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Highest Temperature Yesterday, «!. Ltmest Tues
day Mght, 56, For details of the Weather See Page 11.
Gold or the Mint
Gold va fd at $4,861,759
was tel v ■ at the San
Francisco mint last month.
VOLUME 114. —NO: 61.
DEATH RIDES
STORM BLAST
IN THE CAPITAL
Wind, Rain, Hail and Light
ning Flail District of Co
lumbia—Three Men Perish
in the Ruins of Wrecked
Building—loo Girls Faint
While the Tempest Rages
ENTIRE GOVERNMENT
SUSPENDS OPERATION
River Craft Are Sunk or
Stranded—Countryside Is
Devastated—Workmen on
Capitol Dome Are Buffet
ed in Terrific Gale—Debris
~nd Dead Birds Litter City
ruin in its wait*. There were ■
«. Injured and hvndre-'s of
thousands of dollars' worth of proo-!
ruined, according to a hurried
can"A*s mad* when the eitv aroused |
' *s»lf 'mn hal an hour of betpless-
Ou| of ! b'a-lnr sky. under which
» rity was sweltering With the tem
"-■"•a; i. -c at ill* l lie nr.lrt. cprne the
...,. r ._ roaring fro- fh- r.orth. drlv-
Thf gal*, reaching a velocity of :ifar
'• ?S p i;»s an hour, swept the streets
'o.j.- iroofed houses, tore detached
*■ strur!u-e=- from their foundations'.
•• c :~d urhe office building, overturned
"epd ci - -iaerec tn the streets and
,7 '" 11 hundred park*.
••a-i".p huge branches from trees find
«•• pr uprooting sturdy old elms, the
»' *n tI.VZES CITY
Tonight Wa shin art Or*'s well kept
st-eets. with their wealth of trees, are
'i'tared with broken hougiis. roofs and
As the Wind wr*Ai;e<] it" havoc the
r*in came and in five rr.in ;tes the ter
n the 1 ftn mark drooped to
between 60 a'-d 70. Then the rain
turned to hail and the hailstones
> ashed through skylights and wln
dOT»"S.
For half an hour th» city -cowered,
paralyzed, under th.c beating of the
c 'orm. every activity Trol
ley Hnes, telephone lines and street
•raffle were halted and the government
departments suspended operations.
The wind wrecked the three story
I rlefc office building occupied by the B.
S. Saul company, real estate dealers,
and 15 persons were carried down in
the crash.
W, K. Hilton, vice president of the
Real Fsfate company; Thomas B.
Fealey. a clerk, and an unidentified man
who entered the building to rescue
io?e caught, were taken from the
re k dead.
Half a.dozen were taken to hospitals
seriously injured, and half a dozen
more were treated for slight injuries.
Tonight the police still were digging
in the ruins for other bodies that they
'ca'-ed might be there.
PRBSIDBKT HEARS TEMPEST
The neatly kept lawns of the White
IS4 were devastated. Thr*»c huKe
<Im trees, uprooted by the wind, were
own bodily across the lawn and up
to the very portico of the building.
'• or-fc'ng the drives. President Wilson
M as seated in the executive offices when
the wind crashed through several win
dows in the White House proper. See
- ; ry Tumulty hur r ied the president
and Representative Korbly of Indiana,
with whom he was conferring, to a
sheltered interior room.
The capitol. set high above the city,
caught the brunt of the wind, rain
and hail and lightning. The senate
was In session when the hail swept
down with a deafening roar, beating on
the glass roof of the chamber. The
tumult made further business impos
sible, and hurrying to the vice presi
dents desk. Senator Kern megaphoned
" ith his hands a motion to recess. The
motion was put, and although the sena
tors could hear nothing, the senate quit
•york for 13 minutes in confusion.
P\I\TKRS I\ PKRII.
When the storm broke 35 painters
w»re at work on the dome of the capi
tol, swarming over the etirving sur
face or swinging high on shaky scaf
folding. William Reese, the foreman,
h ;vied to the dome and got most of
his men to shelter inside the big in
verted bowl. But Jim Boyle, John Ford,
Noble Bailey and Bruce Jones were too
late. Bailey and Jones succeeded in
■scaling the dome in the wind and rain
and gained a sheltered ledge, where
they weathered the storm after trying
in vain to get inside. Boyle and Ford
'•ere caught on a swinging scaffold
just under the eaves of the dome and
there they swung, buffeted by the wind,
Continued on Page 8, Column 2
SPAIN FORBIDS GAMBLING
MADRID. July 30. —The " provincial
governors of Spain have been ordered
strictly to forbid gambling In casinos
and clubs at watering places. No ex
ceptions are to be made.
