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Reward Awaits Person That Identifies Rlysterid^^^^ Page 14
Bridge whist in rowboats is the; inno
vation of a young society matron, of^
Oakland, which is described and shown
in photographs tomorrow in
The Sunday, Call |
VOLU]\IE CL— NO. 106.
Harriman Is Dethroned as Railroad King
STREET CAR MEN
MAY APPEAL TO
NATIONAL BODY
Cornelius Is on Way to At
tend Session of Execu
tive Council
NO STRIKE DECISION
Mayor's Premature pecla
ration to Be Overlooked
by. Union
EIGHT HOUR BILL
If Governor Signs It Pay
of Employes Will Be
Reduced
If there is to be a street railway
strike on May 1 it will depend in a
great measure upon the attitude of the
international executive council, which
meets at Detroit on March 25. presi
dent Cornelius of the local carmen's
union is on his way to attend that
meeting. A statement is current to
the effect that he will ask the execu
tive council for support of the demand
of the San Francisco men fcr ?n
"eight-hour three-dollar-day." There
is also basis for the inference that the
support will be granted.
In the meantime the carmen are
silent as to their plans and des'nev It
iF not probable that the union will tak»»
any notlre, official or 'otherwise, of the
utafpmor.t by Mayor Srhmltz that he
had b«»fn Informed that m Strike would
be dVrlarfd on May 1. Vice President
I^fsffingrwrll. acting president in th#> ab
trncft of Cornelius, declares that no
action looking to a strike of the United
Railroads rmployps has been taken.
Secretary James H. Bowling: makes the
name declaration. Neither seem* to
know where Sehmitz grot his '•lnforma
tipn" from. Bowling is inclined to
justdy the Mayor. He says:'
NO ACTIOX TOWARD STRIKE
"The !ettT^cceptinf? Police Com
mifpioner CresxeeM'm resignation ha»
reference to a possibility of a strike
on May 1. Should such a strike oc
«ur, Crwtweli. hf»ing connected^ with
the law departmejit of the United Rail
roads, \u25a0would not be in a position to
«<-t fulrlr, «nd justly rejrardinj? the
Ktreetca.r men of San FVanrisco. The
rarrnen «r* not Fatisfi><l with the re
<*ent aw»r<l of arbitration, but they
have not a* y*»t taken any official ac
tion In regard to negotiating a new
agreement \u25a0with the United .Railroad*."
Actinic Prefident kpfflngrwell said:
"The present" conditions under •which
the platform men are working: will hold
until May 1. "What -will take place
after that no one can predict. It Is_
true tl|at the men generally are dis
appointed at the findings of the board
of arbitration. What Information
Mayor Hchmltr may have about a con
templated strike 1 know not, but this
J do know — that no action whatever
has been taken by Carmen's Union Xo.
?05 looking toward such .a. contingency.
It is true that the men want a shorter
irorkday and "will not be satisfied until
W>S ANGELES SITUATION
President Cornelius has not been
heard from. He may have W» own
opinion as to the purpose or effect of
Mayor Schmit*'s prediction of a strike.
Jn union circles there is an opinion
that the Mayor "clipped up" — that he
- jrave premature publicity to actual In
formation, or took unwarranted con
rluslons from the expressed dissatisfac
tion of the carmen with the arbitra
tion award. In either case his predic
tion has precipitated a discussion of
It he possibilities of May 1.
The meeting of the international
board may be postponed for a week, or
until April 1. and when it does meet the
session will likely last for a -reek.
