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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
REVIVAL OF BASEBALL,
Crack Eastern Teams Will Play
the National Game at
Central Park.
OCTOBER 10 TO DECEMBER Is.
Brooklyn, St. Paul and indianapolis
Teams Coming-May Reform
the League.

If season of baseball with four of the
best teams the country affords engaged in
it will revive interest in the National
game in California to an extent that will
make it a paying proposition, next season
will see the California league reformed
and baseball will be restored to its old
position as an amusement feature of the
out-of-door season.
Briefly told that is the plan of j. S.
Barnes, manager of the Minneapolis base
ball team, and number of local baseball
enthusiasts whom ne has interested in the
scheme.
Central Park, where the game flourished
in days gone by will be the scene of the
attempted revival. 1t has been leased for
a season of two months and as soon as the
circus now playing there is out of the
way the work of reinodeling the grounds
will be commenced. The diamond will
be put in frst-class condition and the
grand stand will be reftted. The season
is to open October II and close December
Is. By the time for the opening it is in
tended to make the place as good base
ball park as any city affords.
1t is the plan of Mr.. Barnes and his as
sociates to bring to San Francisco the
Brooklyn and St. Paul teams, team
composed of picked players from the West
ern League, and if possible. the Indianap-
oils team, or il that cannot be secured,
another fully as good. The four teams
will play regular league schedule of
games, and should the venture prove
success, an effort will be made to reorgan-
iZe the old California League, as stated
bringing into it, if possible, the same cities
that comprized the old league, in the effort
to permanently re-establish baseball on the
coast
Manager Barnes of the Minneapolis
team, and the prime mover in the present
scheme is a baseball man of wide expert
ence and is well known on the coast, par
ticularly in the Northwest, where he man.
aged at different times both the Spokane
and Portland teams when the Northwest
ern League was in existence. He organ
lied the Western League this season, and
has been very successful in handling the
Minneapolis team. He will bring with
him for the experimental season here such
players as Comisky, the great fire base,
who guided the destinies of the st. Louis
Browns every season that they won the
American Association pennant; Irwin, the
shortstop, and Mullane, the pitcher, of the
ST. Paul team, both players with fine rec
ords, will be among the stars who will en-
deavor to infuse into the bleachers their
old-time enthusiasm.
The agent of the enterprise, who is in
the City looking after Mr.. Barnes inter
ests, said last evening that as many of the
best players from among the 1895 talent as
can be secured will be brought West for
the coming season.
Although it is too far distant for the
game schedule to have been prepared it is
thought probable that the Brooklyn and
st. Paul teams will be the two that will
meet in the opening game October II.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
THE MONUMENT GUARDED
General Graham Has an Armed
Detail at the Soldiers
Graves.
No Removal of the Inscription I'm
less Ordered to Do So by
SuperlorS.

No sooner had the reports reached the
Preside post Sunday morning of the anti
railroad mass-meeting, held at Metropoli-
tan Temple Saturday night, than it was
decided to do something to protect the
monument over the soldiers graves in the
cemetery there, with its inscription,
Murdered by Strikers"
General Graham ordered a corpora's
guard of three sentinels to be placed on
duty at the monument all the time, with
guard tent. This action was inspired by
fear that some effort might be made to
efface the inscription.
The sentiment of the soldiers at the
Preside is somewhat divided. General
Graham is rather popular with the rank
and file of the post, because of his amiable
treatment of the men who do not possess
West Point credentials, commissions and
shoulder-straps, and the boys are largely
inclined to justify the action of their com
mahder.
General Graham. when seen at his resi-
dence last night, said he would not re-
move the Inscription unless so ordered by
his superior officers, and as to the mass
meeting of Saturday night, he would pay
no attention TO it until its action was for
mally communicated to him, and then he
WOulQ answer. he discussed the lncldent
with apparent military candor in the fol-
lowing:
I had no animus in putting that inscription
on the monument. l simply did what
thought it was my duty to do.
What do you suppose the public would have
thought Of me if / had ordered it to be in
scribed "Killed in Railroad Accident" or
something like that? Would l not have been
charged with cowardice? Would not people
have said that l was afraid of my own convic-
tons?
All this matter 1 made public on March %
last in my letter to the citizens of Sacramento.
then told them just what had been done and
communicated the wording of the inscription,
and it was all published at that time in one OF
the Sacramento papers.
know that these soldiers were killed by five
of the prominent strikers.
The query was finally put to him: az
suppose the proper course for the men who
object to the inscription to take is to COM
municate their grievance to Secretary
Lamont, is it not?"
81 have nothing to say as to that" he
answered. 81 am not their counsel The
inscription will remain as it is until l am
ordered by my superiors to change it.
That is all I can say.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
AGREED ON ACOMPROM|SE
Hard Feeling Created by a
Damage Suit in the
Justices Court.
Truce After Deal of Hard
Talking.