CYCLE EXPLODES;
EIGHT ARE KILLED
Score of Persons Incur Burns
When Racing Machine Blows
Up in Collision
CINCINNATI, 0.. July 80.—Two per
sons are dead, six will die before morn
ing-, one other Is probably fatally
burned and 11 are seriously Injured as
the result of a motorcycle accident at
the Lagoon motordrome, across the
river from this city, tonight.
Odin Johr.son of Salt Lake City, cap
tain of the Cincinnati team, drove Ml
cycle to the extreme top of the circular
track, crashed Into an electric light
role, broke It off and the contact cf
the live wire with the machine ex
ploded the gasoU-.e tank, throwing the
burning fluid over a score of srec
t6 tors.
Johnson paid the penalty with his
life, while "William Davis, aged 5 years,
also is dead.
Six other«. two women and fonr men,
can. net live until morrlng. while othe-s
are registered at the Kentucky hospital
as in a serious condition.
Thai a larre number cf oti:e-s. who
••an not be located tonight, were burned
Is almost a certainty.
APPRAISER SHEAN WILL
TENDER RESIGNATION
SfcrMarv Mr tdno Want* Local
for i.ond, Manch D-mocrnt, I*
the Report
rsn» >' n;.- n r.-/-h to The Call*
WASHINGTON. Jnly r,o.—Secretary o.f
the Treasury McAdoo. It* was learned
today, has demanded the '-esignatlon
of Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise
.la oh ?hean in San Francisco.
No < iiarge* have been preferred
agalnsl Shean. and it is believed that
the place is wanted for a good, stanch
democrat.
Shear. U is bald, will tender his resig
nation in compliance with Secretary
KcAdoe'i request, to be effective in
August.
WOMEN ARE HURT IN
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
IntertirlMin Car Him Machine In tVblch
Women V. ere Returning From
Christian Assembly
LONG BRACFI. .Tulv 30.—Four women
j were injured, probably none fatally,
j here tonight when an interurban car
struck an automobile in which they
j were riding.
j The party was returning from a.j
etlng of the Christian Assembly in
j Miss Daisy Pucker was knocked un-|
<■ luscious and probably suffers from j
i concussion of the brain. Mrs. Harriet
! Mover was injured about the back:
Mr« E. F. T>ea< h of San Diego bruised,
; and Mrs. Princess T.ong. a singer of
j Ontario, slightly injured.
TIGHTS AND TANGO ARE
FORBIDDEN TO CABARET
< hb-.Mgo Council Mmn Hefeatn Measure
Permitting Patrons of Cafe*
to Danrt
CHICAGO, July SO,—c a baret per
formances will be conducted under re
strictions hereafter as' the result of an
ordinance passed by the city council
tonight.
The ordinance prohibits the wearing
of tights by female entertainers, the
mingling of performers with tiie au
dience and the dancing of patrons.
A tango amendment to permit danc
ing by patrons between 7 p. m. and 1
a. na. was defeated.
YOUTHFUL GIANT ENLISTS
tolled State* Army Recruit Would
Have Pleased <»reat Elector
SPOKANE, July 30.—Believed by
local recruiting officers to be the tall
est soldier in the United States army.
Alexander 1> Grant Jr. 19 years old.
Scion of a wealthy St. Louis family,
and standing 6 feet 6 Inches In his
stocking feet, has today taken out en
listment papers here. Grant passed one
of the most perfect physical examina
tions in the history of the Spokane
recruiting office".
COST OF JAIL MEALS CUT
Snn Joaquin (ounty Supervisors Re
duce Cost from I 2' a c to 10c Each
(Special Dispatch to Ihe C«Ut
STOCKToN. July- 30.—The supervisors
have made an order to the effect that
the cost of meals at th.c county jail be
10 cents, instead of 12% cents. This
makes the second reduction, the first
having been made a few months ago.
when the price allowed Sheriff Riecka
was \ ~\<z cents. The order makes a big
difference in the sheriff's income.
TWO KILLED, FIFTY INJURED
Mixed Frelghi and Passenger Train
Plunges Through tW> Foot trestle
CHESTER, S. G, July 30.—Two per
sons were killed and about 50 injured
when two passenger coaches of a mixed
freight and passenger train on the Lan
caster and Chester railway plunged
through a trestle and fell about 50 feet
into Hoopers < reek, seven miles from
here, today. It Is feared a number of
the injured will die.
