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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19

profits was represented 10 be something
over $1,000. In other words. the earn
ings of the Southern Pacific of California
were diverted to pay to these roads pro
rata of profits that they never earned, and
the Southern Pacific of California was not
operated at loss in 1894.
Mr.. Fitzgerald announced that before he
concluded he would show that there had
been profits all along the line, excepting
from the Oregon road.
The argument of the Attorney-General
will be continued to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
ALL, FOR FIGHT.
Union Painters Called Off From
Nearly Every Job In the

The afternoon meeting of the striking
painters was well attended, there being
but few vacant seats left in the gallery.
The committees appointed in the morning
presented their reports, which with but
few exceptions were to the effect that the
painters at work quickly responded to the
call for another strike, and all those who
did not quit work at noon promised to do
so at night. In fact the City is well tied
up so far as the painting trade is concerned
The most interesting reports were as
follows:
south of Market street said that not over three
or four men declined to come and they do not
belong to the union.
F. Schulz of Committee No. 8 reported that
he and his men had caused every job in his
district to be closed up. His district is also
south of Market from Fifth to Eighth. He
visited eight jobs and all the painters came
out upon being notified. All the men promised
to be at the afternoon meeting. The only OPP
position came from Charles Sheahan of Fifth
street, who said that he never intended to
recognize the card system any longer than
necessary to get his present contracts finished.
Half a dozen other committees made
similar reports
The report of Mr.. Raymond of the Rich.
mond District Committee was received
with cheers. He said that the Richmond
District men are nearly all out. In his
travels he met Mr.. Kreling. pr ointment
mem ber of the Iroquois Cub, who stated
that the club had authorized him to say
that the club will help the striking
painters to the full extent of its moral and
financial ability. He also met Mr.. Foster
of the North Pacific Railroad, who
promised to stand by the union, pay So,
and recognize the card on all branches of
the road.
An effort was made by one or two who
had been called out to get the permission
of the union for them to return to work
where the bosses had previously acceeded
to the unions terms. They were quickly
voted ont and several strong speeches we're
made in consequence. McIYor said that
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
Did the Bird Use AN x Raw

FLINT, MICH, Feb. 28.-Abraham Cod
dington. Township Clerk of Thetford, was
in the city to-day, and related a story
which illustrates the wonderful sagacity
of the woodpecker.
Several years ago MIR. Coddington put
Eastwood timber into his family residence.
and later placed two coats of paint upon
the siding which had been placed over a
coat of tarred paper which covered the
Eastwood A few DAYS ago Mr.. Coddington
was alarmed at hearing tapping upon
the side of the house. Upon investigation
he found woodpecker striving to bore
hole in the siding. He drove the bird away
several times, but it would return after he
had gone into the house or fields and
worked upon the spot where its labors were
first begun. After a week the bird had
several nice fat worms in its possession
Detroit Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
ORDERED A STRIKE.
Prompt Measures Taken by the
Painters Union to Call Their
Men Out.

Determination and enthusiasm marked
the meeting of the members OF the Paint
ers Union yesterday morning at the
Temple at 115 Turk street. There were
about 400 present, and little time was
wasted in getting down to business.
After brief discussion of the action of
the master painters in declaring against
the recognition of the card system, it was
decided by motion to order general
strike of all the painters in the City. In
accordance with this determination
twenty-five men were appointed chairmen
of as many committees, each to consist of
five members in addition to the chairman,
whose duty it should be 10 at once notlfy
all men at work OF the action Of the union.
Each chairman was provided with the fol-
lowing letter of authority:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal March Is, 1896.
This is to certify that Brother - has been
duly elected at called meeting of the
Painters Union held on the above date at the
Temple, us Turk street, chairman of COM
mittee to interview the !ourneymen now at
work and call them out, as general strike has
been ordered by the union. All members OF
the union must act Immediately, as the Master
Painters Association refuses to recognize the
card. JAMES hoSE, freslQent.
FRED BUssE, Rec. Sec.
Within few minutes after II A. NJ, as
the result of this action, 15O men were
securing the City, which had been dis
tricted among the various committees,
and few hours later every union man
who had gone to work in the morning had
laid by his brush.
Many of those who arose to go to WORK
in the morning refrained from doing so on
reading the reports in the morning news
papers in reference to the action of the
master painters.
The action Of the union resulted in call
ing out about 800 men. The spirit that
pervades the men was indicated in the
course of the fifteen men employed at j. j.
Cooneys on Fourth street. After the COM
promise had been effected pending the
action of the Master Painters Association,
| Cooney selected all new men to work fol
him, instead of taking back his old hands
but these new men were among the first tc
quit yesterday, doing so as soon as they
learned through the newspapers the de
termination of the master painters not to
recognize the card system.
Among the contributions received yester
day were $25 from Thomas Carlo and the
same amount from the Goodfellows' Elk
change, the latter promising $50 if it was
required.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
WANT TO WORK.
A Dozen or More Painters Objected
to Being Called Out
Again.