The suit of Joseph Harris against the
California Jockey Club IN the Justices
Court is creating good deal of bad feel
ing on both sides. Yesterday one of the
Justices was dragged into the matter and
the outcome looked lively for an hour, till
Attorney Porter Ashe heard of the matter
and effected a compromise.
Last May Harris got into trouble at the
Bay District Track over a pool ticket and
the management elected him from the
place. Harris brought suit for $299 dam
ages. A week later he was elected from
the track again, and another damage suit
followed. Both cases were assigned to JUS
tice Kerrigans court.
The other day Harris was ouizzed by a
friend because his cases were before Justice
of the Peace Carroll.
"They not, he protested. "They are
before Justice Kerrigan."
''You don't know the condition of your
own case" said the friend. go out to
court and see."
Harris made inquiry and sure enough he
found that both cases had been transferred
before Justice of the Peace Carroll.
At once he entered vigorous protest.
Because as he explained, II knew that
Justice of the Peace Carroll had compli-
mentary ticket to the track, and SO, of
course. did not want my case tried by
him."
Harris might have got into serious trouble
on account of the way that he was talking
about the transfer of the case, but Attorney
Ashe heard what was going on and hurried
out to court. He explained how his client
felt about the matter, said he was perfectly
satisfied himself, and suggested that under
the circumstances perhaps something
ought to be done.
Justice of the Peace Carroll was rapidly
growing very indignant over the insinua-
tions made by Harris. He fatty refused
to retransfer the cases to Justice Kerrigan
again.
Attorney Ashe finally put the matter in
such a way that the court consented to
transfer the second case to Justice Kerri-
gan after he himself had heard the rest of
the argument on the demurrer to the first
case.
Harris gave reluctant assent to this
compromise.
Several important points on the rights
of track-owners to eject their patrons from
the track come up in the cases, so they are
being watched with good deal OF interest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
KNOWLEDGE

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1t has given satisfaction to millions and
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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
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ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if oferet1
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
THE NEW JOCKEY CLUB.
The Contracts Have Been Let for the
.. Grand-Stand, Clubhouse and Other
Buildings.

The Pacific Coast Racing Association is
rapidly getting everything in shape for it's
first meeting, which will take place in No
vember. Contracts for buildings amount
ing to $50, 900, in which is included the
grand-stand and clubhouse, have been let,
work on the frst-named structure begin
ming yesterday.
while the new racing course may not
cover SO much territory, in point of actual
acres, as few of the Eastern institutions
of a similar nature, it will certainly be the
peer of any in point of equipment, and
vastly superior to anything west of the
Mississippi" said the associations secre-
tary yesterday. 1.-THE grand-stand is to be
completed not later than October II, the
material for its construction being already
on hand. The track will be finished in
ten days, giving US about two months in
which to put the course in tip-top condi-
ton for racing.
1.-THE plans for the clubhouse are not
quite complete yet, but will be ready for
the builders during the next ten DAYS. The
association will also build twelve hand
some cottages for the exclusive use of
horsemen. These buildings will cost $500
each, and will be fitted with all the mod
eTn conveniences. There will be stable
accommodations for 800 horses to begin
with, and plenty of room left for addi-
tional stables, should the occasion demand
it. Mains are now being laid connecting
the track with the Spring Valley Water
Company, and electric wires strung that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
HETA IS READY TO MOVE.
Only Waiting for Reina BarrioS
and Carlos to Take
a Step.
GUTIERREZ SHOWING HIS HAND.
He Has Cut Down the Educational
Fund and the People Are
Already Dissatisfied.

