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VGLTOIE CIL— NO. 71.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR CHIEFS ENTER LOCAL POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
rnnt Growers Will use Sulphur m Ciiring Ik
TELEEHIPHEBS
IN MANY CITIES
JOIN IN STRIKE
— r
to Work With. Non
union Men in Chicago
and Los AngeTfe
SMALL CALLS A HALT
'National President Orders
Locals to Stay at Keys
for the Present
POSTAL IS INVOLVED
Tive Hundred of Its Em
ployes Walk Out in
the Windy City
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.— Following the
lead of the telegraph operators em
ployed by the "Western Union company
In this city, who went on strike last
night because they were asked to work
with nonunion men in Los Angeles, the
operators In several other cities quit
work today. The 800 men employed by
the Postal telegraph company In Chi
cago, who belong to the same local of
the commercial union as the Western
Union operators and who declare that
their working conditions are'unsatis
factory, took advantage of the situa
tion and quit tonight at 6 o'clock. With
the walkout of the Postal employes
Chicago Is left tonight, with about 25
telegrapher* endeavoring \o. transmit
the business of both telegraph compa
nies, where under normal conditions'
fully 1500 men are necessary to do the
work.
Among the other Weitern Union of- '
fices which became Involved in , the
trouble today, together with the num
ber of men who quit work, are: Salt
Lake City, 26; Helena, 40; Kansas City,
S3O; Dallas, 105; Fort "Worth. Texas,
40; Colorado Springs. 10; Denver. 83. \u25a0
In New Orleans the men employed by
the Postal telegraph company left their
keys tonight to enforce the demands
made on the company several weeks
ago.
Late tonight the general situation
had cleared somewhat, and where ear
lier In the day it appeared as if the
strike of the commercial men would
spread throughout the country, the in
dications now are that no further
strikes will occur for the present at
least. Under orders from National
President Small of the telegraphers'
organization. National Secretary Rus
sell telegraphed the secretaries of the
various locals all over the ' United
States to keep their men at work until
they received further orders. When
asked for an explanation of this
action, Russell said: "We don't want
to* use .up all our ammunition in one
charge."
It Is understood that the broker op
erators wIU be allowed to remain at
work as long as the commission
houses handle 6nly their regular busi
ness over their leased wires. The
broker men belonging to the union
have been notified that they are to re
fuse to handle outside business, and
that if they are discharged upon refus
ing to Couch such business they will be
upheld by the union.
Secretary Russell said tonight:
"The -local men in Chicago took the
bull by the horns and ordered the
strike without authority from the na
tional officers. We are perfectly satis
fied, howe\-er, with the movement and
are all working In unison. The tele
graph companies have not acted fair
with our men and we believe that we
are now In a position where we can
force them to come to terms."
.SIE?f ARK SEAT BOMB
DETROIT, Aug. 9. — Four operators at
the "Western ' Union office here refused
to relieve on the Chicago wire and. were
sent home. At 10:30 p. ml, however, it
was stated at the. Western Union office
that all the wires were manned. The
sending home of the four, men and the
fact that a dozen operators due to be
gin work at 5 p. m. and who failed to
report till 9 o'clock j*-ere. told that the
night's business was so well cleared up
that they were not needed led to a re
port that a strike had occurred here.
MAY CALL'OUT MEN HERE
Local. Union Ready to Strike at
Small's Word
OAKLAND, Aug. 9. — Another strike
of the telegrapher*, employed In" the
offices of the Western Union in Oak*
land and San Francisco will be called
\u25a0within the nest five days if the trouble
between the. company and its oper
Costlaaed ot P«e .7, Colaaui <
The San Francisco Call
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TKLEPIIO-XE TEMPORARY 86
SATURDAY, AUGUST . 10, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY — Clear; west wind; maximum
temperature, 68; minimum, 58.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; warmer;
light . tog in the morning; light sooth wind,
changing to fresh west. Page 9
EDITORIAL
Upholding of Derlln Primary Registration Law
a Victory for Reform. Page 6
The State and the Harbors. Page 6
A New Care of the Winds. \" Page o
POLITICAL
International chiefs of labor unions take part
In local political campaign. ' Page 1
Regular republican -club of Forty-third .dis
trict • instructs its delegates to rote for Mayor
Taylor and new board of euperrlsore for re
election. • Page 2
Committee" on- election frauds places evidence
of colonization In' hands of District Attorney
Langdan. \u25a0» N. Page 2
CITY - >
Snperrlsors take steps to prerent Installation
of overhead trolley along tracks of Sutter street
road In Market street. ; from Sansome to the
ferries. Pago 9
- i:. P. E. Troj 4s assaulted In office of Spring
Valley by Clerk Frank Clark whea he asks for
copy of rate schedule. Page 14
Women's automobile club to take inmates of
city's homes for the aged on an outipg next
Thursday. Paga 10
AugcEtino Rodriguez, irho killed Manual
Madrid, '. dies of self-inflicted injuries in
prison.' Page 14
Secretary Wilson promises immunity to fruit
growers using sulphur in curing product, but
ranchers ask in . rain that rule be sus
pended. Page 1
Perrln-Benson land frauds case begins in dis
trict court with defendants at odds. Francis J.
