VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 95.
LABOR'S GREAT DAY.
Thousands of Workers
Turned Out and
Paraded.
POSTMEN IN THE LINE.
Review of Letter-Carriers by the
Postmaster- General at
Philadelphia.
SOME DISSENSION IN CHICAGO.
At Terre Haute Senator Voorhees
Denounced the Federal
Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept 2. — Na
tional Labor day was generally celebrated
in Philadelphia. The big event of the day
in this city was the parade this afternoon
of the letter-carriers of Philadelphia^ and
the neighboring cities and the informal
opening this evening of the convention of
the National Letter Carriers' Association.
The letter-carriers' parade included not
less than 4000 men. The reviewing stand
for Postmaster-General Wilson was at the
Union League. The United States marine
band, which was detailed from Washing
ton for the purpose, was at the head of the
letter-carriers' parade. In the procession
were delegates from New York, Brooklyn,
Baltimore, Washington, Wilmington, Del. ;
Chester, Pa.; Newark, N. J.; Albany,
N. V. ; Passaic, N. J., and New Brunswick,
N. J. Postmaster-General Wilson arrived
shortly after noon to-day under the escort
of Postmaster Warfield of Baltimore and
theJJetter-carriers of that city, 275 strong,
The convention, which will continue
during the remainder of the week, will
practically open to-night, when a public
reception will be given the delegates at the
Academy of Music. The convention proper
will be called to order to-morrow morning
in the Philadelphia Bourse building.
The fight for the convention in 1896 will
be a spirited one. Already eight cities are
in the field as aspirants for the honor, and
the delegations representing these cities
are on the ground buttonholing others as
they arrive and laying their lines to cap
ture the convention. The cities that have
so far put forth a claim for the next con
vention are: Buffalo, Rochester and Syra
cuse, N. V. ; Grand Rapids, Mich; Denver,
Colo.; New Orleans, La.; Dallas, Tex., and
Atlanta, Ga.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 2.— Dissension
marked the celebration of Labor day in
Chicago. Two rival labor organizations
ni;_.rct_e.__ in separate parades. This was
the result of a long-pending dispute be
tween the Labor Congress and the Trade
and Labor Assembly, and the honors of the
day rested with the former.
Twelve great divisions, numbering some
25,000 men, assembled on the lake front at
Michigan avenue at 11 o'clock. Half an
hour later the. march began. At Union
Park the parade was reviewed by J. Kier
Hardie, Frank Smith of London and John
Swinton of New York.
The parade of the Building Trades Coun
cil, which is affiliated with the Trade and
Labor Assembly, included seven divisions,
numbering about 8000 members. The
Bricklayer's Union, which is one of the
•strongest, refused to participate in either
parade, but held a demonstration at Blue
: Island.
TERRE HAUTE, Ino., Sept. 2.— Labor
day was celebrated here with a parade in
tbe morning and amusements at the fair
grounds in the afternoon. There were
10,000 persons on the grounds, many of
whom listened to the speeches of Senator
Voorhees and Colonel McLean, ex-deputy
Commissioner of Pensions. When the latter
commenced to speak there were calls for
the reading of a letter that he had received
from Eugene V. Debs, and so persistent
was the demand that the speaker had to
pause and suspend his remarks to permit
the letter to be read.
Senator Voorhees referred to this inci
dent later on, and said it was natural that
, Debs' fellow citizens wanted to hear from
him. The Senator said:
"I consulted with Debs' counsel when
the case was before the Supreme Court,
and I know that Debs is suffering a pen
alty that the constitution does not war
rant. A lawful conviction must be pre
ceded by an indictment and trial by a jury.
A ranker ; piece of injustice never blotted
the pages of our Federal judiciary. lam
the last person to be responsible for Wil
liam A. Woods, because I opposed his con
firmation by the Senate. I did so because
he is a narrow man. He has plenty of
ability, but he lacks the underlying princi
ples of honesty. I have no fear in de
nouncing the decision of the Supreme
Court. I denounce its decision in the in
come tax case."
The Senator advised his hearers that
they must not violate the laws, but should
elect men to make laws that would be ac
ceptable to them.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 2.-The
parade in honor of Labor day occupied the
principal streets all 7 the forenoon. Many
thousand representatives of labor turned
out, making a display which for diversity
and attractiveness has never been equaled
on a like occasion in this city. Fully two
thirds of the trades in line were uniformed.
