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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
Orders From the Commissary
Enrage the Already Dis.
gusted Laborers.
FORCED TO BUY TIN PALS
An Attempt to Make Them Subsist on
Cold Lunches Precipitates
the Trouble.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, March AT
noon to-day all the teamsters employed
by the California Construction Company
in the building OF the Mill Valley and
Mount Tamalpais scenic railroad struck.
The walkout was caused by an order is
sued from the eommissary department to
the effect that each man would be COM
PEELED to buy from the store of the con-
struction company a tin dinner-pail cost
ing 80 cents, and in it carry his. lunch for
the day. The men refused to buy the din
ner-palls, and asserted that they would re.
fuse to work unless they were given lunch
at the camp.
When II o'clock arrived to-day there
was no lunch, and the twenty-five team
sters unhitched their horses from the dirt
wagons and came back to Mill Valley,
where they put the animals into their
proper stalls in the large stable used by
the construction company, near Eastland
station.
President Egan's lecture to the COM
missary some days ago, in which he told
him that unless the men were better
treated he would hire some one else TO
manage the commissary department,
seems to have had little effect.
One of the men who struck to-day was
seen by CALL correspondent. He said
that the men did not blame the California
Construction Company. but they did
blame the commissary, who from the first
had i'll treated them.
President Egan," said the man. 1--WE
believe is trying to do the right thing by
US, but we will not eat cold lunches ON the
mountain when we are compelled to pay
S. % week for board. We object to pay
ing So cents or any sum for a dinner pail
from the store of the construction COM
pany. There are about twenty-five of US
teamsters, and we do not intend to go to
work again unless this is counted as
full days work and we receive full pay
for it.
What the trouble is" he continued,
"is that the commissary is trying to make
a record at the expense OF us fellows work
Ing for 81 75a day and paying s. 25 week
for meals"
The men seem determined to stand
their ground, and President Egan will
probably be compelled to discharge the
commissary before anything like harmony
reigns in the camp
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
FREsNoS COSTLY PILLARS.
One Thousand Dollar Pilasters Replaced
for SiEtH DolLQrs.


FRESNO, CAL, March 7.-Pilasters came
high, but the county, under the manage
ment of former Board of Supervisors,
paid for them. This refers to posts as
dome supports on the Courthouse prior to
the fire last July. The additional beams
was under consideration by the Board Of
Supervisors to-day. Mr.. McCann, super
intendent of reconstruction of the Court
house, was pointing out where, in his
judgment, certain changes in the original
plans would be desirable. 1t was proposed
by McCann to give six additional iron
pIlasters to support the dome.
There were four under the old dome,
and they are there yet. The six new ones
will make ten in all. They are heavy iron
pillars from the ground to the base of the
dome. This change was adopted by the
board without dissenting vote.
But one important point was brought
at each other and wonder what was COM
ing next. 1t was in regard to the price to
be paid for these pilasters. Mr.. McCann
agreed to put them in just like the old
ones for $50 each.
The surprise lay in the fact that the old
ones had cost the county more than $1,000
each. The only conclusion was that the
county had paid from ten to fifteen times
as much for the old ones as it should
by Smile Bros. Mr.. McCann's proposal
to put others in for $50 each was such a
surprise that the board at first thought
that he must be mistaken, but he insisted
that he was not mistaken and that the
work could be done for that, notwithstand-
ing the county had paid $1,000 each for
similar pillars less than three years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
WARBLERS from IRELAND.
MIL Talley Hills and Dates May Ring
Wifh Their. Jouotts Notes,

MIL FdtteU HiUs aud DGtes May Ring
With Their Joyous Notes.
MILL VALLEY, CAL, March THE
secretary of the Mill Valley Improvement
Club, Thomas Fotrell, has received word
from Ireland in regard to the importation
of song birds. A number of Mill Valley
citizens not long ago formed club for the
purpose of importing and raising Emerald
Isle warblers in Mill Valley. Action in
the matter was delayed until communica-
ton could be had with people in Ireland
as to obtaining them. The letter received
by the secretary OF the improvement
Club from Mr.. Molony, Mill Valley
citizen, now residing for short time in
Ireland, states that it will be possible to
obtain all the birds needed at very little
expense.
Mr.. Molony writes that the only diff
Guilty that he sees will be the shipping of
them to Mill Valley. He suggests that
the birds be sent by some Northern route.
so as to avoid the extreme heat.
The secretary of the improvement Club
said to-day that he thought the difficulty
mentioned by Mr.. Moiony could easily be
overcome. The birds could be sent in the
same manner as they are sent to dealers
in the cities. Mr.. Molony's commun1ca-
ton will be handed over to the gentlemen
of Mill Valley who have taken the matter
in hand.
1t is probable that immediate action will
be taken by the bird-fanciers, and before
the summer is over it is expected the hills
and dales about Mill Valley will ring with
Joyous notes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
TO OPEN MEANT DEATH.
Internal Machine Sent to P. D.
Armour, the Chicago
Pork.Packer.
Hyde Park Postoffice Officials Become
Suspicious and Discover the
Plot.