That will give Governor Gillett ample
time to attach his signature to the
eight-hour bill or veto it. Whatever
his course, it will have a bearing: on
the local situation. If the. eight-hour
measure becomes a law tlie streetcar
men will have their, short workday, but
the- pay will, be insufficient. Even un
der the scale fixed by the'arbitrators
the platform men oould earn only $2.50
ft *day. Here is \u25a0where the demand for
a $3 d«y would still be an open "un«*. \u25a0
In IjQ* Angeles the situation, irom
Cuitl-ue^ ••Pa S c 2, Middle Col. S
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPOHART S«
SATURDAY, MARCH 16. 1907
WEATHER COKDITTOKS
XESTERDAT — Clouflj; trace of rain; rruiJ
mxrm t*mper«tur#, 64; Tnsntm.rm temper*
tnr*. U.
FORECAST FOE TODAT— Ctondj-; poeriblj
cprlnfclei in tbe morning. '.* Fa«o 9
EDITORIAL.
Email com Tort for tbe grafter* la Thursday >
Supreme Court decisions. Ftg* 6
Done Major SebxolU want to precipitate •
•trlktl Pac* «
Tf.JI tuildinc*, fireproof and steel framed, do
not «dd to tbe dinger of fire. Fage 6
Cocfratdatlons are coming to the Flreman'a
Fond Innirtacf Companx. . Page 4
CrctweU escape* from Police Commission with
out Injury to bis reputation. Pag* 6
P.vH. McCarthy says colon men will purchase
entire bood i«*ne of city; c«TMHiter» lnrest balf
million. Fag* 1
Hmnor that Ooronlias will ask Internstirai&l
support for eight boors and J3 a. day for local
carmen. -\u25a0. P»*» 1
Roff's ettoroeT* ack Soprpme Q*vrt to bare'
I fcim remored from the St. Franclv notel.to the
\u25a0 County Jail and the petition la taken under a<l
rtaement. j P»*e 1*
Japsnes* adltor scores the agr^emrat cisde
for admission of tbe Oriental pupils into public,
echool*. F»g« 14
ForojT Police CommlsMooiT Crcsw«»ll e«ys
thrrn Is too little discipline and too tnnch
politic* In Tollce Pepaxtment. Page 14
; Creditor of the baskropt Jrmey Inland Pack
ing Company charges th» concern 'with fraud
to settlement of JU aCsirs. F«ge 1
Wstehmen endangered and Welln-Farc 1 )
building dsxa&ped by 200-ponnd projectile hnrled
through tlr bj a Mut. Page 7
Los Anpelpo -woman -who rlsimi to *ie wife of
Japanese army captain detained on User Doric
by lmmicntlon officials. Page 14
Police, baffled by can* of fstally Injured
mio vho w-as left "at the hospital by auto
njobllists. Page »
I SUBL'RBAX
Sod of Dr. TV. J. Wllco* of Oakland cored «t
violent Insanity by sn operation. Page 1
Oakland doctor fat«Jly shoots stifp carpenter
who tried. 10 break into his bom* early In
morning. Page 4
Btndents will raise nocteus of $l&o.<X»0 fund
with wa?ch X-t.boIM dormitory ctthe UniverßJly
or California. Page 4
•Jrand Exalted Ruler Melrin. aceompsni«i . by
Oafeinad Ijjdge, wfll B"«to StnrVfm to lay
cr>merstone of Elk** bcHding on Snnday. Page 4 \u25a0
Will oT Jn»*>pb,Ol«»n>«»Dt. a wealthy ;waiter. Is
fmaid with prorislOEs dl<poelng of linlk of estate
Governor Gillett will not budse fr»>m <irter
minattnn not to elgn World's Fair bill. Page 1
Two "tin born" pamMers Vtlled .by \u25a0" Jack
TTaJsh at Blair, N>t.. after browbeating him
for caring won their bank roll. , Page *
Srn<llr*te of mlnincr men will construct elec
tric road from Stockton to Byron with im
portant branch lines. Pagre 4
Merchants of Goldfield decide . not to employ
members of tbe Industrial Workers of . the
World. Page S
DOMESTIC \
Harriman is dethroned as king of railroad
world. • Page 1
Stock market millet la New Tork and brokers
cheer return of safety. .\u25a0 Pag-e 1
Interstate Commerce fVwnmissinn holds confer
ence on slleßed violations of. antitrust law by
<\u25a0<>»! roads. Page 1
Four ralliroid presidents reject J. . P. Morgan's
plan for a conference between the msgnate* and
President Roooere.lt. - _\Pa*e 1
nyde-BensoD-Dltnond-Rcbnelder l«nd- fraud
•-rinsplriicy !•«*» in set for trial in Washington.
