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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09

BOULDER CREEK. Sept. s.-Un-
abated and unchecked, the fire that
has been threatening the California
State Park finally to-day swept
through the stately park and laid low
the hitherto untouched woodland. max
ing a dreary waste of the States pleas
ure ground. The fire started near the
headwaters Of Waterman Creek, near
where the California Timber Company
was conducting milling operations, and
Travelled easterly along the Waterman
and Pescadero creeks over the lands
of McAbee Bros, whose mill and
possessions were eagerly licked up The
lives of two men were sacrificed in an
endeavor to save the mill.
Over the lands of Sinnott, Roster
Trays. Doeg, Hubbs, Rambo and many
others rushed the fire, sweeping all be-
fore it. Through the Sempervirens
camp the fire made it's way, and then
along the nOrtheasterly line of the park
to the cut timber lands of /. T. Bloom
where hundreds of men have gathered
in a final effort to stay the onward
sweep of the flames. ..
This afternoon the railroad company
sent word TO all section crews to re-
port TO Warden H. Pilkington at the
park and all afternoon and evening
Station Agent Aram has been sending
men out in teams and on horseback.
The chance of reaching the warden,
however, was slight, owing to his be-
ing cut off from the outside. All the
roads are destroyed and until the
woods cool it will be impossible to
reach him. The last word from the
warden was received early in the after
noon. when he sent out the following
message:
Park is gone; haven't given up hope.
but hope to save Governors Camp"
Since then the fire has hemmed him
in. When last seen early this morn
ing the warden was escorting a party
of women to a place of safety. In this
party were Mrs. NJ. z. Kinney, Miss
E. Kinney and Miss n. Davenport of
San Jose, Mrs. william Hill of Peta-
luna, Miss George Trude of Shelton
and Mrs. PiIkington. They had an ex-
citing time and were in danger many
times from the flames. At one time
We're 1t not for the quick wit OF the
warden, who dampened handkerchiefs
and tied them over the faces of the
women. they would have perished. as
the suffocating pine smoke was roll
ing around them in pillows.
The Basin View and Trays ranches
are reported to be the scene of sad
tragedy. None of the people on these
ranches have been seen alive since the
flames swept over their places yester-
day. and 1t is thought they were
burned.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
Anxiety Is Felt
for Safety of
w arden.

disastrous forest fire has been raging
for two days few miles east of Jack
son. 1t is supposed to have been
started by the blasting of wood near
the Government agricultural station,
six miles from Jackson.
The conhagration has travelled in a
southwesterly direction over an area
from three to five miles in width for
about ten miles, destroying valuable
timber and pasture land and wood
ranches. A large number of men
have been fighting the fire and defend
ing their homes for two days, but the
trouble still continues.
The power plant of the California
Gas and Electric Company is in dan
ger and part of the pole line was
burned down last night. The quartz
mills of the county were shut down in
consequence.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
Fierce Flames Destroy Trees That
Made Golden State Famous
Special Dispatch to The Cali

John L. Rosters home was entirely
destroyed. The schoolhouse at Sequoia
was saved by the bravery and heroism
of Thomas and James Maddox, who,
when deserted by their comrades,
stayed by the burning building, and by
pulling off part of the boards and
shingles saved it.
The fire is now raging fiercely and Is
utterly beyond control at $40 p. m.
The fire reached the extreme north
easterly limit of the park, where every
available man has been gathered under
the direction of /. T. Bloom in a final
effort to get the flames under control
Back-flring is being freely used, though
much fear is expressed for the safety
of Warden Pilkington and a handful of
men who are supposed to be some
where near Governors amp. Every
avenue of access has been burned
and not road remains by which the
park and the warden can be reached.
The losses at present are as follows:
McAbee Brothers, $20,000 S. Gra-
hammer (tavern), $500; T. Trays, $4,000;
Mrs. Welch, $4,000; ]. L. Roster, 5000,
and ]. Sinnott, $4,000; total, $42, 500. The
many other smaller losses will make
this the most disastrous of the many
confla grations that have ever swept
the country.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
COMMISSION ANXIOUS.