CHICAGO, ILL, March IA small
pasteboard box addressed to P. D. Armour,
the millionaire packer, was tonight re-
ceived in the Hyde Park postoffice. Fore
man Woodruff carried the box into the
Office of Superintendent J. S. Hendrickson,
to whom he handed it, explaining the
manner in which it had made its appear
ance at the Hyde Park station.
Superintendent Hendrickson examined
the package carefully and was about to lay
it on his desk, when a slight click, not
unlike the noise made by the trigger of d
revolver, attracted the attention of both
men.
Then Mr.. Hendrickson carefully united
the string and pulled the wrappe er from
of two compartments, one sliding into the
other.
not wishing to run any risks the super
intendent cut small round hole in the
middle of what appeared to be the upper
portion of the object and discovered
through the hole in the lid a piece of three
quarter-inch gas pipe, fastened securely,
so as to avoid rattling.
At its end was protruding fuse, which
was connected with small cap that was
so arranged that it would explode if one
box were drawn through the other. as
would necessarily follow in case its recip-
lent tried to get at the interior.
The superintendent Immediately put the
box in his safe and then made out re-
port, which will be forwarded to Post
master Hesing tomorrow morning.
The postal authorities will make an ef-
fort to discover where the suspicious
article was deposited for collection, with
view to the apprehension of the persons
who mailed it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
BOGUS MELTS,
Prosecution in the Jones Trial Is
Fixing the Date Of the
TheftS.
AsSayer Ellis Tells of Suspicious Pro.
ceedings in the Refner's
Room.

CARSON, New, March 7.-Melter and
Refiner Hirsch Harris of the mint to-day
testified at the trial of John T. Jones for
the alleged stealing Of bullion that he had
sent experimental bullion 70 the refinery
to test the honesty of the men; that detec-
tives had been hired to watch Likens,
OConnor and Brady, but nothing was
found against them.
Pearls Ellis, the assayer, corroborated
Harris in regard to the Bodie melt and the
bogus bar. He said that on June II, 1898,
the work in the refinery was prolonged un-
til o'clock. A remelt was being made.
AS this was the night on which the prose-
cution claims the bogus melt was made,
Ellis testimony is important. The re-
tiners, he said, claimed to be remelting
gold deposit No. Ia. 1t assayed 5441kz
ounces in gold, and in silver 407 ounces.
He could not say whether they were really
melting the Bodie bar or the one they
claimed. The points were very nearly the
same. RemeIting refnes the metal; the
melt lacked 81 OF the 1910, and the Bodie
bar was very close to this. There was no
necessity of remelting it.
The prosecution claims that the remelt
OF this bar was fraudulently reported, to
cover the melting Of the bogus bar. Har-
ris has sworn that some of the bars had
the figures in straight line and some zig
gag. Ellis said he had never critically ex-
amined the figures.
The attorney laid stress on the fact that
the figures on tbs spurious bar were zigzag,
indicating that it was done by man Of no
experience. Ellis, when questioned, said
that he could not tell about the experience
OF the man who stamped the bars, but it
looked as though it was done in q hurry.
The bars were exhibited to the jury.
The trend of the testimony to-day was in
proof OF the contention that the bogus melt
was made on June 81, under pretext Of
melting other bars.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
The Entire Train in Danger
of Destruction by the
Flames.
FEW PASSENGERS INJURED.
Falling of Trucks or a Spreading Of
the Rails Believed to Have
Caused the Disaster.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, March THE Chi.
cago limited, due here at 10 o'clock to-
night, was wrecked a half mile north OF
Delmar, twenty miles north of here, at
o'clock. The train was running at the
regular rate of speed, when sudden crash
brought it to a standstill. The ladies'
coach was turned over on its side, the par
lor-car smashed to kindling-wood, the en-
CINE and tender hurled 100 feet forward,
and the sleeper and smoker trucks de-
molished.
The parIor-car caught fire and was con.
sumed. Three of the cars LETT the track,
and the sleeper was the only one resting in
position.
About 100 passengers were on the train.
So far as can be learned none of these suf-
fered more than slight injuries. Conduc-
tor A. e. Kinney and Baggageman King
were injured, but how badly cannot be
learned.
This meager information comes from
Brakeman Cornick, who left the train i'm
mediately after the wreck and went to En-
cinitas, eight miles north. to telegraph the
news.
Delmar has no wire cut in, but little
information was gained by telephone to
the effect that many of the passengers had
arrived there and that reports OF injuries
had been heard from them.
Brakeman Cornick wires that the prob
able cause of the wreck was the falling OF
the rear trucks of the parlor car. He said,
however, that it might have occurred by
the spreading Of the rails. The track is
badly torn up. Later he SAID the smoker
was on the track with no trucks under 1t,
The Pullman car is all right also.
The day coach is wreck and the ladies'
coach is lying on its side and burning.
The whole train will probably burn unless
the sleeper is moved. The passengers
were badly shaken up, but none badly in
jured so far as can be learned.
The first news came to this city by tele.
phone, and Agent Keeler Immediately
ordered special sent from National City.
Great delay was caused, as the engines
were all being cleaned and the fxes were
drawn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
PARAD1SE PLATEAU OLITEs.