Heney will be a witness for the prosecu
tion. 'Page H
Grand Jury la still probing telephone graft and
more indictments may follow. Page 9
Theodore V. Halsey showg little a!gn of . im
provement and physicians declare he may not
recover from operation. Page 3
Warm discussions, marked with dissatisfaction
\u25a0 and_ complaint, : figure In", consideration by labor
councils of • the car strike. * "_, ':. Page 1
SUBURBAN .
.Mrs. J. B. Adams-asks divorce from husband, 1
former Oakland society iuan.- -*1.0 is : under arrest
• In Seattle accused of forgery. Page 4
Dr. M. E. Jaffa, nutrition expert of - the
Cnirerslty of California, defence ice cream e.s
article of diet. ' • *\u25a0*• *'
Francis Stoddard 1 Page, pioneer banker and
man of affairs,, dies at ~ Berkeley from sudden
attack of heart disease. ' . Page &
Judge Waste of Oakland issues order restrain
ing H. R. Duffin from scalping tickets. Page 4
Mrs. G. M. Warner elected president of stat*
federation of negro women's clubs. Page 4
Elisabeth Kreft, who died of injuries received
under streetcar in Alameda, is third child of her
family to die violent ' death. Page 4
Borlingame magnates are stirred to wrath by
Invasion of real estate men. Page 4
COAST _ .5
Band of Mexican revolutionists in Los Angeles
plot to assassinate Roo&velt and Diaz. Page "3
Grand president threatens to call out boiler
makers on all Ilarriman lines if Southern Pacific
does not yield in Los Angeles. Page 7
DOMESTIC
Strike of telegraphers spreads to many cities,
union men refusing to work .wires with nonnnlou
ists ill Chicago and Los Angeles. National Pres
ident Small calls halt by instructing other
locals of country to remain at keys for time
being. ; -, > 1 ? Page 1
First Vice President McGulgan of Great
Northern railroad resigns after quarrel witn
J. J. Hill. %'*,]\ *»re 3
William D. Hay wood declares skeleton founi
at Tellurlde was pot genuine. Page 9
Veteran of union cavalry . which slaughtered
Quantrell's band says be has found former guer
rilla chieftain living in Vancouver. Page 9
SPORTS
Far West shows high turn of, speed and wins
handicap race at Saratoga. Page B
Barney Joy saves the' day for th«/§eals, Angels
being beaten by one ! run. '. Pag<t 8
Postponement •of southern fight may upset
the plans of Promoter Jack Gleason of this
city. Page 8
Los Angeles contingent hits the bookies \ln
two races at The Meadows. Page 8
FOREIGX > ! "
Moors again make unsuccessful attack on Casa
Blanca and ' 2,000 of . their forces meet
death. ¥%g6 8
SOCIAL
Invitations are Issued for the wedding recep
tion of Mies Edith Miller and Lieutenant M. H.
TomUnson at Sausalito on August 24. - Page 6
LABOR
Striking Los Angeles boiler makers decline
Southern PadScV offer to arbitrate and assort
eastern workers are ready to walk out.- . P«;e 7
Union label . workers find sweat shops in east
dangerous source of dlsessc. Page 7
MARINE
Shipping "world is awaiting report by steamer
Cacique on the worth of liquid fuel from the oil
wells of Chile. Page 9
MIXJXG
Sales of 'GoldQeld Consolidated, amounting to
$500,000 in one i day, cause sensation in Bush
street. \u25a0 - Page IS
PLACE YOUR
FOR THE '
THIS MORNING :\u25a0
Send them to Main Office
or .through Branch Off ices
or telephone them.