When General Antonio Ezeta sent q
proclamation TO his faithful followers in
San Salvador to the effect that he would be
back to their shores in short time he did
not anticipate the offer of Reina Barrios to
assist Carlos Ezeta back to the presidency
from which he fed in the night with such
color of cowardice and left Antonio to
encounter the wrath of Gutierrez.
II received last night" said Ezeta yes
terday, "a letter from one of my confden-
tial friends in San Salvador, letter which
stated that Barrios of Guatemala was
ready to assist my brother Carlos in re-
covering the republic. If Barrios does this
it will only make my brothers downfall
more humiliating, for he will surely fall
after that.
"When the instruction broke out the
San Salvadorans were unfriendly with the
Guatemala people, and as matter of
course they are yet. Do you suppose that
the most valorous people in Central
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
FRESNO RAISIN-PIOKERs.
Japanese, Chinese and White Men vii
Harvest the Crop.

Japanese, Chinese and White Men Will
Harvest the Crop.
The people at the State Free Labor
Bureau were quite disappointed yesterday
upon the receipt of the following telegram :;
FOWLER. Fresno County.
Do not send the men until you hear from me.
NELSON g. AHLBRECHT.
Preparations had been made to send
fifty grape-pickers to the raisln vineyards
to-day by a special car. The delay is
caused by the cold weather in Fresno
County, which has set the harvesting
back. However, the men will be sent as g
the same firm has ordered about 100 men
besides the fifty mentioned as soon as the
harvest is ready for the pickesrs. 49,
Several other large vineyardlsts IN Fresno
County have ordered about 400 men from
the bureau, and these will be sent out as
fast as wanted.
Yesterday Deputy Dam received word
that 200 Japanese coolies had been sent
from Sacramento to work in the vine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS.
Branches of the Iroquois Club Organized
Colnon-Lanigan Fight.


branches of the Iroquois Club organized.
COlnon-Lanigan Fight.
A branch of the Iroquois Club in the
Forty third Assembly District will be or
ganized at California Hall on Bush street
next Thursday evening. Temporary or
ganization will be effected next week In
the Forty-fourth and Forty-ffth districts.
This will complete the temporary organl-
cation in the City, and then Max Pepper
will call the officers of the various clubs
together and proceed to form permanent
organization.
The Democrats, or at least the factions
OF the party operating with Max roper,
have determined to make vigorous effort
to sustain the law establishing the new
Board of Election Commissioners. Among
the lawyers engaged in behalf OF the Com
missioners are D. NJ Delmas, P. g. Gal
pin, Gavin McNab and D. l. Mahoney.
The fight in the Democratic camp be-
tween E. L. Colnon of the State Harbor
Commission and Edward Lanigan OF the
United States Internal Revenue depart
ment was the talk of partisans at the
Baldwin last night. Colnon had some
champions in Lanigan's territory. One OF
them expressed his opinion thus:
"Lanigan is not a Democrat. He was
out fighting Donnellv, the regular Demo-
cratic nominee for the State Senate, and
helped to elect George Williams, Re-
publican. 1t was at time, too. when
Democrats were needed in the Legislature
to elect a United States Senator. He
fought Haley, too. at the last election.
Hirsch, of the Solid Eight of the Board of
Supervisors, is Lanigan's brother-in-law.
How did Hirsch get there? Why, Deegan,
who was on the committee OF twenty-one
to select nominees for the Board OF Super
visors, brought in a minority report recon-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
FLOWING WELLS OF OIL,
Some Rich Deposits Just Dis
covered North of Liv-
ermOre.
Petroleum and Gas Found In Large
Quantities-Prosp
at Work.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, J
90S Broadway, August 10. {


