The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
DIRECTORS AT
 SAN QUENTIN Much Business Done. at a Meeting of the
 Board.
Warden Hale Submits a Report of the Operation of the
 Jute Mill.
Prisoners Punished for Insu bOrdina- ton and Others Favored for
 Good Conduct
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March 12.- The Board of State Prison Directors met here to-day and transacted considerable business. There were present. Directors James H. Wilkins, Robert M. Fitzgerald, Donald M Key and Robert T. Devlin. Director Daniel E. Hayes was absent, being sick at the Coronado.
 The case of James w. Flood, for recom- mendation for pardon, was again post poned for a month.
 The Warden submitted the following:
 March 12. 1898 Number of grain bags on hand.... 2,sS4. 300 Number of grain bags on orders Number of grain bags sold since
 January .....-.....'.....'...---.' 'z- Number of grain bags shipped.... 2,722
 495,22 Number of grain bags sold await
 ing shipment ................'.. 4sz'9oo Number of grain bags available
 for sale .........-..-..-......-..... z'osz'Voo Raw jute on hand in warehouses; 979S bales; will run the mills until May 1. 1899.
 3,4is,S00 bags sold up to March 12, last year. Comparative output of Jute mills for the month of February:
 1S95-3177 grain bagging average .13S. 14 cuts 1S96-1442 cuts grain bagsing,
 257 cuts sugar bagging.
 1899 cuts. average Ss 42, equal to
 1742 cuts grain bagglng, 1s9T-1969 cuts grain bagging.
 1252 cuts sugar bagging
 S221 cuts average 14014. equal
 to 3429 cuts grain bagging,
 average .....................14a.lO 14a. lO cuts 1S9S-345O cuts grain bagging average .150.O0 cuts Warden Hale officially reported that Wee Tung, the Chinese murderer, had been duly executed on Friday, March Il, at 10:3O o'clock
 The cases against prisoners charged with violating the rules of the prison were next taken up.
 Patrick Kelly, a convict doing ten years for burglary committed in San Francisco, was before the directors for punishment, having been caught with opium and money in his possession. He was deprived of all his credits.
 Fred Coleman, a United States prisoner from Walla Walla. doing five years for burglary, lost all of his credits for having opium in his possession. He contended that he did not use the drug, but was only holding it for another convict, but refused to divulge the name of the other man.
 Eugene Callahan forfeited two months credit and William Leary four months for engaging in fight, in which the latter drew small knife and cut Callahan in the side Leary will also be punished by being kept in the tanks in solitary con finement for thirty days.
 For ngaging in row with convict cell tender E. Sauza Merrill, a five-year man, lost twelve months credits and will spend thirty days in solitary confinement. Francisco Laborra will spend thirty days in confinement in the tanks and lose all his credits for having laid in wait for another convict with a huge case knife to stab him. He was detected by guards and disarmed
 Bert Brumfield and Peter Ross were harshly punished for fighting in the jute mill. The former lost all his credits, fifty-two months, and will be kept in soli- tary confinement for sixty days. The lat ter lost one years credits and got thirty days in the tanks.
 William Miner, a 50-year-old convict who is serving a term for robbery, ap- peared before the board and asked to have his credits restored. The directors referred the matter to the warden.
 A. J. La Bree, serving seven years for forgery, from San Francisco asked to have his credits restored. Referred to the warden.
 In executive session the directors rec commended the communication of Convict Dana's sentence from thfrty-five years to ten years. Paul F.. Whites applica- tion for recommendation for pardon was denied.
 Henry Beaver was allowed his freedom upon parole.