S^cOTfcANCIS^^
UNIONS ARE AT
VARIANCE OVER
THE CAR STRIKE
Dissatisfaction With : Its
Management - Expressed
. i in the Councils rI: ; -
MUCH FAULT FOUND
Cornelius Complains About
the Financial Support t U
Given Strikers^ -«
PAPER IS DENOUNCED'
Resolution Condemning Pub
lication Passed After';
Warm Debate
That there is a wid* difference .of
opinion in the ranks: of -union .labor
over the conduct of the streetcar
strike and- that considerable uneasi
ness is felt over the financial side of
the fight was manifested at two meet
ings held this week at which the situ
ation was considered. The meeting of
the general : campaign strike commit
tee held on Thursday night developed ;
a warm discussion . among the mem- j
bers of that body, jAt a meeting of |
the labor^council last* night President j
Richard^ Cornelius' said; that many of
'Uie \u0084.umonsf hidj; failed- i.to-.fcdritributc^
to f tHe "strike fund/'an^^. in'ansvfer^to
a j question, gave? OTti tile
that the bus service was! being run at
a loss of $5,000 a . month. -At the
same time it was announced that the
fight would be continued with unabated
vigor. Measures were .undertaken "to
increase the contributions. >
At the meeting of; the general cam
paign- strike committee onVThursday
discussion centered about an article in
an evening paper to the effect , that
Secretary Bowling of the carmen's
union "was using an automobile belong
ing to the organization for the purpose
of doing politic? in behalf of former
Mayor Eugene 'E.Schmitz. It was
Whispered that the "article had been in
spired by Cornelius,^who, ifwas*sald,
had not been In harmony with Bowling.'
The campaign committee is com
posed of 25 members, 10 from the labor
council, 10 from the building trades
council and five from the carmen's
union. In behalf of Bowling it was
stated that the automobile was his
personal property and that he had pur
chased it at second hand for $550.
PUBLICATION' IS CONDEMNED
The following resolution, condemning
the article in the, evening paper, was
introduced: .
."Whereas, this general campaign
strike committee represents the entire
trade and union labor movement- of
San Francisco in the struggle with Pat
rick Calhoun and the combined ene-'
mies of union labor; and ' ;;- ;
"Whereas, two officers and < several
members of this committee hay« been
viciously attacked and maliciously
slandered by the Evening Bulletin;
therefore, be It •\u25a0<\u25a0 r. • . • »
"Resolved, by the general campaign
strike-committee that 'we' hereby' 'del'
nounce the articles -referred to and' all
similar efforts and acts, no matter; how
and by whom' they are; fathered, fas
dastardly attempts to divide and dis
rupt the union labor forces. of this city
for the purpose of assisting Calhoun
and his citizens', alliance; supporters to
destroy the carmen's union and' all oth
er trade and labor unions of this city
and state;'aridbe it' further ..
"Resolved, that copies of this reso
lution be . f orwarded ' to the - San Fran
cisco labor/council, the 'building trade's
council and to the press." " •
In the discussion which followed An
drew Fufuseth opposed, the resolution
on the ground that It would only cause
unnecessary friction. He; was interrupt
ed by a eommltteeman, -who said,
"Some .member of this committee has
been giving /but; information injurious
"to this committee and insulting to its
members." ;\u25a0 ''"''l';'
\u25a0A-tier, a spirited debate the resolu
tion was adopted by a vote of 12-to 5.
Those who opposed theirqsoltition were
Michael Casey. Andrew. 'Furußcth.MUch- '
ard Cornelius, C. Cordes'and J: McDon-,
nell. Cordes and McDonnell are v stanch
supportersTof Cornelius :ln ; the. carmen's
unionJ.^The 1 votes'for' the rcsoluUori' ini
eluded; nine members of the; building
trades council «led*by P/-H.I McCarthy,
two f rom '\u25a0'' the,\lab'or - council and
from. the "carmen's .union. '
' v The; dissatisfaction ;oyer4 the support
Continued on Pnare ' 2," Colninn 7
6i;W MttKE no h&tiatiqriw
ll^b^ fruits and get as near inJouch with
the law as you can [they will never get my j consent to take it into Jhe federal courts
\u25a0 and c prosecute- you J'^SttetaryWiU
BEAUTIFUL GIRL FROM
PITTSBURG TAKES ACID
Chided^ Her Foster Father j
-; ; ; :; : VShe|Tnes; to .; End" : i
" Wanda \ Powers, ; : a | beautiful girl .20
years old "who came to San Francisco
from Ifittsburg Thursday with : her Tos-,
ter. father,^George "W. .Powers,' a well
known businessman 1 of the eastern, city,
attempted: to -kill .herself, last night; at
the Casa'Loma apartments at Fell and
Fillmorb streets after she : had- been
chided. .;:•-. : \u25a0
She drank the contents of a small
bottle of carbolic acid, and although
every iattempt was made at the;central
emergency-'lfospltal 'to save' herJ:!Hfe'i
the 'physicians hold .out little -hope" for j
her recovery., ; /, ': . '" ' • " i J:".; ;\u25a0!
