SAN' FRANCISCO, WEDNESD^^ 23; 1902.
V SCENE: QN ELLIS i STREET .WHEN- AnVeLEC'TRIC .' CAR ; WAS -SToVPEblBT h-DMVING\v'-A*_ TRUCK 1 i:HE •
: :: -" -'TRACK AND THE MOTORMAN INDUCED BY, STRIKERS TO .QUIT 'AND JOIN THE UNION.: OTHER.VIEWS ¦
, OF!; THEr STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS. .'¦'•, ¦¦•."¦; . '; ? '¦-' '¦ ''-¦;¦¦ ¦.'_ ['- ~' .'.'' ¦-. 1 :. 1 f ; ':. : - ':"..,'- ;V /;-.""¦¦' •* '"/'".V
Attempts to
Move Cars
Fail.
' %T^; • "bt^OT-'a,wheel'.wasrturned-yes
. /iB^' . / -terday. on . the variqus^lines
¦ / '¦V/ ' of the United;Railroads, save
¦I - on .ElHs v and. Sutter streets,
\^*%i~ ' »': where one or tw : o- cars were
. - run : to.': preserve franchise
rights'. £ The' most ' activity : In the line ' of
moving , cars ; yesterday'- took i place on the
Ellis-street: line. t ; r . , , • »'.' '
¦ •Yl.ong , before ;^7 o'clock _ yesterday . morn
ing several hundred ' strikers f ro m • all lines
ln\: the city , gathered fat v^the ,Turk-street
car. repository.-- In anticipation -of trouble,
Lieutenant \ Birdsall -and V fifty policemen
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declared off 'within the next- twenty-four
hours.'- • ¦"". ; : : ' . ( -' ' ::^- v ; . . ¦¦ '¦'•¦'?.. 'Z:'~' }
.¦-"Whether 'the .company will grant aH:the
demands iof i the^strikers I haB .not" yet 'de-j
veloped,' : but '¦'. that; certain concessions iby
¦ both ¦ sides ; will \ be : demanded * and granted
Is ? a certainty. Tirey iJ. v Ford, the : chief
A' N' important conference 'of 'the
- /& '>_*¦ parties to j the • carmen's: strike
-'i"A^ B-"''^?- be neld in the office 'of the
¦''/^¦''¦' United Railroads of San '.Fran-,
JL"- ". -^- -cisco : at; 10 o'clock : this niorn
; .? • ;r:ingV; The arejthat
the trbubie .will be settled and" the f strike
counsel 5 of i the \ railway/: corporation, j ex-'
pressed j the last ;¦ night i that • ' the
strike; would be' settled within a' few hours
at ; most. 1 ¦ In '¦ an Interview he said : • -•¦> t 
'-¦ '.We "received . a . letter; from the Mayor, urging
Hurled From. Her Bicycle.
SANTA ROSA. April 22.— While riding
a bicycle on South Davis street last even-
Ing, Miss Edna Locke sustained injuries
that may prove very serious. Her wheel
struck a stone and she lost control. In
failing, her head came in violent contact
with a large rock, rendering her uncon
scious. She did not recover consciousness
until after 2 o'clock this morning. His
feared she has sustained concussion of
the brain. Miss Locke is a teacher in the
Davis Street school in this city, and is
• prominent educator of Sonoma county.
M Vf \ HE most important develop
m ment-of the strike : situation
E . last night was the agreement '
g of the officials of the United'':
JBL. Railroads of "~. San .Francisco
to ¦ meet Mayor Schmitz- and I
a committee of the strikers at 10 o'clock'
this morning. The conference will be held i
in the Mayor's ofllce in deference to* the
wishes of ' the striking* employes. '.-.- I
Mayor' Schmitz sought all day to bring
about a meeting, and . as a. last resort he
sent a letter to the .company [ in which he \
requested that a conference be held 'and
Belief That
Peace Is
Near.
SOLDIEBS ON GUARD
AT PEKING LEGATIONS
Unusual Precautions Being Taken to
Prevent Another Attack
by the Chinese.
