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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
DELEGATE PARKS SEATED.
Action of President Buchanan Is
Directly Repudiated.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Sept 29-After be-
ing in session behind closed doors since
early this morning the convention of the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers at 10 o'clock to-
night voted in favor of seating Samuel
Parks and the other delegates from local
union No 2 of New York. There were
but three votes cast against Parks and
his friends. These were the ballots of
President Buchanan. the Kansas City del
egate and one other. The result was a
decided victory for Parks, it reinstates
him and local No. of New York, of
which he is the business agent, and eii-
rectly repudiates the action of President
Buchanan in suspending it. The Parks
delegations will now have seats on the
floor, and the supposedly regular New
York delegates are out of it.
The credentials committee reported fav-
orably on the question of allowing inside
men or shop men in the membership.
This was passed up to the convention it
self. also, but has not been taken up yet.
There are $50 000 of these men and if they
are accepted it will immensely strengthen
the organization.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
POTENT X-RAY
CURES EPILEPSY
Patient Under Treat
ment Makes Rapid
Progress.
Malady Of Six Years Stand
ing Is Gradually Dis
appearing.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-For the first
time in this country and probably in the
world, epilepsy, heretofore considered an
incurable disease, is being successfully
treated by the application of the X-ray.
AT the Post Graduate Hospital, In the
electro therapeutic department, DR., ]. H.
Branth of West Eighty-Seventh street
has had an epileptic patient under treat
ment for several months. While too con-
sentative to declare the X-ray treatment
to afford certain cure until he has had
the patient a longer time under his OBJ
servation, he is at least convinced that 1t
is by far the most successful treatment
yet attempted.
Miss Elsie Winkler, 16 years old, who
lives with her parents at 20S East 106th
street. has been subject to epileptic at
tacks sometimes as often as twice day
ever since she was ten years old At that
time she had a severe attack of diph-
liberia. Her right arm became partly
paralyzed and epilepsy soon developed.
Until she began to receive the X-ray
treatment, bromides and other remedies
failed to relieve her. The bromides upset
her system TO such an extent that her
face became covered by an eruption and
her general health was rapidly falling.
Since the application of the X-ray three
times a week she has gradually regained
her health and the epileptic attacks come
now at intervals as great as sixteen and
seventeen days and are less severe. Her
complexion has cleared and she has
gained considerably in weight
When she began taking the treatment it
was difficult for her to enunciate, while
now she speaks slowly, out distinctly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
BIC PLANTS
WILL CLOSE
THEIR DOORS
Thousands Of Eastern
Laborers to Lose
Employment
Steel Corporation Threatens
to Shut Down It's
Works.
Strikes Causing Delay in Building
Construction Decrease the De-
made for Ma
terial.
Special Dispatch to me Cali.

PTTTsBURG, Sept 5-The United
states Steel Corporation may close all IT'S
sheet steel plants in the near future unless
the Amalgsmsted Association viii con-
sent 10 a recommendation under the same
plan as was agreed upon last fall The
reason for this attitude is an Overstocked
market and the dullness Of trade at this
time Of year.
The Chronicle Telegraph says It has
learned to-day that a movement Is on to
curtan the production Of pig iron begin
ming October !. A falling off in the de-
mand for pig iron is an indication Of a
falling of in the demand for finished iron
and steel products.
LEBANON. Pa, Sept 23.-Vice- Presi-
dent Buckingham Of the Lackawanna
Iron & Steel Co. corroborated the state
ment that the furnaces here and at Corn
wall Pa. will be blown out in a few
days. throwing out 2000 workmen. He
said the company had too much iron on
hand Buckingham said further that the
building trades strikes, causing delay in
The construction Of new buildings, had
helped TO necessitate the suspension,
which might continue.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-AlI collieries Of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the
corporation which owns all Of the anthra-
cite coal mines controlled by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, viii be closed on Satur-
the first important closing Of mines since
the end Of the anthracite strike eleven
months ago and is significant as an indi-
cation that the supply of coal has once
more reached z point commensurate with
the demand at tide water. Absolute de-
NAL is made that there is over production
or that coal in any quantity is being
stored by any Of the companies that pre-
dominate the New York market The de-
mand in the West remains somewhat in
excess Of the supply and the only market
where coal IN quantity is being stored is
Philadelphia, which is supplied by the
Reading With the exception Of the Le-
high Valley, none Of the other great COM
psnies with headquarters in New York
xil close any collierfes this week.
MILKESBARRE. Pa. Sept. 23.-Notices
have been posted at all the collieries Of
the Delaware and Hudson Canal and Coal
Company 70 the effect that the miners
will hereafter work five hours each day
until further notice. instead Of nine hours
as heretofore The order came sur
prise 10 the thousands Of employees.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. A.-All the Min
neapOhs Touring mills were closed indefi-
nitely last night at midnight At that
hour all the men quit work except few
who remained few minutes TO allow the
rolls 70 run clean. There was no violence
or disorder Of any sort. Most of the mills
have notices posted 10 the effect that the
time" Of all the men who quit work Will
be ready for them tomorrow morning.
and that all the men who do not report
for duty may consider themselves dis
charged. The strike involves about 100
men.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
NORTHERN
STRIKE AVERTEO
Officials and Brother
hoods Make Mutual
Concessions.
Chiefs of the Labor Orders
Successfully Conduct
Negotiations.

