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;, 'A traveler through Japan has made a study of the picturesque and grotesque billboards. He describes and -pictures them in^great variety in The Sunday Call VOLUME CL— NO. 151. STRONG FACTION AMONG CARMEN OPPOSES STRIKE Committee of the Older Employes Makes an Active Canvass WANT SECRET VOTE Fear That Hothead Orators Will Stampede Meet yp ing Tonight PUBLIC FOR PEACE Union Leaders Realize That Sentiment Is Against General Tieup The conservative element in the car men's union is engaged in a desperate contest to prevent the midnight meeting which is to be held in the Central the ater tonight from being stampeded by hotheads who may try to force a strike vote. A committee representing the older men in the employ of the company has been making a canvass of the union members on the cars and in the car barns in the interests of peace, and.en deavoring to show them that the life of the union itself is at stake and that a strike without, public sentiment in its favor would mean defeat This committee called at the news paper offices last night and explained that the older men and the men with families were opposed to a strike, but that they were fearful that a standing vote would be forced at the meeting and that inflammatory speeches and the dread of being called "scab" would prevent some of the men from voting according^ to their corivictlorieT*^ "The terras which have been pro posed, and lor- which the executive committee Is favoring ft strike," one of these men explained, "include a day off each week, and S3 for six days would grive us but $18 a week, while the men are now earning- $21, $22 and $23 a week. You cannot feed a family on 'hours.' We believe that there must be some political motive behind this agitation. It could only result in loss t to the men and loss to the union." Everywhere on the cars members of the union are expressing the same opin ion and cautioning their fellows to g-o to the meeting tonight 'with their minds made up to vote their convic tions, irrespective of what influence may be brought to bear to force them to stand up and be counted In favor of a' strike. *"It requires a two-thirds vote to de clare a strike, and if a secret ballot be taken there is little question about the result. But the men will vote first on the manner of taking the strike vote — whether by ballot or by a rising vote — and this question will be decided by a majority. There was little evidence of excite ment among the men yesterday, or any thing to indicate that the union was on the eve of a strike vote. Even -at the headquarters of the union there •were no nigns of preparation for a con flict. Cornelius refuses to state his own position; saying that he leaves it to the men. Those who have advised the union on former occasions have said that a strike at this time would be suicidal for the union itself. At the same/,lpe the speeches which will ne made tonight "will be by men who will try to excite the meeting ' to • a pitch where it will be Impossible for calmer counsel to prevail. Calhoun denies that the wage which the United Railroads is paying Its car men Is niggardly," and declares that it Js the result of two arbitrations, the Inference being that the present wage is greater % than the company wouM have fixed if It had been permitted to act entirely on its own volition. IfcJt Calhoun says the limit has been reach ed beyond which the company will not allow itself to be forced and warns the men that they will be the losers if they go on striked / , The- arguments for and against a strike at the present time' are not based on 1 the justice of the "present wage or the desirability, of , the. eigiit hour day, but. ra«._er on the fact that public opinion is so hostile to a street car strike" on any ground at this time that the men probably would lose, how ever general .the prevalence and just: the principle of the eight hour day. Taking; advantage of this unquestioned public sentiment, Calhoun is almost overplaying his hand in his determina tion-not to yield at any point. He will not listen to compromise and asserts that as far as |t>e company is concerned the last word has been ; said. At the company's offices It is believed that there will be no strike, but complete preparations have been made to meet the trouble if' it comes. The statement which was given rout O— H lined on Page 2, Column > 5 The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 8« TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY — Clear; maximum temperature, CC; minimum temperature. 50. FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair;* light north wind, changing to fresh westerly; fog in the morning. Page 7 EDITORIAL ~— ~ Personal campaign of Charles .Warren Fair banks. ' PageS The courts and the clothes we wear. Page • .The farce comedy of the San Francisco school board. \u25a0-, p^e g GRAFT SCANDAL GoTernor Gillett declares that -be will . ask former Supervisor Andrew Wilson to resign as state railroad commissioner. Page 1 Graft rampant In construction of Market street sewer, two so called Inspectors each drawing $15 a day, while an assistant does tbe : work for $10 a day. ¥ig« 8 Nine men sworn to act as Jurors in trial of Abe Ruef for extortion. i- Pi* c 2 CITY . . Conservative faction of streetcar men, realiz ing that public sentiment will be agailftt tbe union if a 6trike be declared, will strwFfor a secret vote at tonight's meeting in the beflef that a majority will oppose a walkout. Page 1 In event of strike of Iron workers warships Dakota . and California will be removed, from Union iron -works to Mare Island and completed by goTernment. - . Page 1 Mrs. Annie D. Talbot grills millionaire hus band In answer to his suit for divorce. Page. 16 Man who goes :to morgue expecting to flud body of missing daughter learns of' his step son's suicide. Page 16 Cigar store* are robbed by manipulation of card machines. with aid of hatpins. Pag* 16 H. K. Clover is arrested on charge of j imper sonating captain of navy. Page 9 Supervisors order Gray Brothers to stop blast ing in Beacon street until grade Is estab lished. • _ Par« 6 Supervisors will consider resolution "to .levy emergency tar to make up school fund deficit. P«e 7 Representative committee of citizens considers acquisition by the city of Spring Valley water company's plant. Paga 5 Prosecution In P. H. ; McCarthy abducting case claims strong evidence will -be presented at pre liminary examination of defendants. Page 7 Petition of San Francisco real estate board for | rescinding .of ordinance revoking Spring Valley franchise Is . referred by supervisors to committee for bearing. '\u25a0 . • Pago 5 Robert M. La Follette says he believes that people will wrest control of the United States senate from the corporations within a decade. • Page 9 Louis Sloss' automobile, driven by Chauffeur Blast, who was entertaining a girl : friend, kill* young Italian In Fillmore street.. Page 4 Annie \u25a0 Russell's art . gives dainty charm to "Puck's" lively mischief at the Van Ness theater. Pago j 4 SUBURBAN Prominent Presbyterian, pastor . of . Oakland re signs to take up missionary ' work. Page 6 Berkeley lumbermen threatens to kill wife and "resists arrest." - Page 6 San Francisco attorney angers Alamedan by. Insinuating in letter' that there ".were irregulari ties in the procuring of a divorce. , Pago ' 8 > Dynamite . and capped . fuse are found ;' near Standard planing mill, .which was badly dam aged by explosion Sunday night. Page 6 COAST San Jose making preparations for great'cele bration of tbe fourth. Page 2 Unknown desperado '. fights posse of peaca officers and . when riddled with bullets commits suicide. Pag* 2 DO3IESTIC Mayor McCleUan of Xew York makes treaty of. peace with Tammany hall. - ' Pago S Homeless flood sufferers in Oklahoma spend the night In tree tops. , Page 3 Inland waterways commission meets and forms plans for. improvement of rivers and., har bors, v • Pago 4 President demands resignation of Governor HBpcrtnan of Xew Mexico. • • Page 3 Circuit court of appeals affirms decision ot lower court finding packers guilty of having accepted rebates and corporations must pay their fines. - Pago 4 Committee of Salt Lake citizens succeeds -in bringing streetcar strike to an end, the companr granting the demands of the men. . Pago 4 FOREIGN - Eighteen miners imprisoned by . flood In-* the Angleur pit In Belgium. • •. Page 1 Fighting occurs between the three \u25a0 rival fac tions of ' Hobdnran rebels, who strive to control the presidency. | Page 1 Destruction of newspaper offices followed . by revolt in Montenegro and grave political crisis. : Paxe 3 American artists lead all exhibitors at! spring salon of society of French | artists. | ?u« 3 ' Socialist member of Russian parliament Insults army and enrages czar. Pago 3 SPORTS . Combury, a' 30 to ; 1 outsider, the Say's sur prise at Emery ville racetrack. Pag* 11 They're OS wins tbe Dunton stake at Ja maica. . Paga ill Yankee tars "lose" British crew* In ; inter national boat race at Jamestown. • Pag* 3 Governor ' Hughes \u25a0 of , New • York \u25a0 vetoes I the Frawley boxing bill. . . .. '\u0084; 'PagV 8 Stanford university eight oar shell : crew ; de feats California cleverly by six lengths. Page 10 Bill -Squires signs' agreement to meet the win ner of the ' Burns-O' Brien fight ; before Coff roth's dub.on May 30. ? . Pago" 10 Railroads announce 'a heavy Increase In freight ] rates on automobiles from the cast. ':.'\u25a0- Pag* , 10 . Champion Jeffries may referee' the O'Brien". Burns : flght. . Pag* 10 : LABOR - Typographical union 21 makes nominations for Reef on which Northwestern stranded Is chattered by dynamite and big steamer- is floated. Pago 7 SIININGc; Local ' market 1 ails " to • hold .up ; prices and tbe Ooldfleld '/stocks suffer from', general' dullness.* ' ' J Pago" 9 THE CALL'S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise^ ? ments X will be received in " San - Francisco at following offices: „ 1651 FILtMORE \u25a0 STRSET; , i ; Open until - 10 ' o'clock every night '-'I 818 VAN NESS AVENUE . '"' . Parent's Stationery* Store/ .\u25a0 v SIXTEENTH AND MARKET ; STS.r ' r Jackson's ' Branch. f--, - 6SS HAICHT STREET " • Christian's \ Branch. 1 ' •'_ >>"« 3011Ol^TH ST. CORy.MISSIONi; : '\u25a0) International ' Stationery Store, j?:^ 15S1 CHURCH STREET r , George Prewitt'B Branch. ;> ? Vv i .- 2200 FILLMORE ; STREET ). fjV '•$ . ' :.;' Woodward's - Branch.^ •* ' ,-* * '.- ' ; SAN. FRANCISCO,; :TUESP^^^I^^3O, 1907. WILSON WILL BE ASKED TO QUIT OFFICE AT ONCE Governor Gillett to Demand Resignation of Railroad Commissioner CANNOT REMOVE HIM State's^ Chief Executive Is Moved to Action by Testimony INFORMED BY CALL If Boodler Clings on He Will Be Removed When Guilt Is Proved "I shall act upon the admissions of bribe taking made by Andrew Wilson before the San Francisco grand jury, as published in the transcript -in The - : Call last Fri day, which I understand to be authentic, and before leaving San Francisco Thursday night for my trip through ; the southern : part of the state will ask him to resign his f^sition as ; state railroad com missioner. 7 ' Such was the statement made by Governor Glllett; last night at the Palace hotel, where he will be a guest for the next three days. He declared that he desired to look into the matter today, but [ that the formal request for a resignation will be made at once. "I do 'not know -what the result of ,my request will- be," he continued. ."The confessed: bribe taking occurred while Wilson was' a' member. of .the-San Francisco board of supervisors, -and^l cannot: force h in 'out'' of office' as.rall roadl.commlssloner. if hctsees -tit to -re fuse. He -may ; take 1 this stand or ha may , ignore ray request entirely. In case he does either I challbe forced to wait until he. is Either convicted of the offense in court or until hej appears as & witness and X his confeSSon;becomes a matter of 'public court; record, .when steps can be taken, to remove. him:- \u25a0 "In asking him. to resign, I; am .rely ing' on the. testimony published "in The Call last Friday. Prior to that ; I had no knowledge: of what he had testified to, or of the . nature of h ls ' admissions. The account : published in The Call is sufficient basis for^ction, however* and I shall make. the request, as soon as I Continued on Pagt 2,' Column 2 » |- . : \u25a0^""— >^| :•\u25a0 \u25a0^T" "W" '\u25a0"\u25bc" ; -" ""•' "W — -""^w ?\£%^ri~"' '-^r*r~*%i ...... . - - **\u25a0",-'-\u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0 * \u25a0 : " Thisis Copied From MAIL ORDER JOU^AL For Ap^ 1907 I i " WU&EiBKEF^^^ n a(^ ver^ser who recently returned from San Francisco claims that-some pronounced changes »• "\u25a0 ffl Bfc;— have, taken place in the newspaper .situation, of that city. particularly with reference to The Call " I'li'wi^Bi^BP and the Chronicle. A good many. claim that from appearances The Call's circulation now exceed 3 <J^^^f_^Mf '<''wHl^^^^* . that' of the Chronicle. 