There was a spirited special meeting of
the striking painters last evening at 1859
Mission street. The gathering was the
creation of moment, and it was the only
evidence of break in the strikers ranks.
It seems that these men were working yes
terday morning when the call out for a
general strike reached them. Instead of
indorsing the action of the majority who
made the second call-out, they protested
on the ground that it was not fair to the
bosses who had given in to the unions de-
mands, and they made the argument that
the unions word to the friendly bosses
should not be broken.
These arguments were met with the
statements that the majority of those
bosses who had promised to conceed to
the unions demands haG already broken
faith with the union men by joining hands
with the master painters, and had signed
the latter's refusal to recognize the card
system.
In other words, at its worst, it was a
stand -off. Those who made the protest
threatened to return to work to-day and
they were told that there was no law to
prevent them from doing so. and that the
last cali-out was legally made by 800 or 800
union painters at special meeting. Also,
that the last call-out and the first as we'll.
was not against individual bosses, but
against the entire trade for the purpose of
regulating the entire trade and not any one
boss.
In order to get the sense of the union
and to satisfy the professors, it was de-
cided to call a mass-meetlng of all union
painters tonight. The place of meeting
will be announced on the bulletin board at
lis Turk street TO-DAY. The twenty-five
committees now picketing the entire City
will at the meeting at 10 o'clock this morn
ing probably be instructed to notify all
union painters in their respective districts
to be present at the mass-meeting in the
evening.
The question at this mass-meeting will
be "Shall the strike be eneral or only ap.
ply to those who have openly declared
against the union?' It is stated that the
majority of those who protested against
being called out yesterday morning were
among the last to join the union and the
first to secure work under the bosses who
conceded willingly or unwilIingly to the
unions demand.
All of the mem bers were notified to be
present at the morning. afternoon and
evening mass-meetings to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
MORE TROUBLE AHEAD.
Union Carpenters VIII Be Forbidden
to Work With Non-Union
Men TO-Day,

At meeting Of the District Council of
carpenters and joiners last evening action
was taken in a matter that is of much i'm
portance, inasmuch as IL may involve
dozen or more jobs in a walkout or strike.
Last fall the four carpenters and joiners'
unions, and the District Council, which is
the central body, revised the constitution
and bylaws, and among other changes
was that of section % of the trade rules,
which reads as follows:
Sec. %. No union carpenter shall work with
a non-union carpenter longer than one week,
unless he obtain his application and fee
notify the business agent. For violation of
this rule the penalty shall be five ($5) dollars,
fine.
During the winter months, when work
was very scarce and times not particularly
lively, this rule was not strictly enforced.
Consequently there are many mixed jobs
in this City at the present time where
union and non-union men are at work to-
gether. The union fever has of late en-
tered into all branches of trade, and the
carpenters are not proof against the spirit
OF the times.
Last evening the District Council in
structed its business agent, Mr.. Schadt, to
enforce the union law in question and call
out every carpenter in the City who is
working on a Job with non-union men.
From all that can be learned there are at
least dozen such jobs in San Francisco,
and this order means nothing short of a
strike in some places. 1t is not at all likely
that the contractors will give in on the first
sign of a battle, and it is equally improba-
BILE that the carpenters ordered to quit
job Will risk the payment of $5 fines or be-
come defiant, particularly as the initiation
fee will be $40 in very short time. Mr..
Schadt said that he will begin 10 act under
the councils instructions as soon as the
men go to work this morning.
As soon as these jobs are weeded out
Mr.. Schadt will go to Sacramento and or
ganize a carpenters union in that city,
District Organizer Malsbary having left
the State.
Another matter of no little future sig
nificance came up in The form of a resolu-
ton, that all building contractors be noti-
fed that after May 1 they will have to pay
their union carpenters no less than So a
day. Like the other trade rule this has
been sort of dead letter during the win
ter months, and even union carpenters
have been working for less-many as low
as 81. The reason for setting May l is that
carpenters figuring upon work may know
exactly what they will have to pay for
their labor.
The council again passed resolution
that it will support the painters union in
its present strike.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
WILL BID FOR WORK.
Striking Painters to Enter the Open
Market and Take Contracts.