They marched in the bright sunshine to
the music of bands, each industry being
illustrated by a gayly decorated float show
ing the operations of the trade represented.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 2.— Beautiful
weather contributed to the success of the
Labor-day celebration. All the banks, ex
changes, courts and city offices are closed,
and many retail stores gave their clerks a
holiday. The labor organizations united
in a parade of the principal streets at
noon, and afterward assembled at Concor
dia Park, where the remainder of the day
was spent in amusements of various de
scriptions. Nearly 4000 were in line.
LABOR DAT ON THE COAST.
How the ; Holiday Was Observed -by the
Sons of Toll.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 2.— The
workingmen celebrated Labor day here in
a most creditable manner. The various
unions in the ; procession were all well rep
resented and they presented an excellent
appearance. 7 li-
The procession formed on Temple street
The san Francisco Call.
and proceeded down Spring to Fifth,
thence to Main, thence to First, and from
there to La Grande depot. The order
of the line of march was as follows:
Mounted police, Los Augeles City
band, Los Angeles County Council
of Labor, Turn Verein Germania,
Plumbers' Union No. 78. Brotherhood
Carpenters and Joiners of America No. 332,
Retail Clerks' Protective Association,
Typographical Union No. 174, Cigar
makers' Union. No. 225, Los Angeles Mu
sical Union, Los Angeles Musical Union
band, Cooks' -and Pastry Cooks' Union
No. 5, International Association of Tin,
Sheet 'and Cornice Workers No. 108,
Bakeis' and Confectioners' International
Union No. 37, Painters' and Decorators'
Union, National Brotherhood of Electric
Workers of America, Theatrical Employes'
Alliance, G. A. R. Fife and Drum Corps,
International Educational Labor Associa
tion, Socialist Labor party.
Captain A. M. Green acted ac grand
marshal and Alex Stewart was his aid.
The feature of the parade was the magnifi
cent appearance presented by the Cooks'
and Pastry-cooks' Union. There were
fifty of them in line. The United States
flag was given the position of honor at the
head of the entire line of march. Thou
sands of people witnessed the parade from
the sidewalks.
Fully 2000 visitors spent the day at Re
dondo. There a programme of athletic
sports had been arranged for the amuse
ment of the multitude, and it was carried
out with but little change. Brief ad
dresses were delivered by W. T. Williams,
Judd R. Rush, Burdett Cornell and B. F.
Colver. L. B. Biddle was the master of
ceremonies and presided during the day.
The people of Redondo turned their doors
wide open to the excursionists and the
utmost harmony prevailed.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 2.—Notwith
standing the threatening aspect of the
weather this morning, the Labor-day cele
bration of organized labor was the largest
demonstration of the kind that has ever
taken place in this city. Streets were
crowded with people from the country and
surrounding towns, the parade being wit
nessed by fully 3000 people. The proces
sion was about two miles long and con
tained floats of all the prominent Dusiness
houses and manufacturers of the city.
All unions were represented in the line of
march. * 7 . :.'■ '-' '7:'.
The afternoon exercises at Natatorium
Park were attended by a large crowd. The
orators were loudly applauded. One of
the events of the day was the public mar
riage of William Weiser and Jessie Dan
forth. A big ball in the evening concluded
the programme of labor's big day.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 2.— Seattle had
cloudy and chilly weather to contend with
in her Labor day exercises, but this did
not lessen the ardor or mar the pleasure of
the many thousands who participated.
Big delegations came from British Colum
bia and down- Sound points. Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis delivered an ad
dress.
The yacht racing was particularly good.
Captain Hatfield's ; Kelpie won in the first
class contest.
* TACOMA, -Wash. , Sept. 2.— Labor day
was observed here by the opening of the
Eleventh-street bridge with appropriate
ceremonies. There was no parade of work
ingmen, as George* V. Hill, secretary of
the Trades Council, had made prepara
tions for an immense turnout in Seattle. .
PORTLAND, Ob., Sept. The weather
was fine, with threats of rain, but there was
no special observance of Labor day.
Nearly all business houses were open, and
only the banks and public offices were
closed. To-night at the New Park Theater
there was a large mass-meeting for work
ing people and others interested in the
cause of labor. The speakers were mostly
local politicians.
TUCSON, Abiz., Sept. Labor day
was pretty generally observed here. Fed
eral, county and municipal offices were
closed. There was no labor demonstration .
of any character. :
SAN FRANCISCO^ TUESDAY MORNING, j SEPTEMBER ■ 3, 1895.
STATE FAIR OPENING
Crowds Delighted at the
Number and Variety
of Exhibits.
SCENES IN THE PAVILION
The Immense Structure Mag
nificently Decorated and
Lighted.
FIEST DAY OF THE RACES.
