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"The Love Story of Coloma"
A STRIKING ROMANCE OUT OF XIFE ,
UIIX BE I't'BUSHED IX
....The Sunday Call
VOLUME CVIL— NO. 97.
DR.D.MOORE
TO FACE
TRIAL
Physician Accused of- Beating
Dying Man Arrested 6a
Charge of Battery
SCHEDULES SSOO CASH
BOND AND IS RELEASED
1 Action Taken as Result of In
vestigation by Members of
Seamen's Union
PRISONER ASSAULTS
CALL'S PHOTOGRAPHER
DR. DUNLOP MOORE, assistant
surgeon at the United States
marine hospital, was arrested
yesterday by the federal authorities on
a charge of having brutally beaten
Mateo Brezzinio while the latter lay
on his deathbed in the institution on
the morning of February 17. The ar
rest came as the culmination of a
long series of grave charges against
the managers of the hospital under the
administration of Dr. James M. Gass
away. and was the first definite step
taken toward an investigation in court
of conditions which may result in a
demand on the United States govern
ment by Austria for compensatory
damages.
Hoist Swears to Complaint
The complaint charging Doctor
Moore with battery was drawn up.
early yesterday afternoon by Assistant
United States District Attorney Alfred
P. Black, and was sworn to by Wil
liam Hoist, a member of the bay and
river steamboatmen's union, to which
Mateo Brezzinio belonged. Hoist was
. -\u25a0>> patient in the institution on the
\ ght of the alleged occurrence and
-trst brought the matter to light in an
affidavit published exclusively, in The
Call.
A warrant based on the complaint
was issued by Commission E. H. Hea
cock and was placed in the hends of
United States Marshal Elliott, who Im
mediately dispatched one of his depu
ties. M. J. Fitzgerald, to take the sur
geon into custody.
Doctor Moore was found at the hos
pital and placed under arrest. He
communicated by telephone with the
• law firm of Campbell, Metson & Drew,
and then, accompanied by Doctor
Gassaway, was taken from the insti
tution.
Assaults Call's Photographer
Although to outward appearances a
mild mannered man, Doctor Moore
flew into an ungovernable rage when
a staff photographer of The Call took
a snapshot of the group leaving the
hospital grounds. The prisoner as
saulted the photographer while Doc
tor Gassaway wrenched the camera
from the latter's hand and attempteQ
to destroy the plate. He was re
gtraiued from carrying out his pur
pose while the deputy marshal quickly
separated the prisoner and photo^
grapber.
Doctor Moore "^again attacked the
\u25a0photographer as the latter snapped a
photograph of the group boarding a
Sutter street car. This time it was
necessary to handle the pugnacious
doctor with firmness. ' . \u25a0
,<£ After the troublesome trip down
• town Fitzgerald took his prisoner
before Commissioner Heacock in the
postofnee building. G. E^ Weaver
and R. G. Hudson, from the offices of
Campbell, Metson *& Drew, were pres
ent in the interests of the defendant
and had already prepared a bond in
the <urn of $500, which was approved
and accepted.
Hearing March 16
Doctor Moore was instructed re
garding his rights and the prelim
inary hearing of the case was set for
the morning of March 16. The pris
oner left the courtroom in company
with Doctor Gassaway and was
quickly whirled away toward the Pre
\u25a0 • *idio in an automobile.
:'\u25a0."* Asked to make a statement regard*.
i '. ing the charge against him Doctor
.-'" Moore refused. Doctor Gassaway,
however, reiterated the general denial
• " of all the charges of neglect and, mal
treatment made by former patients
of the hospital, but refused to-be
drawn into any detailed discussion
• of the case.
"How do you account for the, fact
< «.nilnii«-(l on l'nc' 4, * iilumn 1
TEIAL BEHIND CLOSED DOOEB— St. IVters
fmrs:. Mtroh 7.— The trial of - Nicholas V.
Tt-rtr, iWm f k r • and Mdip. BretibkosKkaya/r who
arc <*harg<Hl with criminal artlrlty in the rtro
lutlfmary '.trill begin tomororw
' tnornlcf behind dosed doors. -.. .. ;.
The San Francisco Call.
Dr. Dunlop Moore, the surgeon of the- marine hospital; arrested by .the
federal authorities yesterday and charged with battery on'apaticnt under
his care. , \u25a0 '..- /, , •- £ • "-.'• -i -,;, >, ,7/^*
CORDELIA BOTKIN,
pioNiiw
Woman Who: 1 Murdered Mrs.
Elizabeth Dunning and Sis
ter Succumbs in Prison
, . . . *\ \u0084- . \u25a0• » -- 1 . .-
Mrs. Cordelia Botkiti, central; figure
in one of the :mos,t noted, murder j trials
In the country and *whb; was seryingra
lif e ' sentence -for | ttte». murder . of * Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth* Dunning and iie-r sister,
Mrs. D.. Deane, '- by 'sending 'them "poi
soned candy^.thrcrugh the mails,', died in
San Quentin penitentiary at 9:30 o'clock
last . night! having 'bee'n- in ( prison for
12 years." •;"> *""*\u25a0-< \u25a0}'\u25a0''\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0_ \u25a0\u25a0 -' *i ..-. ... ; .:
In her death "there/; was.written .the
last chapter of a story . of .love, intrigue
and. murder:" which. electrified; the % entire.
United^ States and the .sensationalism of
which was" accentuated by *tlie bitterest
of legal. fights/ Up to tlfe very "moment
of her death -the convicted., woman [Was
fighting fbrjher. liberty. [' She had; tried
in vain to secure 'it through ,every'po's
sible legal "channel, t and finally, Yea'llz
ing'tlie' hopelessness of "her '.endeavors,
threw ; herself "upon -the mercy, of > the
governor, asking <to i be pardoned. .What
little : hope' she might; have : had. was *dis
pelled when v her. attorney,; Georjje'C A.
Knight, recently came out .in emphatic
opposition lo 4 GUlett;-and she turned\in.
final appeal to ; the prison board.^plead
ing to ' be. paroled.' '.The". board ;'had ! her
case under. consideration" •„ when .7 the
finger -.of Wer^nnh.ls dis
charge. __' _>__"" \u25a0- '.'•'' -'J f -\u25a0'"\u25a0\u25a0
Wrecked « in I Health ;^ :"' % ' *~"
She died(broken*inih'ealthjarid jspirits
— a 'pitiable \ wreck •\u25a0.-; of v tKe -dashing
woman who, a d'ozen^y'eirs'ago, was the
sensation of! a .continent.' .Since; her
imprisonment all'- the important, char
acters .in the . old , tragedy" have" passf d,
away. The nian'-for^wnom*sli«j*com
mitted the murders"^ is'^dead,^ her son,
Beverly, who 'fought 'for; hrer, is *dead,~
all the members of iher^family.ysaving
her sister,; Mrs.v Dora ? ,Bro^n, ,and - her.
aged mbjher, _aret ;d«ad. 7' Tyro\ months
ago she fell .111 and; it - , wag en /that
she asked to be r paroled. \u25a0// She. realized
that her. days" were *dVawing.*to<a {close,
and ghe hoped'' that: at t the. v last^she'
might be \u25a0with:-her/m6ther» and v sister
in her -old^home^in^Healdsburg,--, but
this wag -denied . her. / Her/ tfiste'r^was
with her - when*, she"; died. \Today.»the
body: of the -will -'be^taken
to the ."mother's ;h6ni>..: ....
Poisoned Two Women • •
Mrs..Botkin.-wssUhe;consort"ofi J." P.'
Dunning, a marrieJ ' man \whose, wife
was in 'Wilmington, Del. She "loved jthe
man. and on heariiig;from himtliat he
Intended to -; leave "'her'i'and
hia , wife , sent ; the ;; a ;, box : of.
poisoned.. candy, the^confecti.onst being
mixed- wltn Ipowdered'v arsenic..' The
plan to'eliminate/her rival succeeded
too^welU^for^notrbrily/didlMrV.fDuniTing
eat iit, ; ;but~. her... sister, Mrs. ; - beans,'- di J
likwwrise, both" dyliigr^".Thereupon^ be
gan a^hunt f or; the .murderer,' a nd/af ter
morithßr replete ..with f serisations,,". Mrs.'
