New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco Faces. Danger of
Street RaiI1cay Strike.
[By Telegraph % The Trlbune.1

lby Telegraph 70 The TFibune.l
San Francisco, April 27.-San Francisco is facing
streetear strike which may tie up all but one
OF the street railways of the city The Car Mems
Union presented to the United Railroads a formal
demand for a new schedule of wages and hours
providing for eight hour day and a uniform
wage Of S. President Calhoun declared that the
fR besy could % not grant the demand and said that
Of 81 to % po oen M9s a to omT bssd Re on tent
hour day There is feeling among the we'll in
Car Mems Union are seeking to bring on a strike
IA ~ order to give Mayor Schmitz an opportunity 10
resume his place in favor of labor by obtaining
adjustment; President Cornelius, of the union. is
an offceholders under Schmitz.
climax reached i'm the investigation Of
police graft this week when Police Captain John
Mooney, who has rebelled against the methods Of
his superiors. gave the grand jury and Assistant
District Attorney Heney all the details OF the al
ieged corruption in the department. He testified
light district, Chief Dinan and all the captains
neutenants and sergeants In this part of the city
s SAD thst pstrolmen were paid s. sergeants.
month by each house Of i'll repute. Saloons and
gamhiing houses are also held up in the way
on a hNed schedule. according to the captain.
The Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of tho
Golden West. the Californian order of which Ruef
Schmitz and others among the alleged grafters
have been leading members passed resolutions in
the session at Nspa this week authorizing the ex-
pulsion Of any member guilty of any offence which
would tend 10 bring discredt the order. This
viii be "A heavy blow 10 the alleged grafters as
muSch 81 their power in politics has been due to
It IIitelr position and Influence in the Native Sons
ton. 49,
Unless all signs fail Southern California is 10
lose its place the leading citrus fruit growing
part Of the state. There has been great increase
in the orange and lemon acreage in the San Joa-
quin Valley In the last two years. Tulare County
Jus Jgst north Of the Tehachap mountain range which
divides Northern from Southern California. prom
iSes to be the banner orange county OF the state
A strip along the western slope OF the SierraS IN
converted from grain fieds to orange groves. one
U5ga-u acne pelng more than two thousand acres
cold rains. and floods. too, seem have been
orchards OF the Sacramento Valley shows that the
crop Will be heavy while the Fresno peach dis
a. tIlet * win give large Yield Prunes and apricots
IN the Santa Clara Valley suffered serious damage
Stanford University was the centre OF another
upheaval this week which has attracted general
attention throughout the state. ". F. Herr, edi-
tor in chief of The Sequoia." the college monthly
magazine. has been dismissed from the editorship
by me facuIy because he made the publication too
S4IoH' me ciiilaA ol ms selsa auoIlallsIl as
original poem. .Eathscheba," which told the story
Of David and Uriah's wife The young OF
The university refused 10 buy or read the maga-
zine, and tins protest resulted in the retirement
demand for that particular issue of the paper.
After negotiations covering many weeks the
Palace Hotel Company. which is made up OF the
Sharon estate. Senator NewIands and others. has
secured lease the $4,000 600 Hotel Fair
l.
The Palace Company Is to annual cash
rental Of Sl05.ooo. or $3.50 month plus the IN
rental. including these terms. It IS said, VIII be-
approximately, $4,000 a month. The Palace COM
Of the ten years annual cash rental OF &i2O-
600 or $4,000 month, plus the taxes and insur-
This move by the Palace Hotel Company does
the Palace. On the contrary the plans for the
and bigger Palace are all ready and the work viii
be begun As soon as the material can be obtained
Captain Y T Smith. treasurer of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. who died at his country home
near this city Tuesday, OF the pioneers OF
the railway world OF the West. lie seventy
been connected with the Southern Pacific For
nearly a quarter OF a century he had held the
Of paralysis following an attack of pneumonia.
The termination Of the long lockout at Goldfeld
which has put a blanket stock operations for
many weeks followed by a prompt revival
IN the stock market bur the sharp advance was
not maintained, owing to the public's distrust of
the Goldheld operators. They were said TO have
/ made use of the trouble 10 manipulate the market.
and the people were slow TO believe the difficulty
ended The labor fight itself was interesting
object lesson 10 employers. 1t proved that the
| eraployers by maintaining a solid front against
aRitators could successfully resist their demands.
| DEVELOPMENTS since the ending OF the trouble
| show that the Industrial Workers or the World,
| a campaign OF assassination and that cash reward
was ready for the murderers OF certain mine nine
blood because he dehed the anarchists and II was
| this murder that brought on the climax
Dennis Kearney. remarkable figure in San
| Francisco thirty years ago. died Wednesday. AS
| a sand lot orator he welded great influence, and
20 him more than any man Is due the credit or
| the massage of the Chinese exclusion law, which
checked the tide OF Oriental immigration he was
/ the author of the campaign slogan me Chinese
/ r.1st 90 His followers among the laborlng
| cIsssaa numbered many thousands lie was a nat
| 1lrai speaker OF great ability.
Hartman is planning improvements in the SOUTH
orp Pacific which will cost many millions accord
,ng ~ Information received at the offices IN this
/ c,tv Final orders have been sent out looking to
., establishment Of the block system throughout
So ilos oF the Pacific system. extending from San
T-anc;sco north east and south. Two hundred
"a sF,v stations arc 20 be provided with these de-
90. az soon as the work can be done. IN aooluoh
4 - tbts the company Is planning 70 pulla many
cos+J[I stations All 20 be IN the mission sIyIe'
5T,e progress OF rebuilding the burned distrlcr
y, the last month has been great, but the prospect
| ~ tight money market this summer VIII operate
| - o.,-a building The banks have raised the rate
oS Interest on loans from 8 to per cent anu nAve
L.abeI,ed regulations which Will teno 70 make II
e jJfic,,lt TO obtain funds for building Purpnses
TeEor con6itions are somewhat improved however,
S .i,tS NAV offset tho action OF the BANKS
eeIpeE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE.