The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 22, 1911, Page 1

EOPLE ARE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT; AND COURT IS IN CONTEMPT OF PEOPLE temporary injunction again! © That illegitimate offspring of crooked corporations and Dollar judges comes to the rescue of Crawford in to squelch the rights of a whole community. Me corporation cause can be so rotten but that some judge will try to save it with that instrument of Dol- It’s the hope of the Crawfords, the Furths and the whole gang of corporation wolves , the injunction. and snap when the recall of judges is mentioned. Crawford, through his bondholders, broke his truce agreement with city officials and with the people of 2 legal salve for his wounded corpor: valley by rushing into Hanford’s court aski that hundreds of plain DME EDITION — “The mos’ important "looking mae. man big bank buildin’ ain't th’ presi- nor th’ cashier, but th’ feller that in front o’ th’ elevator an’ plays Walied Frese Leased Wire.) the wire leading from the prison RAFAEL, Cal, Aug. 22.— sash and door factory to a pole out- by a heavily charged side the prison walls, by means of as he whs about to attain | sling arrangement formed by a | broom handle and two ropes, when James B. Clifton, serving 4/{t is supposed he lost his balance at San Quentin for and inadvertently grasped the wire, tt d eng of Captain of A charge of 4,000 volts caused in- ives St. Clair Hodgekins fn stantaneous death and paylines -f pad in 1909, early today was swung in the air until the ' ted from escape by sud-| discovering the escape, turned off | the power and the body fell outside Drisoner was priate Porat. the Se walls. PECIAL SESSION ENDED TODAY Rhehkakek ket kw, when the closing hour came, its a # | demovratic majority pluming them- [ASHINGTON, Ang. 22,—- #/ selves that they had shown such a senate adjourned at % #| front as would greatly aid their ‘and the house at 2:02."%|cendidate for the presidency in Rkktekakakkkeee i912. In the republican senate the closing scenes were more quiet, but the democrats and progressives | % there were not slow in expressing their satisfaction at the showing made. United Press Leased Wire.) INGTON, Aug. 22,—With & corporal’s guard left to its actual adjournment here the special session MacVeagh “Sits on Lid.” rr convened by All outgoing trains today carried te force action on his Cana legislators hastening homeward, agreement, ended t -|all glad to be done with the long ita progress the house meti grind. President Taft and every and was in actual session | member of his cabinet, except Sec and 2 minutes; the sen-| retary of the Treasury MacVeagh, Met 85 days and spent 353 hours} will jieave thia evening. Mac- W4.31 minutes in deliberation. h will remain to “sit on the on reigned in the house | lid. here MUST Be An Investigation Iti is now three days since The Star, following its policy of fearlessness, printed charges of ill treatinent and over- of young girls at the House of the Good Shepherd, yet the ities of that institution have not made a demand upon for proof. " Save for a general denial, which might have been expected, ithorities of the institution have not met the charges which reiterates today with emphasis. mere denial of the charges will not suffice. It will not moreover, to misquote Judge Frater and to misquote of the officials of the juvenile court and the probation Sys. ni © Scores of the communicants of the church of which the of the Good Shepherd is a part, have called at The Star and telephoned. THEY DEMAND AN INVESTIGA- ; THEY ARE EAGER FOR IT. charged that prior to August 10, 1911, young girls were ‘ d in the COMMERCIAL laundry of the House of the bd Shepherd more than eight hours a day CONTRARY TO 10 ‘At is charged that girls under 14 years of age have been syed in this COMMERCIAL laundry in defiance of the LD LABOR LAW. is charged that the girls have been improperly fed It is charged that the girls have been subjected to degrad- ishment. ¢ charges do not imply that the authorities of this institu- are vicious or cruel; the charges are emphatic, however, the girls are EXPLOITED FOR PROFIT. ince this institution enjoys freedom from taxation and Tents as a RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, and since this tution operates a COMMERCIAL laundry in open compe- to the other commercial laundries of the city, the House Good Shepherd is legally subject to investigation by STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER or by JUDGE SATER of the juvenile court, or by DR. MERRILL, the pro- On officer of the juvenile court. people have been and pense be ~~ VOL. 13, NO. ily being delayed, insulted and robbed by the street ear concern. The rights of men and women and children are secondary to the rights of “sacred” Dollars in the eyes of judges like C. H. Hanford. Hanford gave Crawford what he asked for. He issued a blanket restraining order against these people ford’s order. They asserted their rights in defiance of his injunction. ation. It matter- OF THE PEOPLE. ONLY 1 The Seatt 155. Thie shows Attorney. Taylor of by Supt. hows: Rt eaannannanenre!| | * * THE WEATHER ® For Seattle and vicinity: * * Fair tonight and Wednesday; & ® light northeast to eat winds. * & Temperature at noon today, 74. * Kh KK FIERCE FOREST FIRE. SAN DIEGO, Cal. Aug. 22.