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Mxmkrants More News Than Aim Dl&f Pacer PflMMeCTlffl'frfflGisco:
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for March 28:
San Francisco and vicinity — Cloudy,
unsettled weather, with rain Friday;
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fresh aouth winds.
A. G. McADIB.
District Forecaster.
VOLUME XCIX— NO. 120.
BIG STRIKE
BEGINS WITH
WEEK'S END
Half-Million Men
to Quit Work
r in Mines.
Indianapolis Conference
. Adjourns Without
Agreement
Anthracite Miners Are Or
dered Out and Bituminous
' • Unions Will Follow.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 29.— The joint
meetings of the bituminous coal opera
tors and miners of the central competi
tive district, composed of Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi- '
nois, and of the Southwestern district,
composed of Missouri, Kansas, Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory, reached a final disagreement to
day on the wage scale to go into effect
at the expiration of the present scale
on April 1, and the conference of the
central district adjourned sine die,
' while the joint scale committee of the
Southwestern district decided to report
a disagreement to the joint conference
of that district tomorrow. It is expect
ed that this conference will at once ad
• journ sine die without an agreement.
'JT.t* action of the tn« conference*
' Mill directly cause the suspension from
\u25a0»>«irk after Saturday of 178,000 miners
unless something unforeseen, ; like - the
•übmissfon «f the differences "to arbi
tration, should Intervene* and Indirectly,
will' affect 206,500 more miners, not in
* <-i~*tmg; itg^-fferCjwiU^SOjOOO^mlßers . In
» li.v uaomifit* liclil «r!U»- r «*erc tonight
' ordered to suspend wor k on Monday. .
A national convention of. the miners
will be held tomorrow to decide wheth
er miners -shall be allowed 'to sign the
advance; seaie demanded, and today re- |
. Xuscd by all- operators, with a few "ex
ceptions, and go to work where the ad
vance is offered- Operators employing
IS.ut'O miner* m the central competitive
field have openly offered to pay. the ad
vance during- the Joint conference ses
sions. '
ALL ME.V TO CCA SB WORK.
The wage scale of all miners, both
anthracite and bituminous, will expire
on Saturday, except those in Tennessee
and Alabama, where the scale will ex
' pire in September. One national offi
cial of the United Mine Workers said
tonight:
"It is a foregone conclusion that all
the miners whose scales expire on Sat- ,
urday will cease work until officially
xiotitied by the national and district
officers that new contract arrange
ments have been made governing their
scale."
The bituminous miners affected directly
and indirectly by the disruption of the
conferences number 354.500, distributed as
follows : Pennsylvania, 160.0W; Maryland,
E. 000; West Virginia, 35,000; -Virginia,
15,0!W; Ohio, 40,000; Indiana. 15.000; Illinois,
E3.OO0; lowa, 14,000; Michigan, S500;
Kentucky, 4000, and the Southwestern
•States, 40,000. Or these 120.000 are unor
ganized.
All districts have In the past based their
settlements on the results In the central
competitive field. The situation in the
other districts is as follows:
The lowa district has always awaited
the action of the central field before eign-
U:s. Its statement has been postponed,
awaiting the action taken today.
The Michigan district is usually govern
ed by the central field's action, and has
. awaited the result of this meeting.
j^ The West Virdnla State convention is
.-•: session, awaiting . the outcome. of this
conference.
The Kentucky Operators* Association
has representatives endeavoring to get
Mitchell's consent to hold its joint con
vention with a view to negotiating a set
tlement without any reference as to basis.
The consent has not been given. .
Central Pennsylvania is governed large
ly by the central competitive district, and
orders have been given to cease work
Saturday night pending a settlement.
The Southwestern district has hereto
fore followed the central district, as it
did to-day in .falling to agree upon a
scale.
AFFECTS HALF MILLION MEX.
The disagreement came after a struggle
Jesting ten days, and not only disrupts
the interstate agreement which has ex
isted since 1838, between the operators and
diners, through which wage scales and
other differences have been -adjusted, but
It affects 524,500 bituminous and anthra
cite coal miners, who will suspend work
after Saturday.