BotUin* was' arr'Wted 'August-" 24, 1898 i
Sh e kwas x t ri ed in \ December ; of,•t h e j same
year,' • found and r, February, i 5,
Con t inde'd -\u25a0 on " Pagre ' 2, \u25a0 Column 3 :
'fJ^Kg^
t [{Dr. J ames\ M^Gassawqyi'^the
'surgeon". in ; charge j of Htic&jjfaririe
hospital, : against n> horn thej^umen's
union ~h'as° : filed * charges with 'Sur
geon General., Walter ;W&man^
Ime to mm
Frohman Secures^Right ; to Pro-
duce RostancFs Poem-Drama
r ? . in r This\Country I, r f
i [Special 'Correspondence tefi- The 1 Call] v
3 PARIS, .March: 7.~ciiarl'es 'Frohrnan
bought \ today*; thei- rights £ to -produce
Rostand's .. ''Chanticleer 1 .' .~ in America,
upon; which he.had:anjoption.' ' '- ,i '
• Frohman said to'Th<vCall correspohd
ent:'',;-; '\u25a0:•-';. - y >'^,- : V' '"'" ' ':: "''-^- '. \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0
.'"I .'sliall'.stage'JjlUiantlcleer'.. in , New
York ;pext;. fall. v an'd». : afterward .- 'ln pother
American • ci ties. '-IJahall 'give 'the. poem- 1
dr'ama^theiSame ciaUoriate "presentation
it j has ' had i here, -^cairryirig';- out- all > the
scenery and 'coßtuni"es' s in, exact detail. -
»-"l*'am Ttehthuslasttfi" Over "tlie play," and
I "predict nhatl-itf.wljU have; tremendous
\u25a0Bucc"essi'through6uti:*the ; ; United /States. 1
. I tv will j repeat i the'-* success i: which '^ 'Peter
jPah* f achieved,'^ foVf-;like- 'Peter ; Pan,'
'ChanticleerV is, a: symbolic Vpoem." V; ."'?s'
| "yin ".England and| Europe j Americans
;are' generally * regarded^; asi hardflsted;
practical -business "'; people:,- who}; only
think of and;Wish ; for the^dollar. '. Ibe-
Jleyei I. know- the^American -public! I
am . confidents that^wer are': a r nation of
dreamers, loving; poetry,"; admiring « high
Ideals. ->,Behindj every 'American's -faugh
itt^s^l''^s^iJi»f^tear-<jf;seritiment.'s*^;
i :."lhl- the y cbek-.j who i deludes ."^himseif
; with>anotionVof pTower,' and
iwhoJl makes;- jhlmself Ji; believe ,^*his "'call
causes r the'sun ! to Jrise^Americain \u25a0.theater
goer߻wiir be:quick\to'fiee;som'ething of
themselves) and,; their-, "neighbors." ;.r-,.-J;
FOURTEENXEARjOLD -
; V BOVHKILIiSiHIMSELR
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i U MAPLE - HILL/; KaV-.';-' March
Moses, -; aged D*j j^ear s,\a f sch ool boyvshqt'
'and <S killed i himself %tqday?j.becau*e she
',was .'; scolded Vhy *i his 'jteacher.^He* was
[found In thejkltchen J of Jhis^homei *- - ' V
' -y; .\u25a0,.•.; ..-l •.:.'.;.V!;: r !:,V; i ;)v'
•\u25a0 - V-v v,; . \ .
LILLIS WILL
LET CASE
DROP
.Cudahy's Victim Recovering and
AVill Make No Effort to
Prosecute Assailant
SILENCE MAINTAINED AS
TO REASON FOR ATTACK
Millionaire Packer's Wife Tells
Dramatic Story of Assault
on Banker /
WOMAN'S FATHER SAYS
DAUGHTER IS INNOCENT
KANSAS .CITY, March 7,— -Jere F.
Lillis, • president of the Western
Exchange bank, ' who was as
saulted: Dy John P. Cudahy, . the mil
lionaire packer when the latter* found
the banker, in his home Sunday morn
ing, will not prosecute his assailant.