ST PAUL, MINI, Sept. 23.-The con-
troversy between the engineers and fire
men and the Great Northern Railroad
was amioably settled tonight, Neither
the company officials nor the grand Off
GERS Of the two brotherhoods would state
Just what the terms OF agreement were,
but It is known that each side made some
concessions, The firenen are understood
to have been granted slight increase in
wages bringing their schedule to a parity
with those of the various other transcon-
tinental lines, No increase Is believed to
have been granted the englnemen, but nu-
merous minor changes We're made IN the
working rules.
The controversy, which at one time
threatened to take on most serious
character, was brought to an end by a
series Of conferences which began yester-
day and ended tonight The grievance
committee Of the two brotherhoods had
been in St. Paul in conference with the
officials for more than g month. 1t is
said that nearly every concession asked
for by the committee was at one time
granted by the general officers and a ten
tative agreem was reached which was
then referred TO President Hill. Hill then
referred the subject back 10 the general
officers and they at once withdrew their
consent 10 the concessions previously
granted. This greatly incensed the men
and it looked for time as though a poll
of the local unions would be taken to
whether or not there should be a strike.
Grand Chief WE Stone of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers and Grand
Chief Hanahan of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen were summoned to ST
Paul to take charge of the negotiations
Another conference was asked of the
company officials and was granted. After
this conference Stone said that the COM
pany showed a disposition to meet the
men in a spirit of fairness and that a
peaceful settlement was probable. The
conference was continued throughout the
day and tonight an agreement was sign
ed by the company officials and the COM
mittee representing the men.
A committee OF Northern Pacific fire
men and engineers is also in the city
awaiting a conference with the officials
of that road. 1t is not known what con-
cessions they ask
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
PEACE OUTLOOK GLOOMY.
Sympathizers Are Urg-
ing Bulgaria to War.

SOFIA, Bulgaria. Sept. ga less hope
full feeling prevails to-day in Government
circles regarding the general situation,
although no actual change is reported.
The events of the next two days are
awaited with great anxiety and popular
feeling is becoming more excited A
largely attended meeting of Macedonian
sympa thizers held at Rustchuk, Bulgaria,
on September %, adopted resolutions ap-
pealing to the Bulgarian Government to
declare war on Turkey Immediately
In revolutionary circles war is believed
to be imminent unless Turks cease mas
sacreing the Christians. DR.. Christie
Tatarscheff president of the Macedonian
organizations. says that the insurgent
committees attach no significance to the
reported negotiations between Turkey and
Bulgaria because similar negotiations
were discussed in 1897 and later in 1899 and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
CLIMAX DRAWING NEAR.
Turco- Bulgarian Relations Becoming
More Strained.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 2S.-The re-
lations between Turkey and Bulgaria are
daily becoming more strained Rumors
are current of a crisis at Yildiz Kiosk
and that the Grand Viziership has been
offered to Said Pasha, who was uncere-
moniously dismissed last year, but that
he declines to again take the Office I'M
less he is authorized to declare war on
Bulgaria, which the Sultan hesitates
to do.
AS one of the results of the numerous
Cabinet councils at the Yildiz Kiosk the
transfer of thirty-two battaliOns from
Monastir to Adrianople has been ordered
and 200 young officers have gone to Sa-
lonica and Adrianople to complete the
commissions in the army in Roumelia
These movements are regarded as war
preparations against an expected attack
The military commission is practically
in permanent session.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
FEELS NO BAD EFFECTS
FROM HIS LONG SLUMBER
w. Il. Stibings Awakens From the
Sleep Which He Entered Upon
Last Friday.

