the Autumn Fetes Notable Festivity to Make Most Glorious NATIVE SONS IN MOST BRILLIANT REGALIA WILL MARCH IN THE CITY OF GARDENS Flags Are Making a Brilliant Showing in the Thoroughfares Immense Barbecue Is to Be Prepared for the Host of Guests MEMBERS OF. " L COMMITTEES OF THE NATIVE ' SONS' IN _| 'SAN JOSE.'., •-'¦-¦ i Grand Marshal Taaffe > of San Francisco arrived this afternoon.' - He went over the line of march and conferred with the com mittee regarding the celebration. A re- Aside from this outward display, in the various halls ¦ and headquarters the local parlors and the visitors will' dispense hos pitality and cheer. Open house will be kept, and there ¦ will be music and danc ing. At no less than twenty places will receptions be almost 'continuously' held.' There will be no dull spell, and everybody will be made to feel at home, r • , the city a' gala appearance. . Over all the business streets these colors flutter. , Other decorations "are" being; put up. j These will form a fitting canopy for the thousands of gayly dressed Native Sons and Daugh ters, to march ' under. '.The festive spirit of the- occasion is spreading, and the peo ple of the Garden City are preparing a joyous welcome 'for the visitors. I Sunday afternoon— At 2 p. ni. Sunday after noon a; baseball game will be" played, at the bicycle .track', on ; the Alameda between a picked nine from Marshall Parlor of San Fran- "Sunday .morning at Native Sons' Hall, at. D o'clock the Native Daughters will < assemble and will " be escorted to i Santa' Clara street, where at 9:30 they will- take -a. chartered train to Alum Hock. At . Alum ' Rock ' a light lunch will be served them. They return at 12:30 p. m. . -...:.'•¦. : . ': • ': - •. . Sunday— Native Sons will form in a body at 9:30 at the corner of First and Santa Clara streets and with a. band will march to the Agricultural Park on ¦ the Alameda, where a bull's'' head breakfast will be had, the hours of the breakfast ' being from 9:30 to 12 : tn. , . . Ed -.Younger has. been chosen as chairman of the Native ' Sons', reception. committee and Miss Tillle Brohaska as chairman of the Daughters' reception committee. '.•; ' • j The following is the' official programme issued to-day: .' , : . .- ". , ,; • J.- Williams, Charles Navlet and I. I* Kop pel; San Jose Parlor No. 22, N. S. G. "W.— O. T. (yConnell. M. Welch, 1/ H. ' Kent. A. Pede mente,: J. W. Borchers; Palo Alto, No. 82, N. 8. r G. "W.— J. A. Day, Henry Humburg, Her bert Kelley, . D. M.' Burnett, .Ed' Younger; Ob servatory i, Parlor No. 177— James t M. Shllu, F. Schumacher, K. S. Fisher. Joseph A. Delmas, T. F."- Thwaits ; .'San Joie Parlor' No*. 81, ' N. D. G. W.— Mrs. E.-*P; Anderson, Miasr Ethel Pyle. Mrs. I* Lawrence, Mrs. M. King. Miss Matilda Caimpiglla Parlor No. 100, N.'d."'g. ,W.— Miss -Tillle Brohaska; Miss Nora: Mabury, Miss Eva . Prindle. Mrs. Virginia Gruell, Mlsa ¦Frankle' Stockton. .- ...•.'., -., .; ... .. '•• • .- ceptlon committee composed of the j fol lowing "members from" the" different par lors'has'been appointed: ¦ Continued on Pags Seven. PARIS, Sept. 6.— The Rome correspond ent ¦: of .the • Rappel -says ¦ that the ' Italian pojlcejhave "discovered there the head quarters of I an | international association ;of incendiaries. tJ:'--^^;. : •' ¦ Association of Incendiaries. ; ¦ i '--. • .¦/¦;. Posted. "••';. : PITTSBURG, Kan., Sept. 1 5.— The mlnj ers' strike situation looks more serious to-night. ' The mlners^national board has authorized ¦ the districtf board to use ex treme j measures If necessary . to force the Big Four .operators to 'the^ terms.' ; - • : r President' Richardson -' of j;,- the' Miners' Union] said 1 to-night: ,, ''We will.: order, a strike; to-morrow; If we ; can" find no other Stockades Are Being Built About the ¦ - Plants'arid Guards" Being / COAL MINE COMPAIfiES . \ ' PREPARE FOB TROUBLE matic quarters it Is believed that Castro has no intention, of taking any action which will ; preserve, peace. His Govern ment Is endangered by a revolution, and he prefers a foreign war. so as to solidify his people, and once this Is done, he hopes to keep, himself in power. .Representa tions ar^ being made to j the authorities that it would be advisable for the United States ¦ to address a strong remonstrance to' Venezuela, but the President Is not. yet prepared to take this step. Action of this kind .will only occur In case, of, an at tempt • to s disturb .the peace , of i the isth mus, and then, of course, the Cass-Herran treaty will compel American Interference. Ice Floes Blockade Coast. ST/: JOHN, N. '. F., Sept. 5.— Advices from way. of securing ' a settlement. ". Ninety per cent. of . the; men will walk out." ; ; •.'¦»: State Labor," Commissioner Johnson is here and has offered his services as arbi trator.{..The district board decided, how ever; that- arbitration is not •' wanted 1 for tho present. .-,,.. . . ,. All ,; the companies are . preparing for trouble.. Stockades are I being .built • about the ; mines ', and" guards are being posted. .There is a'bad feeling between union and non-union men, and serious trouble may 'ensue..- ¦ -:' • -.¦• ¦'- ¦ ¦'•¦- .¦..".:¦¦."/ Bear and American flags, with stream ers of colored bunting, have already given The old. Mexicans who have cooked' the meats at previous celebrations at San Jose, in- 1894 and 1838, have been specially brought back to San Jose, so that the local Natives' reputation may be fully sustained. 