.The;.young. woman- graduated only,
recently from ar college, for women^ in
Pennsylvania and was visiting' ; San
Francisco for the", first time. .-v-?:>\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0* \ :
George Powers- is" a'.'memberj of
publishing flrm^ofrLamb & Powers Vof
Plttsburg. He had • '.to^vjsit ;San'
Francisco? on . business .'and : broush* t \u25a0 his
adopted daughter Jon Uhe, trip; He' said
last night that- Miss Powers . "had - 'ex
pressed a des|re,>to',go about city,
whilejie was attending to his
and,^lie hadv forbidden her! ? to., ( do^-s6,'
f#aring that I she . would come^to-' harm*
in the -burned /district- 3 lie-' added! that"
his dtragh ter; was that
had • resented; his ;act!on and^b'efore^he
was aware ofvher^ purposed she;. had
drunk^the- deadly acid. ,./ •, r "rl. .. j.
\u25a0 '.The . girl -was^ a \daii gh ter . of j Mrs^* W.*
Schroder '.of ; Chicago/-; Powers -Vxid * his
wife "adopted ; her..three ; years'^ a*go.,;.« He'
said had -been ;very. : fond 1 " o f * ncr
and •• desired^ to "/give ; her", every f advan-'
tage.' ; . \u25a0 '-..'--'•'.''.\u25a0• .-' \u25a0'\u0084'-'. \u25a0:'<••'•*•' ; "- '.'\u25a0'\u25a0'•\u25a0'-' j*
.' It \u25a0 vrasr afterf ter j the ; two- reached^ San
Francisco"-;- that.-.th'e'U trouble i- "occurred;-!
accordin g; to \ Powers. ; He' said V that" he* j
was>unawarVrthat girl" hadtpur-'i
chased' theacfd until she'had raised 'th->
vial to \u25a0her'" ', lips' in itheir: apartments
last night." . tr* i• \u25a0- \u25a0 •\u25a0-- \u25a0/ -'\u25a0"\u25a0'." -
SHERMAN DENIES HE IS
MAKING CANNON'S FIGHT
New York ; Congressman -De
clares That^Roosevelt '-'\u25a0\u25a0'
: Is His Ghoice
SPECIAL, DISr ATCH : TO '\u25a0 .THE CALL
UTICA.VN.;'^:., "Aug.; 9.—Representa
tive. James Sherman '; characterizes as
unqualifiedly false the. report sent^ out
from' Washington today 'to v the. effect
that he was 'engineering a" presidential
boom:'' for Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
and that he had "received' the- accept
ance •" of 'Governor -Charles E. * Hughes
to be : Cannon' 3., running,; mate on- the
republican national \ ticket ; next year -
' "There is, riot onej. word "of- truth, in
that story so ', far as;' I ; am' concerned,"
said ! , Congressman- Sherman, "it is. ab
solutely ' manufactured, "out of 'whole
cloth.' :' f ;i have nothing' to- say- regard
ing;! the Jpresidency ; except, what "I ;have
said i befoVe. f 'l " believe 'that • Theodore
Roosevelt is * the -f man', for *;thei? place;
triati: he
and that-lie-wUMbe're-electea,"/ \u25a0 '
SOME OF/ THE REPRESENTATIVES. 1 WHO WERE PRESENT AT" THE, MEETING OF
' FRUIT 7 - GROWERS '. YESTERDAY. : FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ARE: W; A.
SHAFER. SELMA; .JOSEPH .-VOYLE.' BERKELEY;' COLONEI, PIIII.O * IIERSEY. j SAN
' JOSE: '; WILLIAM •ROBERTSON,- FRESNO; ARTHUR --it. r'BRIOGS, T. • E.
: 'ELLIOTT, OLEANDER. AND LEWIS -E.AUBURY». IN 'THE LOWER . RIGHT HAND
J -CORSBR-IS'A -PORTRAIT 'OF SEORETABY.OF AGRICULTURE WILSON.
Immunii^rimisecl to Frultiiien of
Grdwere-Meet} arid Air Grievances/ but
V',: : Find No; Way Out of Difficulty
\u25a0 \u25a0 Though - Secretary ~of Agriculture .Wilson , yesterday promised
;the v fruit growers'of »' this state immunity from prosecution for violat
<ing'*the v pure"food* law' by 'liberal sulphuring of fruits in the drying
process,. he declared he could go no fartherV arid the, situation, from
a} financial sstaricipoint,' is" just -where it was when the late decision
was;handed:down. \u25a0•\u25a0) '.'. " - : !•» .t ... \u25a0 - i .-.-. ..•" \~r;'.
