The San Francisco call. [volume], May 14, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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VOLUME CL— m 165.
Governor Takes Steps to Insure Peace Throughout Summer
Coroner's Jury Blames Southern Pacific for Wreck at Honda
77ie /irs* photographic views of the disastrous railway wreck at Honda are here reproduced .. Th % ey are: l^End^of the first sleeper, wMchstopp It was: this sleeper 'which caught fire.
2—Another view of the dining car. It was here that the fire flamed 3— The
dining car broken in two. From the hole inh which the man is peering; eight dead :b 7 ' \u25a0 . *
Day's Summary
of the Strike
Situation
Four lines of street cars were
operated yesterday by the United
Railroads from & o'clock in the
morning until 7 o'clock at night,
[and two others, the. Mission and
» Valencia street lines, were used
[for a few hours in the middle of
[the day. .
St -V it
* *p *
A mob of women living in 'the
: refugee camp at California street
i and Thirteenth avenue stoned
\cars of the Suiter street line yes-.
! ierday and it was necessary to
\call out a squad of police, who
| dispersed them and' closed the sa
loons in the vicinity.
* # *
Adjutant General ~Lauck and
\staff will remain in San Francisco
over the summer to watch strike
situation.
at stL it
if, tf. if
The committee of fifty- adopted
'a report yesterday declaring that
| every man had a \u25a0 righV.'io sell his
! labor as he willed ; that'he was en
\ titled to the protection of -the law;
and that if the mayor was unable
to give that pro tection , he \u25a0 shouti i
I call upon \u25a0 Governor ', Cillett ,'for
\aid.
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Governor X»dlctt insisted: yes
•terday that the police should pro
! ted passengers frcm strike 'sym
pathizers who insulted women
and called out "scab" at pass'mg
• cars.
* * *
United .Railroads, officials an
nounce that 'they will I run cars to
day from 1 o'clbcklin the morning
until 7 o'clock*- at night over all
the lines operaied^y ester day, and
that they will establish service on
t the Castro streciiline also.
*-, %• *
A crowd of union sympathizers
attacked^ three strike breakers last
night as they were leaving the bar
racks in' the Turk and*; Fillmore
streets barn,, and' was only dis
persed by the police in time 1 to
save the, lives -of [the employes of
I the United- Railroads, who "Were
The San Francisco Call.
Entire National Guard Staff
to Remain in This City
I^nrted^Railrbads 'Resumes; Gar; Service
in vMissidn^ands^V{Mencia-Str^^v Missidn^ands^V{Mencia-Str^^
The strike situation had calmed
tent •yesterday ,that ,;Ctoyernor ; ; Ginett^anno^wdliS^Se
would' return , toj Sacramento {oniTHureliayJ^ although, atttife
same. time he] said: that lhejhad^^
Adjutant* General- LauckV^
San Francisco 'fall - ; summer /to I act v as) a .^remi^^^tiiatjthe
firm hand iof the executive • still ;- menaced < the i ;turHulent
element. " . ' -,/\ : : r.- c :. : . :: ']:^\'- > \-^\),y: : .y'^ j/Cv/y.'.
The introduction^
into: the situation has resultec! iin: ah {^e^irV change ihUlie
aspect -of affairs. Wh ile it \ is 'granted Aon^all^sides^that
there will be sporadic; acts^of ".viblence; /,the'reHsKever3c,.'indi^
cation that; for^the*pre^e^
place^ tneirVmain reHance^upori^
every, effort -toward making at- a ; successv;
this .plan: of 'campaign they are .endeavoring, to"' enlist the
sympathies \of /other, unions, ; on- tlie^plea -JtKat ;ft}ie jt rouble:
between 'the JJnitecl /Railroads; a^drits^e^p^oyesVisvbut s an:
incident of ' a general plan \u25a0 to* break .'the : strength of ; organ^
To all outward appearances^ ;busin^ss^sec-^
tions of San Francisco. gave, no, indication yesterday^that
a" car strike 5 was in. progress:^ JA vcbntinuous^lineiof^cars
was- circling- the loop at the^ierry^depot: andKstringing
down, Market /street, -wliile six of
principal / truiik-lihesKwere^injoperatibnfduriii^
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San Luis Verdict Charges
"Defective Equipment"
- 'Can^Not -Learn? Gaiise^ of ' Disaster
, V-SAN* LUIS ;OBISPO, May : 13— AH; of. the injured
now| in^the :tvv^>tecal|sliimt^^
fnom||fewreci^
lasigS^£da^^
of Cthlj^ci^^ : ; >. - {
£? v jßespphsilM^
Sou^ern^Pa^ific|company T |By
an- inquest^todayrover.' the- 11- bodies in -the morgue, here,
jxi^th^^ljwing^ordsV^^/^^^^ • -^ f •
. ; :thevSyitnessesi'that*tlie
wreclc^was^caused^ by: defective railroad' equipment^"^ :
for^tjies<teaiimentiVaridtbfH^
quest;? rioi^rtHrew-anyyiight^
nPKey:asseftvthatUhey are -.utterly at* sea- as v to the cause
and lda^^tHin^b^utHridul^|iri^ - • .^
' *..Thelmost interesting- testimony of 'the day was -that
of^Frank^Ghamplain^engineer-rofsthe'wrecked :train: ; -He
was too ; llljto' appear, and his deposition
I«.|ii. l i,iiAi ) .--- r.*j .- <i ."-.-. I- *-!"*'»*: >•\u25a0?-' v ..Mwmawici
was ,Uakenjby^th6i coroner. --Z It = was
follows:
"We twere runningjatjthe^ratesof
ori4o'miles'an!houriat!2:3B»p.\m.lwhen
thesaccident I ' occurred., -Jltloccurred? at
Honda; ; - Santa .county,- -authe
"east switch.*, first yintimatioriVof
th'e l accident ',was \u25a0 a sor t :ot jerking iback
o f j .the len gin . e,^ asj thou gh fso me thi ng ! had
gonetwrong. \u25a0 'i \u25a0",]•' .\- \u25a0. .; ; : \\-yi - \u25a0 .: '.;«\u25a0' '\u25a0;,.•-,-' •
' •""Mvjlmpreflslonfiaithatieitliertthe.ten-?