Three Interesting: Track Events
Witnessed by a Fair-Sized
Crowd.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. There
was a fair crowd at the ; opening of the
State Agricultural Pavilion to-night and
every one present expressed surprise and
delight at the number and variety of the
exhibits and the magnificent decoration of
the immense arc light of the Sacramento
Electric Light Company. The • exhibits
glistened and gleamed like precious
metals and the gorgeous streamers, flags
and banners that form the decorations re
flected a perfect dream of beauty. Never
before in the annals of the State Fairs has
such perfect system prevailed as under the
regime of the present board of directors,
and it is very evident that the infusion of
new blood has worked a radical change in
the method of conducting this . enter
prise. ; .':. '
The exhibits, while in many instances
incomplete, sufficiently display by their
outlines a promise of a far better exposi
SCENE. AT THE RACETRACK OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOWING PREPARATIONS
FOE THE SPEED TRIALS.
[Sketched at Sacramento yesterday by a " Call" artist.] . ,
GENERAL VIEW f OF THE PAVILION ;_"; AT THE 'OPENINa OF THE STATE FAIR.
[Sketched at Sacramento yesterday by a *t Ca.W-' artist.
tion in all departments than 'those of
former years. . In the art and fancy work
departments there are specimens well
worth the study and close scrutiny of all
visitors. The pen and ink : sketches of
Partington show especial \ merit, and
catch the eye of all beholders, and the
paintings and needle work of Mrs. Patter-,
son, a local artist, call forth much com-,
ment. - 7 .•■:' '. 7. •; > "-.;
; In the machinery department the ex
hibits are as yet incomplete, and it will be
probably two or three days before every
thing* will* be working smoothly and in
perfect harmony. - . , ,- .V,*
One of the most attractive features, of the
fair will be. the : music of the. American
Concert band, under the directorship of
Alfred Roncovieri.* Its programmes will
be greatly enhanced by i the descriptive
illustration of the music as played. *
Out at the park .everything .* has been
completely renovated and the old sheds,
stands and paddocks, under the hands of
a score of carpenters and painters, have
been placed in a condition that reflects
credit on the board of directors, and honor
to the capital city. The cattle stalls are
rapidly filling up, but a large proportion
of the horned exhibits are not expected to
arrive until Thursday. As yet the swine
exhibit is small, but it promises to far ex
ceed the display of former years in this
line. 7. -,
One of the best arrangements made by
the directors has been the engagement of
twenty of Morse's experienced detectives
men who are familiar, with the personnel
of the criminal element as a schoolboy is
with his primer, and who have received
instructions to refuse admittance to any
known crook and to point out all disrep
utable characters to the local police
force that they can escort them out of
town. ■ : ; **;,\ *.
The work of building decoration in
honor of the Native Sons is in full blast,
and an army of worlcmen has been busy
all day stringing carnival colors in tasty
designs on the buildings of the city. This
early beginning insures a completeness of
decoration never before known, and the
Native Sons need have no doubts but what
Sacramento's welcome will be as hearty
Continued on Fourth Page.
TAKEN IN THE WILDS.
Arrest of Dr. George W.
Fraker,- Prince of
Swindlers.
LAST SEEN IN A BOAT.
Companions Swore That He
Was Drowned and Insur
ance Was Collected.
.*.'•.' •■ * ■' ■ ■■! T ■ "J- v : ;_*. "
CAUSED SENSATIONAL SUITS.
Finally a Detective Traced the
Missing: Man Into the Woods
of Minnesota.
DULUTH, Mini*.., Sept. 2.— Living in
the wilds of Northern Minnesota, fifty
miles from a postoffice, with only a boy for
a companion, Dr. George W. Fraker, who
planned one of the most gigantic and suc
cessful insurance " swindles of modern
times, was to-day captured by officers who
have been on his track . for the past two
years. -Up to August 12 last there was a
standing reward of $10,000 for his arrest
offered by the insurance companies.
.In the latter part of 1893 Dr. George W.
Fraker was physician to St. Elmo Hotel,
the leading hotel in Excelsior Springs, the
famous health resort near Kansas City.
Together with seven or eight companions
the doctor went fishing on the Missouri
River one day, and after dark, while in
the company of George Harry, James
Triplet and Jake Crowley, a negro, he dis
appeared and was seen no more. These
three parties afterward swore positively
that they witnessed his drowning while in
a leaky boat. But after a strict search his
body could not be found.
| .Some three or four months previous to
this he began loading up with life insur
ance, taking $10,000 in the Kansas Mutual
Life of Topeka, $15,000 in the Hartford Life
and Annuity, $15,000 in the Providence
Savings ; Life , of , New * York and $8000 in
the benevolent societies of that place, a
total of $58,000. George Harry and James
Triplet, who swore to having witnessed
Fraker's death, were men of bad char
acters, Harry being arrested only the
other day in Eastern . Missouri on a charee
of having committed burglary in New
Mexico. Triplet was a well-known char
acter in the Indian Territory and was said
to have been ' drowned a short time ago.