1 Contracts have been closed with local butchers for twelve bulls' heads, ten whole beeves from young steers, 2400 loaves of bread and beans in great quantity. A special service of fifty waiters has been provided so that the barbecued meat can be served hot in small quantities at • a time. Special refrigerators have been ar ranged at the* grounds, so that the fine quality of California's vintage can be ap preciated to. full advantage. The midnight parade, . with its Jollity and revelry, will be a fitting introduction to the feasting and sports of Sunday.-The bullshead breakfast at Agricultural Park will attract several thousand. • This will be an old-fashioned Pioneer affair, with all the spirit of old occasions and all the comforts that the advanced service of to day can afford. This banquet will be held under the pines at Agricultural Park, where tables for 1200 at a sitting will be provided. The breakfast will be served from 9:30 a. m. until 12 m. The T committee expects to serve about 3600 people. Noth ing but California products will be used. A concert band will be in attendance. will head the division. La Vespera Parlor of San Francisco will have a handsome float" in " line,' as will' some of the other parlors. '¦'.-• The United States does not propose that a war shall occur with possible" attend ant, European complications if it can help it, and there is reason to believe that Minister Bowen at Caracas will be in structed to make representations to Cas tro's Government, so as to induce him- to aeree to- a peaceful settlement. In^Iplo- Castro Prefers Foreign War. The other divisions will be made_up of the various parlors of Native Sons. They will be arranged in the order of their in stitution, parlors of the lowest number coming first. Parlors with music will have places of honor at the head of divi sions. South San Francisco Parlor, the parlor of Grand Marshal Taaffe, will be given the place of honor at the head of the fifteenth division, which will escort the three San Jose parlors. They will ex tend the courtesy of their band, which attitude. The answer of. President Castro to Secretary Hay's tender of the Presi dent's good offices was practically an an nouncement that the dispute was between herself and Colombia 1 , and that the latter should make proper explanations. SAN JOSE, Sept. 5.— The big parade of Native Sons on Admission day will be composed of fifteen divi-~ slons, and the committee estimates that there will not be less than 5000 Natives in line. All the parlors have not yet told the number of men they will bring, but no less than thirty parlors are looked for as bodies, and many others will be represented by delegations. Vendome and San Jose parlors of Native Daughters of this city will be in the parade, and there are several other parlors of Daugh ters that are expected to march. A platoon of police will head the first division, escorting Grand Marshal Taaffe, Chief of Staff W. H. McComas and Chief Aids G. T. Bollinger and H. I. Mulcreavy. This division will consist of the compa nies of the First and Fifth regiments of the National Guard. The second division will^conslst of the Pioneers, who will pre sent representations of pioneer days. In the third division . will be the Native Daughters, preceding the grand ofiicers of the Native Sons of the Golden West and California Parlor of San Francisco. Northern show that Arctic floes continue to blockade the coast. Such a state of things was never known before within the' memory of the ¦_ colony. The fishery is very backward— indeed it Is the worst on record . in the more northern parts. : Numbers; of bergs are floating southward past the Strait of Belle Isle, forming a "serious menace to ocean navi gation. ¦ -' ''.-_¦ '¦.'-.-". Tuesday— An excursion to Mount Hamilton, where an . opportunity will be afforded to have a reeo through the big glass. • Excursion re turns-at .evening. .Stage company has made special >rates for this occasion. '. The local parlors. Native Sons and Daugh ters, '.will give a grand ball at Turn Verein Hall in the evening, and on the same evening there; will {be dancing at headquarters of the other parlors. Oakland _ Parlor will give a ball at Hotel Vendome. ; '. cisco and a picked nine from San Jose parlors. ' Sunday afternoon, between the hours of 2 and 4, the Fifth Regiment . Band . will give a sacred concert at St. James Park. Sunday afternoon and evening: a concert and dance. will be glv«n at Schuetzen Park at the southern terminal of the First-street railroad. Sunday evening a sacred concert will be given on the Hotel Vendome grounds, lasting from 8 to 10. Sunday night the Past Presidents* Associa tion will be in Besslon at Native Sons' Hall. On this occasion they will have initiation and after the adjournment refreshments will be served. Monday— At 10:30 o'clock, will b» h«ld the Brand parade. Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock there will be literary exercises at St. James Park, parti cipated in by the grand officers. • • Monday ' afternoon, from 2 to 4 o'clock, ths San Jose parlors, ' Native Sons and Daughters, will hold their reception at Turn Verein Hall. Monday afternoon 'there will be receptions and dances at the various headquarters of visiting parlors. , The Pioneers will entertain their visiting pioneers and friends at Odd Fellows' Hall. Monday afternoon, beginning at 3:30, bicycle races will: be held at; Cyclers' Track, on the Alameda,' under the auspices of the Merchants' Athletic Club. Promoter Porter Tells of Progress of Gigantic Movement in Which Thousands of California!!