SAN DIEGO. Sept. CIV. H Stib-
ings awakened this afternoon from the
sleep which he entered upon last Friday
morning. He feels no bad effects save
that he is still quite drowsy and has Sc
we're pains in the left side of his head
which. however, yield to treatment He
remembers nor knows nothing of what
happened since he went to sleep though
his nurses have been able more east
ly 10 make him take nOurishment this
time than ever before On the two pre-
vious occasions he awakened very weak
and lost weight while he slept, but this
time he feels quite strong and will be
able TO return TO work within a day or
two. He thinks that he has passed the
present sleepy period. 1t is his third
sleep and both Of the former ones were
longer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
UNITED STATES MAIL
MESSENGER IN TROUBLE
Package Containing a Shirt Is Stolen
and the Theft Is Traced to
H..

FRESNO. Sept. 23.-Thomas H. Trosper,
a United States mail messenger, was ar
rested here to-day by Deputy United
States Marshal Timmins. on a charge of
embezzling a package from the mail. The
charge was brought against him by
Deputy Postoffice Inspector T. j. Hare.
Trosper was taken before United States
Court Commissioner Laning. to whom he
made a complete confession. The pack
age stolen by Trosper was of small value,
merely containing d shirt, but the theory
IS held that he took il believing it con-
tanned something Of greater value. The
theft was traced to him by the discovery
of the shirt in bundle of his clothing at
a laundry. He was admitted to $1,000 bail
The crime is punishable by imprisonment
Of not less than one nor more than FIVE
years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
NARROWLY ESCAPES
BEING ELECTROCUTED
William I. Wells of San Francisco
Runs Into a Live Wire at
San ,TOSe

SAN JOSE. Sept. civilian L Wells
Of san Francisco had a narrow escape
from electrocutiOn by a broken trolley
wire at Delmas avenue and San Carlos
street late tonight The wire had fallen
10 the ground and Wells. in crossing the
street. ran into il. His left side was bad
n burned and he was thrown violently to
the ground by the shock. 1t is thought
he received a couple of thousand volts.
Wells was picked up in an unconscious
condition by the railway employees and
taken 10 the Pacific Hotel. where he is
stopping. He is badly injured. but ii is
thought he will recover, although it will
be some weeks before he can get around.
Wells came here a few days ago from
San Francisco looking for work
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
FORGER BURKE
STILL At LARGE
Authorities Unable to
Locate Desperate
Jail Breaker.
Believe That He Is Hiding
in the Dense Brush Near
Stevenson.
Special Dispatch to The Call,

STEVENSON, Wash, Sept "a des-
perate man without hat is the quest OF
Sheriff lotion Of Skamanta County,
Wash. That man Is ]. H. Burke, the Jail
breaker and forger, who, after a daring
escape from lotion and hand-to-hand
encounter with the halfbreed, Frank
Schrook. Is now supposed 10 be hiding
IN the dense brush between Stevenson
and Lower Cascades. Wash. The woods
between Washougal and La Comas have
been searched by tho Sheriff's posse with
out finding a trace Of Burke,
Either in the fight with Schrook or soon
after Burke lost his hat. and thus far
has not attempted to get another by en-
tering any Of the houses along the roads,
How Burke has subSisted during the
three days he has been In the woods IS
a mystery. He has appeared nowhere
In search Of food and, unless he has
found some hidden store OF which the
Sheriff has no knowledge, he is slowly
starving TO death, while the minions Of
the law are hot upon his trail.
Sheriff lotion is returning 20 Stevenson
to organize an additional posse. He has
received word that Burke is expecting to
find in the mail In the Stevenson post
Office a money order addressed to George
Ray, the alias which he has selected
since breaking Jail in Hillsboro, Or. A
close watch will be kept upon the post
Office in Stevenson.
The men who are after the escaped for
ger are convinced that armed as he is
with gun and revOlvers, taken from
Schrook. he will make a desperate resist
ance. They are prepared to cope with
him and If necessary will shoot to kill.
There is a reward of 800 offered for
his capture by a California concern,
whose mama Rurlya rlsed with good Suc-
cess in drawing money from people along
the route of his travels.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
SUTTON RETURNS
FOR SENTENCE
Pleads Guilty to Charge
of Conspiracy and
Is Fined.