D. C. en April 22. ' Page 2
Spring trade is making setlefactnry compari-.
son with that of last year. " Page*
Jerome outwits Delmss snd Jury beam com
plete story by Hnmmel as to alleged a ffldar it*
made by Erelyn Nesbit Tbsw.^-- Page 2
PUte Department despairs of early settle-
Bent of the war between . Honduras and | Nica
rtfrur. ' Pace %
Fast harness horses ; will meet In matinee
races today . at PJeasantoa. Page 8
/ Cal ph Owen proves that an aniomoblle can
?M iLrough from Las Antcles at this time cf
the year. ?•«• «
Harry Storer** Nattre Son shows startling re-
Trrsal cf form st EmeryrlHe. Page 8
I^arge and claasy field " v entered for the
Thornton stakes. / Pa*e 8
Gllpln defeata a good field at Ascot Park. P. »
San Francisco team arrlTes from Bak«rsfleld
to DMt Xeir York Giants. V : Page 8
Hob Ward - defeated Walter Pchulken before
tbe Sunset Club through the police stopping tbe
battle In tbe second round. Page 8
Olympic Club members support the. plans « of
directors at enthusiastic meeting. ****}
MARIXI2
Head wind* detain , liner Doric, but she
reaches port la time to pa** Quarantine. Page 8
MIXING
Southern Nevada .mining share* rise sympa
thetically early in * the day, but decline
later. Pa*e'lB
LABOR V '
Building Trades Council notifies carpenters asd
other mechanics to take fall bour at noon. Pag* 7
PLACE YOUR
FOR THE
THIS MORNING
Send them to Main" Office
or through Branch Of f ices;
or telephone them.
sa:^ ff^
LABOR UNIONS
CITY'S BONDS
CITY'S BONDS
Entire Issue of $12,000,000
Could Be "Bought, Says
P. H. McCarthy
CARPENTERS IN LEAD
Offer to -^Purchase ; Half a
Million of Municipal
Securities
INVESTMENT IS GOOD
Looks More Attractive to
Workingmen Than to
Capitalists •
The labor unions of San Fran
cisco affiliated with the Building
Trades Council and the individual
members of those unions, .. num
bering ' 33,800 men, according to
President P. H. McCarthy, feel
that they' can purchase all- of the
city bonds voted for municipal
improvements about three years
ago— an investment involving
more than $12,000,000.
The suggestion that the unions
invest in the city's 3! a per cent
I »ecurltie« was made In the Building
Trades Council executive commltteepti
Tuesday night. On Thursday night
the council approved tho plan and
passed the .recommendation on :to the
affiliated unions. . ,:\u25a0'
Last night local union No. 22. United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America, ordered the purchase of
,$20,000 of the school bonds, and' < also
decided to take up the, matter of the
purchase of the bond* by\the Individual
members.. Already /orders from .- the
4000 members "for from $400,000 to
$500,000 of the securities have been re
ceived. The members In. attendance at
the meeting have appointed committees
to act in conjunction with the executive
officers 6f the union In attending to the
details of the purchase. - ; .'
