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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1906. CAR MEN AND EMPLOYERS HOLD LONG, PEACEFUL CONFERENCE Each tions Will Be Continued Today. Side Gives the Other Something to Think About and Further Negotia- S.F-CONLEY w. A ELLISON DI > 5 W B RAAMILTON SRSl W D MAHON b i D C. GRIERSOMN JLEPERO DRIV 11 ‘e sTRAUS: RICHARD CORNELIUS. WEBSTER PHOTO cAULANG | —} RACTION COMPANY AND LEADERS 0! THHE CARMEN’S UNION WHO CONFERRED YESTERDAY. REPRESENTATIVE There was a long conference at Oak- Iand yesterday betweem representatives | of the Carmen’s Union and those of the Traction Company. Each side to the comtroversy gave the other something to’ comsider, the negotiations were peaceful and there will be further con- sideration of the issues today. More than ome hundred strike-breakers ar- rived from tke south and were at once sent to the quarters provided for them at the carhouses. There ix reason to believe that g strike may be averted. RSONAL LIABILITY | BILL PASSES HOUSE [easgre Ts I )esigned to Pre- vent Negligence by the Railroads. « 2 OAKLAND, April 2—“We have given | them something to think about, and they | have given us something to think about,” was the terse declaration this affernoon , | of W. D. Mahon, president of the Amal- gamated Association of Street Rallway Employes, when the conference between | the Oakland Traction Consolidated offi- clals and the Carmen's Union representa- ves had been adjourned for the day. | g the were k i rallway ile |t . - e bill, he| The conference, which was not conclud- o rotect the | ©d. Will be resumed tomorrow morning at - . is pay for | 9:30 o'clock the slee i worked urther conference will be conducted <t accidents | between President Heron and General | | Manager W, F. Kelly of the Traction i beth | company and President Mahon and Pres- their negliger | ident Ellison of the carmen. The small- coptract § | er representation on each side was sug- ¢ the em: | gested by the Traction ouclals as favor- empioyes. | 2ble to better progress in the discussions. ’ | This was agreed to by the carmen. . Neither the traction officials nor the LONG ESTABLISHED BANK carmen’s T o oo g gy SRR | er epresentatives would commit | themselves to a statement that might be | construed as an indication of the final | outcome | The day was spent in a dispassionate presentation of arguments on each side, Tels Smith & Co. Forced to the Wall as the It of Heavy he private bank private bank |along the lines heretofore indicated by Pekin, Tazwell | ;) » plic stand which the Traction Com- open for business to- P a to for | - and the carmen have taken. 2 assigned to U. J. Albert- | . . iecued a | That there is a way still open for a set- s | tlement without recourse to hostilities of ment today In w e urged the creditors of the ban , 88 it wo! the strike order seems fair to assume, in view of the length of the conference to- day, the fact that it was not concluded, Bopes e T s e, and | the fact that both sides’admit it was con- ofclal statement of mssets and | jucted In an entirely amicable spirit and due to depositofs and other | Li® further reticence of either side to talk <o e e concerning the line of discussion except b SraBicaingy in most general terms. The conference was an important one from the fact that it was the first face to face meeting which had occurred between the accredited representatives of the Car- men’s Union and the employing company. Intense interest was manmifested in the | meeting by the carmen. The union head- quarters and vicinity were thronged with carmen during the noon hour, waiting to hear a word, if possible, from the con- | ference, which began its @®ssion at 11 | o’clock in the offices of E. A. Heron, pres- | ident of the Oakland Traction Consoli- dated, in the Syndicate bullding, 1218 Broadway. At the appointed hour the carmen’s del- egation appeared. The leader was Presi- dent Mahon. With him were Richard Cor- nelius, president of the 8an Francisco Di- vision of Carmen and member of the Na- 0,000, & portion of w These had h an extent that the ue in busi- dustries. Not to Blame for Wreck. ORIA, 1L, April 2 Ja Smith, d with h wre A Lim- | tional Executive Council; Willlam H. Ell{- 1 he 29, in | son, president of the Oakland Division, people were killed, was | and T. Sawyer, 8. F. Conley, W. B. Ham- - it Court toda fiton, B. C. Grierson, BE. L. Straub and Joseph Smart of the agreement commit- tee of the Carmen’s Union. They were met by President Heron, W. F. Kelly, general manager, Frank C. Havens and Harmon Bell, chief counsel of the Oak- land Traction Consolidated. LONG CONFERENCE HELD. President Ellison introduced the mem- bers of the carmen’s party. The doors were closed in the offices and the confer- ¢<nce was opened. The morning session Smit 11 was Bank Wrecker Gives Bail. SBURG, April 2—E. R. Nichol | lasted for an hour and a half, when re- y to '1{'"' u m} | cess was taken for’lunch. At 2 o'clock the conferees reassembled, and remained in session until shortly after 5 o'clock, ad- Bank of Allegh efore LUnited Si31e% | journing until tomorrow morning. At the Ay oy ne I |conclusion of today’s session President E. ot 9% ermn of tha|A. Heron of the Traction Company made next ferm ©of ‘7€ the following statement: s District Court, which ok May. Stchols: W rivat It would be a bad breach of on my My O e dlesate | part to say & word in detail: concerning what € W. H. Andrews, CGelegate |,k place today. The oply. statement which r from New Mexico. —————————— Davis Wins Senatorship. LE ROC April 2.