A discovery has been made at Livermore
that is creating as much excitement as the
new electric-road project. On the ranch of
Joseph Brown, about four miles north of
the town, oil and gas wells have been
bored, and evidence has lately been given
that both exist in enormous quantities.
Yesterday morning party went over the
property and made a critical inspection.
Among them were Mr.. Awkward and J. II.
DUNCAN, editor of the Livermore Herald
First of all we saw gas well situated
in the side of hill. 1t is piped with an
11-inch pipe to depth of 208 feet" said
Mr.. DUNCAN to-day. "a derrick stands
over the well with pump attached, which
was lowered into the well and the water
pumped out to depth of twenty feet. The
top of the well was then plugged up tightly
for few minutes, after which a piece of
inch pipe was inserted and the gas lighted.
1t burned for several hours. The gas, so
far as we could detect, is odorless.
1--WE were next taken about 100 yards
into ravine 10 the oil well. There were
two holes, one eleven and one fourteen
feet deep, and although both were
plugged up, the Oil was coming out and
emptying into large pool. The oil was
dark and rather heavy, and almost odor-
less. On the opposite side of the hill is a
large salt water spring."
The gas and oil wells were opened up by
the great earthquake of 1868. About nine
years ago Dave Guttman formed COM
pany, and it made preparations to prospect
on an extensive scale, but the sudden death
of one of the hackers caused the work to
be abandoned. James Farley sunk well
in 1885, about a mile east of Mr.. Browns
wells and when he lowered a candle into
into it there was a heavy explosion.
For tine past nine years nothing has been
done, but the recent discovery of wells
flowing in large quantities has created
fresh interest and capital is being procured
to develop the products. Prospectors be-
lieve that there is lake of oil in the
vicinity near the surface, as when driv ing
over the ground there is a peculiar sound
as if driving over a hollow place.
About quarter of mile north of Brown s
place James Ford sank well for water,
but brought up as much oil as water and
abandoned the well.
The oil wells are not very far from the
coal fields that are now bein worked. Ex-
perienced oil prospectors are going over
the ground, and much will depend on
their report. So far they are Convinced
that the indications point to very rich
deposit of both oil and gas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20

America will care to look up to Guatemala
as their protector? At the present time
the Gutierrez crowd is paying $4,000 a
month to Barrios as a tribute, but they say
it is for the purpose of advancing the rail-
road project. That is all rubbish, how
ever. and it is nothing more nor less than
tribute-tribute for Barrios, who is feared
by Gutierrez. l suppose as soon as it is
learned that Barrios is not friendly with
him the tribute will be cut off, and that
will naturally hasten the trouble. Gutierrez
is trying to keep the San Salvadorans in
ignorance. and in order to do this he has
had the school fund cut down one-third
This action alone has occasioned no end of
distrust in him, and the people are very
much dissatisfied with his action.
"They already hate Barrios and are learn
ing 10 hate Gutierrez. OF course there are
great many of the inhabitants who hate
him already, but just as soon as he begins
to cut off the educational advantages that
hatred will be increased ten fold and Carlos
will feel its effect.
'For a time Barrios and Carlos were
bitter enemies, but Barrios now sees that
the Government of Gutierrez cannot last
long and he is quite willing to help Carlos
now. The people are dissatisfied and it is
a good time for a revolution, but the one
which threatens to occur cannot be lasting,
as the aid of another, and what the San
Salvadorans call an unfriendly Govern
ment, will cause more dissention than any,
thing that exists now"
"Have you any plans to execute after
Barrios and Carlos enter San Salvador ?"
was asked of the general.
Yes, have. but do not care to dis
close them, as it might have some effect on
the treaty that was made at Amapala, in
which it was agreed that all the Central
American countries should unite and assist
each other to put down civil war. One
thing is certain, and that is l will be there
and ready to fight as soon as anybody is.
have so arranged things that when it comes
to the struggle / will be in such position
that will lose nothing of my rights, nor
will my people and followers suffer. 1
have got some missions to perform down
there and I will attend to them as soon as
the time is ripe. In the letter that l re-
Gently received also got some other in
formation that l cannot in justice to N.Y.
self disclose, but move will be made soon
and will not leave stone unturned to
have my plans carry to the letter.
1.-THE whole case can be summed up in
few words. The San Salvadorans are not
used to looking to another country to get
protection, and they will not tolerate the
man as a friend who was once their enemy.
Carlos left them when he was needed and
they have not forgotten that either. am
taxing advantage of all those things and |
feel that the time is not far off when / will
be able to liberate my people from what
threatens to make them slaves to another
country ~
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
LEVINGsTON,S BOOKS.
They Are Said to Have Been Badly
Kept, but Show No Shortage.


