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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
MAYOR SUTRO TROUBLED
The Preside Band at the Baths
May Cause a Boycott by
Workmen.
The Trades Council Will Be Appealed
To if the Soldiers Are Not
Withdrawn.

Pericles won the gratitude of Greek citi-
zens by adding popular games to the feasts
of Athens; Julius Cesar courted the favor
of Romans by great circuses at the COLI
scum; Adolph Sutro has added to his
fame by the magnificent baths and amuse-
ments at the Cliff House. This is history.
But Pericles fell; Cesar met Brutus
Sutro engaged the Presidio band. This is
trouble.
The troubles of julius and Pericles are
over, but those of Adolph have only be-
gun. The Musicians Mutual Protective
Union has set the ball rolling. The Presi-
dio band comes under the head properly
of non-union labor.
eff Mr.. Sutro wishes for the patronage
of the working classes and their continued
favor and support he must be willing to
employ union help" said Mr.. Davis yes.
terday.
And what Mr.. Davis says counts, for he
is the secretary of the Musicians Mutual
Protective Union of San Francisco. II
am not expressing an individual opinion
in this matter" he added, 'but rather
voicing the sentiments of our members
and the members of other unions. Per-
sonally, 1 regret that this difficulty has
arisen. Tomorrow the executive COM
mite of the union will meet. The matter
will be LAID before them for action. Some
action will certainly be taken. Mr.. Sutro
may be asked to dispense with the Presidio
band in favor of union band. If he
should accede to this request all will 60
WE'LL"
"If he should refuse?"
swell, cannot anticipate the action of
the union, but l know what the usual pro-
cedure is. We can lay the matter before
the Trades. Council and ask that body to
request all men and women who believe
in the principle of upholding the price of
labor-there are good many OF them in
this City-to refrain from patronizing the
Sutro baths. Such a request would doubt
less be complied with.
'The Trades Council might even formally
lay the baths under the ban as a place
where non-union labor is employed. This
would keep good many thousand people
away from the baths. This is probably
what would be done.
"Yes, l dare say Mr.. Sutro would con-
slider our attitude as an interference with
his private puSlneSS-Cnat is, SnOuld ne Op-
pose the unions request But we operate
under the same laws as the Standard Oil,
Company, for instance, only that our
struggle is to maintain wages up to the
standard of merely decent living, while
the oil monopoly struggles in a much
more interfering manner, and often by
secret and underhand means, to pile mill
ions into the Golfers of men already i'm
mensely wealthy. This talk about inter-
fering with other mems business sounds
big to those who let other men do their
thinking, but it won't stand the test of
good logic.
81 hope we shan't have trouble with Mr..
Sutro in this matter. but we surely will if
he refuses to employ union musicians at
the baths. at all events we shall. know
more after the meeting of the executive
committee Tomorrow"
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

here shortly before the dinner hour on the
23d of April. That meal over, a trip will
be made through Chinatown and theater
parties will be organized, the visitors then
and during their stay IN this part of the
State being the guests OF the California
Hotel Association.
On FRIDAY, the oath, there will be drives
about the City, to the Presidio, to the Cliff
House. where there will be a lunch for the
various parties, and then homeward
drive through Golden Gate Park. In the
evening the guests will he rendered BAN
quet at the Palace Hotel by the California
Hotel Association.
AtsA. NJ. Saturday they will be taken
down to Stanford University. which insti-
to inspect. and at II 80 A. NJ. their train
will be taken for San Jose. Here drives
through the beautiful suburbs OF the Gar
den City will be followed by a.lunch at the
Vendome, rendered by the citizens OF that
enterprising city. AT 3:45 P. NJ. they will
depart for Monterey and Del Monte. That
night ball at the Del Monte Hotel Will
provide entertainment.
Sunday will be taken up with launt
over the seventeen-mile drive and with
sacred concert at the Del Monte in the
evening.
Departure will be taken for Santa Cruz
at A. NJ. on Monday. A drive along the
beach and the bluffs Will occupy the time
before lunch, which will be served at the
Sea Beach Hotel. Then will come a drive
up to the Big Trees and later the return to
San Francisco.
On Tuesday there will be monster ex-
cursion ON the bay on one of the ferry
boats, during which there will be dancing,
for which excellent music will be provided,
and there will also be other forms of enter
tainment.
The return eastward will be over the
Central Pacific Railroad, and will be begun
on Wednesday, the 29th.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
TO HELP THE CHILDREN.