Striking Painters to Enter the Open
Market and Take Contracts.
AS soon as the striking painters learned
that they might be obliged to make long
fight they determined to cast around for
means to protect themselves against i'm
mediate want and. to provide for future
employment. For the time being they
have been promised such assistance of a
financial character as will Keep the strikers
from actual want. 49,
In order to be ready for emergencies
committee was appointed at an executive
meeting late yesterday afternoon to
canvass the situation. Mr.. Bean is the
chairman. He and his co-workers started
out to visit number of organizations and
individuals that have promised support.
They met with considerable success dur
ing the evening, and from the present out
look there is every reason to believe that
the strikers who are in need of help will be
provided for for some time and thus be
able to stand off ON a long strike if
necessary.
The other feature-future employment
proved equally encouraging. Before and
since the strike the men have stated that
they would go into business and compete
with the bosses if necessary to win. For
fear that it will be necessary several mem
bers of the executive board of the union
visited several dealers in painters mate
rials. The dealers told the journeymen
that if they desire to go into business and
make contracts with property-owners they
can have all the paints, oils and other
materials they desire. And better still, nc
cash deposit will be required on any legiti
mate job they undertake.
OF course, the dealers expect to receive
the first payment on all work, and to this
the journeymen agreed. AS stated, sew
eral dealers were called upon, and the as.
surance of each was the same. The paint
ers were highly elated, and state tn at i
the bosses do not come to terms in very
short order the strikers will enter the open
market and offer to finish old contracts
and make new ones at rates that will force
the obstinate bosses to close up theil
| shops,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
Bertha Bryant Suicides in a
Post Street Lodging
House.
SHE TOOK CARBoLIC ACID
Deliberate and Successful Attempt at
Self.Destruction- to Con.
cea1 Her Identity.

Bertha Bryant died because she said she
had nothing to live for. Her body was
found in her room at 207 Post street at II
o'clock yesterday morning. She had taken
carbolic acid the night before. Her body
was removed to the Morgue, where it was
identified during the day. The deceased
was little over 20 years of age. She came
from Vallejo two weeks ago, and engaged
a room at the SaviIle, conducted by John
Greenhalge. where she ended her life. She
left this note:
NV life has been a complete failure. and
am tired OF ii, so take means TO finish 1t.
March II, 11:30 P. M, 1896.
In a goblet traces of carbolic acid were
found. A handkerchief saturated with the
fluid was found in the bed. Her death
had evidently been a horrible one, as her
mouth had been frightfully burned by the
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
THE BOSSES SIDE.
Master Painters State Their POSI-
tion In Regard to the
Strike.