der. orjba|r£age;car[lef t .the , track/? caus
injp theicteTanmentio£*the l engrlne,f dining
car; and \ one i o r ,'mo'r e ; car s.U I ) have"/ no
ideajwhat caused' the -.trouble.. • > r".
; -"The- derailment ,; occurred : right* on
lh^^^^^^lSno^¥that¥thie*engrfn?
iHkkmpmil ii* wwiw 'i '"it^jiiflii 'ii^ny p ""'iT<iJi<fri\ir ' t nf'ioWi 1 " ' MCf-*-*-*
passed" safely.; over., the ; switch \ without
ftToubi^^^^^^^j^nc^^Be^^^^e
d c raTi^fflcar^paa^d?^»r«SelawtteH^
also. \if. At nhe-ipoinf: where Uhe; accident
(PMUJmHßi*— ar ' ' tawtfc--^»9ir*->ff"xCTii!»"*«t' ' it \u25a0 rWan'-m**'J»>»»c
occurred ""the! track us vstraight-»'andfon
nearly^level {ground: '.TTieltracksatithat
poin^lsjf^nsldered' one- of /the -safest
Co'nt 1 naed on ] Pase ' 2.' ' Middle '; Column " 3
Farmers Who Have Crops to
Tend Excused by Court
§^^;^(|fiaraeter| Tp)es Lend Interest
to; Jury Examination at Boise
Oscar King Davis
BOlSE^ld^o,'May;l3.--^omptly at 2 o'clock this
afternoon Sheriff Shad Hodgins stood up and announced
Jthat^this; honorable the district court" was open, and the
trial of JWilliam D. Haywood for the murder of Governor
I Steunenberg; was resumed The clerk reported that the
I special venire had been summoned and that .100 "good and
lay^uHipersons-wejejtheniand: there in court. Thereupon
he proceeded ato call iKe^roll :of them. All were present
\u25a0except : two, ohe^of whom : was represented by a physician's
certificate' of inability,;'- and the other soon' came in.
very- few Foreigners in venire
•;.;•; >. THeclist : of 'names "read like 'a certificate of native
citizenship.: -Of the hundred; there were but a half dozen
foreignj^rmme^s, two- or three Germans • and . as many
Swedes^And-^theyj were v all; of* the; same hard headed,
stuniyy Yself f reliant • character; and > appearance as those in
the < original^ panel. '•;- Most of? them were plainly of the
coiuitry;; the smooth shaven face and
'tKe^pr'ucer-xlothVs^bf * the? business men from Uhe city, but
the^^werelscarcely.r^ to -emphasize 'the contrast.
Arid :tKe majority " had : rib more than a -tinge of gray in
their-Hair.^ . " : : .
i vThe- first ; -hour •^and^ a- half of the -sessipn was , put in
nearirig^xcuse^\fr6m'ihpse^who 'had or- thought that they
had:reasoris foi* not^servihff. Then for an hour talesmen
were iexamiried? as i to their qualifications for service. Only
/went through this/mill. One of them wasmani-;
•festly "determineid^noVto serve and the other was just as
anxious to be selected. The 'first had. previously, asked to
be :> excused and Judge Wood had refused him. He had
ithV*luckfto\Kaye?Wsitl^ the box by
the iVclerk.^-.^Attorney^Hawley^'begari to question him and '
almost^imirieciiateiy ; developed the* fact that he had an
fininirtii '. - .
CROPS REQUIRED HIS ATTENTION
' :-The'man^^i -^u^e;headed ; {armer who had told
;tKeijudge^that'iKis>fruit:ari(d grain ranch needed his pres-
preseryeshis: crops :and r that he^cpuld get no man
to] taket:hisy r place.» Ha wleyi seemed reluctant to let him
gaiand^weh^^ He demonstrated
SJlittle'iof f^tna X : quality^ of persistence « and . incisiveness for -
.which" lie iias : such>a. : reputation here.-arid there \was more
yt^^^n implied" sheer : in the manner in which he demand
ed|toyl^niswi:if-j,He the Habit of iorming his
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terrible -visitation in a cen
[furj^me-famine in China. One has vis
ited the scene, describes its awful meaning
and shows photographs which amaze, in
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