Charges of disturbing the peace, pre
ferred against Cudahy by Bryan Un
derwood, a policeman who interrupted
the punishment of the nocturnal visitor,
will probably be dismissed with a nomi
nal fine in the police court when . the
case comes to trial March- 15. Thus
will end the affair An so far as any
punishment for Cudahy Is concerned;
Will Not Prosecute
Judge W. T. Johnson, 'legal repre
sentative of Lillis", "made known to
night that there would be no prosecu
tion of Cudahy. \
"We have no desire to take any legal
steps against' Cudahy," he said. "There
\u25a0will be no prosecution.". - :
Lillis' \ condition is improving rap
idly. Nurses at St. Mary's hospital
said tonight 'he could be removed to
his" home tomorrow^, morning.^ -. His
wounds will.be> slow in; healing, .it is
believed,' 'but they- will not* prove se
rious."; . : \u0084 .
N-. Cudahy. has taken apartments at the
Coates - house, a downtown -hotel. -He
refuses to say whether he will return
to his home.
V* Efforts to locate John Moss, the
who is believed by Mr% Cuda
liy to have disclosed the presence of
Lillis at the house, ". have been unsuc
cessful. ] . /.'
Mrs 1 . Cudahy With Father
; Into the arms of her father. General
John C. Cowin of Omaha, an attorney
of national , reputation, Mrs. Cudahy
rushed tonight. . .The general arrived
here on an evening train and went
to the Cudahy home, where his. daugh
ter had been waiting for him since Sun
day morning, when she telephoned him
to come to her at once. _^
.Briefly, Mrs.' Cudahy told her story
to, her father. . It was practically, the
same, she gave out in a statement to
day. ' According to her story, she and
Lillis had been ; automobile riding, .re
turned home and were seated in the
library resting when Cudahy entered.
' General Cowin. was much affected by
his* daughter's story.;
"My daughter is innocent," he said
firmly. "I am certain of : that.
"I regret exceedingly that Cudahy
was so cowardly as to say, 'He 'has
ruined my home.' He did this for; his
own protection. Why, did/ he-'not think
of these dear children who must suf
fer from this untrue statement?"
The general was unable to say
whether a divorce "will result from the
trouble in the/Cudahy household.
Reticence Is^Shown '
Extreme reticence was a marked
characteristic of every one connected
with. the case today. • ,
Judge w! F. Johnson, attorney for
LiUis,:said he had not seen Lillis since
last night. V \u25a0 '
"I called up the on the tele
phone," said- Judge Johnson," "and -the
attendant said \u25a0 Lillis ' was .resting
easily.". .'\u25a0' . \u25a0/\u25a0• " — '. ' ..\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0'.\u25a0 .
'."We would like a statement from Lil
tis" suggested ; a newspaperman.
"" "I do not believe Lillis would care
to make a" statement, at lejMt not
now/, replied Judge Johnson/.. "In fact
Ido not believe ,he is *in shape tb talk
much. He has a* severe cut ,or bruise
across his lips that makes it' d'ifflcul t
for him to speak.". . \. .
\^it : was rumored early iin the day
. that'; Ijillisr'hadi died of Ms injuries.^but
this proved untrue. At \u25a011 o'clock - he
wasreported^ by j the officials
to have improved/. The exact nature' of
his ; wounds could \ not be learned, .-. as
neither his Tphy sician, ! the "" nurses • nor
the hospital physicians would", 'discuss'
phase", of ; the 'case. ''In".fac't^every
one connected v'lwith ; the affair -.who
could be: reached displayed a desire to
"dismiss ; the 'matter^: ; ./\u25a0 rV " /
Prosecutor Investigating' ; >
• "Assistant SCounty "Prosecutor '\u25a0: Jost
' saidNhe':' Was : invest! gating;:the case^but
had^nbt'gpnetjnjtoit'far . enough'ryetrto
be l able to the attitude, of
the ''; '"state %youjd »be. . v ; vV»! ".', ; ; ; ' /
'/Although' newspapermen Vwere^ unable
'\u25a0 toVob_ltairi ; 'im\in_tefview^wit^ he
lhad held'ailong conference"iwith T his at
Continued * on \u25a0 Page 14,^ Coitinui la
EVERY UNION IN STATE
MAY BE CALLED OUT
'\u25a0¥\u25a0 F3 QC Hfif-fA J\J : f}'f)fk',
jLsJC' <3^j J. 1 1 /\ L \ jm*\J) \J \J \J
OUT SAY POLICE
[Special Dispatch lo The Call] I
PHILADELPHIA, March 7. --Director of Public Safety Henry \u2666
Clay tonight issued a detailed census of the workers ti>ho have responded t