Olympic Club to Give Benefit at the
New Auditorium.
There is good deal of enthusiasm in
the Olympic Club over the entertainment
which will be given next Saturday night
at the new Auditorium for the benefit OF
the Salvation Army's Childrens Home.
A fine programme is being prepared.
Indeed, it is expected that the perform,
ance will surpass that which was presented
at the Olympic Club benefit, which proved
such a success some months ago at the
Columbia Theater. Frank Belcher, the
popular barytone, has delayed his depart
ure East on purpose to sing at the enter
tainment, and the athletes are preparing
some special exhibitions of skill. Leandro
and Belau will perform on the triple bars
and Artz and Brommer will give exhibi-
tions on the rings.
The Reliance Glee Club will sing at the
entertainment. A. Won Bendeleden is to
give female impersonations, and Cook,
Toohig, McNally and Sagaman are to give
acrobatic performances. The Acme Club
of Oakland will also lend its aid. The
full list of performers includes Frank
Belcher, Bob Mitchell, Jack Cathcart, Pete
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
DoUGHERTY, NOT KLoos.
The Wrong Man Arrested for an As
sau1t to Murder.

The Wrong Man Arrested for an As
sau1t to Murder.
The preliminary examination OF Charles
Kloos, charged with assault to murder,
was held before Judge Campbell yester-
day afternoon. The complaining witness
was Edward Bowen, peddler.
Bowen and his wife attended the mas
querade ball of the Verein Eintracht So
ciety in the Mechanics Pavilion, and on
their way home about o'clock next
morning with some friends they got into
fight with KIoos and his friends on Polk
street, near Hayes, during which Bowen
was stabbed in the back, but not seriously.
From the evidence yesterday it was
made manifest that Kloos did not stab
Bowen, but suspicion pointed to John
Dougherty. plumber, one of Kloos'
friends. Dougherty was booked on a
charge of assault to murder and the case
against Kloos was continued pending fur
ther investigation. his bonds being fixed
at $1,000.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
WHEELMEN'S RELAY.
The Annual One Hundred-Mile Event
Will Be Run Sunday,
April 12.

The California Associated Cycling Clubs
held special meeting last evening at the
Olympic Club to discuss m matters pertain
ing to the annual relay race to be held
next month. Delegates were present from
fifteen OF the twenty-three clubs belonging
to the association.
1t was unanimously decided to postpone
the race one week, to April II. as the usual
day, the first Sunday in April, is Easter
Sunday this year.
The sixth relay, which formerly ran
through the streets of San Jose, has been
changed to skirt the town as follows:
Commencing at the end of the fifth relay,
at the outskirts of San Jose, thence via
Race street and Lincoln avenue as far as
Willow, across Willow to First, down one
block to Keyes, along Keyes to the East
San Jose road-race course, to King road,
following this road to Alum Rock avenue,
to the county road.
where, instead of branching off via Niles,
as was done last year, the riders will fol-
low the main road toward Centerville, Al
varado, Mount Eden and San Leandro.
At High street, Fruitvale, the route
leads into Alameda instead of to East
Oakland, as it did last year. The finish
will be in Alameda, on Central avenue,
west of Park street.
George II. Stratton, III. B. Wynne, C. n.
Ravlin. A. P. Swain and j. ]. B. Argenti
of the association will ride over the course
next Thursday and measure it accurately.
The changes will be carefully noted and a
map will be made showing the new route.
The rules of the race will be printed and
sent to all the clubs.
A. P. Swain, captain of the Acme Club
WheeImen, has been appointed to the
vacancy on the road racing and records
committee of the association, to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal of John S.
Egan. The announcement made in an
evening paper last week that ohm Kitchen
Jr. of Oakland had received the appoint
ment was an error. Mr.. Kitchen has been
made an official referee for the League OF
American Wheelmen, together with San
ford Plummer, captain of the Bay City
Wheelmen.
The next meeting of the association will
be held Saturday evening, April a. at the
rooms of the Olympic Club Wheelmen.
Allan Jones rode to San Jose Sunday in
hours Is minutes, paced by qIadrup-
let. In spite of the recent rains the roads
are in splendid condition.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
ARBITRATION is FAVORED,
Chamber of Commerce to Consider
Resolutions Deprecating War
With England.
Speeches to Be Made on the Subject
by Several Clergymen and
Others.