The final vote in the conference in the
central competitive field, on- which the
other districts base their settlements, was
upon a motion offered by President Mit
chell of the United Mine Workers to adopt
the wage scale of 1903, -which would have
been an increase in wages of 5.55 per cent
The operators of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio voted against the proposition, which
defeated it, and the disruption of the
conference followed. Operators of West
ern 'Pennsylvania and the miners of the
Western States voted for It
F. L. Robbins and other operators, rep
resenting about one-third of the coal pro
duction ,of Western Pennsylvania, Onio,
Indiana ; and Illinois, offered "jto pay. the
advance; and urged the miners to accept
this advance and continue work ln.thftir
mines, even thoueh the other mines in
the fonr States should be idle.
The convention of miners tomorrow will
take action upon this situation, to decide
L"*-bether to permit this or demand, that all
Vninem suspend work until all . have been
jifiM the advance.
A- session of the Miners' Convention to-,
c"ay formally indorsed the demand for the
ISO 3 scale, and the miners" cast their final
Coßtlaaed on Pace 2/ Column 7.
The San Francisco Call.
POLICE ARREST
POILLON GIRLS
Xew York Sisters, Always in
Trouble, Are Charged Witli
Being Public Nuisances
ONE FA&ED AS FIGHTER
Other's Claim to Distinction
Rests in Breach of Prom
ise Suit Against Clubman
Special Dispatch to The CalL
KEW.TORK, March 29. — The sisters
Polllon were arrested this morning and
arraigned In the Jefferson Market Po
lice Court on the charge of being pub
lic, nuisances. .
Against the younger, Miss Charlotte
Polllon, a charge of assault was made
by a negro elevator boy at their hotel,
who said that he had been * beaten
"black and blue."
Miss Katherine Polllon, who, com
pared with her sister, is mild in man
ner, made her debut in the court cir
cuit two years ago when she sued W.
Gould - Brokaw, member of a wealthy
family, alleging that he had broken
his promise to wed her. She has since
appeared, in a continuous specialty in
supplementary proceedings to and on
her way to those leg-al matinees, when
she was always escorted by her sister,
who Is addicted to . physical culture.
Sometimes they encountered an officious
photographer who wanted snap shots
or money and Miss Charlotte 6truck
right and left, altering features at will.
The sister moved to the Barstow,
which is a Quiet family hotel, last Oc
tober.^pald for a month's rent in a«
vance and signed a year's lease. They
had not been there. long before things
began to occur. Three waiters, whose
services were unsatisfactory, were put
to flight Martin Bell, night clerk, who
had expostulated about .the Poillons' en
tertaining guests beyond the hours pre
scribed by. the rules, escaped an attack
of the younger sister by calling in two
policemen from a neighboring station.
Mark-Hewett. proprietor of the Bar
stow, served'notlce on the Polllon. girls
last Tuesday that 'their., apartments
should be vacated. ; Bi>th of the. sisters
returned -home 'at half-past elcren
o'clock on Wednesday and the elevator
boy. Thomas Gumbs, refused tcropesjite
tv« "car. ~^he'ro'unyeFw^aTiaai'' withTonb
blow. sent. him against* thei'.grili work
and seized; the controller, v She /ran 'the
car'up tx> "'the* twelfth' flqor.~gusaing it
with one hand and beating Gumbs, ac
cording, to his account., with" the other.'
' In the • Police Court' the_sisters -were
held ,in $500 each ;"on .: the charge of
being public nuisances.'
PLOT AGAINST
PALMA'S LIFE
Special Cablegram to The Call and-ths New
Tork Herald. CopjTlght, 15X)6. by the -New
Torlc Herald Publishing Company. .
HAVANA. March 24.—Cuba'a troubles
are not yet over. The Cuban Govern
ment has become acquainted with the
fact that there exists throughout the
island a party of political "outs," who
are bent upon making trouble. The"find
ing of dynamite, arms and ammunition
today was a little matter in Itself, but
the secret police have learned that the
man. who received the innocent-looking
package by express has been receiving
many similar ones. A few specimens such
as the one found by the police would soon
amount to an equipment not to be do
splsed by the Government
A few nights ago there was held a
meeting in Lopez Recio street at which
the most violent malcontents in the coun
try were represented. The alleged sub
ject under discussion was how rto pre
vent President Palma from taking his
seat again on 'May, 2o, and* how to pre
vent the reconvening of Congress on April
2. Some reports declare that a plot was
hatched whereby certain persons were to
get upon the roofs of the Senate build
ing with dynamite bombs, which they
had only to throw across the street upon
the roof of the palace in order to destroy
the President and his family as welL
Detectives have been placed on the roofs
of adjoining buildings and the - palacs
guard has been again increased.'
