The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-02
THE WRATH OF SAN FRANCISCO
Visited on Hearst and His Yellow
"Examiner''-The Whole Town
Rises and Denounces Them.

San Francisco Special to New York
Tribune.-The commercial bodies and
social clubs Of San Francisco are practi-
cally unanimous in their condemnation
of yellow journalism, as represented here
by Hearst's Examiner. The heaviest
the are on to the them for aalin uououn
blow dealt to this newspaper was given
today at a joint meeting Of all the large
commercial organizations Of San Fran
ciscocisco, at which singing resolutions
were adopted rebuking the Examiner for
It's course In melting class hatred and
stimulating that anarchistic sentiment
which led to the assassination of Pres
tdent Mckinley. The resolutions also
provided for the exclusion Of the Exam
tner from all newspaper files within con-
troll OF the organizations and the barr
ing out Of its reporters from all news
paper privileges,
The meeting was held at the rooms of
the board of trade. Representatives
from the following commercial organiza-
lions of this city were present: The
San Francisco Produce exchange, the
Merchants exchange, the oBard OF
Trade Of San Francisco, the Manufac-
turers and Producers association of Cal
! ifornia, the Ship Owners association the
Merchants association of San Francisco
and the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco. The following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The Daily Examiner of San
Francisco has, through it's columns, for
a long time past, been melting class
against class, thus sowing seeds Of dis
cord among our people, tending eventu-
ally to create discomfort, disorders, irots
and. finally leading to anarchism, all of
which are inimical to the best interests
Of the state and nation: and
Whereas, The fomenting of such dis
orders and strikes encourages the de-
PRAYED and lawless, causing anarchists
to stop short of no crime, even to the as
sassination of the president Of the United
States; therefore be it
Resolved By the representatives of
commercial bodies here present. that
they strongly condemn the attitude of
said Examiner and that they recon-
mend that the said newspaper be hence
forth excluded from the files of the said
bodies and of all other organizations in
this state and that the members of all
such organizations and all law-abiding
citizens be requested to at once with
draw and withhold all patronage from
the said newspaper, and that they re-
resentatives thereof"
The following resolutions were adopt
ed at meeting of the Insurance Clerks
association last night:
"Whereas, We denounce the damnable.
un-American course of the discredited
Examiner in so horribly maligning and
caricaturing our late beloved president
and melting mems evil passions, urging
them on to violent deeds. and for print
ing on Feb. such cruel words as: The
bullet that pierced Goebel's chest cannot
BE found in all the west. Good reason;
! II is speeding here-here to stretch Nc
Kinley on his bier
Resolved That we in future cease to
patronize all Cafes barber shops boot
black stand and public resorts in the
business section keeping the anarchist
shee.: and be 1t further
Resolved, That the president appoint
q committee of three to prepare and to
! have printed in convenient form. by Oct.
l. a list of such resorts subscribing for
| the Examiner"
The directors of the Bohemian club
were the slowest Of all directors Of any
social organization to take action on the
Examiner, probably because a half dozen
OF the me, rr, ninent OF. be m OF tie
was so strong from members who have
been outraged by the Examiners car
ICONS on President Mckinley. its APP
peals to violence on behalf OF strikers
and it's Indictment to boycott of reput-
able firms, that 1t couldn't be resisted
and the directors by unanimous vote
+! have excluded Hearst's yellow newspa-
! per from the club premises. In this re-
spect the Bohemian club followed the