At q meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce, to be held next Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, the following will be pre-
sented for ratification:
The committee on international arbitration
at New York has adopted the following reso-
luton:
WHEREAS, The "true grandeur of nations
means the arts Of civilization, justice secured
by statute, the magnanimity inspired by good
will which fundamental conditions are always
marred by the wasteful and bitter violence OF
war; and whereas, the United States and
Great Britain, akin in language, .jurispru-
dence, legal methods and essential love of
right are already accustomed to arbitrate
their disagreements and have emphaticaliy
declared themselves in favor of such arbitra-
tion-Congress by the action OF both houses
in 1890, and the House of Commons by its
vote in 1893; therefore
Resolued, That we earnestly desire such ac-
tion by our National Legislature and the ex-
ecutive as shall make permanent provision for
some wise method OF arbitration between the
two countries, it being our hope that such a
step will lead to international arbitration
throughout the civ ilized world.
A. S. HEWITT, Chairman.
Invitations have been issued to the fol-
lowing named to attend the meeting and
speak on the resolution: Judge Beatty.
Archbishop Riordan, Rabbi Voorsanger,
Judge CARRIER, Rev. H. Stebbins, Irving
M. Scott, Rev. Robert Mackenzie, r. b.
Forman and Horace Davis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
INVASION OF THE HOSTS,
Five Hundred Hotel Men to Be
Hospitality Entertained in
California.
Six Days of Pleasure to Be Spent in
This Vicinity-Kings of Their
Class.

In something less than a month from
to-day California will be acting as host to
about 500 members of the Hotel Mems
Mutual Benefit Association of the United
States an organization comprising the
proprietors of the most important hostel
ries in the United States.
Their selection of California as the place
for holding their annual meeting and BAN
quet was due to the efforts of the Southern
California Hotel Association, which body
will act as host during the sojourn of the
visitors in that part of the State, while the
California Hotel Association will heartily
second the efforts of their brethren in the
south.
The hotel men will gather in Chicago
and leave there April 10 on three special
trains that will vie in elegance and COM
fort with anything ever run on rails in
this or any other country.
Among the party will be such men as
BoIot of the Waldorf, New York; ]. III.
Breslin OF the Gilsey House, New York ;
Stafford e. Whitaker of the New Neither
lands and Imperial, New York, and of the
Walton, Philadelphia; Hauk d Wether-
the Manhattan. New York; Hitchcock Of
the Fifth Avenue, New York; Kinsey &
Baumann of the Holland, New York;
l}rockway of the Ashland. New York:
Shears, proprietor of the largest hotel in
Cincinnati; Alvin Hubert of the Great
Northern and fremont hotels of Chicago.
Ten days will be spent in Southern Cal
ifornia, the itinerary having been SO ar
ranged that the sojourners will be enabled
to witness that unique and extraordinary
celebration peculiar to and possible only
in California, known as the floral festival
of Santa Barbara. and to participate in the
States great fiesta to be held in Los
Angeles.
The annual meeting of the association
will be held in the latter city and the
grand banquet at Coronado. An interest
ing incident in connection with this visit
of this host of public hosts is that two
local agents of French wines have offered
to supply free the champagne for the ban
quet at Coronado and also for that to be
rendered the guests in this City. offerings
that are valued close upon $1,000. 1t has
been remarked by q memb ber of the local
reception committee that the California
wine-makers have been slow to see their
opportunity in this occasion, and have
not made any systematic or other effort
to get their products fairly before class
to secure for California wines their proper
place on the wine cards of the hotels of
the country.
All arrangements were completed yes
terday Tor the entertainment of the visi-
tors after their arrival here from Los
Angeles. They are expected to arrive
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