—Unofficial th Governor Jefferson d Senator Berry by about for United States Sen- week's primary elections. 1 feel justificd in making at this time Is that the matters were given a free discussion. In view of the fact that the conference has not been concluded it would be extremely indelicate for me to say more than this, President Mahon took the same position. He said: We met in an amicable discussion with the officials of the Oakland Traction Consolidated. in last | liminary to the later meeting. | gencral executive board of the Carmen’s | e at work on a serious problem and one rns all of us. That work has | N ed and until the conference ends 1 shall & nothing. Prior to the meeting with the Traction Company officials President Mahon, Pres- | ident Cornelius and President Ellison were | in conference at the union headquarters. With them were the agreement committee i of the Oakland division. This was pre- At the same time the Traction officials were holding a preliminary .meeting in their own offices. In neither case would | public information be given as to the at- titude which each side would assume at the main conference. The discussion dur- ing the conference was most general and informal. Those who desired to ask ques- tions asked them, and they were answered by the person most familiar with the topic broached. Prior to the meeting the curbstone gos- sip carried a story that the Oakland Trac- tion Consolidated would decline toreceive either President Mahon or President Cor- nelius, both of whem are members of the Association. That this was wholly un- founded appeared as soon as the carmen’s representatives met the Traction officials. No objection was raised to them, or would have been raised to any person who might have been presented by President Ellison, sald the Traction Company officials. MAHON TALKS. Before going into the conference Presi- dent Mahon said: I trust the conference will bring a settlement of all differences, and that & tie-up of the street railways in the city will not be neces- sary, We shall make every effort in our power to effect such a settlement and, the public may be assured that their interests, together with the welfare of the members of the Carmen's Union, shall be paramount during the entire session of the conference. One hundred men, the advance guard of the strike breakers who have been em- loyed by the Oakland Traction Consoll- dated in anticipation of a possible tie- up of the system, arrived today from the gouth. The three passenger coaches which the men occupled were switched from the Santa Fe station at Fortieth street directly into the Yerba Buena ave- nue yards of the Traction Company, where the newcomers were given accommoda- tions in the car barns. The barns have been ready for several days to recelve the men. In the party were a number of street railway men from Chicago, who have been through campaigns in Eastern cities. Some of them showed the marks of hard encounters. Watchmen Have been stationed about the yards and only Traction officials will be allowed inside. More men are said to be on the way. They have been rounded up as a precau- tionary step, and will be sent back to their respective places of residence should the situation not demand their service: The yards are stocked with large quan- tities of food supplies, whilé the barns are also equipped with bunks and all the paraphernalia of the kitchen and dining table. Here will be the main head- quarters in the event of a strike. Trac- tion officlals are discreetly’ silent as to their future plans. They refuse to admit even that there is impending a possibility of disturbance. Meanwhile there has gone on in the open, for any one to see who might desire to witness it, a steady preparation for anything that might arise from the present difficulties. All of the supplics taken into the Yerba Buena yards were hauled {n the day- time, and the work of protecting the sheds and the shops by screens and planks was done in broad daylight. The Traction officials seem to have as- sumed the position that, if a’strike does come, they are prepared for it. At the same time they have met the friendly advances from the union in apparently as friendly a spirit as the committee from the carmen evidenced in today’s confef- ence. That the further proceedings of the representatives will be awaited with great concern by the general public is manifest from the effect on' business INTRODUCES RATE BILL AMENDMENT Senator Long Presents Pro- vision Sanctioned by the President. WASHINGTON, April 2—The amend- ment to the