The master painters have grievance
connected with the present strike and
sore spot which they are rather disinclined
to expose to the public view. For days
they have contented themselves with terse
remarks to the effect that there are always
two sides to question, but until yester-
day no one could be found who was will
ing to exploit the second side.
s.This strike was caused" said J. P.
Fraser yesterday. shy the unemployed
painters, not by the men who are working
regularly. The steady men in the shops
are all right They have been getting on
an average more than $3 day, and the
question of wages is but side issue in this
case. The real fight is over this proposed
working-card system, and to this the
bosses will never give in. What is the OBJ
lection to it? Humph! We want to run
our own business"
E. H. Black. president of the Master
Painters Association, entered largely into
the history of the painting trade in this
City.
.sFive years ago" he said, "the journey
men were working ten hours for So. Then
they struck for nine hours and got it.
Then they struck for eight hours and got
that, too. Then business got bad and
wages dropped.
1.-TWO years ago the journeymen struck
again, that time for restoration of the So
rate. At that time we attempted some
organization against them, but it was weak,
and all we accomplished was the passing
of a resolution granting them all they
asked. And the result of this course we
have before us now.
.sFor the last two years business has |
been growing worse. 1 raise fruit down in
Santa Clara. and I tell you if it had not
been for Black the fruit-grower Black
the painter would have been busted manHll
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
TWO GRAND CONCERTS.
Frank BeIcher's Testimonial-Stanfor
GIee Club.

Frank BeIcher's Testimonial-Stanford g
GIee Club.
Two grand concerts are announced for
this evening, the Frank H. Belcher con-
cert at Native Sons Hall, on Mason street,
and the Stanford Glee and Mandolin con-
cert in Metropolitan Temple.
At the Belcher concert the programme
will be as follows:
Male quartet, "The Corn Is Waving" BUCK,
Press Club quartet "Tin-whistle Rhapsodies
(Anon), DR.. w. H. Sieberst; barytone solo,
.'song of the Helmet (Charles Archer, Frank
(Bohm). Dr. Arthur T. Regensberger; contralto
solo, selected, Mrs Olive Reed; tenor solo,
Loves Nocturne" (Kellie), Frank Coffin; a
few minutes with Bob Mitchell; soprano solo,
reeitative and aria from act 3, mariana"
(Wallace), Miss Carrie Roma; sketches, People
l Have Seem" James Swinnerton: barytone
solo (a) "He Was Prince" Nohrnl, t0
"Answer," by request tRobyn), Frank d..
Belcher.
The programme at the Glee Club will
consist of:
'Estudantina," Mandolin and Glee clubs;
Zulu Dance" Mandolin Club; college songs
medley, Glee Club; violin solo, "Nocturne, "
w. B. Wells; (a) "Wing Tee Wee" (bl ''Where
the Day Grows Longer" Glee Club; barytone
solo, P. F. A.; Harvard Gavotte," Mandolin
Club; "My Little Youngster," Dillon; Court
ship" Glee Club; stamford University March, p"
Mandolin Club; "Old Kentucky Home" Ab-
bott and Glee Club; "Ma Angeline," Mando-
lin and Glee Club.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19

the fight was not to bring one man to time
but to regulate the entire painting trade of
San Francisco The letter from the mas
ter painters showed plainly that there is
bat one thing to do-fght. 1t is better to
bring on the climax at once than to delay
matters.
A committee was appointed to see the
union or form union of their own.
A number of rousing union speeches
were made by G. Isham, Mr.. Andrews,
Bean and others.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19

were manifestly unfair. They had sent
committee to confer with us concerning
their desires. We reported TO our associa-
ton, bnt did not see our way clear to grant
all that was asked. So we asked for
another conference. To our request no
reply was vouchsafed, but the strike was
ordered forthwith and without further
warning"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21
FREE-cuT GRANITE

WIN be Used for the Pedestal Of thu
Grant Stalue In Golden Gate Park. San
Erancisco-Decision Arrived Mt by the
Managers of the Monument Fund II
Difference to Public sentiment.
SAN FRANCISCO, May l6.-The mama
gers of the Grant monument fund
have decided that the Golden Gate
park statue of Gen. Grant, the great
leader of the Union armies, shall rest
on pedestal of granite carved by free
men.
The authentic intelligence published
on Wednesday to the effect that the
pedestal of the monument had been
quarried and dressed by the convicts
of Folsom state prison created wide
spread comment and evoked many ex-
pressions of regret that the managers
Of the monument fund had not en-
ployed the labor of free and honest
workingmen in the enterprise The
more the subject was discussed the
stronger became the conviction that
the prison-carved material should be
rejected and other granite substituted.
Accordingly, on Wednesday evening,
it was decided to cast the prison stone
aside and put in other material. In
pursuance Of this decision orders were
given at the park to remove the objec-
tionable granite base from the site
and to bandon work at Folsom on the
stone coping designed to surround the
monument plot. This course on the
part of the monument association will
be commended
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21
CAUSTiC REMARKS
From the Bench About the Non-EnfJrce-
ment of the Immigration Laws.