Gr0Wn In Red Loan Which Imparts a
Peculiar Firmness and FlarOr.
CHICO, CAL, March I'm the foothills
of the Sierras. fourteen miles from Chico
in northwesterly direction, lies the
Paradise Plateau, tract of forty-two
square miles. at an altitude of 1850 feet
above the sea. It is reached by wagon
road through the valley to the foot OF the
hills, thence by an easy four-mile grade.
The soil OF this region is rich, red loam,
taking its color from the presence OF the
red oxide Of iron, which imparts to the
fruit grown here its firmness of texture,
high color and delicious flavor. The soil
seems to be especially adapted to the
growth OF the olive and the prune. A num-
Der OF small prune orchards planted here
SIX or seven years ago nave been in bear
ing 1or Two years past, and their yield has
sold Tor prices far in excess of any grown
In the valley country on account of their
superior size and flavor.
On this plateau there are several small
ollve groves and one quite large one. be-
longing to DR.. Mack of Chico. DR.. Mack
mas slxty-hve six and eight year old trees
OF the Mission and PichoIine varieties,
which have been in bearing for the past
TWO years. During the coming summer
ne intends to build Oil works. DR.. Mack
mas now some of the crop picked in the
fall OF 1884, and thev are still as firm as
Wnen picked from the trees.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
FENCED IN A FRESNO ROAD.
Land Wanted by the Hauey Road Ctafmed
bu I'm Illinois Man.