President McCarthy said last night
that thf members of the labor organiza
tions of the city, an indicated by Pinion
22. felt that the bonds were among/ the
safest Investments, and that, further
more, the purchase of these, bonds "at
this time would assist greatly In- the
rehabilitation of San Francisco. ' i -
"From the manner In whlch'the'unlon
men have taken hold," said . McCarthy,
"since the council advocated it, the in
dications are that we' can stake5 take the
street and, sewer bonds as wellyas the
school; bonds— the 'entire .Issued—if iwe
,are allowed to purchase it. We had
better put our money into rebuilding
San Francisco than anywhere else; tho
bonds pay 2\b per 'cent Interest, are" not
taxable, and It la Just as well to-put
our money- Into such a safe Investment
as to put it Into the banks. 1 And I-'know
it will be .better for all the people?//*!:';
MOVES TO PROSECUTE
HEADS OF COAL ROADS
Interstate Commerce Board
Holds Conference on
, Charges
\ WASHINGTON*. : March 16.— An \rn-_
portant; conference, .which -'is likely to
have far-reaching results,: was held
late this afternoon between members
of' the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.: and ; representatives of ..the Tifcoal
operators ;and the coal miners', organi- 1
zations In Southern Indiana .and South
ernjlllinois. - ' \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.''" V.'j£~^f.
In addition, to a complaint which, as
a result., of' the conference! is , to' be
filed formally with tho commission, it
is probable that the; Attomeyl General
will be urged "'prosecutions'
against officials, 1 of the . coal-carrying
railroads in Indiana 1 , and Illinois i f or
alleged violations of the Sherman anti
trust law. ,, . \u25a0; '•
John Mitchell, , head^of. the; miners'
national' organization, '•"and i *'hlaiV'as-
soclates called at the ' White' House to
[ day and) explained the -situation , in' de-
EFFORT TO SAVE
EXPOSITION BILL
IS FRUITLESS
.Gifiett Says , He Will /Not
Change -Determination^ ;
to Vetoe It x f
ACTS ON 1 AGREEMENT
- ' - \u25a0•\u25a0-."•\u25a0 \u25a0 --/
111 1 Was Understood That
lie; Was Not to Sign; ;
He Declarer
VOLLEY OF; MESSAGES
Governor Asserts That Tel-
egraphic Battery Has
v No Potency
SPECIAI/ DISPATCH TO TnE r CALXj
SACRA MJSXTO.. March 15.'— -Governor
Gillett will, not .mlffn the Parlfle Coßit
Xi poult lon t> 1 1 1 under any clrcutn
gtanrri. _\|« nmoiint of Influence vrlll
tend to rliange bts revolution In tMn
reaipert, whlrh.' he : says, Is unalterable.
It I* not • because': the \u25a0Governor la op
posed to the exposition Itself, but^be
can>« he Ik. fully convinced In his oun
n»lnil<hnt«hr project has been uprunx
too early and'at a-tlme Trben { the tax-,
pnjerm of thr "Stale •\u25a0« 111 be .burdened '
enough to repair the damages Inflicted
on State Institutions and on* California
rlii+n.bT * he dlmanter of ; la«t April.
\u25a0v^This^ declaratlo'n op^-the- part, of- tho
(Jovorn'or. would not have^een" niad^*at
tiiip time; had, X not been ; that such a
determined effort. Jias' been~put;;forth
during the last few 1 days' to force his
signature to the : measure, which pro
vides for* an appropriation :'of ;$1;000,000
onithe part of the State to set the ball
rolling. At the time the bill was on its
passage it was distinctly understood by
itsadvocates tliat'it would'nof receive
his signature, nor would it have passed
had'lt not been .that the Governorused
.Warinfiuence to^get It through, with the
distinct understanding that It would
not receive signature. This -was
done simply to insure: that the project
itself should not receive a black' eyis in
its future development. It, was also
understood- that the Governor. was.4p
give : out a signed statement setting
forthhis views on; the subject and his
reasons for mot signing the. measure.