House railroad rate bill, agreed to at the White House on Satur- | day by friends of the bill, providing for a { limited review of orders of the Interstate Commerce Commtission, was offered in the Senate today by Long of Kansas, but he was not able to get the floor to make his speech on the biil. The principal speech today was made by Fulton of Oregon, who spoke for the bill. It was a legal argument bearing upon the constitutional questions involved in the legislation, and Interruptions were so frequent that the speech amounted to a debate on law points, where the speaker divided time with a majority of the law- yers of the Senate. Nelson of Minnesota and Heyburn of Idaho made brief speeches on the bill. The Mallory bill, to further enlarge the powers and authority of the public health and marine hospital service, known as the national quarantine bill, was passed. —————— HUNDRED NEW TEACHERS FOR THE PHILIPPINES e Men and Women From the United States Will Open ools in the Island WASHINGTON, April 2.—One hun- dred and twelve new American teach- ers will begin their work in the Philip- pine public schools when the next se: sion opens on June 10. Of these teach- ers 100 are men and the twelve women are either wives, sisters or flancees of WCHCAN LIES HUSTPAY TAES Supreme Court Upholds Law Fixing Assessment on the Property of the Railroads OTHER DECISIONS MADE Full Text of Ruling in the Chicago Traction Cases Filed by the Tribunal WASHINGTON, April 2.—Justice Day of the Supreme Court of the United States today filed the text of the court's opinion in the Chicago Traction case. The text of the dissenting opinion by Justices Brewer, Brown and McKenna also was filed. b The opinion covers forty-three large pages of print, and it goes with detal into all the points involved in the case, which were outlined by the memorandum of Justice Day when the decision was announced on March 12. The Supreme Court decided the Michi- gan Railway tax case, Involving the taxes of all the raliroads for severa: years, against the rallroads. The opin- ion was by Justice Brewer. The case in- vo.ved the valldity of a Michigan law fixing the tax value of rallroad property on the average value at which other property s assessed. As this nearly quadrupléd the taxes paid by the rail- roads, they resisted, and approximately $2,000,000 in back taxes Is now collectable. In ‘an opinion by Justice Brown the Supreme Court of the United States de- cided the case of the Houston and Texas Central Railway vs. J. A. Mayes in favor of the company. Mayes ordered seven- teen cars in which to ship 625 head of cattle. The cars arrived twenty-four hours after the time set in the agree- ment. Mayes sued under a Texas law for damages done his cattle by .the delay and also under the State law to recover $25 per car on his contract with the com- pany. The lower courts upheld the com- plainant. The Supreme Court, however, holds that the law takes no account of accidents, is too arbitrary, encroaches on Federal control of interstate com- merce and is therefore unconstitutional. The Chief Justice and Justices Harlan and McKenna dissented. In the case of the United States vs. ‘Wickersham, the Supreme Court today decided that a person ,employed in the | civil service may recover damages on ac- count of suspension from office by a sub- ordinate officlal, affirming the decisfon of the Court of Claims. ‘Wickersham was a clerk in the office of the Surveyor General of the State of Idaho, and In 189 was discharged by the Surveyor General, without receiving no- tice in writing, as was then required under the civil service regulations. He was afterward restored on the order of the Commissioner af the General Land Office, but was again dismissed in 1808. He brought suit in the Court of Claims for his salary for the entire time that he was out of office, and the Court of Claims awarded it for six months, cover- ing the period of suspension. —_—————— ROPE ACROSS ROAD CAUSES A FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT Business Man Killed and His Wife Mor- tally Injured im Wreck Near Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, April 2.— While riding In an automobile through Haver- ford, a suburb, today E. O. Cowing was killed and his wife was so seriously injured that her death is expected. Cowing failed to observe a rope that had been stretched across the road at a point where building operations are go- ing on. The machine ran into it, then swerved and crashed Into a telegraph pole and upset, crushing its occupants. Cowing was formerly Philadelphia man- ager for Swift & C —_—————— Union Men Locked Out. CHARLOTTE, N. C, April 2.—Thirty furniture and glass factories today locked out all their employes who be- | long to labor urions. About 600 men and boys are iflle. No factory was forced to shut down. ; e Geronimo Joins & Show. LAWTON, Okla., April 2.—Geronimo, the aged Apache warrior, today joined a Wild West show for the season, with the consent of the War Department. ISUMCE ACT _[CITYDWNERSHP BECONES LW BEFORE VOTERS First of Ten Reform Bills JIs Signed by Governor Higgins of XNew York ST L 3 POSTPONES ELECTIONS Executive Sharply Criticises the Directors of the Four Mutual Companies Affected R ALBANY, N. Y., April 2.