to the call for a general sympathetic strike to aid the carmen who are £
fighting the Philadelphia rapid transit company. $
According to this census, which was taken by men from the police *
department, fewer than 20,000 men are out in sympathy with the car- *
"men. • The labor leaders, in the face of this census, however,, reiterate t
their assertions that at least ] 25, 000 men already have. responded to the J
general strike call and that 25,000 more probably will walk out tomorrow. \u2666
' : According to' the police,-establishments affected by the sympathetic \u2666
strike employ 54,954 hands. , £
-\u25a0 There are :] 2 1,293 employes in other establishments not affected by t
the strike, and this gives, by the police figures, a total of 1 7^6,193 t
employes,, of which only 18,407 are said, to be out Many have quit' \u2666
,work, it is declared, not from sympathy with the striking carmen, but £
because they have been forced out by the action of certain branches of *
their trades. . -a
For instance, it is said, at a carpet mill 300 dyers quit work and t
this compelled the closing of the plant and the enforced idleness of 2,800 |
other employes. , *
TEN LANDED IN
POOLROOM RAID
Sheriff Taylor of Marin Cap
tures Gang of Protected
Sharpers in Sausalito
, • SAX .RAFAEL, March 7. — Employing
clever strategy Sheriff W. P. Taylor and
District Attorney Thomas P. Boyd of
Marin county succeeded today in raid
ing a "fake poolroom at James Blair's
saloon \u25a0; on the Sausalito -water front,
a place which - enjoyed ' the protection
of ; the combined peace force of Sausa
lito., Ten men were arrested and tliey
promptly produced an attorney in the
person of County Supervisor L. C. Pis
tolesi.
Pistolesi . made himseif particularly
officious in his efforts to get the men
out of jail "and was strongly denounced
by District Attorney Boyd. *
"You have no right," Boyd declared
to the. county supervisor, "to act as
attorney for these prisoners, as you
area county official and are In duty
bound to aid inthe prosecution of of
fenders against the law." j
Later Jimmy Lawler, the notorious
former prize fighter, of San Francisco,
who;is running a saloon in San Rafael,
busied himself in, the interest of the
gamblers, who were arrested, on the
charges _of visiting and conducting , a
poolroom. So extensive is the ring
which has , been protecting the gang
of gamblers that every move of the
county officials has been watched, and
after -the men were ; arrested ' ; every
sporting man of: prominence in % the
county turned out to try and secure
their release on bail. \: Frank Clark and
Frank Alphonsei two of the men ar
rested, secured bail' and Justice of the
Peace Magee released them; but that
availed them nothing, for they, were
promptly .rearrested on the grand lar
ceny charge, which is based upon an
alleged robbery game practiced on R.
N. Wood, a!" farmer lad about 21 years
of age- from Selma, Fresno. county.
Among the men arrested today, ac
cording to, Jimm>v Lawler, was Max
McCherry, a prominent book maker.
The names given by those arrested
were: William:. lsrael. 'Frank- Clark.
Edward Parry, Alfred Lewis, Frank
Alphonse, Edward Blum, . William
Woods, P C. Paulson and James Blair,
the saloon keeper. ,T. Yeager. said to
be the "steerer" who inveigled the
farmer- lad. Wood, into the tolls, was
also arrested. The- police are now look
ing for a man named Burns, who is said
to have played an important part In the
fleecing of Woods. The possee captured
$5,430 on\th'e gang. . ..'. fiivi- " ,
City Marshal Jack Hannon and Night
Watchman ,' Jack" Creed of Sausalito are
suspected by the countyjsfficials of hay
ing; been implicated "jvith the gang of
alleged bunko men. v _. ( -.\u25a0':\u25a0
Wood,' the victim, had been, visiting
in San Francisco at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs". Schneider, 320 Thirty-second
avenue. • He met Yeager •• on the San
Francisco water front and was induced
to go over to. Sausalito to visit James
Blair's. saloon and the play inlhe pool
room, located above the barroom.
first Wood won about $12. Then he was
persuaded to make ;a ; larger bet,: and
finally.^ under/ the skill furscheming' of
Yeager, "wrote'a check for $1,000 on the
First 1 national bank of Selma. although
he knew he had no monVy in that bank.