Before going on his fishing excursion
Fraker had drawn all his money from the
bank, saying he was about going to Cal
ifornia to bring Lome the orphan children
| of his deceased uncle.
j Forty thousand dollars of insurance
money was payable to his brother-in-law
in trust for the children. After thorough
investigation all the companies except the
Equitable refused to pay claims, where
upon James Lincoln, executor of the will,
brought suit in the District Court of Lib
erty, Mo., which was afterward transferred
to the United States Circuit Court at Kan
sas City. Robert T. Herrick was appointed
jointly to conduct the case for the com
panies and was assisted by eminent legal
talent. '
In the latter part of 1894, after an in
tensely sensational . trial, lasting two
weeks, the jury, acting for the court, .de
clared for the defense. A new trial was
granted on technical points, but in Febru
ary, 1895, judgment was , given for six
months, until August 12, 1895. On that
date the full amount was paid to the ex
ecutors and the companies withdrew their
offer of $10,000 reward. ~~\-,\
Herrick, who deserves to rank with the
best detectives of modern times, obtained
a clew in the latter part of 1894, which he
has patiently followed ever since, until a
week ago he learned the whereabouts and
assumed name of the doctor. On Thurs
day night he arrived in Tower, together
with John Wilkinson, Chief of Police in
Topeka, to assist in taking Fraker back.
They learned that Fraker went by the
name of Schnell, but lived with a young
man in a woodsman's hut fifty miles from
Tower, on the Itasca County road. A war
rant was secured in Tower, and Sunday
morning, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Archie Philip, they started for the place.
Fraker and the boy were arrested and
handcuffed, and when the warrant was
read Fraker was thunderstruck, but ad
mitted his identity .at once. He was
brought to town, together with his com
panion. * '77.
.. Fraker readily agreed to accompany the
officers to Missouri without waiting for
extradition papers, and was taken down
this morning. tin L conversation he stated
that he had expected his relatives to get a
portion of the insurance money and him
self some also. \ . He had been greatly ben
efited, he said, by the water of a spring
where he stopped, and had about made
arrangements to J buy tVe place. 7; He
would ; : I have I spent - $20/JOO, he ■' said,
in * improvements. ; Dr. ' Fraker was
brought ito Duluth this noon :.'. on the
Iron Range train in charge of Deputy,
Sheriff Philip and accompanied by, Robert
T. Herrick of Topeka, Kans. 7 ( W 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 2.— An appli
cation will be made to Judge Foster of the
United States '.: court sitting in chambers
here to-morrow, by attorneys for the insur
ance companies who. paid policies' on the
life of Dr. . Fraker, .who was found to-day
in Dover, Minn., to" stop the payment. of
$40,000 ; of the sum ' which is now in the
hands of the Probate Court at Liberty, Mo.,
awaiting apportionment among Fraker's
heirs. Fraker had $58,000 insurance on his
life, divided as follows: Hartford Life and
Annuity $15,000, Kansas Mutual of Topeka
$10,000, Equitable Life of New York $10,000, '
Provident Savings of New York $10,000,
Lloyds Accident $5000, Knights of Pythias
$3000. A. O. U. W. $3000, Modern Wood
man $2000.
*PfifCE FIVE CENTS.
CRUSHED IN A WRECK
Passengers in a Crowded
Car Struck by an
Engine.
WORK OF A ''WILDCAT."
The Locomotive Ran Away and
Telescoped the Rear of
a Train.
MANY WERE SAVED BY JUMPING
One Rear Coach Smashed to Splint
ers, and Scores of Excursion
ists Injured. ' ■
BROOKLYN, N. V., Sept. 2.— ap
palling railroad accident occurred at 3:30
o'clock this afternoon near the Woodlawn
station of the Seabeach Railroad. While
train 3, drawing seventeen cars, which
which were crowded almost to suffocation
by excursionists, was standing at the
Woodlawn station, a "wildcat" engine
came thundering along the tracks in its
wake and crashed into the rear car, tele
scoping it. 'Vlx'-fi
The car was filled with passengers, most
of whom came from New York. Many of
the people saw the engine coming along
and jumped and thus saved their lives.
The great majority of the passengers were
on board at the time, among them a nam-,
ber of women and children. A colored
porter- on the platform, who saw the en
gine coming along without engineer or
fireman, yelled to the passengers to make
their escape.