From the Bench About the Non-Enf,rce-
ment of the Immigration Laws.
CHICAGO, May 15.-Judge Grosscup
in the United States court yesterday
made some caustic remarks about the
non-enforcement of the immigration
laws. He also caused Nine. Melanc
Bonnefoi, alias Nine. Theo, the keeper
of disreputable house, and her hus-
band to nearly collapse in court by
sentencing her to Joliet prison for six
months ana imposing a fine of $500 for
violation of the immigration laws.
The woman brought two girls from
Paris, ostensibly to be employed as
milliners, but who were taken to her
resort.
The defense claimed to have an un,
derstanding with the prosecutors that
if she pleaded guilty there would only
be d fine, but the court repudiated any
compromise. The judge also said:
The United States has arrived at
time in its history when it must look
carefully after the character of
its immigrants. This is preached
by everybody and everywhere.
Among the most undesirable are
the women who were brought here.
This trouble in America is that, while
we preach, we don't enforce the law
against it. One conviction and pun
ishment will cause more respect for
this law than all the Fourth of
July orations or newspaper articles"
He then imposed the sentence to at
tract public attention to the law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21
POSTMASTER HESING
Gives the Result of An Interview with
Cleveland and Corrects a Statement.

Gives the Result of an Interview with
Cleveland and Corrects Statement.
CHICAGO, May IA New York dis
patch yesterday stated that in an in
terview Monday with the correspond
emit of a paper in that city Postmaster
Hesing spoke literally as follows:
Il called on the president recently
at the White House and he informed
me in unequivocal language that I'M
der no circumstances would he again
be in the field, because his health
would prevent it; that he needed out
of door air and exercise to prolong his
life; that he would not even accept the
nomination if made; that he had all
the honor it was possible to obtain in
the exalted position he occupies, and
that he would have the risk of de-
feat"
To representative of the United
Press Mr.. Hesing last evening quail
fed the foregoing interview in vital
particular He said: Il did not tell
the special correspondent that this
talk with the president was Of recent
date. On the contrary, / told him that
it occurred more than a year ago, and
I explicitly intimated to him that when
I met the president recently nothing
whatever was said, directly or indi-
rectly, concerning another nomination
or third term. With this amend
ment, which is important, the portion
of the interview referred to Is correct
substantially and to it have nothing
70 odd ;,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21
a MUSICAL FESTIVAL,

With Competitive Contests for the Ru-
bernstein Prize, to- be Held In Carnegie
Music HALL
NEW YORK, May 1h-For the first
time in America it is proposed to hold
a musical festival in Carnegie music
hall Wednesday, May 20, at which a
competition will be had for the
Rubenstein prize of $1,000 for
the best pianist and the, same
amount for the best composer.
The nucleus of the, fund was Loo, 900
roubles given by Anton Rubenstein, in
1889, which has been added to by con-
eerts since then. Two competitions
have taken place, one in St. Peters
burg, in 1890, and one in Berlin, in
1895. The proposed American festival
will be under the supervision OF the
Russian consul general, Mr.. A. Olorov-
sky, and under the immediate direc-
ton of Mr.. Platon Brounoff, graduate
of the st. Petersburg conservatory un-
der Rubenstein.
Among the artists who will take
part in the festival are Emma Juch,
soprano; Miss Natalie Tanoth, court
pianist to the queen of England and
the German emperor Sig. Victor Clio
dio, tenor, and Mr.. Emil Fischer hasso.
Mr.. Brounoff will conduct an orches.
ira of IS musicians. At the festival
compositions of Rubenstein, written
tor the occasion will be played