted by Garfleld was ordered by resolution of Congress, and he will point out the danger of giving immuni ty to persons through the inqul dered by Congress when it Di ARH[SI[B A‘[ Tillman-Gillespie resolutions for prob- e 11g the oil and hard coal trusts. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ( In order that there may be mo possi- ble question in the future, Congress will be urged to modify the law so as to prevent other courts making the bromd ingerpretation Judge H hrey has &t it. What is wanted is legislation which will limit specifically the privilege of immunity to those who lay claim to it under oath -and in accordance with recognized practice. Then, when the claim was made, the Government would have the right to say whether jt would permit testimony to be given under such condftion. President Roosevelt and Attorney Gen- eral Moody are concerned, not only about the escape of the beef packers, but as to the effect of the Humphrey decision upon Grand sury investigation throughout the country. The disposition of. these grand jurfes, especially those of Federal char- acter, will be to follow the principle jaid down in the beef trust cases. Most of the States have immunity laws similar to those of the United States, and the State courts and State grand jurles also will be disposed to act as Judge Hum- phrey has indicated. 3 The President and Attorney General have considered carefully the question of the prosecution of the packers' cases. It is believed that the cases will be aban- doned. There are five these—the Ar- mour Packing Company, Armour & Co., the Cudahy Packing Company, the Fair- bank Canning Company and Swift & Co. The maximum penalty which could be im, is $5000 on of five counts. It has been decided t the cost of prosecuting thus far has been too heavy to admit of further proceedings when the penalty is so small. SR R SUGAR TRUST INDICTED. NEW YORK, April 2.—It was under- stood today upon trustworthy informa- tion that while the Federal Grand Jury has not completed its investigation into the alleged rebating practices of Freipasiig o _| the sugar trust and the rallways, two LONGWORTH OBJECTS TO BETTING. Bookmakers Told Not to Semd Thelr Quotations te His Party. WASHINGTON, April 2—That Con- gressman Nicholas Longworth is ruler of his own house, and that his wife, formerly Alice Rgosevelt, has accustom- ed herself to submit to dictation, be- came apparent today when Mrs. Long- worth was directed by Mr. Longworth to refrain from further betting on the races. The news was current about the club- house at Bennings before the first race, and each of seven official’ com- missioners refeived gquiet official in- formation mot to offer their quotations to the Longworth party from now on, uptil requested to do so. ‘According to messengers, Longworth dislikes the notoriety of betting. It was for this reason, and not because of any pecuniary loss, that Mrs. Long- waoth will stop her “piking.” There was ‘another clubhouse Bit of pews which made grandstand women wag their tongues here today. The photographing of the Longworths is pot to be permitted. Detectives will rigidly exclude photographers from the clubhouse. —_————————— carried by th Big Battleship for Germany. lations, it is not probal KIEL, E::m.ny, April r:——'rh]emaz;; g TS not munolm:fl the ernment placed an order w that " Krupp Germania Works for a battle- ship of 18,000 tons. maximum fine, WASHINGTON, April 2.—The races at Bennings today prevented the House of Representatives from doing business for several hours. It was known early in the day that the programme in the House was what is known as “suspension day.” That means the consideration of bills on under suspension of the rules, which are not seriously opposed. The bright spring sunshine and an at- tractive list of “good things” offered at the spring meeting of the Washington Jockey Club caused many lawmakers to 80 to the races this afternoon. The stay-behinds who lingered at the Capitol to put through certain bills in which they had personal interest were plodding along under the weary routine of the “suspension’ until nearly 2 o'clock, when the machinery engaged in grinding out half-completed legislation broke down for want of a sufficient number of will- ing workers to make a quorum. It was observed that the attendance in the House rapidly thinned out as the hour for the first race at the track approached. to prevent the opposition from demand- ing the presence of a quorum, byt the latter were determined. A row followed and a roll call disclosed the absence of a quorum. The doors were closed and a call of the House was issued. Dozens of deputy sergeants at arms, .delighted