State Officials Are in Dark About
Amount of Loss.
When the news concerning the
fire in Big Basin Park In Santa Cruz
County reached this city yesterday
morning, the Redwood Park Commits
sioners, who live in San Francisco, had
a hurried conference. There was no
way to communicate with State War
den Pilkington in the Big Basin and
some soIicitude was experienced con-
cerning the welfare of him and of his
family and the unknown campers who
are in the park.
The Commissioners also were anx-
ious about the fate Of the Big Basin
Park, the custody of which is placed
in their hands by the State law.
w. H. Mills and Commissioner Fos-
ter conferred with Professor Dudley
Of Stanford University, the secretary
OF the commission. Professor Dudley
reported that the fire originated on
Pescadero. Creek. Commissioner w. H
Mills said last evening that he had
no doubt that much damage had been
caused in the States park by the fires
He declined to speculate concerning
the amount Of 1t.
The difficulty Of forecasting the
amount Of damage" said Mills, 'is
increased by the uncertainty Of the
concentration Of heat at any given
point. Ordinarily the green under
growth in the Big Basin would not
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
LaShed to Bar Of
Parachute She
Floats Away.
Cords on Her Hands Alone
Save Her From
Death.
Spectators Shrek at the Spectacle, but
the VentureSOme Girl Reaches
Earth in Safety.
Special Dispatch to The Call

DERBY. Conn. Sept. s.-Expecting
every minute to see her dashed to
death, 5000 persons at Orange Fair
saw Miss Mabel Kent. a pretty nine
teen-year-old girl of Shelton, borne out
of sight. clutching the bar of a huge
parachute below a balloon. her body
swaying at full length in the air.
Her hands were tightly lashed to the
bar and the rope held her until she
had reached an altitude of nearly three
miles from the point of ascension. The
balloon descended to the top of tree
fifty feet high. where she managed to
free herself. She was rescued in q
semi-conscious condition
A balloon ascension and parachute
leap by Professor Hayden had been an
nounced as one OF. the attractions of the
afternoon. An invitation for any young
woman to accompany him was ac-
cepted by Miss Kent.
Professor Hayden lashed her loosely
by her feet to the trapeze bar and
tied her wrists to a guy rope. AS the
balloon ascended the fetters slipped
from the woman's feet, leaving her a
waving human pendulum. The straps
that held her wrists to the guy rope
formed the only tie that kept her from
falling. Fortunately these held fast.
The crowd in the fair grounds shrieked
in agony.
Miss Kent says that she was too
frightened to cry. She had expected to
be able to stand on the traDeze. but
the slipping Of her feet bandages left
her helpless.
Down the balloon shot and hundreds
Of spectators who had seen the Incl
dent rushed to the spot where it was
falling. 1t struck in the top of a tree
and Miss Kent lodged in it's branches,
where she was rescued.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
Lives Are Lost in Struggle to Pre-
vent Progress of the Fire.

The Governors Camp is a collection
of small, one-story wooden houses that
were erected by Mr.. Middleton Of Boul-
der Creek, the former owner Of great
part of the land sold to the State for
park uses. They were built for the en-
tertainment of distinguished visitors,
and many have been entertained there
There have been fires in the Big
Basin before but none so threatening
as the present one When the State
Commissioners decided to open the
park this year to the general public for
the first time, regulations were care
fully prepared to guard against the
starting of fires within the park except
ing at certain places and then only un-
der the supervision and direction of
Warden Pilkington.
The residence of Mr.. Roster of this
city, that has been destroyed was a
handsome structure, overgrown with
ivy. surrounded with clusters of hand
some redwood trees, and standing not
far from the main road that leads from
Boulder Creek into the east side of the
Big Basin Park. The Union Mill prop
erty, the country tavern, that has been
burned. was the property of Mr.. Mid
dleton of Boulder Creek. There was
formerly a growth of large redwood
trees near the mill. but these were cut
off before the basin was offered to the
State as park. A fire would probably
make slow progress into the heart of
the Big Basin from the immediate vi
cinity Of the country tavern.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
FIRES IN MARIN COUNTY.
Fierce Flames Make Headway Despite
Efforts of Men.