PASTOR LOST IN DESERT
Aged Clergyman I* Being Sought by
Imperial Valley Parties
EL. CGN'TRO, July 30.—Search is be
ing made today in the desert between
Holiville and San Diego for Rev. L. A.
Witter, 77. who has been missing since
July 13. The aged man was attempt
ing to drive from his ramh near San
Bernardino to San Diego and is believed
to have lost the trail. Several parties
hay c Joined the search.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY,' 1 JULY of, 1913—PAGES 1 TO 8. **
BOOKKEEPER OF
TITLE COMPANY
ALLEGED THIEF
H. P. Piatt, Trusted Em
ploye for Eight Years,
Guarded by Detectives
Prior to His Arrest
SAID TO HAVE MADE
OVER HIS PROPERTY
Eaualizing Balance System
May Have Been Used
for Personal Profit
j TT. P. Piatt, for many years a trusted
j employe of the California Pacific Title
| Assurance company. Is under surveil
| 'ance in Oakland, virtually in cv.s- ,
• tody of detectives. charged w4th
j peculations that will aggregate approx
|in atelv $30,000. and. following a meet
| !ng of the directors of the company to-
I day. a criminal allegation will be for
i "■ally placed against him.
Piatt was bookkeeper of the company
i and had tha handling of the funds.
I For about eight years, until the amal-
I carnation two years ago with the Pa
| cific company, he held 'a responsible
position with the California Title In
j surance arid Trust comeany. and his
j record was always considered good, tin-
I t|l R few days ago. when the manage
ra**f discovered, so it alleges, that he
was short In his accounts
AT TUTOR WORKS OX BOOKS
The exact shortage alleged has not
vet been ascertained* by the auditor
i who Is now going over the books. The
management expresses Itself as as
j sured that the amount will not exceed
I $30,000. i
j Piatt Is said to have confessed that
i is defalcations began in 1911 and con
tinued until March of this year. The
j funds, he says, were in part taken
: from those of the company and in part
j from funds of others held by the com-
I pany. So far as the latter are con
cerned Ihe company makes the stata
j feoyt that M c deficit has been made
1 g6'f4 on Of it* funds.
When the shortage was first dtscov
| ered he was taxed with It and is said
to have admitted his guilt. At that
time he is declared to have stated that
the amount ho had taken would fall
short of $20,000. Piatt has. so it is said,
turned over to the trust company cer
tain properties owned by him. to be
held pending a full investigation of
his stealings. The value of these prop
erties has not yet been ascertained.
Piatt's action, however, will not save
him from a criminal charge declares
the management.
SYSTEM TV 4* ADVANTAGEOUS
The title and trust company carried
funds ln sc-cral hanks, and. in order
to equalize Its balances, was ln the
habit of drawing checks on orre bank
in favor of another. Tt Is charged that
taking advantage of this system. Piatt
deposited some of the checks to his
own credit and the proceeds were col
lected and id over lo him.
There is a discussion between the
banks and the company now as to
where these losses will fall, whether
upon the former or the latter.
The California Pacific Title Assur
! ance company hps for many years em
ployed a public accountant to examine
and e.mert its books, but Piatt was
' clever enough, s«. it is said, to conceal
his peculation* trttm the expert until
the early part of .Tune.
Airs. Piatt Pleads Ignorance
OAKLAND, July 23.- -.Mrs. F.va Piatt,
wife of Henry Piatt, accused of embez
zling $30,000 from the California-Pacific
Title Insurance and Trust company of
San "Francisco, said that she did not
know of her husband's whereabouts or
know anything of his alleged thefts.
Mrs. Piatt and the three children have
closed up their home at 2324 Mitchell
street. East Oakland, and are staying
with her sister, Mrs. McPherson. 3000
East Twenty-second street. East Oak
land.
LAKE MICHIGAN IS
CROSSED BY HYDROPLANE
Harald F. MeCormlok Files From Lake
Forest to (irant Park,
Chicago
CHICAGO. July 30—Harold F. Mc-
Cormick made a successful flight in
his new hydro-aeroplane today from
his summer residence in Lake forest
over the waters of Lake Michigan to
Grant park. Chicago, a distance of 30
miles. Mr. McCormick made the trip
in 2S minutes, or at a speed of more
than a mile a minute. The machine
was driven by Charles C. vVitmer. The
flight was at an average height Of
about 60 feet.