—The first of the ten bills proposed by the special in- vestigating committee as the result of its investigation of life insurance conditions is now a law. Governor Higgins this af- ternoon affixed his signature to the bill which postponed until November 15 the annual elections of the New York Life, the Mutual Life of New York, the Mutual Reserve of New York and the Security Mutual of Binghamton—the four purely mutual life igsurance companies incorpor- ated under the laws of this State. It does not affect the Equitable Life Assurance Society, which is a stock company. In signing the bill the Governor issued a memorandum sharply ecriticising the directors whom he thus legisiated from office. One of the most important effects of the act is that it invalidates every proxy hith- erto secured, whether by the companies themselves, by Thomas W. Lawson of Boston or any one else. NEW YORK, April 2—Recorder Goff at the impaneling of the April Grand Jury in the Court of General Sessions today in- structed the jury to take up insurance matters. These, he said, had been called to his attention by Judge O'Sullivan, who presided over the March Grand Jury. He said it appeared to him that the March Grand Jury had been properly instructed by both Judge O'Sullivan and District At- torney Jerome that there was reasonable ground for the Dbellef that there was valuable evidence showing that crime had been committed. He instructed the Grand Jury that it had untrammeled powers to act as it saw fit. IOWA HOUSE ADOPTS ANTI-PASS MEASURE Also Passes Child Labor Bill Aimed at Department Stores. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 2.—The chjld labor bill passed the House today and, with the Governor’'s signature al- ready assured, will become a law. The law is directed at department stores particularly and compels them to fur- nish chairs for employes. All children under 16 years are prohibited from in- jurious employment. The House today by a vote of 73 to | 11 rejected the amendment to the anti- pass bill, which would have required legislators to pay their fares home, and it is now ready to go to the Governor. It prohibits all public officials, includ- ing Federal officers, from accepting fa- vors from the railroads. —_———————— CHANGES IN SOUTH-BOUND TRAINS. On Seuthern Pacific Valley Route. Account landslide at Tunnel 17, near Teha- chap!, ths Valley Line will be closed for prob- ably two days. No, 50, the Fresno local, will leave today at 5 p m. instead of 3.20, doing the work of the Owi as well as its own, and carrying the Ycsemite and Fresno sleepers. Los Angeles trains 7 and S will be canceled, the Bakersfield locals Nos. 85 and 84 doing the work of these trains as well as their own. A light train, composed of engine, two coaches and sleeper, will run from Los Angeles to the slide, where transfer will be made around the slide to a similar train, which will be run from Bakersfeld to the slide, connecting with 84 and 88, Train 26, the Owl, will leave Oakland Pler tomight at 5:25, going south by way of Niles to San Jose, thence {oast Line. No. 25, arriv- ing today, will come up the Coast Line and reach Oakland Pler via Niles. For a couple of days the remainder of the Valley business will be carried by the Coast Line. . —_——— President Promotes Secretary. WASHINGTON, April 2.—President Roosevelt has appointed Rudolph For- ster to be first assistant secretary to the President, in place of B. B. Barnes, ap- pointed Postmaster for this city. Mr. Forster was second assistant secretary. Question Regarding Street Railways to Be Submitted to the People in Chicago ELECTION FOR TODAY —_—— Method of Procedure Will Be Referred to the Publie for the Final Decision CHICAGO, April —The Qquestion of ‘municipal ownership of Chicago street rallways will be submitted to popular vote tomorrow, and the result is awalted with great interest. The contest has been one of the mcst bitter that has been waged in this city ip many years. Members of the lunicipal Ownership League have been detailed to remain at every polling place in the city tomorrow to watch the inferests of the “little bal- lot,” as the ticket bearing the three pro- positions relative to municipal ownership which are to be voted on has been named. Representatives of factions which are opposed to municipal ownership will also have watchers in every precinct. The usual party lines have been largely obliterated, and the eligibility of candi- dates is construed In the light of their attitude toward municipal ownership and a high license for saloons. The advocates of munietpal ownership tonight expressed the utmost confidence in the result, declaring that the voters of Chicago will favor It by an overwheli- ing majority. Mayor Dunne predicted lonight that municipal ownership would carry by five to one. Thomas Carey, chairman of the Demo- ratic county central committee, and a political