Nevertheless, the knife's blade must have
pierced the upper portion of the heart to
depth of nearly quarter of an inch,
which, with the cutting of the lung tissues,
accounts for the great flow of blood. That
the young fellow has lived to this hour is
remarkable beyond all medical annals"
Late in the afternoon yesterday the
patient grew very weak. The beating of
his pulse could hardly be felt. Nausea set
in as well, and with his empty retcbing'
the flow of blood inwardly as well as
outwardly continued.
Solomon Grodner who welded the
knife, has little to say of the affair more
than be stated when arrested. He devotes
most of his time in the cell nursing his
bruised face and crying over his sad pre-
dicament.
The police have been investigating the
case, and from what has been learned
there will be but little chance of convict
ing Grodner on any charge whatsoever.
Grodner, who is peddler of candy in
and around the saloons and other resorts
about Eddy and Powell streets, had laid
aside his pack for the night, and he had
Just bought a sandwich which he was eat
ing on the south side of Eddy street.
Daniel Murphy and four other young
men who had been drinking and
making things generally disagreeable
on that thoroughfare, came out of the
saloon at II Eddy street and picked Grod-
ner as mark with which to have fun.
Murphy made lunge SO as to strike the
sandwich out of the peddler's hand, and
failing he reached out with the other hand,
striking Grodner in the face. The blow
knocked the lads hat into the gutter, and
as he picked it up he called Murphy some
hard names.
The hoodlums retired again to IL Eddy
street and drank some more.
the cigar-store and asked for some paper
with which TO wipe his hat, but the man
in charge refused to give it to him, fearing
Murphy and his crowd would resume the
battle in his place. twas at this juncture,
and when Grodner pulled and opened his
pocket-knife to scrape the irt from his hat,
that friend notified him to get away, as
the hoodlums were coming out of the
saloon to beat him.
Fearing the encounter Grodner stepped
to the sidewalk, where Murphy planted a
cruel fist blow on the boys face. Grodner,
in his attempt to protect himself from fur
ther assault showed Murphy away. The
knife was in his hand, the blade made
an ugly wound, and Murphy swooned
away into the arms of one of his friends.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
A Very Costly Establishment
That Was Run at a
Heavy Loss.
sTEIGER BROS. IN TROUBLE.
Nor tgages and Defective Work Cause
the Collapse of Big Enter.
prise.

After a more or less successful career for
about year the South San Francisco Pot
terry, owned by Steiger Bros, the San Jose
capitalists, has apparently gone to the
wall, and anxious creditors are wondering
where the coin to satisfy their claims is
coming from.
Early in 1895 great fire destroyed the
Steiger Bros pottery in San Jose, and
after the losses had been adjusted by the
employees of the insurance companies who
carried risks on the place the firm de-
cided not to rebuild on their own location,
but to remove to South San Francisco,
where close proximity to the fat contracts
awarded by the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors would insure them better
profits.
A magnificent building, supposed to con-
tain all of the latest Improvements in pot
terry machinery, was erected near the
Baden slaughter-houses, and large force
of men was installed to carry out the work
of several large contracts that the firm
had on hand.
Over 100000 was invested in the i'm
provements and the establishment was
| looked upon as the finest of its kind in
this section of the State. AT first the
pottery sewer-pipes, things, etc., turned
out by the factory were accepted by con-
tractors without question, but within a
short time it is said, poor materials began
/ to be noticed and number of important
contracts were let to Los Angeles firms IN
preference to the South San Francisco con-
Germ.
In order to erect its establishment in
{1n
PEELED TO negotiate several heavy mort
cages, and as business fell off the interest
on the loans cramped Steiger Bros for
ready coin and they were compelled to go
into debt to their workmen.
The troubles of the firm eliminated on
Saturday, the 2lst inst, when the demands
of the employees of the pottery became so
importunate that they could not be put off
any longer. On that day the doors of the
establishment closed, and from sixty to
seventy-five men who had been with the
firm from the day it opened were thrown
out of work.
Steiger Bros. promised to settle with
in day or two and the workmen waited
patiently, but no coin was forthcoming
and they finally concluded to attach the
pottery to protect themselves. For several
days past Deputy Sheriff Fred Desirello
has been carrying a number of attach
ments in his pockets amounting to $500
or more hoping to meet some member of
the firm on which to serve them, but thus
for he has been unsuccessful in finding his
men.
1t is understood that in addition to those
who have already taken out attachments
number of others have decided on the
same course and that various claims rang
ing from 5000 to $500 will be filed against
the concern within short time.
The storekeepers of South San Francisco
are anxious about the matter, for the en-
ployes OF the pottery have many of them
been living on credit for weeks past and
their accounts if lost to the tradesmen
will seriously cripple the latter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Daniel Murphy Manages to Live
On in Most Excruciat.
ing Pain.
IT Is A WONDERFUL CASE.
His Left Lung Was Also Severed by
Grodner's Knife-Dr. Bunnell's
Opinion.