BA D TIME TO BEGIN "~; V
In expressing his views 'tonight Gov
ernor'Gillett said:; ] ' ,
j"I told these people from the first
that I would not sign this bill, that I
would not burden -the taxpayers of the
State- with a'tax, to praise ?1, 000,000 at
this,tlm-\. : My reasons are many and
to me very sufficient, and no amount'of
lnfluehp** they can bring to bear, will
alter my decision ;iii the^ slightest': 1 dei-J
gree. ; 1,. wi1l not sign the bill. In the
first place, this proposed , fair is six
J years in. the future, and it will.be plen-'
i ty -of \u25a0 time at ; the next . session :of the
: Legislature for. :tho State : to do her
share.' Another thing, it is absolutely
foolish^ to begin operations; now, when*
labor;ls scarce and ;rnaTerials high.l .'
, "It is^f polish for .a; man jto have "a
h'ousewarming l /until builds • his
house, j and for. the next to
say, the least.^the. streets ; of Sari> Fran
cisco will; be'^f filled with' brick 'and
d ebris.' ';v.The jb'lll , provides that ", the peo
!ple - of : San -Francisco^ must' raise some
L s^6oo,ooo, \ as' 'well as t x the State. r \u25a0 Let
t hein ?'do •': this and v then the State -can
act.'- ; \u25a0" Supp6s©Uhat r the; State Bhould set
aside, a. million thft year^and' by some
unforeseen event the project sh6uid ; fafl
through, why we would" have - collected
that amount, of money .that would lie
Idle in: the^State treasury." ; .
. CAMPAIGN BY TELEGRAM ',;-..
,- "Another : thlng.,to be:;considered is
that other V that have HeW • big
expos! tlons ! have; only donated one mil
lion—that Is;. all that Illinois gave? for,
the World's j Exposition at J Chicago.' I
should haye • liked to": have set-forth my
views* In*" full -ion this . subject later,^ but
Kufus P.' Jennings \u25a0hasieyidently "started
a Helegranv/3 campaign -• against -me£ to
compel?/me s ;to'. sign'vthis /bill; and 'it
"doesn't r go iwith^ me.^ *^m&BStRBI
«' r "Hundreds .of ; telegrams ;have' rolled
in : on 1 me/today ( v from' ? old jSlsklyouyon
thefnorth^to^San^DiegoTqn^theijSouth*
and i they^are>nearly^ all); worded J alike/
They aaay.'j'OurJTpfeople i desire^that you
sign' the /Pacific; Ocean Exposition ibill,'
showing. ! T .thati\they^,hayeyall^been>.lni
spired ifrom|theisameJaource?C I 1I 1 know
something % about >, thlsr'telegramv busi
ness,"? for; I<i have 3 sent |them t myself. .
,"-: "The ibill;;i bill ;; wbuld-4neyer> have ; passed
through #the^Legislaturo^hadJ; not* in
terested 'myself; lri"yts ; passaged l because'/
whtle^l*-think^the s scheme*ha* has vbeen
sprung'tooTearlj-.jladid/not^wantUtttb
get;a^black^eye ybyj|the|rdeathlc>fi?the'
measure?; "i lt I; was -understood |that|*th"e
blHiwouldbiotTFecelvesmy/Big'nature»at
[this ? g^»g l o^ D , d^r'^i.° l °t> i >gQ]lt.^af
Roosevelt Demands His Retirement, As He
Is a Menace to Nation's Prosperity
Noted
Financier :
Whose
Most
Deals Wcrej
Said to <
Have>
Given Him
I Controfv
of the
Union '
Pacific
Railroad
RESTORED TO REASON
BY SURGEON'S KNIFE
Removal of Pressure on
Brain Cures Insanity- :
- of v Edson Wilcbx ;
i OAKLAND, -.March ; 15.— Relieved -by
an' operation of pressure on the brain,
which^for fourteen .years 'had; been in
c'reasi"?- finally -resulting in violent '.ln-'
sanit>% Edson Wilcox.s the" son "of ' Dr.