enemy of Mayor Dunne, said: “I feel satisfled that the voters will turn down the propositions in a way that will surprise the advocates of municipal ownership.” James Reddick, chairman of the Repub- licar county central committee, ‘tontented himself with predicting an indrease Im the number of the Republican members of the City Council. He would offer no estimate of the result on miunfeipal ownership. The propositions to be voted on tomor- row are as follows: First—Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street rallways? Second—Shall an ordinance passed by the City Council of Chicago, providing for the issue of street rallway certificates in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000, the money to be used for the purchase of the existing street railway companies, be ap- proved? Third—Shall the City Council proceed without delay to acquire municipal ownership and operation of all street rail- ways in Chicago instead of granting franchises to private companies? The first proposition must receive sixty per cent of all votes cast in order to be- come binding. A majority will carry the other two. In addition to the contest on municipal ownership, the question of whether saloon licenses shall be 3500 or $1000 per annum will be up for final settlement. The nu- merous crimes against women committed in this city of late caused a widespread belief that they were indirectly re- sult of many saloons which existed Under a low license, but which would be wiped out if the amount was placed at 31000 The City Council, after a sharp fight, passed an ordinance making the license $1000. The lquor interests have made a strong fight against every Alderman up for re-election who voted for the ordi- nance. If a majority of these men are returned to the Couneil the $1000 license is expected to remain; otherwise it is be- lieved the ordinance will be repealed and the old figure of $500 restored. e — - COURT DECIDES AGAINST CHICAGO STRAP-HANGERS Ordinance Designed to Prevent Over- crowding of Streetears Declared Null and Void. CHICAGO, April 2.—The local ordi- nance against overcrowding of street- cars is null and void, according to a decision of Judge Mack in the Circuit Court today. Judge Mack enjoins the city from prosecuting the streetcar companies under the ordinance. Five hundred suits had already been begun by the city and 2000 more were pend- ing. 2 he ANABE men who are going to the islands or are already employed In insular schools, The new teachers will, for the most part, replace teachers who are tired of the school work in the islands, have come back to this country or went into other work in Manila. Hardships in the remote provinces have proved too much for women teachers and consequently few women are being employed at present, and great care is taken not to send them where they will not have relatives and friends. —_———— MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP VICTORIOUS IN MISSOULA Helena’s Election Results in a Majority for Republican Nominee o for Mnyor, HELENA, Mont.,, April 2.—In the city election today the Republicans elected the Mayor, Police Judge and six Alder- men. The Democrats elected the Treas- urer and one Alderman. The next Council will stand nine Republicans and five Democrats. MISSOULA, April 2—The city elec- tion today resulted In a partial vic- tory for the Municipal Ownership League. | KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 2.—The election in Kansas City tomorrow will be for Mayor ‘and all the elective city officers, half of the members of the upper house and all the members of the lower house. The i5sue is municipal art. ownership, which both Republican and Democratic platforms indorse In prin- ciple. ——————— men to allow no one to trespass upon the property of the Oakland Traction under any circumstances, and,double guards were placed at all the entrances to the yards and around the Key Route power- house on Yerba Buena avenue. In all about twenty-five men are sta- tioned around the outside yards and as many more watchmen are encamped within the ' inclosures. One of these men said tonight that the principal fear of the officials of the company is that some which the disturbance of normal condi- tions has already* had. . Immediately after dark tonight a guard of patrolmen, armed ' with clubs, was placed over all the company property at Emeryville, and a number of men were also stationed in the subway and on the long' trestle leading to the Key Route ferry depot. Orders were given to these attempt will be made to injure lant of the Key Route M'er-holl::u o‘r’ to wreck the subway, thereby blockading the Key Route trains. The guards said no trouble was expected from the carmen at any time, but that the company feared possible depredations by hoodlums who g0 in the wake of any disturbance, X Numberin X\ T @ Since its earliest manufacture in 1837, the history of the Knabe piano has been marked by a succession of attainments, a series of triumphs pos- sible to no other piano. . 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