: :^\_ j.The^frait^igrowera.rfaceta^futufe as black as ever it was.
lions ;of dollars : are in r jeopardy^ahd thousands of families, dependent
cm 'their * fruits 'ranches^^ifor-rriairiteriance," are confronted with- ruin
dr. -'i a Vb'i gr / decrease > in '1 ttiei r.'-'earn'
.ings t ;^^:>v "\u25a0•\u25a0 -- \u25a0 - • •^/v-'v.-k
v -As- a Vresult of ; the two \u25a0 meetings
held' yesterday Hn ; tlie* state, board
of^trade* lecture rooms.the repre
sentatives;; of the -fruit .growers
have come to >thcjgeneral con
clusion that there; is nothing else
for "them to \u25a0do now but j to ; go
ahead and ', cure ' with 'sulphury and
take their chances of disposing of
their product. To cure, their fruit
according to the 'letter of ihe.ne\y.
ruling, they say, means ' the : loss
of thejfruit. . , /;,:/. iVY
. : They , fought .the .matter out
inch, by. Unch yesterday.;' They
brought \f or ward \ masses -o f • evi
dence, ; specimens, samples : and
data," laying ; before the eyes of the
secretary v bl agriculture • rbtting
fruits \u25a0. wli ich ' had " been " : cu red ac-."
cording to the pure food law. and;
comparing jthein I with .specimens
of 'fruits:cured. in -violation; of; the
.!a\y.; arid -which appeared" in ':-ex-.
cellent condition. 'But: it 'wassail
.tcviio^piijrp^^
Costlas?^ 195!1 95 ! Pa s© > a/x6i. " 6* ;
Every* '-'fan" '-will delight in the story of
/tbej old, baseball heroes, where they are
. arid "what/they^ are doing, which will be '
Ttine* ohthejeatures, tomorrow,* 6?
\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-. .j— 7-. ,1,. . ,^l^. . -. .-.,-_ .
TTT^The Sunday Gall
ImpertihehtQuestion No, 11
When fire You Happiest?
Fpr^ the most original or wittiest answer'to this ques
tion—and the briefer the better—The Call will pay ;
FIVE DOLLARS: For the next five answers •
, The Gall will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize \
.a winning answers will be printed next Wednesday I
.and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
• your answer short and address it to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, •
; ______ THE CALL.
Prlie nasTrers to "When Iv Man Intoxicatedr»
;'.:-.-.. $5 prize, to F., Timmons, SanJoae.Cal. \
->: , When he* kisses, the bar-tender good nights
$1. prize to J. J.'Uetz. 507 DeTisadero «treet. elty. >
\ -...-''How do \u25a0 I know how I-. act? *
" '$1 prize to Mrs. lVase. rresldlOiFort Point. Cat.
Whenhe^tclls his wife he's beendruggei
$1 prize to Ilenry Wblte, OS4 Taste street, elty.
When he^bites the end off a diirpickle and tries to light it with
a toothpick. MSB jKfa
" $1 prize to Mrs.; J.;P. Gnron?r. 74 I^wfrll street .East Oakland. Cal. *
On champagne, intoxicated; on beer, plain drunk.
<1 prize Joseph. 354 Uayes" street, city.
-AVhen'his' tongue'bceins' to say things his mind doesn't sanction ;
tl? -ahd-nia/feet hit the spots he. doesn't "aim" for.'
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNION MEN
URGED TO
DUTY
Pioneer Leader, J.
W. Sweeney, Tells
of Campaign
Supports Michael Casey
in Work to Purify City
Denounces Schmitz
Upholds the
Toilers. Should Desert
Chiefs Who Proved False
George A. Van Smith
Int ernational organiza-,
tions of union labor, acting
through their chiefs,, are be
hind'; the campaign for vin
dication of the cause of -un
ion labor in San "Francisco,
the : movement being .-led by
Michael Casey and 1 J:^W;
Sweeney, business agent for
the international union of
pattern makers.
Sweeney said yesterday,
that he .was in politics, not
because he- believed political
activities the proper func
tions of a labor leader,
because the international
leaders of union labor de
manded that union labor *in
San Francisco should cleanse
itself of the stains put upon
it by professional politicians
masquerading as labor men.
Sweeney, who -has been
identified with union labor
as leader and organizer for
more than .a quarter of a
century, has all the typical
labor leader's aversion to the
published interview. That
he talked to me for publication was
due to the publication of. an Interview
with P. H. McCarthy, who designated
the campaign headed , by Sweeney and