Engine 61, the "wildcat." smashed into
the rear car demolishing it into kindling
wood, and burying men, women and chil
dren under it. There was a mad rash of
surging humanity from the doomed train.
The groans of the injured filled the air,
and the snorting and puffing of the impris
oned engine made a deafening noise. For
some time the scene was a regular pande
monium.
Scarcely half a dozen people kept their
heads or were able to render assistance to
the injured. Patrolman Kelly, who was
on duty at the station, turned in several
ambulance calls, and five ambulances from
the surrounding hospitals promptly re
sponded.* In the meantime the woodwork
of the wreck caught fire and was rapidly
in a blaze. Four cars were completely de
stroyed before the train hands were able
to uncouple the cars. As soon as it was
detached the engine drew the other cars
out of danger. - By this time all the pas
sengers had disembarked ana there was
the wildest kind of excitement. 77 / vi', V
7 It was thought that at least ten persons
were killed outright. :-f 7' ? 7;..7
The groans of the injured filled the air
and could be heard almost for miles. Peo
ple rushed from the near-by houses j and
the telephone and telegraph wires in every
direction were put in motion to call for aid
to the injured. Four cars were telescoped
by the force of the collision. 7.777/
The engine which caused all the mischief
was used for shunting trains at the Sixty
fifth street and Third avenue depot of . the
Seabeach Railroad. It became unmanage
able • and dashed forward, throwing the
engineer and fireman from the cab. There
was no obstacle then to the wildcat en
gine. It dashed along at a fearful rate of
speed.
, Engine No. 3 was in charge of Engineer
William Mullan and Fireman Harry Jan
sen. They were on their way. to Coney
Island, Charles Petit was the conductor.
All the cars were badly smashed. The list
of the injured is as follows :
Joseph Roe, 356 Elm street, New York,
fracture of ribs ; removed to the Norwegian
Hospital. . 7 7.7:7' 4,] 77-
Abraham Levy, 75 Sheffield street, New
York, severe scalp wound. 77
John Blake, Navesink, N. J., injuries of
body. 777 7 7§7;77
William Gregory, 11 years old, of 127
Harrison street, Jersey City, severely in
jured. <r .
Lizzie-Wolf, 42 years of age, 348 East
Sixtieth street, New York, dislocation of
right ankle and scalp wound.
August Suddebrostrong, 40 years, 400
East Thirty -first street, New York, severely
injured. - ..;- 77. -7 r :
Moritz Frankel, 32 years, New York,
severely injured about the body.
. Joseph Roeman, 26 years old, New York,
slightly injured. 7-H-77,
-". Louis Held, 24 years of age, New York,
severely, injured. ; ; *,' \__ . ;-■ .
Joseph Freedmani 26 years of age, New
York, leg bruised.
William W. ; Kemp, 36 years of age,
Brooklyn, slightly injured. U .*
Joseph Lewenson, 26: years old, New
York, slight cuts and bruises.
C. Sugarman, .24 years old, New York,
sprains and neck wrenched.
Mrs. Alexander, Joseph Seveston, George
Holland, James McCue, New York; W. A.
H. Kemp, Brooklyn; Eliza King, Laura
King, Newark, N. J.; William K. Pioneer,
Jersey City; John Lenihan, Jennie Abron,
New York ; Joseph Friedman, Jersey City;
Patrick . Matthews, . Newark; Harry M.
Kaffabaum, New York; August Mieling,
Jersey City; Rev. John Edmunds of Arl
ington, N. J. ; Charles H. Woods, wife and
child, and ; Miss L. Montclair, New York,
severely injured, removed to the Nor
wegian Hospital ; Albert J Emmett j Fostell
and George Hammond, New York, severely
injured, taken to the Norwegian Hospital.
Edward H. Freeland, Newark, N. J., leg
broken; « James Hueston, Kearney, N. J.,
leg fractured and severe internal injuries,
will*? probably die; Joseph '{ Frink of 427
East ' Fourteenth • street, : New York, frac
ture of leg and severe bodily injuries; Au
gust Georgem, New. York, fatal internal in
juries and severe wounds on body; will die;
Gustav'Millin,' New York, severely injured,
removed to the Norwegian Hospital: Will
Setaf ek, New York, severely injured ' about
the face and body ; \ Charles H. Merchant,
New York; fracture -'* of the leg ; Nellie
Burleton, New York, severely injured, - re
moved to the Norwegian Hospital; John
Hoefel, New York, slightly injured Kate
Franklin, New York, 7' slightly injured ;
Maggie Walsh, Newark, scalp wound; Al
lison Coneyman, Newark, slightly injured.
lor additional Pacific Coast news see Paget 3 and i.