—The entire population of Fallbrook is fighting a fierce forest fire that is burning between there and Te cula, according to reports received here today. Heavy damage already has resulted. Miss Fern Hubble of Lower Mille fs visiting In Hicktown today. Quite & jot of new monograms have been whittled in the old elm in Depot Square. ‘The harvest moon fa #0 bright that the front porch lamp on’ the Grand Central hotel don't have to be Ht there nights, Lalo Watertower has bough: was so durned proud today t the Hee office m-tall! DO YOU KNOW: ‘That Auburn fs to be the larg- est railroad terminal west of the St. Paul & Minneapolis yards, where a great many men will be employed? DO YOU KNO’ That fifty miles of switch and storage tracks are to be built at Auburn, at an expense of nearly a million dollars? DO YOU KNOW: That you can purchase good, level land, on a fine county road, only half a mile from railroad, mill, store and postoffice, and within 4% miles of Auburn, at $60 per acre, $10 down and $6 per mouth? OLE HANSON & CO. 314-315-316-317 New York Bik. lung and a dozen of his men, Hartung was later copy of Judge Hanford’s Injunction, which the people die: le NDEPENDENT N SPAPER IN SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDA aaeoet 22, 1911. Sta SEATTLE ONE CENT. anese, who for years have endured Crawford's hold-up methods, compelling them to longer endure them. But the people this morning, acting as one man, defied Judge Hanford. They refused to comply with Crawford's demand, even though they were cloaked in a federal court order. The people laughed at Han- , _AND BY THEIR ACTION THEY PLACED THEMSELVES IN CONTEMPT OF JUDGE HANFORD AND BY THEIR ACTION THEY SHOWED THAT JUDGE HANFORD IS IN ABSOLUTE CONTEMPT “Bense Feltboot is masterin’ Sakic after ma terin’ which he'll tackle a course in dressmakin’ ee ‘AR ON. CRAWFORD Seattle peso hie way inte one of Crawford's eare, which wae guarded rested. The white patch on the car win- STATEMENT OF MAYOR DILLING TO THE STAR “By tomorrow morning we Will have an ordinance that will make them sit up and take notice. The city is not a collection agency for Crawford and his bondholders, and as soon as they realize that, the better for them. As mayor of Seattle, I will not stand for any high handed measures against the people.” TODAY’S EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD Events developed rapidly today in the warfare between the Craw- ford corporation and the people. First of all, Judge Hanford’s injunction, granted last pight on the plea of the Crawford bondholders, against all residents of the Rainier valley and against the city of Seattle and Its officials, was defied by thousands of people all along the line, The injunction forbids the people from asking for transfers or from |in any way interfering with traffic, The indignant people scoffed at | the Injunction, demanded transfer receipts and tied up the whole line when thelr demands were denied, The United States marshal's office refused to enforce the court's injunction uniess specifically ordered to do so by Hanford. Hanford, when he learned that the whole community was ignoring and defying his injunction, took no action. The cars were tied up by the people from 6 o'clock until 11, when Mayor Dilling, against whom HManford’s injunction was also directed, took a hand and ordered Crawford to run the cars. When Crawford refused, Dilling ordered the arrest of every con- ductor and motorman along the ne who refused to operate the cars, Eighteen carmen were arrested and brought to the city jail. Supt. Hartung, who had been frantically trying to make the people obey Hanford’s injunction, was thrown off a car by two men. Later he was also arrested on cofnplaint of the mayor. Tho motormen, when arrested, took their controller cranks to jail with them. No one was at hand whé could run the cars, so traffic is tied up along the whole lino, Mayor Dilling has called a special meeting of the council for 3 o'clock this afternoon to pass an ordinance prohibiting street car com- pariles to blockade traffic In order to enforce their rules. Beginning this afternoon, the Anderson Steamboat company will operate big stéel steamers on Lake Washington, between Leschi park, Taylor's mili and Rainier Beach. The rate of fare will not exceed the Crawford car line Noted Painting Is Stolen (By United Press Leased Wire.) PARIS, Aug. 22—The noted painting of Mona Lisa, by Leonardo Di Vinci, one of the most famous pictureg in the world, was stolen today from the wall of the Louvre. It was nin its place at noon, but shortly afterward vanished. A quick search showed that no official orders had been given for its removal. The pic- | hina charges. taken away in At 3 o'clock this afternoon the police closed the Louvre and a thorough search was in- stituted for the missing art t oui WON'T RECALL (By United Press Leased Wire.) . ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 22—The attempt to recall Circuit Judge John Coke of Marshfield, Or., has beén practically abandoned. Today a few petitions are being eireulated and only a small unmber of signatures are being secured. Those back of the recall declare that lack of funds is the reason why a number of petition cireulat- ors have withdrawn, JUDGE COKE. MAYOR TAKES BOLD STAND ORDERS ARREST OF CARMEN WHOLE LINE NOW TIED UP A whole community demanding its rights in open defiance jcharging the Rainier folks 10 cents of a federal judge’s order, that is the spectacle presented to Se- attle today by the corporation-ridden people of the Rainier valle: Titge Hanford in the federal court yesterday granted Craw- ford’s bondholders a blanket injunction against the city of attle and against the patrons of the Crawford line forbidding them to even ask for a transfer or to refuse to pay the fare de- manded. Before six o'clock this morning the people responded by refusing to meet the demands of Crawford in every particular, and by calmly ignoring the injunction order. By cight o’cloc 19 cars