W. J. Wilcox of .576^ East -Fourteenth
street," has .been -restored' to reason just
two , weeks } after. \u25a0 he. - had .been \ com
mitted toUHe State Hospital.; at j.Ukiah
as hopelessly demented. -The'operation^
by which f the : mind ,ot the young 'man
was restored . performed ; yesterday
morning • at r 'Ea'st '\u25a0;. Bay . Sanatorium ,by
Dr. "' C. , G. Thomas. y^who ' was * assisted
by NDr.^Wilcox. ."the- father^ of ' the <pa
tlent;'Dr. S.^H. 1 : Buteau, Dr.- T.; J. ; Clark
and Dr." T;;B.'- Holmes. J . ,
; Wilcox 'was \u25a0 brought' from • the" asylum
last' Tuesday," after a' consultation 1 had
been held* and the! operation' determined
upon,' arid ~ho i violent was he that "'' it
was found aimbst to control
him on .the train. r - On the 'day . after, his
arrival at his home he t attacked and al
most overpowered an attendant who had
accompanied" him ,from the* institution,
after Cwhich he was -kept: in\lclose "con
finement* until' he was removed to{the
hospHal; '; ;.'; .' [r \u25a0> r - : ; :£
Dr. iThoma's^had : diagnosed the: case
"as {one 'of "insanity -'caused by 'pressure
oii'. the : brain; "resulting ! f rom % an7abscess
under "the : left \ ear ' which lahe
patient ; had') been < operated t upon - fpur
teen,years>ago;:andtwhich; :in: the. opin
ion, of / the -surgeon, / had jproper jy
healed.' On .beginning the operAtion'f the
"opinion i of^ Dr.; Thomas ; was verified, it
IbelngSfOund'Jthat the .bonj ', substance
of -the skull 'at the, point : of Jthe former
operation had rbecomeneciosed.' causing
severe: pressure'^ on-- .-the^brain. -V ; ; «. .; :
" This trouble /.'wasv*»*e"moyed: and.'^two"
hours' later? the ( patient . recovered 'from
the erfects^ofith'eJ^peratlonU^
session, of his? faculties. , : '
.: . cond it ion < con -
•tlnuedttgday^nd \u25a0 la'tej tonight ;hls • father
i^^|^^S^^^^^ia*r^d;ah^th^|^^
"ces^pf Mi^^P^ tat*t a t* ° n &'. a 9 1 as^l2sS^i
: was no danger
oiyS^^^rrg^pSf 'the 'violent mariia'
See the second installment \of pkotd
\u25a0'graphs,';in-*the great California beauty
contest-— perhaps a beauty. you know is.
; among .them— tomorrow in
The Sunday Calf
Railroad
Magnate
WtioWas
Reported
to Have
Wrested
Control
of the
Southern
Pacific,
Railroad
From
Harriman
RAILWAY MAGNATES WILL
NOT MEET ROOSEVELT
Decide ; to Reject Morgan's
> Plan' for Conference
vat White House
NEW YORK,' MarchlS. — Messrs., Mc-
Crea,,MeUen,'Hughitt and Newman, the
four railroad presidents -for whose visit
'. to Y the - "White House ; J. P. Morgan ar
ranged before, his departure for Europe.
! held "aVVonference here today. The
;. whole;, situation .was canvassed with
| great care anda.it was 'finally decided
!not;to go to Washington. It is under
! stood 'that' the-reason for this decision
! was tho -railroad officials did. not feel
jithaV- they: had , any proper, mandate of.
i the \ railroad : corporations "to represent
1 them. ....'•\u25a0
1 The ; four \u25a0; presidents ;felt they- could,
not sustain the of.' a commis
! sion to formulate or present the views
I of -the. hundreds -of: railroad companies
Which in turn are owned bj- thousands
of I shareholders. ; They recognized^ that
i the '.railroad, managers of f the United
States are": not themselves la^ perfect
accord • -an<4 that ; until ' some me^gg
could ; be adopted \u25a0 for securing a con:
'se'nsus of opinion a visit to the Presi
dent Vould be idle. . . .