PEKING, April 22.— In spite of the fact
that, in order . to allay the uneasiness of
the masses, Chinese officials have been
urging the immediate return of the Dow
ager Empress to the palace, she has de
cided, according to to-night's Gazette, to
remain at the Hunting Park, five miles
Xrom Peking, for one week.
Rumors of some political coup, possibly
the deposition of the Dowager Empress,
ere rife. They are apparently as baseless
es the other recent canards. The foreign
legations here continue their unusual
precautionary measures. At. the Ameri
can legation a squad of soldiers patrol
the wall every night.
-A bold criminal, who essayed the role of
both strangler and highwayman, made a
brutal attack upon a young woman named
MTss Magrane at the corner of Central
avenue and Halght street shortly after 10
o'clock last night. Armetl with a piece
of pliable. wire the brutal fiend came upon
the, young 1 woman from behind and with
out a word of warning twisted the wlra
around her neck and then, applying his
entire strength, he made a desperate ef
fort choke her to death. Miss Magrane
struggled gamely in the grasp of the
strangler and managed to scream loudly
several times before she began to lose
consciousness.: She was on her way horns
when she was attacked.
The fiend doubled the wire'.around the
young woman's neck and pulled both
ends, which were protected with cloth
wrappings, so. hard that the wire sank
deep into her neck. Inflicting painful in
juries; from, which she may not recover
for some time.
Fearing, perhaps, that the young wo
man's cries "for help might arouse the
neighborhood the strangler made a vicious
attempt to tear her diamond earrings out.
Miss Magrane fought the savage criminal
with a ' courage seldom exhibited by a
woman, and finally succeeded in freeing
herself from his grasp.
The strangler made another assault
on the helpless young woman and suc
ceeded in wrestling her to the ground. He
tried in vain to pull her purse from be
neath the folds of her dress, where she
had it concealed, and. failing in this, he
again turned his attention to her ear
rings and made a final attempt to pull
them from their fastenings.
Miss Magrane struggled and screamed
as best she could with the cruel wire cut
ting deep in the flesh on her neck, and
soon she succeeded in arousing the neigh
borhood.
The struggle. took place in front of tha
residence of Dr. Ragar^and his wife was
the first to answer the struggling woman's
cries for help. Mrs. Ragan opened 'the
window, and. seeing at a glance that the
fiend was making a desperate effort to
choke Miss Magrane to death, she called
loudly for help. Other neighbors heard
thexries and, lifting their windows, joined
in the
The strangler made a last desperate ef
fort to get his coveted booty. Miss Ma
grane struggled harder than ever when
she knew assistance was at hand. Real
izing that if he stayed in the neighbor
hood a, minute longer he would be cap
tured, the strangler left his victim lying:
on the sidewalk and took to his heels.
Special Policeman Baker heard the loud
outcries and ran to the" scene. Ho ar
rived just in time to see the brute who
committed tho assault make bl3 escape
throvgh the shrubbery in the park. He
ran along one of the numerous pathways
in the park and finally made good his
escape. AH efforts to : trace him, proved
futile. In the meantime Miss Magtano
was carried Into Dr. Ragan's house,
where her injuries were dressed. Tho
physician worked over her for fully an
hour before she was in condition to b»
moved to her. home at 451 Buena Vista
avenue.
". When ¦ carried into Dr. Ragan's hou3e
Miss Magrane's neck was still encircled
with the wire with which her assailant
had attempted to choke her. The pol!c«
were notified late last night an.] thj
neighborhood was thoroughly searched in
the hope of finding some trace ot tho
strangler.'
Miss Magrane's condition last night was
quite serious. She was roughly bandied
by. the brute. - ami in addition to being
nearly choked to death, received i bad
fright, t
Dispatch to The Call.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON. April S2.-Cuban
T«r5procity is to be made a party measrra
In the Senate. Without Democratic aid
the Republican leaders propose to put
through a bill which, if it does not give
ell that Cuba's friends desire, will at
least, in the Senators* eyes, redeem th-3
pledge which their party has made." The
bill may be more liberal than the House
measure. Whatever it may grant, .the
concessions will receive the seal of party
caucus, and the "Insurgents" in the up
per house Tvill have no comfortable lot.
