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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 goerß»wiir be:quick\to'fiee;som'ething of themselves) and,; their-, "neighbors." ;.r-,.-J; FOURTEENXEARjOLD - ; V BOVHKILIiSiHIMSELR ;:/•- **'.'>. .\u25a0 " '-' ' \ -'\u25a0 \', \u0084, ;• ;'-\u25a0-' * - *"*' - •-*\u25a0 * \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 : 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 \u25a0' :'. Continued on Page 2, Column 5 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