Prominent Liberals ~ who were con
cerned in the miniature rising Just be
fore-the December, elections and who have
been pardoned for their misdeeds are al
leged to be concerned in the plot.
President' Palma asked whether or.-not
sufficient proof had been gathered to con
vict a certain general of conspiracy
against the public order. The recret po
lice . had to confess .that sufficient ; proof
was not available and , the President then
expressed the wish : that the man be no t
arrested.' "...
HARLAN TO QUIT
SUPREME BENCH
Special Cable to The Call.
"WASHINGTON, March 29.— The ,. Post
tomorrow will say that Associate Jus
tice John M. Harlan of the- Supreme
Court of the United States announced to
the officials of .the New. York Avenue and
Assembly Presbyterian churches on
Wednesday night that if the latter would
consolidate with . the former, the '; Assem
bly Church giving $25,000 from the sale of
its present property, as' &• nucleus for; a
fund to build a new building for. thV; two
consolidated, churches,*, he ; resign
his position on the Supreme bench to take
personal • charge of . the work ! and \u25a0 see that
It . was . successful. ./„
; ' Tonight the congregation of . the ' Asse
mbly Church adopted a resolution for. union
with '. the , New York-avenue * Church^ vwith
the provision of $25,000 to bemused for: the
new church. . ;. - : . J
EVIDENCE THAT MRS. LE DOUX TRIED TO
KILL McVICAR IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Albert N:McVicar, victim of ffiegr^
Hotel on Eddy stre^t r tHis city, on
purchased a quantity of :J- WMM '..''..
SHE SUMMONS DR Mi®! f § wTiHD IM
Iwo Days Later Makes Purchases
. of Cyanide x>f Potassium; \ ;
and Some Morphine.
Says She Wants Former- for Use
in Photography and Is Ad
». . dieted ;fo Latter. .' V \u0084 "
District Attorney Norton Gorriing
Here Today to Follow Up |
New Glew in Case;
"I am satisfied that a :previous attempt was made *to -murder Mc-
Vicar by poison and l that;! saved :his life.- V: / 5 J: v
i This startling^ statement\wasvmade^last, niglit b;v^n:ij6Hh|F9
.I^lon^fti^er^nd^d^^
.localj^ealth ; Bpard.^a^well ) as . one of/tHeji best"; lend wnf pHy sicians ; and
surgeons -ih; the city;^;Dr. /Dillon was ;called in; by ; Mrs:;. Emma v-Le
poux'to-treat .Albert N; Me Vicar for poisoning on the night of March
112 in-this city, and his prompt action : saved the life ; pf the- man [who
afterward met such a terrible fate in Stockton, pf strict 'Attorney
Norton of Stockton will arrive here today to confer. with Dr. Dillon^
regarding this new and strange. phase of the^case. • V (:
On the date given Dr. Dillon received a telephone ..call from^Mrs.
Le Doux,vwhom he had known for years, to "come immediately \o the
Lexington House,- 2 12 A Eddy street, room 21. He was met .-b^-Mrs/
Le Doux, who, in excited tones, said : "Mac is in: the room andihe
is very sick. I want you to see what you can do' for him." T think
he has been poisoned." . ' \u25a0 \ • r
Dr. Dillon Quickly Restores McVicar.
Before entering the room Dr. Dillon asked the woman what the
cause was i and ' what he had swallowed, thinking McVicar might
have attempted suicide: Mrs. Le Doux said she did not know: .
The physician ma'defal hasty examination of for, ar
senic or morphine poisoning, and, seeing; his patient was writhing. in
terrible agony and was apparently in a very bad state,*he immediately
applied the usual emergency methods to relieve the man. The treat
ment had the desired effect,, and after Dr.^Dillon washed ibut./, the
stomach thoroughly he gave McVicar a light" sleeping potion.