He won the bet, but his check. was not
returned .to'him>by ; the poolroom oper- s
ators.' ' It- was \u25a0 held .in \u25a0:. escrow with
Wood's winnings by the gamblers. / .
The youth ; ; became worried over .. the
transaction: and vwenf to \u25a0 'Selma>'and
mortgaged ; ills '.place -for,, $800 to false
funds^" to /cancel '/his ' check. When ..he
brought the $800 Ito Sausalito the. gam-*
biers * him!;; to r bet'_that real
money t bri fa horse. The jiorse lost: i.','
"A Subsequently iWood: awoke of the f apt
that : itelhad':been bjjnkoed.^Heirepqrted'
jthe^ case i; to* Sheriff;; Taylor.^Pinkerton 7
J * on£ P**te •2, Col uma 4
t ;-/ JTHEWEATHER
YESTJ&RDAY — Clear; west wind; maximum
iQikmf£ralure, 62/ minimum, 46.
-J&tfECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; moder
ately warm; light south wind, changing to
northerly.
MAYOR CALLS CITY
ATTORNEY A LIAR
Threatens to "Break'/ Percy
Long's "Jaw" ; Latter Terms
McCarthy a Hoodlum
-' "If I.onK «ny« that Hhfithln office did
not tell the auperTittorn that In the face
of the reatrnlnine order they should
delay with Kettlns the Dillon and Hob
bard opinion on the Grary atrret bond.<>
he la a liar. He wantn to look out fur
his job. He'll get hIV jaw broken If he'i*
uot careful. He nnnN to be straicht.
If his nxMiNtant telU thin honrd some
; Ihlne hl» <pllii-(> ought to ntand by It.'* —
MAYOR P. H. "McCAKTIIY.
' "Hereafter all the oplnionn of the city
attornry'd office will be Riven in Writ
ings ' I do not Intend to enter Into a
, controversy^vith a hoodlum. . McCarthy
would not nay that to nir pers»onally." —
CITY ATTORNEY PERCY V. LOG.
£ The Gearj* street railway careened
with perilous pitch through yesterday's
session of the supervisors. It floundered
like a wheelless and trolleyless caboose
on a railless road. The only motive
power was wind. And the municipal
conductors and motormen blew most of
the ethereal power hither and thither
in the face of their own progress.
The climax came in a violent blow
out when Mayor McCarthy tore into the
city attorney, who at the time was jsev
eral blocks away at his office In the
Grant building. The board had run
against a resolution on the calendar ac
cepting the offer of Dillon & Hubbard,
the New York attorneys, to pass upon
the legality of the bond issue. W. R.
Hagerty, the clerk, announced that he
was advised by Assistant City Attorney
Nourse 'that' the resolution should "go
over" because of the court restraining
order. Some members of the board ex
pressed their surprise at this, and City
Attorney Long was communicated with.
He replied that no 'such ruling had
emanated from his office. This informa
tion was transmitted to Mayor McCar
thy.
"If. Long says that," the mayor told
his Informant with great heat, "he is a
liar. He wants to look out for his job.
He'll get his jaw broken If he's not
careful. He wants to be straight. If
his assistant tells this board some
thing, his office ought to stand by it."
Mayor a "Hoodlum"
..The declaration" was, not heard
throughout the board room, but was
caught by those in the vicinity of his
desk. He emphasized his words with
a nod that indicated what he intended
to do to the city attorney. The words
of the mayor were later repeated to
•Long, who replied: uV?'\'
,.-'"Hereafter , all the opinions of the
city attorney will be given In writing.
1 do not intend to enter into a "con
troversy with a hoodlum. McCarthy
would not say that to me personally."
; - The. j growing ; friction between Me-
Carthy^and Long has been -apparent to
those- who have followed closely the
trend of municipal affairs. 'In his in
augural vthe mayor referred to . the
city's law. department" as a good real
estate • office. , He has also set on foot
an -, : investigation into the appointment
of Harry' McKannay, who was secre
tary \u25a0to \u25a0•' former Mayor Taylor. , to* a
position in Long's office.