Unity Lodge of the Independent Order
of B'nai Birth at its regular meeting last
night had under consideration the suspen-
sion from Office of Jacob Livingston, the
late financial secretary, but, SO far as the
investigation of the books of the suspended
officer has gone, no indications of short
age have been found.
1t is now confidently stated by the mem
bers of the lodge who express an opinion
at all on the subject that Mr. Livingston
has not done anything that warranted the
reports current for about two weeks.
1t was learned last night that his sus-
pension from office was due really to
neglect of duty in not keeping his books
properly, and not to any suspicion that
there was anything wrong in his accounts.
Indignation was general among the
members that any member OF the lodge
should so far forget his fraternal obliga-
tons as not only to divulge the secret
business of the lodge, but should give cur
rency to what they denounce as an I'M
truth without foundation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20

yards in Fresno County. They were sent
by Japanese contractor who has been
gathering up the gang from the hopyards
In the Sacramento Valley where the crop
is light and laborers numerous. There is
suspicion that some of the Japs were
brought from Victoria, B. c., especially to
do this work. Mr.. Dams informant
stated that the coolies were under contract
at 90 cents day and to board themselves.
The Fresno raisin-growers require about
1900 laborers to gather their crops and a
number have, it is said, made contracts to
have the work done by Japanese and Chi
nese coolies.
A vineyardist at Newcastle wrote yester-
day that he would soon have thirty-five
acres OF grapes and lot of figs to gather.
He has been obliged TO use japanese and
Chinese to do the work heretofore, but
this year he will send to the States Free
Labor Bureau for his help.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-20
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED
Oscar Evans Arrested for Holding Up
Women at the Point of
RaYnIYar.

Oscar Evans, q years OF age, caused con-
siderable excitement on Sixth street on
Saturday night. He procured a revolver
and about 10 o'clock started out to rob and
plumber.
Between Folsom and Howard street he
met Mrs. Quig, who was on her way home.
he presented revolver at her head and
ordered her to hand him her purse on
pain of instant death if she refused
Mrs. Quig is lady of strong physique and
she hit Evans resounding whack on the
jaw with her fist and told him to get out
or she would call the police. Evans took
her advice.
Evans a few minutes later met Mrs. AIDE
line Carroll of 1858 Howard street and
scared the wits out of her by showing the
revolver into her face and demanding
her purse. She could not give it to
him quick enough, the more so as it
was empty Evans had just left her
When she met Policeman FRAZIER and
told him what had happened to her.
She and the officer went in search of the rob-
per and saw him run into saloon. Fra
her followed and overlook him as he had
reached the rear door. The empty purse
was found In his pocket. He was booked
on the charge of grand larceny.
Evans appeared in Judge Joachimsen's
court Yesterday morning and his case was
continued.