WASHINGTON, March 1 5— -At a late
hour/ tonight . Presldeff t Roosevelt ' had
received ;' no - wordjf rom ..the four 'rail-,
road presidents who 'were to discuss
with 'hinT the /railroad -situation and
urge hlmjto take 'some action- to/allay
'the. public ajixlety" as "to- the admlnls-;
tration'B attitude. J
•The'embarrassed position in which
the railroad magnates.have.b een placed
was i due ""-to the fact that J. P. Morgan
arranged the conference with the Presi
dent without ; recognizing* that the 6ffl T
cials had not been commissioned by the
directors of -the .roads* to enter into; the
conference.- :
TO FURTHER PEACE VUXS
.WASHINGTON. March 15.— The Presi
dent* today appolriteil Seth'-Low/bf i New
York and Thomas G/ Bush' of-Birming
ham. /Ala., .as representatives of .the
general "public. > under the act of Con
gress Establishing a foundation for the
; promotion of Industrial peace, the basis
i of -which Is the- Nobel prize fund re
! <Tently t awarded the " President ; by the
Storthing. ; V
' PRICE PIVE CENTS.
ISSHORN
Squeezed by His
Allies, So Fall
Follows
Morgan Confers With
the Nation's Executive
The Latter Declares
Against the
Wizard
"Treaty" Provides for
Ending of Ws Reign
SPECIAL, DISPATCH' TO THE CAXI* •
NEW YORK, March 15.
Hvthe innermost sanctuaries
of the great bankers and the
private rooms of the se
cluded consultation offices of
the legal geniuses who showu
them how to do things that
will pass the scrutiny of the
courts, there were tensely
whispered rumors today that v
Harriman had lost, or would
lose, control of the 'Tjnion
Pacific, Central Pacific, the
Southern Pacific— the whole
Union • ; Pacific^ system—to
gether with^Jßeading" and all
his others seizures of high
finance. .
J. P. Morgan was the in
strument of the Harriman
overthrow, thus becoming
theVrailroad Napoleon. That
the whole result was due to
President" Roosevelt. -is an-
I other part of the story. .
Here is the story from the
b«g:lnninsr: Some weeks ago Morgan.
I representing the alarmed railroad heads
and "their banking affiliations, sent an
I emissary to the White., House to find
out whether the President was lm
'hostile, to the railroads of ths
i country, as such, or' If ' hey w»re d!s
! posed to differentiate between the good
I m urn imm ..^*i i* iii'^n m *^L^ J MBBJflaiajHitV-afIMJJL
managements and the bad.
Roosevelt's return message -was that
he . was Inot making ' war on railroads
i as Industrial institutions, but that he
was fighting railroads that persistent
ly and brazenly broke the' law, and that
he intended to pursue the lawbreakers
to the last ditch. •
In the understanding that Roose
velt was not unappeasably In conflict
with* all the railroads, but "only with
tKose that . defied the authority of ' the
Government. Morgan requested a per
sonal Interview. At this meeting h*
assured the President that the wiser
presidents ' of. the roads wer4 sensible
of the jtact that they were the crea
tures not the masters of the Govern
ment. He declared that they were wiU-
Ing? to show, that they were amenable
to reason : arfi ; would be ; glad \u25a0to come
to; an understanding by which tney^
could seek "to satisfy the President and
the* country, of their purpose to obey
the Jaw and fulfill other conditions : of , :
good citizenship.
1 DB.VOL'.\CK!S'HARRiMAX
\u25a0President Boosevelt answered that
this was hot enough.^
"What is the matter, then?" asked - :
Morgap. \u25a0 .. _ •
; '."Harriman," v answered. Roosevelt,
grVrmly. "He has no. .conception of
what is ; lawful and what in nnlawful. \,
He > has 'a lawless nature. He has no .
moral sense. He is ,a i menace Ho ti«j