When M cVicar had recovered enough to > talk •weakly Dr. Dillon
asked him what he had taken: "I do not know," .was the answer; and;
pointing to the woman, McVicar said, "She'said it wasUhe clams and
beer we had a short time ago." . •. ?^M
Mrs. Le Doux Makes Request for Poison.
At this juncture the ; woman,, startled ;and perplexeci,;said, VOhj
yes. I .forgot to tell you. We did have b^rjahd clams and ttliey^
must have poisoned him." However, there : was \u25a0nothing the matter
with . her, although-* sHeJ had partaken \u25a0of Ithe • same refreshments^as
McVicar and at; the same .time.; . ->\ ->;V: ,-
After reviving; McVicar/ and administering to ' hjrn"the sleeping
potion Dr. Dillony left; the, house, as 'the" patieint • seemed Hofb'eiliH
right and was sleeping peacefully. , r^THe physiciiffifreturneid the^next
day and found ; Me Vicar;m^h better; though still weak. He advised
Mrs. Le Doux to take' hinvout for an 'airing; "; : . / V; V"
.Dr.jDjllon.thought^o^ing.mbreyofthisjincidentrb^
Doux called at his office, hbrthwest corrier^bf^Harrison and iFcniftli
streets, the next day. ; ; In; connection with 1 the?^octbr'stbniceitHefe]is x
a drug store, - and . after: a short conversatio^Mrs^ Le : Douxt iiif ormtd
the medical nian/.thaV she wanted Itbipurch^sesbme^y^mdeibf ;plotp^
sium,; knowing she could securest I there *th*rough 'he? ;acquaintarice
Receives an Order for Dea^^
The . doctor, was startled when the^wonian t made this request, .but"
wreathing his face: in .;V jocular, smile^he s said; ''You're not 'going to'
give; him any more, fare you ?" Mrs. Le ; Doux \ quickly "responde/l^
"I only want^his to develop photograph^ with. jß ani; a- great: ama
teur photographer and do ; all" my own work!. I can easily securef the
Vlrug- iri; Stockton, where I; am known^but; it(ishard!for meftOrget
it here. I came to you* because you know me arid [can help -Me
& et {tr . ; / *.> ,- ' •". *-.- . - r \u25a0 : -, - ;
; Dillon .went into the drugi store and picking up tlie bottle
that bore the label of Uhe drug discovered^ it waV empty. .; He asked
theftlerk^aboutit/aWi^
ouf arequisiUo^fora^fj^sh.supply ; ofrthe>pbisoru^ 'A" C/ ;^vi i
s-; Seeing, the woman
the -photographic .workvvp^Dillon) gave- her ariio^er^br-iaqujmtity!
of ;the • drug v at thevßaldw^nVPharmac^
by the same people;as}the;H^ , 1
Confesses^ to sßeihgj a Morphine Fiend. '
•\u25a0r As'; he^ handed : Mrs. ; Le; Doux -thieVorder ; f brithe^poison she ; sud- 1
denly:said,v'p6ctor, Lwant^some n^phine,;t6q^
aroused Dillon, anxl ;^he^ asked the .woman. what she-^
other drug. ; /'-,. \u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0*'..;. \u25a0" • --V- '•''"".,.\u25a0 r' J \u25a0"\u25a0 '•
Continued \u25a0• on : Page ' 2, Column 3.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAYi^M ARCH 80, 1906.
MRS. READER
AGAIN SUING
J.B. HAGGIN
Total of
$2fi150,000 for Al-
i 1 NEW, *:? i YORK, j ; March^. -;29-r-Mra.J
. Eleanor Rawle* . Reader, u Twif e A of . Athole*
8.1 Reader, v the J promoter, t has brought
fsuit against f J. s ß.| Haggln , for i slander,'
isettins'i her j damages; at ; $150,000.VThis
action,^ according^; to iiher;.^^ statement, 1
makes v an aggregate : ; of • of
,«uitBia*ainstjHaggin for Xthej same'
caused* Johnl-Delahanty, '\u25a0 ;.} for
, Mrs.' s ?? Reader,- argued : a \u25a0 motion Jin ' the
Suprerije';- Court r today S upon '. the ; latest
SUItV; / v.% V; -, ; IV>",;- .'" '". '--%' .'•'"••- .-•
f * Mrs. : Reader was \u25a0 reported -^last v y ear
.?S THS THEATERS.