at the assignment, were sent to the track to arrest absent Representatives and bring them back to their duties at the Capitol. A quorum was eventually se- cured and executive business was re- sumed. upon, but actually drawn. These two Indictments, which, it 1s reliably understood, name the sugar trust and the New York Central Rail way Company, are to be the forerun- ners of others which will name, ac- | cording to the same authority, several trunk lines carrying westbound freight. There is every probability, also, that indictments will be returned against the officials of the various co tes as individuals, the Elkins anti-trust laws providing for such findings. The two indictments thus far cided upon will be handed down before next Friday. What action the Federal authorities will take is decidedly teresting to 1gwy because of the pe. culiar provisions of the Blkins law and the further fact that corporations are not, as a rulé, indictable. Exactly how Henry L.~ Stimson;. the United States District Attorney, proposes arrest a corporation s a question which neither he nor United States Marshal Henkel will discuss. The penaltyset by the s law is a fine of not less than 1 | | munity through having laid the facts | indictments not only have been decided | | ser's BITUMINOUS OPERATORS WILL GRANT THE INCREASED SCALE The fear of 2 complete tie-up of the coal industry has passed. lieports from the bituminous fields show that many of the Ieading companies have signed the 1903 scale, which gives the men an advance of 5.55 per cent in wages. The number of miners who received the ‘increase is estimated at nearly 100,000. In the anthraciteregions 143,000 men are out. g nent nal cases by | NEW YORK CITY VOTES NOT TO " BE RECOUNTEL Assembly Kills Bill In. troduced in Interest ‘of Hearst. i SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ALBANY, April 2—ANl legisiation in the Legislature tonight centered on the Hearst recount bill and the efforts of the State administration forces in the As- sembly to kill that measure, without ap- pearing in the open as its executioners. The bill, which was on tonight's calen- dar for final passage, was lald over until tomorrow. That was the disposition made of it as stated in parliamentary language. In point of fact the bill was kflled. , Tt will be “amended” tomorrow and sent | to the printer for reprinting, or it may be that it will be. recommitted to the | Judiciary committee. Varlous stories' were current tonight as to the influences that arrayed the Gov- ernor against the bill, when only a short time ago he was understood to favor, its passage. One guess was that the “great financial interests” that the Gov- ernor quoted as desiring the retention of Odell at the head of the Republidan State organization had expressed m :t | 3 desire that Mayor McClellan sh be d!:turbgq in possession of his office. HADLEY WILL LECTURE IN BERLIN UNIVERSITY Yale's President to Give In- struction in American- ~ History. America is in aceord. ‘::“wrr;pw “Another Jink inthis alliance wi plied’ by Protessor J. Lawrenc of ,m.uum\rm%%' : lecture 1n B):g;w D on THOUSANDS LEAVE WORK AND STRIKE Situation Serious Only in the Anthracite Regions. QUIET IN THE DISTRICT Mitchell Goes to New York for Today’s Confzrence. HE TAKES BRIGHT VIEW PHILADELPHIA, April 2.—There was a complete sus~ pension of mining operations in the anthracite region today, in aceordance with the order issued last week by President John Mitchell of the Mine Workers of America and the scale committee of that organization, with the solitary ex- ception of the, Oxford colliery, a small independent con- cern near Scranton, which employs about 500 hands with a daily capacity of about 1200 tons. This mine was kept in operation during the strike of 1202. Every colllery was opened as usual and was in readfness for the workers, but there was no response to the blowing of the whistles sther than the appearance of the engineers, firemen, pumpmen and others whose presence at the mines is necessary to pre- serve them from imjury and who were exempted in Presi- dent Mitchell's order. The action of the miners occasioned no surprise on the part of the operators, who, while they offered work and protection to any who might desire to go into thegmines, “did nov anticipate the acceptance of their offer. The best feeling between operators and miners is reported from all ‘sections, and the hope that a satisfactory agreement may be reached at the conference in New Yofk tomorrow is expressed on both sides. Significance is attached by the miners to the fact that there is no apparent attempt on the part of the operators to import non-union labor, which