were blockaded on the valley line. People after boarding | the cars offered the conductors their fares upon the giving of a receipt for transfers but when this was refused the passengers stood pat and the cars were held. Dramatically Crawford's men would point to the printed injunction posted about in the cars and calmly the people would respond by singing some impromptu verses dealing with Judge Hanford, injunctions, corporations, etc. At 11 o'clock the situation was unchanged. Traffic was itied up. The marshal’s office did nothing to enforce Hanford’s Jinjunction and Hanford remained inactive. Then Mayor Dilling, for the first time realizing the mili- |tant spirit of the people who swept him into office, came to lthe front. Calmly defying Hanford’s injunction, which was lalso directed against the city, he ordered the arrest of every learmen who refused to operate his car. Supt. Hartung of the | Crawford line was also arrested after refusing to order the cars to run. j EIGHTEEN ARRESTED. Dilling went to the scene of the trouble in an auto and | the people loudly cheered him after learning of his action Eighteen men were arrested. The motormen took their controller cranks with them and every car is standing idly on the tracks. When Hartung tried to escape arrest the crowd cheered, and cheered louder still when Capt. Stuart caught him in a drug store. Demand Double Fare. The Crawford conductors started in to demand a 10-cent fare from all points south of Orchard Beach, jand the people on the cars refused to be gouged. They offered the ree in force, lawyers for the “bondhold- ular nickel fare, and asked for Te-/erg” went before Federal Judge ceipts or transfers, Then the cars| Hanford yesterday at the eleventh were sidetracked or allowed to}nour and secured an injunction of stand on the tracks. astonishing latitude, Police Sergeant Wilkes ordered! ‘The injunction prevents (theoret- the court. The Injunction. Crawford violated his truce with the people of Rainier valley most hamelessly. With the truce still the conductor of one of the stalled | cars at Kenyon st. to move on into| town, but the conductor, after tele- phoning to Columbia station for in- structions, came back and defied the sergeant. He ordered the po: lice to get off the car—and they did. At Columbia station all cars were sidetracked or run into the car barn as soon as any passenger made a demand for his rights. Crawford had his car superintendent, George Hartung, on the grounds to command a strong-arm gang. Four of these men jumped on a man named Web- ster and were giving him a first- class mauling when two friends of the victim tried to pull off a couple of conductors who were becoming pretty savage in their attack. Policeman No, 25 thereupon mixed in the scrap, and & near-riot followed. Hartung made frantte endeavors to threaten the crowd with awful penalties, and in vain did he point to copies of Judge Hanford’s in- junction, Which were posted up in every car, The crowd sang, shouted and roared at the top of its lusty voice, and not a word of Hartung’s ha- rangue ot beyond bis own hear ing. At the United States marshal’s no attempt at interference or en- forcement of the injunction would be made without formal order from barn | office it was given out today that] Jically) all persons from demanding transfers or receipts; it permits the {Crawford Hne to charge an extra nickel fare to all points south of Orchard Beach or Kenyon st., and |{t prevents all persons from inter | fering with the operation of the line in any, particular, Violation of the injunction con- stitutes contempt of court—provid- ing the injunction and contempt | penalties are enforced. Big meetings were held by the Rainier valley people in Hillman City and Columbia station last} night, but no resolutions were | adopted. Scores of those who were pres ent, however, declared their inten: |tion of resisting any attempt of Crawford's men to collect extra fares or withhold receipts, and it appeared from the trouble at Kei yon st. and at Columbia station to: promises, ‘O TIE "EM UP try to run his cars this week. injunction prevails until next Mon-| day, after Superintendent Hartung had been arrested, that Crawford would order the power shut off. When the arrested were hauled from the cars they | carried their controllers with them This naturally killed the cars, In the meantime owners of auto trucks and busses are ma rintaining | |" pretty good schedule into town, K[ceipts anc day that these men made good their It {s not likely that Crawford will | motormen | ‘a trip. LATE BULLETIN Three cars came over the Crawford line from Columbia station to the city this after- noon. Very few of the passen- gers would pay any fare unleso their received a receipt. The conductors refused to givé re- 1 the objecting pas- sengers rode free. People Were Merry. When it became known at Colum bia station that Mayor Dilling was on hand and that the crews of Crawford's cars were to be arrested the crowd went wild, but they didn't damage one stick of Craw ford’s property. After four employes had been ar rested and loaded into an automo- bile, the hue and cry went up for Hartung, Crawford's superinten- dent “Get Hartung; pinch bim,” was the ery. “Ride him on a rail.” The crowd was determined that Har tung must be arrested—their speech was only figurative. But Hartung took it mighty se riously. He ran into a drug the police after him. There arrested and dragged out with scant ceremony. He waved a hand to the crowd as the policeman led him away, but the crowd jeered. Women stood on street corners and wept with sheer excitement. 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