ONE KILLED, 146 INJURED
Wreck on Pennsylvania Caused hy
Rearead Collision
AI.TOOXA. Ha.. July 30, —one man
was killed and one hundred and forty
six passengers and trainmen were in
jured, only one dangerously. today,
when a fast express crashed Into the
rear end of a passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Tyrone. IS
miles east of this city, George i\.
Funk, engineer of I !a rriabyrg. Pa.,
was the only person killed. i
Board to Which S. P. Has Appealed
Federal Body to Pass Upon Dispute
United States mediation and conciliation board members to whom the Southern Pacific has sent a re- 1
quest to mediate the disjmte that it and its employes are unable to settle.
■ *—— ; — - —«— ■ ■ —■ *■
POLICE PROTECT
FELIX DIAZ FROM
VIOLENCE OF MOB
Huerta's llears
Countrymen? Cry for His
Death in Streets of
Los Angeles
T.OS ANGELES-'. July 30. —Shouting
"Muerto a Diaz"—"Deat ! to Diaz." —
a strong contingent of Mexican rebel
sympathisers Rave r riotous- recep
tion here tonight to General Felix
Diaz, instigator- of .the revolution 1n
Jifexico c'ty which culminated in tbe
death of President Madero. He was
saved finally by a platoon of police,
who with "drawn clubs, drove back
the excited crowd. \
Diaz, who arrived frowi San Diego
on bis way north to board ship as
Mexico's special envoy-to Japan, was
greeted by Consul Pena y Cueras and
a party of Huertaista partisans, but
th»ir vivas' were drowned by the
shouts of theft" threatening opponents
and the envoy was saved from prob
able attack when the platoon of po
lice, under Chief of Police Sebastian,
charged the shouting, gesticulating
consitutionalists and opened a path to
safety for the endangered ambassa
dor.
"Viva Carranza." was the compan
ion shout of "Muerto a Diaz" and
these- cries rang in the ears of Gen
eral Diaz until escorted by the police
platoon, he had entered an automobile
and was driven out of the vicinity of
the railroad station.
Chief Sebastian, anticipating a fur
ther demonstration by the populous
colony of anil Huerta and Maderista
Mexicans, kept guard over Diaz even
after be and his suite of secretaries
and attendants had arrived safely at
their hotel.
"General Huerta can not be a candi
date for the presidency in October be-,
cause of the anti re-election legisla
tion enacted during the last term of
Porfirio Diaz." explained General Felix
Diaz in an interview t.onight.
The leader in the Vera Cruz and Mex
ico City antl-Madero revolts reiterated
•that he would be a candidate. He has
been named as *uch by the liberal dem
ocratic party, the only political organ
ization which yet has entered the field
with a candidate, he said.
"Elections must be haVd October
the time prescribed by congress." said
General Diaz. * However, he said, it
would be possible for the same con
gress to/alter the date if national con
ditions should be such'as to make it
fnadvisabre to attempt elections.
If this should be done. General Diaz,
pressed, admitted that there was no
legal specification as to how long
Huerta could serve as provisional presi
dent wWhout elections being -held*.
I "I shall return to .Mexico to be pres
ent in the first-week #f October. My
{mission to Japan merely is to-offer the
I thanks of Mexico for Japan's partiei
i pation in the Mexican centennial' in
| 1910.".
I -General asked why this was
done three years after the 1 centennial •
celebration, said that he was acting
under instruction from his government '
and cUuld not, .say ' He de~iled agniu
that his mission was ottier than one of
purely diplomatic relations of a social
character. » . j
General Diar. a,nd his party of secre- ',
Itaries will remain here two days, pro-j
Continued on Pave a, Cal«an« S l
HAND GRAFTED TO
DOCTOR'S BODY
Scientist Infected by X-Ray Re
covering From Operation That
Has Taken Many Days
BALTTMOUE. Md.. July 30.—\\> a) i:is
the skin of his upon risr'at
harrtl. Dr t Frederick If. Ceat.Hn <>f this
city, bne of tiie bes*i known X.Vny ex
perts of the country, is recovering from
a remaikahle operation at Johns lion
kins hospital.
.To save his hand the four fingers of
which were amputated a year ago, fol
lowing an infection caused by X-rays,
a piece of skin the shape of the maimed
hand was turned back from the abdo
men, the injured hand bound tightiy to
the wound and the skin haid over it.
Then after a while the work of se
vering the ends of the skin attached
to the body was begun. It is nearly fin
ished now and it is believed today that
Doctor Baetger's hand will be sound
and whole save for the missing fingers.