they regard as a favor- able sign. The miners’ leaders are cateful to assert that no strike has been declared, the suspension, they claim, being merely a business necessity, as the miners have no arrange- ment with the gperators until the scale is adjusted by the committee. During the day in several of the district groups of men picketed the approaches to the collleries, but their pres- ence was unn 3 g There are 400 collieries in the anthracite region, em- loying 160,000 men and boys. Miners’ officials tonight es- = rlmled that 143,000 mine workers obeyed the order to sus- . pend operations. This leaves 17,000 men who are permitted to continue at work to keep the mine from flooding. The only disturbance that marked the closing of the mines today occurred at Moosiee, a small town near Scranton, where John S. Shepperd, a civil engineer at the Consolidated colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. was shot In the hip by Anthony Coplosk, a mine worker. Coplosk had an argument with a mine guard, _during which he shot at the latter. The bullet went wild ani struck Shepperd, who was standing near by. NEW YORK, April 2—The eve of the second meeting of the committee rep- . resenting the anthracite mine workers and thelr employers finds the situation, so far as the hard coal fields are concerned, unchanged from that disdlosed in the' communications that have passed between the contending forces and which have been made public. Neither miner nor operator tonight could venture a pre- diction as to the outcome. Both sides are hopeful. however, and there is & feel- ing that some way out of the difficulty Will be found. President Mitchell arrived here tonight from Indianapolis and established quar- ters at the Ashland House. He was accompanied by a secretary and Thomas Hag- gerty of the Central Pennsylvania District of the Miners' Union, who I8 a member of the international executive board. None of the district leaders would be quoted as to the situation as shown by the first day’s suspension, but they all admitted privately that the utmost harmony prevails in the. region and that rumors that thousands of men would not obey the suspension order have proved groundless. Tomorrow’s meeting between Sub-committees of the miners and the operators ‘will be held at noon. probably in the offices of the Central Rail« road Company of New Jersey, and is expected to be of short duration. It is believed that nothing will be definitely agreed upon. According to informa- tion obtained tonight the programme for tomorrow as tentatively outlined by the operators is to renew the counter-propesition made to the miners early in March—that is, the continuation for another term of three years of the award of the anthracite strike commission. The operators, It is understood, will not make any extended argument, but will content themselves with - calling attention to the reasons they set forth in their reply to the ers’ DEPEW GIVES WAY TO GRIEF IN SECLUSION Broken-Hiiarted Overthe Loss of Popular Esteem. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE- CALL. about which there has been much uncer- tainty for some time, was learned foday from one who has been his intimate friend for the past thirty years, and has been in con- stant communication with him. “The real trouble with the Senator,” said this- friend, “is that he is broken hearted and I do not belleve that he will an active part in affairs agaln. The ployers, however, do not expect the miners’ There is nothing specific the matter with Een T oDt the proposition oOF sven consider It at the present time, him physically, but the with . but rather expect the unipn leaders to renew their original demands. If this thnt: ”mm“h::!“u gramme is followed out an adjournment probably will be taken for twen- LA K g ty-four or. forty-elght hours. . “Senator a Hopeful Diew. not expected to obtain in tomorrow's conference. The are indignant over the action of the miners In enforcing a suspension of operations, and from information gathered today it is not unlikely that the miners will be told that their action '" as- President Baer has already told Mitchell by telegram. The leaders of the mineworkers, in defending their course, say the action of the Shamokin scale committee was justified, that no agreement and men existed after midnight on Saturday. said_today that more tham 100,000 soft coal mimers predicted that by : @..; Company, and there will be a general : the holiday celebration of the eight-hour * nounced tonight that he had lllnd'::: scale of signers were ten large companies. b or over three-quarters of the coal mined in 3 “"h. mines of the independent operators will