Fierce Flames Make Headway Despite
Efforts of Men.
SAN RAFAEL, Sept. s.-The forest
fires which started on the Bolinas
ridge yesterday afternoon have made
great headway and many acres Of tim
Der and brush have been destroyed.
This morning the fire fighters were
sanguine of checking the flames, but at
10 O'Clock the wind shifted and the fire
is now working down the Bolinas ridge
toward the Lagunitas Canyon and the
Cascades toward Mount Tamalpais.
S. B. Cushing of the Tamalpais Tav-
ern has been working with a squad of
men since morning trying to keep the
flames from crossing the ridge to the
mountain.
Should the wind change there is
danger of the fire making It's way
toward the Mountain Tavern, destroy
ing the bridges of the Mount Tamal-
pals Scenic Railroad
The. telephone lines between here and
Bolinas are destroyed and the stage
road is blocked by, the burning timber.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
Great StOCkyardS
Trouble Is at
an End.
Butchers Union Yields and
Affiliated Bodies Will
DO Likewise.
Only q Portion Of the Skilled Men
Are TO Be Taken Back by
the Packers.

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-The strike Of the
butcher workmen, which has demoral-
ized the meat-packing industry
throughout the entire country, was Of
fcially declared of tonight by Pres
ident Michael J. DOnnelly of the Anal
csrnated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Worknens Union OF America This
morning Donnelly telegraphed TO the
members Of the national executive
committee. asking their consent to an
announcement Of the end of the strug-
gle. and tonight. having received ia
vorabIe answers from all. he declared
that the strike Of the members OF his
organization would end at midnight.
The strike OF the members of the
affiliated unions at the stock yards,
who quit work in sympathy with the
butchers, viii be officially called of
Tomorrow morning at a meeting Of
the conference board Of the Allied
Trades. This was decided upon at
meeting Of the central body Of the Al
lied Trades held tonight.
When the packers were notified to-
night that it had been decided to end
the strike, they announced that they
would give places, as far as possible.
10 the skilled men. but it was stated at
the same time that many of these men
would be unable 10 secure their old
places. as. in many cases. the work
was being performed satisfactorily by
men who had been engaged since the
commencement Of the strike. 1t is ex-
-
skilled men wiz be unable TO regain
their old positions. 1t was the ques-
tion Of a wage scale for this class of
men that brought about the strike. the
packers refusing to sign an agreement
with any class other than skilled work.
men.
During the strike approximately
53. 900 persons have been involved, and
the struggle is estimated to have cost
the men about g 600 600 in wages, as
against an estimated loss of s. 500, 900
20 the packers in business and in in
creased expenses. The greatest num-
Der Of men idle in Chicago during the
strike was 26.600, and the total in the
country outside OF this city is estimated
10 have been about the same number.
The original cause Of the strike was
the demand by the Butchers Union
that the packers pay 70 the unskilled
Vyorkmen 1s5z cents an hour. The
packers refused TO sign an agreement,
hut offered TO arbitrate. This was ac-
cepted. the strikers agreeing to return
70 work, pending the decision OF the
srbitrators. The men, however. were
dissatisfied with the manner in which
they were being put TO work and de-
clsred that they would not return un-
less all The men were given their old
places IN one days time. The packers
declared that this was impossible and
the men went on strike Tor the second
tine. They now return to work under
the conditions that existed before the
strike.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09

catch fire easily. There are places
where the tan bark oaks have been
stripped for their bark. They are dry
and infiammable. They might strongly
aid to spread the flames. If great
redwood tree should take fire 1T would
be like a torch to light its neighbors."
Early yesterday morning the follow
ing dispatch was received by H. r.
judah of the Southern Pacific Com
pany from ]. H. Aigler, dated Boulder
Creek:
Bad fire raging in Big Basin. Country tavern
at Old Union Mill and summer home Of ]. L.
Koster all gone State Park in danger Entire
country from head OF Pescadero Creek to
Blooms Mil in flames. Several lives sup
posed to be lost.
This gives official proof that the sit
uation was serious. TeIegraphic cor
respondence took place promptly and
the railroad people sent their track
men to the rescue.
The only way to reach Boulder Creek
from the park on the east is over the
ridge along whose entire extent the
flames raised their impossible and
practically unbroken wan of fire. The
Big Basin is surrounded by ridges,
some of the peaks being as high as
Mount Tamalpais and the entire coun-
try is very rough and broken.
Through Big Basin Park run the
several forks of Waddell Creek These
are quite large streams, but they are
strewn with huge boulders To fol-
low the creeks down below the fire
belt might be very difficult for any
but strong and active persons 1t is
necessary to pursue ones way along
steep creek margins on narrow trails
and often In the bed of the creek.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
WIDOW WILL FIGHT FOR
HER RIGHTS IN COURT
Her From Premises She Has Oc-
cuDied for Years

SAN BERNARDINO. Sept. s.-Mrs.
Quinnlan, a widow. residing at
Needles, came to San Bernardino this
afternoon to take the preliminary
steps for instituting a suit against the
Santa Fe Railway Company Tor max
ing her vacate the house she rented
from the company because she would
not board strike-breakers.
Mrs. Quinnlan has been a tenant OF
the company for the past ten years
at Needles. She ran a boarding
house. When the stockade was aban-
dcned by the road she alleges several
Of the strike breakers applied to her
for board. She refused them, not con-
sidering them desirable boarders, and
yesterday she was served with a notice
to vacate the premises on the 18TH
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
FIRES NEAR MARYsvmLE.
Blaze Starts In Forest and Destroys
Much Valuable Property.