CASTRO LEADS REVOLT
TO REGAIN OLD POWER
Deposed President of Venezuela Re
ported Back In Country; I prising
Hrgins
BOGOTA, Columbia., July .10.—Active
revolutionary movements irt Venezuela
and the invasion of that country sim
ultaneously at various points on the
Columbian frontier by adherents of
former President Cipria.no Castro are
reported by the newspapers here. The
Columbian government is oheerving
complete neutrality.
It is rumored that the town of Coro.
in the of Falcon, Venezuela, has
been occupied by paftisians of Oipri
ano Castro and that General Eeon Ju
rado. governor of Falcon, lias been
taken prisoner by them.
It Is said that Castro landed in
Venesuela yesterday. A number of
the former president's followers, in
cluding two of his young nephews, se
cretly embarked here today for Coro.
The political situation in Venezuela
is generally regarded as critical.
Scores of important personages' have
been Imprisoned. %
! « V_
EATS A FORTUNE IN STEAK
Gourmand In Annual Contest Wins
by Devouring A% Pounds
NEW YORK. July 30.—The annual
beefsteak eating contest of the Sam
Btennon association of the East Side
was won today by Frank Dostal, the
'.'mayor' of' Avenue B." who disposed
of 8 3 i pounds of steak. Three other
competitors ate between five and
eight pounds each.
SAYRE ACCEPTS POSITION
Wilson's Prospective Sum In Law to Re
C«H>ge President* Secretary
NEW N'OBK. July ?,\). —Francis B.
Sayre, who is to marry .Miss Jessie
Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of
the president, announced today that he
would accept the place offered him as
awdstaat to President Harry A; Gar
field of Williams college.
PROF. NEWCOMER IS ILL
(Special liisJjatCli to The C»\\i
.PA LO AL.TO. July. CO. —Prof. Al
phonso Q. Newcomer. : of ihe BftA>
lish dopai t ment at Stanford university
and one of the foremost'educe tors "on
the Pacific coast, is in a precarious
condition at the Penirnaia h".milal fol
lowing an operation for stomach.
Uoubla > *
"LOVE MAKING" IN
VETERANS' HOME
IN YOUNTSVILLE
Forme!; Nurses Charge Dr.
W. H. Crane and Other
Physician With Taking
Undue Liberties
SACRAMENTO. July 30.-That the
administration of affairs at the Younts
ville beterans' home la punctuated by
occasional exchanges of kisses and
holding of hands between staff physi
cians and some of theTnurses and that
the patients arc being grossly neglected
and the tubercular ward allowed to
become infested with vermin, are some
of the sensational charges made in af
fidavits filed today with the state board
of control.
Dr. D. M. Sfcßea. surgeon at the
home.-Dr. AY. 11. Crane, assistant sur
geon,; Miss Patton, head nurse, and
Miss Green, a nurse in charge of the
tubercular ward, arc mentioned prom
inently in some of the affidavits.
The board of control lias asked for
additional data and will turn the mat
ter over to the Yountsville board of
managers to investigate.
Affidavits, identical with those filed
today with the board, have already
been submitted to the Napa County
grand jury.
Tiie affidavits were sworn lo by the
Misses S. L. Banchlere arc! L. D. Noel,
formerly nurses at the institution and
Bert Howard, former night steward.
Tbe charges made cover a period ex
tending more than a year and a half.
. Miss Banchiere in her affidavit says
that Doctor Chane attempted to kiss
and fondle her and that she repulsed
him with a blow in the abdomen.
Miss Noel asserts in her affidavit
that she was discharged after refusing
to resign because she told of indiscre
tions of Miss Patton. head nurse. She
also says that Doctor Mcßae acted un
duLy familiar. She says that she was
refused a letter of recommendation un
til she would make known her atti
ture. "toward certain officials.''
MRS. MARIE DWIGHT FAILS
TO SECURE A DIVORCE
Wife of Presidio Ooctor Munt Produce
More Evidence. Say* Los An
geles t ourt
LOS ANGELES. July Judge Mon
roe lias decided that Marie Dwight,
wife of Dr. Wilder Dwight. row at the
Presidio. San Francrsco. did not have
sufficient evidence to corroborate her
statement that Dwigh' had left her, and
continued her divorce action until she
could produce more witnesses.
She told the court that she lived
With her husband seven years in hap
piness, f
Then he left for the Philippines In
'900 to build up a practice, saving
he would send for iter, but he had never
■lone BOj she testified.