Daniel Murphy, the young man who
was stabbed by Solomon Grodner, Sunday
night opposite the Tivoli, is likely to die
at any moment. That he has lived even
for a few hours with a puncture of the
heart is astonishing to the physicians who
have charge of his case at the Receiving
Hospital.
at is wonderful case" stated DR..
Edwin Bunnell yesterday. II was in the
Receiving Hospital when the young man
was brought there and have watched him
to this hour, noticing every detail which l
find of unusual interest. When he was
first nut into the hospital van at Market
and Powell streets Sunday night, Murphy
was already weak from loss of blood, and
the officers feared he would die on their
hands. Before he reached me he must have
lost quart more. The usual remedies
were applied to stop the flow, but about
midnight another and more violent hem
orrhage set in.
"At this time ] opened up the wound
that L might better examine it, and the
gush of blood and air told how the knife
had penetrated the left lung.
"It is not unusual for person to linge1
on or recover entirely from cut in the
lung, but it is the other cut that puzzles
me.
1.-THE knife penetrated between the fifth
and sixth ribs, right where the apex of the
heart is located, hence that part of the
heart must have been punctured, and the
muscles cut.
"The weapon with which Murphy was
stabbed was an ordinary pocket knife, one
with blade about two and half inches
long. If the blade had gone into the body
at right angles it would have reached the
hearts cavity, and death must have oc'
CURED almost instantly. However, the
cut had an upward course, which is
probably the only thing to which Murphy
can account for his unusual lease of life
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
THE WALKING WAS GOOD.
Why Annie Sloane May Not Re-
cover Damages From
the Railroad.
She Must Forfeit One Thousand Dol.
lars or Stand a New
Trial.

The case of Annie Sloane has not found
favor with the Supreme Court. In fact, it
is threatened that unless she will knock
off $1,000 from the verdict she received the
court will grant new trial, and then she
may get nothing.
The plaintiff took passage on the South
ern California Railroad at Pomona for San
Diego. At San Bernardino she changed
cars, but the former conductor had taken
up her ticket, and when she boarded the
second train she had nothing to show for
her fare. The second conductor de-
manded more money. and the passenger
had none to give him. She was thereupon
told she would have to get off at the next
station, which was East Riverside.
She got off at East Riverside and started
to walk back to Cotton. where she could bor-
row some money. She had gone but a mile
when wagon passed, and the driver vol
unteered to take her the rest of the way.
She sued the railroad for damages and was
awarded $1400.
The Supreme Court concurs with her
contentious through most of the case-in
fact until the real damage begins. Then
there is dissent. She cannot recover
damages for walking back, the court says,
because the road was smooth, the country
level and the walking good. Besides she
only walked little way and then a wagon
overlook her. She is entitled to compensa-
ton for loss of time, breach of contract and
humiliation, but she must consent to re-
duction of $1,000 from the verdict or new
trial will. be ordered. When she gets her
$400 and pays her costs, there will be little
left to show for that walk back from River
ciIo
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

several of the amendments. 81 am not
going to vote myself Unto subjection Tor a
year-not by any means" said she when
voting on one proposition. 81 am not In
favor of a mutual admiration society, she
remarked later, :.and think every measure
should meet some opposition
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

Sloan, James Swinnerton, w. J. Hynes,
Alex Rosborough, Charles Cathcart, W..
w. Finnie, D. M. Ward, w. H. Hallett,
Frank Coffin, Plymouth Quartet, Charles
Morel, Charles KEELING Phil Fay.
The management of the new Auditor
ium has donated the house, and as it is
expected that there will be large at
tendance the Salvation Army hopes to
reap sum which will materially benefit
the Childrens Home
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
The Yosemite valley.

Secretary Sheehan of the Yosemite Commits
sion said yesterday that it is probable that
within two weeks the roads to the valley will
be opened for the benefit of those who may
commission will be held in the valley in June
next.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

deliver his lecture on s.Good Medicine" at the
New Auditorium tonight. It is said that the
address is full of humor and that it also con-
tains plenty OF sound logic
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Changes ON tho Narrow-Gauge.

Changes on the Narrow Gauge.
There will be change in the train schedule
on the narrow-gauge road to Santa Cruz, made
by the Southern Pacific, to go into effect next
Saturday. The hunters train to Los Gatos will
be taken off for the summer and an excursion
train to Santa Cruz put on, leaving the narrow
gauge mole z As A. NJ. daily.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
"Bob . Burdette.

Robert Burdette. the genial humorist, will