>LHAMBRA— "A'^tldnliftt Marria««.- ,
:ALCAZAB-^-'Tb»: ALCAZAB-^-'Tb» Dictator."
•: CALIFOItNIA— ReIIIy * Woods. Mat-
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CKNTRAIA'Too-Prouano^Bes-.** r -
CHUTES— VaudeviUe. : JUtlnw. /',
COLUMBIA— VHeir. to. the . Hoorah.r. .
GRAND— "The Death , Valley My»
—.tery." *: *•• »» -\u0084 . .... .. y \u25a0r \u25a0
* MAJESTIC— "Sw««t I N«ll "'" ' of * Old
/v./ v . Drunr." : Matin**— "CamiH«." v .
ORPHEUM— VaadevUIe. *
TTVOU— "The Isle of Spice."
to; have •.brought i a , blanket-" snltf, ifor
$6,000,000 against the' mining" man and
"noted - v horse - breeder.^' 1 It ', was " ixnpossi- ;
ble at. that.t ime to ascertain" the exact
\u25a0 nature Jof (the JRuit.*becauseVof Sthe'im^
.willingness * of '.the | attorney* ,*^to. -italics
Header ) had .previously . sued - Haggln . for
$2n2,950 \u25a0 commissions -for -negotiating.
the salo to capitalists- of 355: mines In
' the ', Cerrb; de" j Pasco ' district in > Peru. •"•.The
suits 7of * Mrs. ' Reader ' grow.' out *of '> thU
\u25a0suit:f- ,., •;;\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0;»,'; -:\u25a0\u25a0..;; ! / ;-^ :^.: ;\u25a0 / ;
'-?£ "I I have ; . brought f suit 'j- against «.* Mr. f
Haggln,"; said ] Mrs.v Reader * today, -."he-,
cause he: has persistently, slandered me
'in * a "; business-way and *;-_ defamed & niy.
;character.l; character.1 He has operilyjand- frequent-*
ly denoiinced/ mj^ business me thods,- has
dpne'everythlhjr i ln'>h'ls^pdwertto defeat',
my : aim s * and \u25a0\u25a0 has • not * hesitated fto • at
tack my reputation.^* librought' suit >f or;
- $3,000,000 j more '• than - a , y ea ago, | and'
since that time Mr. "Haggin has:persist
ed sin ;hi«-* attacks '.upon • me/ju I , have > the':
- affidavits i. of v persons Sto k- whom 1 ? hef, has
* slandered '* me.-l« He * has 5 even .'assailed 1
imy honor land has' used epi the ts ' against'
•rue i whlchV: are.unnt : ; tol repeat'". - - . "^ '• ';\u25a0}
GREAT BRITAIN PROFITS
BY NANCHANG MURDERS
S o^'. 3 March, t' ZQ.'—thtj; Morn Ing
Post's j Shanghai \u25a0 corresponden t says that'
the will Fclalm^as*
'.indemnity.: for c the i/Netnchang "murders"
76o6Itaelsfand'thU?ope"ningr*ofithe)p6rt
ofiWu'ChenarChi;^ '\u25a0:', ' ' -V-.V : "."
£RICE .FIVE CENTS.
PHTBICIAX WHO-TRSJATS^D Ye-
VICAR IN THIS Cm OSt MARCH
12 FOR POISOWJ-
yßßDicTrFdß:sixrcnKrrai Vi \u0084"\u2666
FOB DEATH OF AiOf
" . PITTSBURp,^ March;:2»^JolmxMe^
Kines' was given" a ' verdict .} for ' « tt cent*
for \ the of ;hls .nine-year-old ion
as ; the result of a '; toy pistol accident
last -' Fourth X of "July/. •\u25a0 John Lucht, • an ;
Allegheny storekeeper, sold the boy a
pistol which" exploded 'and wounded him
In the band. , Tetanus- developed »od
nine days' later, the little fellow died. '"
';'.McKines .sued f or . ; JlO.OO0 1 damages,
claiming the storekeeper .had »old thm
child -a defective pistol. v The defens«
Bet up the plea that proper care had not
been taken of t the Injured ' child. /Me -
Klnes was unable' to upset _this conten
tion and the -Jury allowed 1 aim wily, a
nominal- verdict.* -" . • -.