LANSING. Mich, Sept. 2S.-Colonel Eli
r. Sutton, former regent of the State
University and prominent in Michigan
Republican politics during Governor Pin
gree's administrations, who has returned
from Mexico to plead guilty to the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the State by
means of the notorious military clothing
deal, arrived here to-day from Sodus, n.
Y, and went to the Circuit Court, where
after a hearing he pleaded guilty. The
court, desiring conference with Sutton.
adjourned the hearing until this after
noon.
After spending the afternoon closeted
with Judge West, Sutton came into
court just before s o'clock to receive his
sentence. Judge West gave him a severe
scoring and then imposed fine of $1,000
which Sutton Immediately paid
1t is understood that Sutton, during the
time he was closeted with Judge West,
Prosecutor Macarthur also being present,
related everything within his knowledge
in regard to the alleged attempts at jury
bribing in this county at the time of his
first trial. His statements were taken
down by a court stenographer and were
sworn to. Sutton's fine of $1,000 is the
amount paid by the other men implicated
ton left the city tonight he declared that
he was now free to come and go as he
pleased. indicating that he is assured he
will not be prosecuted on the charge Of
perjury
! !: : O
1900. The Porte, added DR.. Tatarscheff,
entered into the conference only to gain
time to finish the determination of what
II regards the dangerous clements in
Macedonia.
Referring to the details of the proposed
arrangement, Dr. Tatarscheff said there
was no guarantee, even II the committee
was appointed, that it would ever be more
than ornamental. The present village
commissions in Macedonia have Bulgarian
members, but they are always favorable
to the Turks. The president of the Mace
DOMAIN organizations concluded by declar-
ing that the insurgents would be satisfied
with nothing short of intervention by the
powers.
Special significance attaches to the
Macedonian meeting at Rustchuk because
the resolutions adopted are the first open
expression of such an emphatic character
in favor of war coming from any popular
meeting in Bulgaria Rustchuk is the
chief commercial town in the country
Resolutions also were passed thanking the
Pope. the English Bishops, the Trades
Union Congress and the British and Amer
lean press for their expressions of sym
pathy with the Macedonian cause.
Fighting is reported to have taken place
near Kotshani, on the frontier, in which
the Turks lost fifty men killed and the in
surgents suffered a loss of ten. A panic
prevails at Kotshani and all business and
work is at a standstill. Reports of other
minor encounters and more atrocities by
the Turks continue to come In.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Sophomores Adopt a Novel Hat.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. %
At a meeting of the sophomore class to-
day a unique innovation was introduced
into the college custom of a distinctive
headwear for the different classes The
headwear adopted by the sophomores is
a red Turkish fez, mounted with a white
tassel. The new insignia will be worn by
all members Of the class, both men and
women, who will make their initial ap-
pearance in fezes on a nearby date.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
LIQUOR-CRAZED SEAMAN
KILLS HIMSELF AT NAPA
Captain Edwards Of the Lum Der
Schooner Robbie Hunter Blows
Out His Brains.