LAND RUSH IS FORMING
Stmr Militia Pre*em tit Kern Order
\in«»nn Mamprderft
DODG X CITY. Kan.. July SO.—"With
a son.pany of state militia present to
prevent violent scones, a "run for gov
ernment land* - will start from here
Angus'. 4. Tiie prizes will be the pick
of 10.000 acres of government land in
Hamilton ertontv
WEATHER FORECAST:
"Fair tod:ij; warmer; northwest rrind.
Setting the Pace
Die ("all printed more than 100,000
MORE advertising this
JBi tnonlh than it did in July last year.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CONDUCTORS
AND TRAINMEN
VOTE 20 TO 1
FOR WALKOUT
As Decision Does Not Take
Effect Immediately, Hope
of Settlement Is Held Out
—Southern Pacific Tele
graphs at Once to the Gov
ernment Board of Media
tion and Conciliation in
Washington, D. C, Cre
ated by Newlands Act
UNION MEN READY
FOR ARBITRATION
; Organizations of Employes
Demand That Exchange
of Rights With Main Line
Trainmen Be Given to
Men on Oakland. Alameda
and Berkeley Runs and
Oregon Branch Known as
Portland. Eugene and
Eastern Railway—Dead
; lock in Situation Reached
f
Nothing shcrt of successful media
tion on the part of the government trill
prevent a general strike of .ill con
ductors, brakemen and switchmen on
the Southern Pacific railroad system.
Fy a vote of *..«?!> to is? the train -
men have declared themselves in favor
of walking out. thus ratifying the
island taken by the grand officers and
j general committeemen who have come
jto a deadlock with officials of tie
(Southern Pacific company in regard to
i the status of employes on the elec
jtrifled Mnes operated in Oakland.
LPerkelfry. Alameda and the lines in
, O-a.v •> Anown aif tbe Portland. Eugene
an<? Eastern railway.
A-ft*r almost daily conferences in s»n
11 rancisco since la?t winter the railroad
men and the company have come to a
parting of the waj c .
The men. through their officers, de
mand hettar working conditions a:>d -i
recognition of their rights. The COQI
-j pany deck-ires it has done all it et>uld
jdo io meet their urgent request". Nei
ther side seems willing to give an inch,
j leaving mediation the only means of
: solution.
[HOPES or i»r:\i E help oit
As the walkout will not take place
j immediately both sides have hopes of a
peaceable settlement.
Yesterday, after t rr» Officer* of the
Order of Railway Conductors and the
[Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
both powerful unions, had submitted
I the result 'if the strike vote of July 27.
las announced exclusively in The Call,
(the Southern Pacific company teio
' graphed to the government hoard of
| mediation and conciliation in Washing
ton. 1). C. created under the New lands
act. effective 15 days ago.
j The union men are willing to leave
j the question to the board of mediation,
| although they say that conciliation will
; not necessarily follow.
Arbitration, they say, will not he
'probable, as they draw a fine distinc
i tion between the two term*.
Their forces are to be augmentec 1
I Saturday by the grar.d officers and gen
eral committeemen of the Brotherhood
of locomotive Engineers and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
i and Engineers, representing more than
j 4.000 men. They have telegraphed that
I they Will hold a conference with the
i Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
I Order of Railway Conductor* Satur
j day morning. Whether they will join
In the strike movement was not learned
| definitely last night. If they do. it will
mean that the Southern Pacific faces
a walkout of practically every employe
on its great system.
W. S. Stone, grand chief of the B.
t* E., and W. 8. Carter, president of the
B. L. I\ and E.. will head the delega
tion.
! OTHER EMPLOYES INVOLVED
T. A. Gregg, vice president Of the
(Order of Railway Conductors, who la
' the union party's spokesman, said last
i night that tlie engineers and fireman
! are as much interested as the other
• employes.
''If the mediation body fails to brins;
\ a settlement between the Southern Pa
cific company and ourselves it is prob
' able that a strike will be called, be-
I cause there is nothing else for us to
i do." said Mr. Gregg, lie made it pl«ii.
; that the employes would budge but
; little from the stand they have taken.
| The trainmen demand that an e\
j change of rights with main line train
! men be given to those employes on the
j Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda lines.
! together with those of the Oregon lines.
They ask the privilege of main line;
trainmen in regard to seniority and
i working conditions.
Tli« railroad has replied that at this
I time it was unable to grant the de
i mands .»ii the grounds that the sub
urban service has not in the past been
(operated under those condition* and