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San Francisco, April* 25, 1907. . C. W. HORNICK, General Manager, Tbe Call. When ttie Tmith Came Out HONDURAN FACTIONS ENGAGE IN A BATTLE SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE - CALL PUERTO ;CORTEZ, Honduras', April 23,- via" New Orleans, April 29. — Fresh fighting, has occurred in Honduras, the latest' being a battle between the fac tion of the Honduran rebels ,who a, year, ago helped Nicaragua overthrow \u25a0 the government. The troops of the junta opened hostilities among themselves on April:-- 8. Three leaders, Rosales,' Bus-^ tlllo and' Castro, agreed to take -turns as president, each serving 15 days, rlt is. expected, however, that each during hls : term, attempted to strengthen his party by dividing' up the patronage where; it would do; him the most good. Finally the friends of Pollcarpo Bonllla EIGHTEEN MINERS CUT OFF BY FLOOD IN PIT LIEGE, Belgium, .April 29.—Eight een'miners were'eut^off by a flood in the Angleur pit, near this city, today. Two hundred others escaped. '/"The flood .occurred In a gallery 200' feet from the., surf ace.' . ... -The entombed men were prevented by falls of 'earth from making their way . out. Relays of rescuers are en deavoring to; reach them. proclaimed Bustillo . provisional presi dent without any lo.'days' clause, and the; opposing, factions did 'the same 1 for Rosales.. Then fighting -began. Badly aimed bullets showered . upon the houses, and caused seven deaths. \u25a0 ' ' zV-P^S?%s™ ons m hats and .gowns, r ;dh2Xm»6^me veil arid old fashioned pota tions are features of special interest to be -found on-the woman's page of The Sunday Gall IMPRISONED MINERS ARE NOT YET RESCUED SPECIAL DISPATCH. TO' TUB CALL JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April 39.— At. 10 o'clock tonight the officials of mme v 3S of the Berwind-White. operations at Foustwell, where seven men have been imprisoned .by water for the last 74 hours, said that it would take at least 24 hours more toeffect a rescue. The first dip between t the pit mouth and ; the imprisoned men has -been drained and the pumps being used by the rescuing party have been started upon the second dip. . •A wall of. -water 400 feet through, completely filling the mine head, cut"? the. Imprisoned men off from the rescue party. | PRICE FIVE CENTS. STRIKE WOULD MEAN BIG LOSS TO IRON WORKS Government Plans to Finish 'Two", Cruisers at Mare \u25a0 WANTS THEM AT ONCE* Company May Forfeit ari Aggregate of $80,000 , on Contracts • ships Nearly readyJ Blacksmiths and Machinists \u25a0•-- - • - s Join Metal Trades Union Men VALLBJO, Aprih 29.— 1t was authoritatively stated at the Mare island navy yard this afternoon that in the event of a general strike of the iron trades unions irt San Francisco, which would ne cessitate a shutdown of the Unioni iron works, the two cruisers nowj being built at that place would be brought to Mare island and finished in* the government yard] The. vessels are the California, on which 300 men are jnow putting the finishing touches, and the South Dakota, on which 500 workmen are employed. The govern ment desires the two great fighting ships completed at the earliest possible" date. Should the navy department finish the building, of -the vessels the Union Iron works will forfeit $60,000 on " the contract price of the South Dakota, and $20,000 on that of the Cali fornia. If these ships are brought to Mare island that yard will be the busiest in" California. There are now In ,the yard the monitor "Wyoming, undergoing repairs; the transport Sheridan, also being repaired, and the giant collier,. Promethius* being constructed at a cost* of $150,000. Should the . warsh^-s be finished here, it will mean that 800 men will ' be required at the yard In addi tion to the large force now working there. It Is expected that a large num ber of the San Francisco union men will move to Vallejo In event of the warships coming here, where the eight • hour day obtains. , " President J. A. McGregor of the Union iron works was seen last night and Continued on Pace 2, Column 1