Land Wanted by the pdHey Road Ctdsmed
by an Illinois Man.
FRESNO, CAL, March lit has been
ascertained that gentleman from Illinois,
by name John Kirk, a brother OF County
School Superintendent Kirk of this county,
owns valuable bit of the earths surface
near this city. DR.. A. ]. Pedlar of the
local Committee of Ten of the San Joa-
quin Valley road appeared before the
Board of Supervisors and presented a
communication from the County Sur
veyor regarding road over which the
Valley Railway is desirous of running its
line. The Supervisors were asked to grant
the right of way along that road.
It is found that a portion of the road
has never been declared a public high
way, and the owner of the land, Mr..
Kirk, learning that the Valley road would
ask for a right of way there has fenced it
in, and now the land must be condemned.
The County Surveyor states that the road
had been used by the public for more than
ten years. The Supervisors will at once
proceed to open the road, even if it be-
comes necessary to condemn the land.
The Supervisors have not announced
what they propose doing with the road
when they open it, but the inference is
clear it will be transferred to the Valley
road, and will become the route for the
railway. About ninety days will be re-
quired to clear the title to the land.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
Need Of National Interference
Urged at a Citizens Mass. !.
Meeting.
STRONG BOYCOTT ADVOCATED.
The Government Scored for It's Failure
to Intercede for the White
Laborer.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March =
Through singular oversight the anti
Japanese and Chinese demonstration to-
night did not come up to expectations. A
large crowd assembled in front of Council
of Labor Hall, on New High street, and
patiently awaited for the band to put in
an appearance. Many finally became dis
gusted and went away. It vas given out
early in the day that the Musical Union
had donated music for the occasion. There
must have been Misunderstanding.
Finally the parade started without music
and comparatively small crowd marched
to Hazards Pavilion, where an audience
of about 1900 had assembled to listen to
the speeches. III. E. Fisk, formerly presi-
dent of the Council of Labor, called the
meeting to order and introduced the first
speaker, prefacing the introduction with a
short speech. A few months ago, he said
there were only two or three Japanese res
taurants in this city; now there were sew
enteen.
Gradually the Asiatics had been making
inroads upon the white restaurateurs OF
this city until the propristors of the latter
had become alarmed. Many cooks and
walters were walking the streets, unable
to obtain employment
Rev. Will A. Knighten, an old Califor-
nian, was introduced and his speech was
repeatedly cheered. He said he had never
patronized Japanese or Chinese restaurants
and never would, and believed that it was
the duty of white men to refrain from pa
tronizing these places.
Mr.. Knighten was followed by Judge W.
T. Williams, who believed in boycotting
these places; that it was just and right.
Professor w. Bowman, in characteristic
speech and in an impassioned manner,
presented the matter from a socialistic
standpoint. Mr.. Bowman was followed
by Job Hartman, well known in labor
ranks in San Francisco. He agreed with
Professor Bowman that no blame was
attached to these foreigners for taking
advantage of the Governments invitation
to come here; but the Government and
the politicians, who made such things pos
sible, came in for a severe roasting, and
this sentiment was vigorously applauded.
The Asiatics, he said, were unlike all
OF her foreigners, in that they could never
assimilate with and become citizens OF
this country, and for this reason they
should be boycotted.
Notwithstanding the drawbacks the
meeting was success, and will result in
good.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
SACRAMENTO DEFAULTER.
Frank Mallory Found to Haze Fzeeced
the Sutter Clssb.

Frank Mallory Found to Haze FTeeced
the Sutter Clssb.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March Frank
Mallory, assistant secretary of the Sutteg
Club in this city, whose sudden disappear
ance last Thursday gave rise to any
amount of surmise on the part of his
friends anu acquaintance. was fully ac-
counted for this evening when the safe OF
that institution was opened by an expert,
whose services had been procured by
the club members, and it was found
that all the funds of the institu-
tion on deposit in the safe had
disappeared, together with sundry
amounts that had been left on deposit by
various members. There are also numer-
Gus unpaid bills which have been pre-
sented since Mallory's disappearance and
which were supposed to have been n paid
by him. In all, the club has probably
suffered to the extent of $1,000, partially
covered by bond in the sum of $1,000 in
the Pacific Surety Company.
1t is believed that Mallory has gone to
Cuba, as for some tine he had evinced
great interest in the welfare of the Cuban
insurgents and had often expressed de-
sire to aid them. His young wife is
utterly prostrated at the news of his defal-
cations.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08