MARYSV1LLE, Sept. s.-A forest
fire that broke out in the hills east of
this city yesterday destroyed the old
Oregon Hotel and all the nearby
buildings. The Baxter store building
and its contents. the Baxter residence.
containing the postoffice, and large
barns filed with. hay were consumed
The fire spread rapidly in spite OF
the efforts of hundreds of men. Much
timber, grain and pasture land was
destroyed and it is believed that some
stock Derished. The losses reported
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
COLORADO MINERS DrsARMED.
Sheriff and Deputies Prevent Demon.
stration and Arrest Fifteen Men.

sLHdlOn ana Arrest El1tcen Men.
TRINIDAD. Colo, Sept S.-Sherif
Clark. with fifteen deputies. went to
Tabssco this afternoon in response to
a telephone message that striking
miners numbering over 100 were
marching TO Tabasco and Berwin to
force non-union miners out OF the
mines. On the arrival of the Sheriff
the strikers informed him that they
had assembled TO hold a meeting.
Sixty Of the strikers carried guns
and the Sheriff disarmed them. Fifteen
men who were considered dangerous
were arrested and placed in the Coun-
~ Jail here
At Starkville last night six Italian
strikers assaulted coal company
guards. Christopher Shore. one OF the
strikers, was shot through the groin
and fatally wounded Three of the
strikers were arrested and placed in
jail, but the others escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
sargent ComLng 70 Coast.

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-Commis-
sioner OF Immigration Sargent will
leave on September Is on a tour of
inspection, which will include points
on the Mexican border and on the
Pacific Coast he will be gone four
weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09

aggregate $4,000. with little insur-
ance.
The fire is now believed to be under
control and no further damage is
feared.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
CROPS ARE DAMAGED.
Forest Fires Near HeaIdsburg InJure
Growing Fruit and Grain.

HEALDSBURG. Sept. s. = Forest
fires are raging in the hills surround
ing this city. Great damage has been
done to the crops and fruit. II is sup
posed that the. fires are due to the
carelessness Of campers passing
through this section.
This city is enveloped in cloud OF
smoke and to-day the Thermometer
registered 10 degrees in the shade.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
TEE WEATHER.

Forecast made 1T San FRAN
cisco for thirty hours ending
midnight. September 8;
San Francisco and vicinity
Fair Friday; cooler; brisk west
eriy winds. with fog.
A. q. McADIE,
District Korecastex.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
ENGINEER FRUSTRATED
BY FATAL ACCIDENT
Drives Locomotive Over His Niece,
killing Her, and Shock May

ELGIN, ILL.,, Sept S.-Miss Anna
Roycroft. Is years old, was run down
and instantly killed last night by an
engine in charge Of her uncle, Taylor
Sergeant.
The tragedy so affected the engi-
neer's mind that he collapsed with his
hand on the emergency brake.
He is completely prostrated and the
attending physicians fear he may not
recover from the terrible shock
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
FOREST FIRE RAGING.

SUFFER- CREEK. Sept. ga very
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
TIE THEATERs.

Alcazar-"Robert Emmett" Mat
tnee To-Day.
California - "sapho." Matinee
Central-"The First Born" Mat
tnee To-Day.
Co1umbia-"Bafnes."
Fischer,s -"Anheuser Push"
Matinee To-Day.
Grand 0pera-house - Chinese
Plays.
Kajestic-"In the Palace Of the
King" Matinee To-Day.
Orpheum-Vaudev Matinee
Tivoli-hThe Toreador." Matinee
The Chutes-Vaudevi11 After
noon and Evening.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08
MINING NEWS

