The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04
FLAMES EXPLODE
Ships OIL TANKS
Thrilling Experience of
the Klampenborg's
Crew.
Engineer Is Killed and Six
Of the Seamen Are
Missing.

LONDON, Sept. S.-The captain and a
pertion of the crew OF the Danish steam
er KIampenborg. from BIyth for Kron-
stadt, have been landed at South Shields.
They report that the Klampenborg was
abandoned on fire. The third engineer
was killed and six of the crew are Miss
ing.
The survivors had a thrilling expert
ence. The fire, which had broken out
on board, reached the petroleum tanks
on Sunday and caused a terrific eXplO-
sion, killing the engineer.
The crew took to the boats during
violent storm. One boat with six Occu-
pants drifted away and was not seen aft
erward. 1t is supposed that il was
swamped in the high seas.
The weather continued so bad that the
survivors in the other boats took refuge
again on the KlampenbOrg on Monday
to the boats again, and they were at the
point Of exhaustion when they were res
cued.
Q Q
running for Office two years ago. made
the statements, and the statements were
also made on the platforms by the differ
ent advocates Of different parties, that If
a Union Labor man was placed IN Office
property in San Francisco would not be
worth so cents on the dollar Qaughter),
and also that the town would run wild;
that the wage earners were not capable
of governing themselves, and therefore, if
they put man in office from their ranks
we would have a government that San
Francisco would be ashamed Of. Tt was
also asked what would a labor Mayor do
IL
Francisco? How would a labor Mayor
extend a welcome to the different high
officials and great men of this country
visiting San Francisco? Well, we had
here in San Francisco the Chief Execu-
tive of the nation President Roosevelt
(applause). and L leave it to the people
to say whether in extending welcome TO
him the labor Mayor Of San Francisco
did justice to the occasion and his DeO-
pie (applause).
STREETCAR STRIKE.
Every success that I have made has
not filed me with pride and pleasure for
my own sake, but il has filled me with
pride because I realized that whatever
did was taken as a mark Of what other
labor men could do and reflected not upon
myself as an individual but reflected
upon the people who placed me in office
upon the wage earners Of San Francisco
great applause) whose representative I
am now and whose representative I al
ways hope to be (applause).
Il know you will pardon me for refer
ring to that trial which came up about
three months after I went into Office. I
mean the street railway strike At that
time II was also said: Wen see now how
the labor man handles a difficulty Of this
magnitude Well. without taking any
credit upon myself, I want to say that i
had an opportunity at that time to dem
Onstrate that was sincere in the remarks
and speeches made before election, that
/ would give equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none. (Applause) And
that strike was settled without blOOdshed-
Why? Because justice was dealt out equal
" to all and the men who went out on strike
realized that they had nothing to fear in
the way Of injustice Of any kind. And
they themselves formed themselves into
a peace committee to protect the property
of the company and carried on the strike
to a successful determinations strike
that has never been equaled In the world
up to the present time.
IT stated before last election that be-
lieved in peaceful measures at all haz-
ards in the settlement of industrial dis
turbances and have proven dozens OF
times that this is the best way, by having
the employers and employees meet In my
Office. / have managed to get them to-
gether and although I have seen them
look daggers at each other, after a calm
discussion I have seen them leave my
office arm in arm and settle their differ
ences. (Applause)
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