NAPA, Sept. 23.-Crazed by LIQUOR. Cap
tain E. Edwards of the lumber schooner
Robbie Hunter of San Francisco shot
himself through the brain with a pistol
this morning at the HIATT lumber yards.
Edwards had been drinking heavily ever
since the schooner arrived in Napa a few
days ago, and having spent all his money
on liquor, demanded more Of the foreman
of the lumber yard. Upon being refused.
he grew hostile and threatened the lives
of those around him.
The Sheriff was summoned, but before
he arrived Edwards went out on the
wharf and shot himself
Edwards was 40 years of age. He was
a member Of Templar Lodge, L. o. o. F.,
of San Francisco. Members of his crew
state that he had been contemplating
suicide for some time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Burglar Sticks in Pantry Window

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 23.-Because
he was too fat, an unknown burglar
stuck in the pantry window while en-
deavoring to enter the residence of Mrs
NJ. Powell last night. The noise he made
while endeavoring to extricate himself
aroused the women inmates of the house
who screamed for help. Mrs. Powell ran
to a neighbours house to give the alarm
and her daughters went into the base
ment in search Of some weapon. AS two
men arrived on the scene, the burglar
managed TO wTiggle loose, fell inside the
pantry, ran out of the front door and es-
capped.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Object to the Proposed Railway.

SAN JOSE, Sept pa number Of resi-
dents along the route of the San jose
Los Gatos interurban electric railway in
the city limits are preparing to contest
the building Of that road under the fran
chise granted by the city. The City Coun-
Gil, President Rea and Manager Granger
Of that road have been served with a no.
tice by Charles Forester to that effect
Manager Granger states no attentions will
be paid to the notice. The property own
ers claim the road will depreciate the
value of their property
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Mine Workers in Convention

PUEBLO, Colo, Sept. 23-The annual
convention Of district No 10, United Mine
Workers of America, which includes Colo
RADIO. Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico,
opened here this morning. number of
the delegates had not arrived and little
work was done. The miners are asking
a higher wage scale, an eight hour day,
no discrimination against members of the
United Mine Workers. a bi-weekly pay
day and reforms in the system of weigh
ing. The sentiment of the delegates
seems 10 be in favor of peaceful settle
ment if possible.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Want Seniors to Control.

BERKELEY. Sept 23.-After a confer
ence lasting until midnight the student
affairs committee of the University of
California tonight decided to turn over
to the senior class the control of all mat
ters relating to the student body, pro-
vided the seniors shall accept the duty.
This the upper classmen will decide at
a meeting to be held Friday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Kunzite Mine for Sale.

SAN DIEGO, Sept 23-Frank A Sal
mons, the owner of the Pala Chief gem
mine in which he discovered the crystal
first known as salmonite and later named
kunzite after the eminent authority on
gems, Professor Kunz of New York and
Washington, will leave for the East in
a few days. 1t is understood that he goes
for the purpose of disposing of the mine.
1t is owned by himself and three others
and he goes armed with an option on the
other three-fourths interests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
support for Marble workers.

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Sixty unions hav-
ing a membership Of nearly $4,000, afflli-
ated with the Building Material Trades
Council, will according to Secretary
Deutsch of the council, support the Mar
bic Workers Union against the effort of
the National Marble Dealers to maintain
''open shops"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Fire Sweeps over Marsh Lands.

LAKEVIEW, Or, Sept 23.-The lower
Chewa ucan marsh, about thirty miles
north of Lakeview has been burn
ing for the past thee days and about
five thousand tons of hay have been de-
stroyed so far. All of the Hereford
Bros hay and all of that owned by the
Brattains in that vicinity has already
been destroyed and the fire is now rapidly
consuming the remainder of the marsh
which belongs to the ]. q. Haggin Com
pany Of Sacramento. Ten thousand cat
tie would have been wintered in this
marsh.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Labor Troubles in ophir End.

TELLURIDE, Colo. Sept 23-Manager
Henry Buckley of the Silver Bell mine
granted his mill men an eight hour day
and three shifts will be employed in the
mill. Captain Davidson. manager of the
Caribou Montezuma, also granted an
eight hour day. This practically settles
the labor troubles in Ophir, with the ex-
ception of the Butterfly Terrible mine,
whose manager. J. S. Heating, refused to
treat with the union.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
To Begin Condemnatorv Proceedings

SALEM. Ore, Sept 23.-The Board of
Portage Railway Commissioners ct a
melting this afternoon instructed Attorney
General Crawford to take steps to begin
the necessary condemnatory proceedings
against the Oregon Railroad and Naviga-
ton Company and such individual prop
erty owners along the line of the proposed
Dalles-Celilo portage railway. with
whom an amicable settlement could not
be otherwise obtained to secure a right
of way for the road.