Theo. L. hammers, of Duluth, Mimi,
who recently visited this section, is
mining engineer of international
reputation, a man whose opinion of
mines is very valuable. During his
visit here he visited the Rapid Transit
mine, and the Bradshaw mountain
section generally, in company with
Count Mentschikoff. Unsolicited he
wrote the Count the following very
fattering letter in reference to that
section:
Regarding the Rapid Transit mine,
| am pleased to say that | was very
favorably impressed by it. The geol-
ogy of the Bradshaws is very favor
able for ore dispositions; the vein is
a true fissure of good size, and will
undoubtedly go down to considerable
depth. Judging from the history of
other mines in the vicinity, the ore
will probably change into a gold ore
with greater depth. While you have
about 1000 tons of good milling ore
on the dumps, and quite considerable
ore in the lower levels of the mines,
the work so far done is to be consid-
cred mainly as prospecting. To de-
velop the mine it must be opened to
a greater depth, say 500 feet any way
When that is done l am quite con-
WINGED that you will have a paying
mine"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08
REBUILDING Of
FORT WHIPPLE
Good Appropriation for
Next Year.
War Department AppOrtiOnS One
Hundred Eighty-SeVen Thousand
Dollars for Construction.

A telegram to the Los Angeles
Times states that out of the appro.
priation bill passed at the last session
of Congress, S1S7, 500 has been appor-
toned to Whipple Barracks, to con-
tinue the reconstruction of that mill
tary post.
The expenditure of this amount of
money will make a decided showing
towards the rehabilitation of the
post. This sum amounts to over
100000 more than the buildings IN
der construction at present will cost
when completed, the contract price Of
these being as follows: Barracks
building, s3S,9245O; officers quar-
tiers, $17,1145O; Quartermaster sta
bIes. $9,917.OO; quartermaster's
store house, s2O,673OO, or a total for
all the buildings of sS6,62SOO.
To duplicate these buildings and
add 100000 worth more will give
the post a degree of permanency in
appearance which will be most graf
flying Major Walcutt has no ad.
vices at present in reference to the
buildings which may be ordered next
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08
PROSPEROUS MINING CAMP.
Work Being Accomplished on the
Derby Mining Company's Property.

During a trip through the Sierra
Prieta mountains a few days ago the
/ editor of the Journal-Miner was some
what surprised to find right on the
very summit of the range q neat and
well kept mining camp. Just over
the brow of the mountains, on the
western slope, and but a short dis
lance from the summit, was also
found the mine which formed the ba-
sis of the camp Equally surprised
was the scribe to find the mine and
camp in charge of Geo. L. Young, al
though it was known to him that Mr.
Young was engaged in mining in that
locality. So quietly had he gone about
his work, and so little has he had to
say about it, that beyond the fact that
he is engaged in the business, very
few know much concerning his opera
tons. Mr.. Young belongs to that
class of operators who believe that
more can be accomplished by work
than by talk and while others are
talking of what they are doing or in
tending TO do, he is doing" Al
though an old newspaper man him
self he has not used the columns of
the press to exploit his mining move
ments. As he was caught in the act
though, by the Journal-Miner scribe.
Mr.. Young very courteously showed
him through the mine. and it was very
apparent that his silence about the
property was not on account of not
having something to talk about, for on
the contrary the property is about as
promising as can be found in the
county, for the amount of develop
ment work done
The property is that of the Derby
Mining Company. In all the company
owns twenty-five claims. sixteen of
which are comprised in the group in
the Sierra Prieta mountains. the 9th
er six being in the Hassayampa dis
trict. Mr.. Young commenced opera
tons on this group in October of last
year and since then has done over
1000 feet of development work on it,
He has done work in such a manner,
too, that every thousand dollars spent
has opened up at least an equal
amount. or greater amount in ore, so
that the stockholders can see their
money in sight in the mine. On the
west slope Ct the mountains a tunnel
is run in over four hundred feet and
in going this distance several lenses
Of excellent ore have been opened.
One is six feet wide. three are eight
fet wide each and one sixteen. The
ore is red and black oxide, and hema-
tite of iron. and is of quite high grade
The surface ore IS very high grade
and picked specimens can be secured
which viii go away up in the hun
dreds and even into the thousands per
ton. But mine is never made from
picked specimens. hut from the aver
age of the ore, and in the case of the
Derby the average is very satisfac-
tory. The tunnel described above is
in ore its entire distance, and at the
breast of it the depth from the sur
face is about 200 feet.
Near the mouth of the tunnel a
shaft is being sunk which is down to