This was determined on at an impor
ts nt preliminary conference held to-day
by a majority of the Republican Senators.
This conference was held in a room 01
the Senate Committee on Finance during
the afternoon sitting of the Senate, and
»ss extended for some time after ad
journment.
In the main the Senators invited to par
tkipate were ihose friendly to reciprocity
legislation, but some of the opposition Re
publican members were also present-
In the absence of Senator Allison, who
Is chairman of both the Republican cau
cus and the Republican steering commit
tee, Senator Hale presided. As a result of
the meeting there will be an early meet-
Ing of the Senate Committee on Relations
U-ith Cuba to take up the question on the
lasls of the House bill, which is now be
fore that committee. The Republican
tnembers of the committee will act to
trther in formulating a substitute for tho
House bill, and none of them is to co
tperate wjfh tjte Democratic members of
the committee. Tfce "till 'thus agreed upon
by the Republican members will be sub
mitted to the Republican caucus of the
Senate and be made a party measure.;
The concensus of opinion seemed to be
that a bill granting not to exceed a 25 per
cent reduction should be reported by the
committee, and there was general unan
imity as to the advisability of eliminating
the House provision striking out the dif
ferential duty on refined sugar.
"Word comes direct to the Senate from
the White House that the President will
elfn the House bill should the Senate
Bend" It to him In. that form.
May Drop Differential
Clause on Refined
Sugar.
Attempts to Tear Her
Diamonds From
. Her Ears.
Miss Magrane Falts
Victim to Cruei
Criminal.
Means Found to Whip
the Insurgents
Into Line.
Tries to Choke Young
Woman With Piece
of Wire.
Cuban Bill to Receive
Seal of Party
Caucus.
BRUTAL
ACT OF
ROBBER
SENATORS
WILL USE
THE LASH
RAILWA Y CORPORATION CONSENTS TO MEM^^
JTJT/5 HONOR EUGENE E. SCHMITZ ', MAYOR OF "SAN rFRANCISCOSir: -Replying to your ikind noie of tins day is. just- received, -we begjo < savthdtCwe are ready now, as we have ever been, to meet any employe
jm jB of the companies from which we recently purchased 1 certain '¦ street-railways in this city] and we/should be greatf^ employes and talk over inatters with them. We would suggest
JL JL the office of the President of this company, in the W 'ells-Far go building, as the place and' 10 o'clock tp-morrdwflp'cdnesday)'^ • - -
Attest: GEORGE B. WILCUTT, Secretary. . 'UNITED :RAILRO ADS OF SAN FRAN % CISCO.
San Francisco, April 22, 1902. ' " , '\ "'•*• ¦.-;, )';- * . -' \ V~' \ :^ ' / - " .- By the Executive: Committee of the Board of Directors.
MAYOR SCHMITZ'S LETTER TO THE UNITED RMm
y T* NIT ED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO: The existing stnkc\on:yonr street car lines is causing the greatest public iiicdnvcnicncc.. It s isd that this strike should continue. There is
a I almost certain ground for believing that a conference bctzvecn representatives of your ¦company and 'of thc.stnking street car employes li'ill. result, at once in an adjustment and cessation of , the. strike. I therefore hereby again request
%*~S you to arrange for an immediate conference with the striking-employes with a zriczutozvdrd settling your^differences oil fair (and' friendly terms. I offer youihcuseof'jny'.offjcegtthcCityHall as neutral ground, and also my per
sonal services for any assistance which I may be ablejo render in'accomplishingthe much to be desired officers the desirability — and, indeed, the neces
sity — of such a conference. The street car men have. readily 'assented to the proposition, but apparently you JiavcUhusfdnavoidcd it. > The [people )of< the city are disposed'to be friendly to you, and there is certainly no disposition on the part of
our public officials to interfere zvith you in any manner, but if this deplorable'situation is permitted to continue through-an obstinate, refusal iqji your. part to confer/ you alone will be responsible for the results: ' ¦ . '
VOLUME XCI-NO. 144.
RAILWAY COMPANY AGREES TO MEET
MAYOR SCHMITZ AND CARMEN TO=DAY
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The San Francisco Call.