Vote to Accept Offer
'The official message from the , city
attorney's office stated that Hagerty
probably had "misunderstood" Xourse's
statement. = The supervisors thereupon
voted j ."'to ! the Dillon & Hub
bard offer and- to obtain their opinion
on : the Geary bonds asSoori as possible.
TheVNew York: attorneys will receive
a'fee'of $l,2oo;for;their opinion. ,
' -The board "postponed action. 'bri the
.sale- of : *thes ; bonds. in compliance with
the restraining ; order issued by Judge
Stiirtevant. - ,
IV The Geary. street bond discussion was
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PKIGE'TIVE CENTS. 7
Pennsylvania Federation of La*
bor Unions Will Act
on the Proposed
Walkout
PARADE OF WORKMEN
DISPERSED BY POLICE
Employment of Negro Officers
Arouses Indignation of the
Strikers; Three Men
Badly Injured
REMOTE POSSIBILITY
OF REACHING THIS CITY
PHILADELPHIA, >Inrch 7_ By far
the inoMt Important development
today In the wtrlke «itunfinn nn*
the tlhreat of labor leaders* that
the seiienil strike woulil be extended
until the t-all hud been made to tnelude
every union man in the entire state
of Pennsylvania.
Elmer K. Oreenawnlt, president of,
the state federation of labor, declared '
that that body had power t<» call nueh
a strike. Although he refused tonisht
to state positively that a ntatewlde
strike uohlil he called. he saie out an
interview which Is elted by the local
strike leaders to prove their conten
tion that the state federation, which
will assemble tomorrow for its annual
convention at .Newcastle, !.<• favorably
Inclined to the proposition.
Believe Worst Over
Mayor Reyhurn said late today that
the^sympathetlc strike wa<« o\er so far
as the city administration was con
cerned, addlns that the aftermath
could safely be left to the police to
handle. ' Worii that the order for fed
eral troops had been canceled Indi
cated that the authorities believed the
worst of the trouble was over.
The transit conditions, to every ap
pearance, 'showed continued Improve
ment tdday and tonisht. There was
less necessity for the presence of the
police on the cars and even timid peo
ple are beginning to sho\\* a disposi
tion to ride.
One of the incidents of the day was a
parade of a small band of men. which
was broken up by" the police — without
just cause, the men claim. As the march
ers passed a hosiery mill th-ey attempt
ed to persuade the factory employes to
join the sympathetic strike. Their ef
fort was unsuccessful, anj the police
charge that the marchers became disor
derly. Clubs were used freely and two
arrests were made.
Four thousand men and women at
tended a mass meeting of the strikers
in the Labor Lyceum.
Administration Denounced
The city administration was bitterly
denounced for its attitude, and the
speakers were especially vehement In
criticistng, the employment of negro
policemen.
One of • them declared. "Our rulers
have put a club into the black man's
hand with which to club out the white
man's brains."
Luella M. Twininjr. a woman orsran
izer of- the western federation of min
ers, was* one of the speakers. lief
praise of Kugeiie V. Debs and the so
cialist movement aroused enthusiasm.
John M. Wall, an official of the Massa
chusetts central labor union, assured
the Philadelphia strikers that they
.would receive financial support from his
state. Resolutions calling upon every
man, woman and, child in Philadelphia
to quit work were adopted with cheers.
As the crowds were leaving the hall
i there was a grave outbreak of disorder.
Several cars were stoned in front of tha
place. The police charged the crowd,
which was so den3e that it dispersed
slowly.
The bluecoats swimg x their clubs, fell
ing several persons to the ground, three
I of whom were so seriously beaten that
: they. were taken to a hospital. The po
j lice fired their, revolvers in the air and
the crowd scattered. Six arrests were
made. ,-
An attempt' will be made by the
American federation of labor to organ-
ize»lnto various unions all the unorgan
ized nien and women who have joined
the general strike in Philadelphia.
A telegram sent today to Secretary.
MorVlson of the federation by W. I>.
Mahon. president of the amalgamated
street' railway jeraployes* association,
said.that thou3ands*f unorganized men