The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10

tation on the part of the reform
 CTS to prevent the passing by the - City Council of the traction ordi-
 nances continues, there has been a marked change in the tone and Ian guage of the leaders who addressed the twenty or more mass meetings held throughout the city this afternoon and evening.
 This afternoon at a mass meeting held under the auspices of the Monti- cello Club, President Heating. who is the head of the American Branch of the Ancient order tf Hibernians intro duced a series of sensational resolu- tions pledging the clubs support to Mayor Harrison in his efforts to pre- vent the passage of the pending ordi- nance and concluding with a demand that 200 GOO able-bodied men surround the Council chamber on the fateful night to be told off in regiments of 2000 men each, regiment to be assigned to each Alderman, to deal with him ac- cording to his deserts, the latter to be determined by the way in which he voted for the ordinance.
 The resolutions were received with tumultuous demonstrations of approval. Mayor Harrison, who was present. ap- plauding vigorously.
 Judge Murray F. TuIey. who pre- sided, refused to put the motion for the adoption of the resolution. A thou sand excited men rose at him. de- rouncinss asssn as traitor. and for g time it looked as though the life of the aged jurist was in danger He waited until the fury had expended itself and then explained that while he was op- posed to granting the fifty year fran chises to the street railway corpora tions, he was not an anarchist. He de- clared that the talk of mobbing Alder men and owners of street railways had gone beyond the danger point, saying in conclusions:
 Think well before pressing the pend ing resolution to passage. If. as re- suit of the action taken here to-day. following the incendiary utterances of irresponsible orators and electors for several days past, the city should be overrun by mob when the Council next meets and blood be spilled and property destroyed, it is more than likely the members of the Monticello Club will be called upon to pay the penalty for this days business"
 The words of the patriarchal old law yer were impressively uttered and had the effect of bringing the conservatives present to their senses, and finally the resolution calling for the assembling of a mob was withdrawn and others adopted.
 Tuley's speech, with it's warning, must have had great weight, for at the meetings held tonight there was g remarkable absence of fire-eating on the part of the speakers from whom much of that sort of thing was ex- pected.
 At Turner Hall, where Mayor Harri- son was the star attraction, crowd of 5000, mostly workingmen who had not read the evening paper account of the Monticello Club resolutions, was gath cred. Harrison was particularly mild, and when asked by some one in the audience How about hanging Yerkes and the AIdermen?" he remonstrated declaring that all the talk of ropes and mobs and lynching was idle and must stop.
 His audience at this began to break up. disappointed that the man who had instituted the talk of mobs to overawe the VI etS dAiOh6 SAAO AoN lS take the back track.
 John M. Harlan, a son of Chief Jus tice Harlan and one of the most violent anti-fifty-year franchise men in the city, addressed a number of mass meet ings. but for the first time in his cru sade refrained from urging violence.
 It probably is but just to all the prominent men who in this instance have indulged in incendiary talk oi rnobs and hanging Aldermen and street car owners to lamp posts to state that they did not mean it and had no Idea they would be taken so seriously by the masses. and now that its effect is seer they will be as active in preventing as they have been In melting the popular storm. Mass meetings will continue to he held daily by both sides. nearly one hundred being assigned for Sunday, but the Mayor has let it be understood that inonoderate speeches will no longer be tolerated.
 Mayor Harrison called for volunteers today to help him win the fight against tho ffftv-year franchise ordinance on the proposition: "No franchise exten- eion ordinance of any kind until the Allen law is repealed"
 To-day he wrote his name to the fol- lowing:
 "Every political, social, religious or other organization which takes action against the proposed traction ordi- nances is requested to send delegate to the Independent Anti-Boodle League, room 323, Ashland block. Such delegate shall act as a member of the leagues executive committee and shall report the necessity of public action. should