the gymnasium, chafing under restraint
which none enjoy. Beginning on Mon
day, there will be revival of activity on
field, track and diamond. A baseball
game was to have been played to-day, but
Captain McLaine was unwilling to have
the nine at work on a muddy field. Coach
Lange manages to keep the batteries at
work pretty regularly, and has the
pitchers busy if dry spot is anywhere
available. The players, as rule, do not
show the improvement that might be ex-
pected. though most of them have turned
out regularly for daily practice. The COM
mon fault seems to be an indisposltlon to
work hard and with the necessary will.
On the track the athletes intend to go In
for hard training as soon as weather and
grounds permit. The next field day Will
be awaited with considerable interest, IN
asmuch as the records made III the sopho-
more-freshman match were made with
high wind, which affected all the results.
In the case of the sprints, jumps ana
vaults the records were much better than
they might otherwise have been. In the
long runs and walks they were poorer
than would have been the case had no
wind prevailed. Nevertheless. the results
in some events were astonishing, ana
there is a desire to have another meet mere
as soon as possible, In order 10 see JUST
what the men can do. go,
Unless the Berkeley co-eds are willing
to play on regular grounds out OF doors
with the Stanford basketball team IL Is
not likely that any match will take place.
Captain McCray and most OF her players
would be willing to grant almost any, con-
ditions asked by the Berkeley girls in
order to induce them to accept the Stan
ford challenge, but as the Stanford players
have never played the game on board
floor there would be great hesitancy IN
such a condition.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
CAUGHT NEAR BRIGHTON,
Alleged Slayer of Two Japa.
nese Tourists Captured on
a Ranch.
Proves to Be an Ex.Convict, Who
Murdered a Sacramento Man
Years Ago.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, March Ever
since the brutal and unprovoked murder
of the two Japanese near Arno station last
Tuesday Sheriff Johnson and his deputies
have been securing the surrounding coun-
try in an endeavor to capture the murder
er, of whom he obtained an accurate de-
scription from the wounded Jap who died
after being brought to this city. This af-
ternoon, while in the vicinity of Brighton,
eight miles from this city, he learned that
a man answering the description had OBJ
tanned employment at the ranch of James
Rutter. Accom- panied by Deputy McDon-
aid he visited the ranch and found that
the description obtained from the dying
Jap Tailed with the appearance of the
stranger. He was dressed in light trousers
and dark coat, wore Derby hat and the
ends OF his mustache were lighter than
the rest.
Sheriff Brown placed the man under ar
rest and brought him to this city. On ar
irving here the prisoner was Immediately
identified as Simon Ration, the Russian
who unprovokedly shot and killed James
Lansing in this city in 1885, and who so
narrowly escaped lynching at the time
from the hands of the citizens, it having
been necessary to call out the militia with
Gatling guns to guard the Jail day and
night. Ration was sentenced to State s
prison for life, but was pardoned by Gov
ernor Markham.
Ration, when interviewed by the authori-
ties, gave an interesting account of his
wanderings all over the United States
since his release from the prison on Feb
ruary 6, 1895 He claims to have left
Stockton last Sunday night, and says that
he arrived at Rutter's ranch on Tuesday,
but Mrs. Rutter claims that he came there
Wednesday morning.
The murderer of the Japs was seen by a
gang of section meu but it was i'm possible
to get them to Sacramento tonight, and it
cannot be definitely ascertained whether
Ration is the murderer or not until they
have seen him.
When arrested and searched Ration was
found to nave two watches in his posses
sion, nickel watch and a silver one with
chain and charm attached, the latter OF
which answered the description of the
watch and chain taken from the murd cred
japanese. This was found secreted in the
inside pocket of Katon's vest. His pocket
knife was also found to be encrusted with
blood stains, although in no case was
either Jap stabbed.
Ration tells numerous conflicting stories
and Sheriff Johnson feels positive that he
is the murderer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
HILL NOT BE SOLD.
San Diego's Mammoth Ne,c Bretcery Is
Not on the Market.

San Diego's Mammoth Ne,c BretUery Is
Not on the Market.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, March Tt was
rumored here that the San Diego Brewing
Company had sold to the San Francisco
Brewery Association. John G. Hinkel,
president of the company, is in San Fran
cisco. He was asked tonight by wire as
to the truth OF the rumor and his reply
was, "No truth in report whatever; brew
cry not for sale at any price.
The San Diego Brewery is now under
construction and will be one of the largest
establishments in the State when COM
pleted. The main building will be six
stories in height and the entire cost of the
plant will be about 100000. The founda-
tion is now being laid and contracts have
been let for the machinery. If the brew
cry remains out OF the trust it may result
in big beer war on this coast during the
summer, as the San Diego plant will have
beer on tap by July 4.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
SANTA R0SA'S SCHLATTER,
Putnam, the Victoria Healer,
and His Christian.Science
Home.
Many Sonoma County Pupils Still Prac.
ticing His Faith-Cure
Methods.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, March 7.-Dr. Wal
ter Putnam, who is reported to have
healed hundreds of people in British Co
lumbia by methods similar to those of
Schlatter, the Denver Messiah" and
who suddenly disappeared from Victoria
yesterday, formerly resided here. While
here the doctor established christian
Science Home," which is still in operation
in charge of his sister.
In this city DR.. Putnam did not attempt
any cures by the laying on of hands nor
by any of the methods now used by the
numerous "healers." All that he required
his patients to do was to believe them
selves weIl-to have faith enough to be-
lleve that the rheumatism. gout, neuralgia
or whatever ailment complained Of was
imaginary and all in their mind, when,
presto! the lame walked and the blind
saw.
Many pupils of DR.. Putnam are still
here practicing faith cure, aud many pa
tients are vainly striving for the faith that
cures.