* Are Concerned- The announced purpose of the enter prise is to purchase oil properties, oil stocks, pipe lines, tanks, pumping plants, oil contracts and other property necessary for carrying on an extensive oil business. The signers of the agreement have pledged themselves to use their best en deavors to transfer to the new corpora tion'to be formed, with capital stock of not less than $73,000,000 nor more than $100,' 000.000. the properties and stocks of the oil companies and individuals represented by them; and to seek to induce other com panies to take like action. The new cor poration-will have the right for seven months to purchase all the properties un der an agreement of sale or option or The present plan of combination . has been under consideration for some time. Partial reports of the details have been made from time to time. Modifications of the provisions submitted to the oil com panies' directors have been made and amendments have been Inserted to meet wise suggestions on the part of those di rectly concerned as owners of producing properties. There are several provisions that are of more than ordinary interest in the plan as it now stands with a long list of signatures attached. These are summarized for general information. Flan Includes Purchase. With the assured co-operation of four fifths of the actual producers and the fa vorable attitude of the remainder, the prospects yesterday seemed very bright. The names of the companies that have signed the agreement were not made pub lic by Mr. Porter. There are Influences that ' naturally are hostile to the move that the oil producers are making in their own behalf. Mr. Porter declines to speak of these, but the facta are well known. Positively Mr. Porter declares that tha combination forming and so far pro gressed toward perfection among the pro ducers of oil has no relation to the Stan dard Oil Company. "It is for the pro ducers' benefit and for them only. That is the exact fact." Pour-Fifths Agree. W. 8. Porter is the promoter of tae com bination now in formation. His residence Is in Los Angeles, but he has come to San Francisco to be in do3e touch with, the owners of oil properties in tlie Kern County fields, a majority of whom are engaged in business here and have the headquarters of their oil companies in this city. Various propositions have been entertained by the producers of oil to fur nish a' betterment of conditions. A meet- Ing was held at the Palace Hotel some time ago, where a plan for marketing through a committee was partly perfect ed, but nothing definite resulted- Sine* then the market has become even mor» unsatisfactory than when, necessity prompted the first conference of the owsw ers of oil properties. Many wells in th© Kern County districts have been shut down. Development has fallen off, and there would have been a more marked decline in that direction if there were, not many lessees, who are compelled by the terms of their contracts to complete & certain number of wells in a fixed time. Vigorous measures have become neces sary. W. S. Porter, who has been en gaged in the business of producing oil In this State and who has also been con nected with the sale of supplies for tha oil fields, is the man upon whom the pro ducers have pinned their hopes. Success is about to crown the efforts of the oil producers of California, to form a. great corporation, with capital stock oC $75,000,000' to $100,000,000,. for the purpose of protecting and promoting their interests. Eighty per> cent of the oil producers of the Kern River and McKlttrick districts have, according to XV. S. Porter, already signed the preliminary agreement. Not one producing oil company in the Kern River and McKittrick districts has failed to make available the information needed as the starting point for organization- There is only one factor that can inter fere with success as the matter now stands, which is the refusal of companies to accept the valuations placed on their respective properties by the experts, whose rating will go far toward deter mining the basis of standing in the hftge combine. Two considerations cause the oil producers to believe that success la near. One is the general friendly attitude of the scores of oil companies in that re gard; the other is the general recognition on all sides that without organisation the oil industry of the State is helpless to raise itself from the slough of low prices and unprofitable production into which, It has fallen a3 the result of too sharjTcoiar petitien in markstlns,- ¦-¦'•¦ — ¦ . ' Porter Leads Movement. Xlcarasuan forces, and Colombia will ap peal to lie fnlted States to take steps for the preservation of her sovereignty over the isthmus. This is the Important development to-day in the situation in Xorthern South America- Official infor mation has reached "Washington and will be officially communicated to the State Department showing that the situation existing to-day is far graver than is gen erally believed. Ecuador and Nicaragua are allied by secret treaty with Venezu ela, and it Is possible that the projected Invasion into Panama is to be accompa nied bj a movement on the eastern boun