The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
FREES WHITE GIRL FROM
HER QUADRO0A HUSBAND
Court Learns That Wooer
Told Sweetheart He
Was Hawaiian

Walter Dixon, a maroon tinted Ia
borer, prefers San Francisco TO any
of the cities of the southern states as
place of habitation. In the opinion
OF some of the persons who chanced
10 be in department 10 of the superior
court yesterday morning this discrim-
ination in the matter of residence was
a lucky thing for Dixon. He had told
a pretty young girl that ne was half
Hawaiian and half English, and she
did not learn he was part negro until
after she married him.
Mrs. Elsa Dixon, the deceived wife,
related her story yesterday TO Judge
Trout. Her suspicious were not
aroused, she said, until some time after
her marriage. Then she saw her hus-
bands mother, who was much darker
than the son. This. convinced the wife
that Dixon had not told her the truth.
and when she demanded proof of his
explanation he confessed himself
Quadroon. His mother. he said. was
half Hawaiian and half negro and his
father was English The wife at once
left Dixon and began suit to annul
their marriage.
w. ". Davidson, attorney for the
plaintiff, also gave testimony. He had
told Dixon that he desired to subpoena
his mother and sister. In reply Dixon
said:
Don't DO that. Rather than see
them compelled to testify in court I'll
let the case go. I admit what you
charge
Judge Trout ordered the entry of a
decree setting aside the marriage on
the ground that intermarriage of
whites and blacks is forbidden by the
laws of California.
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California and western Nevada we're flooded
with this class OF laborors The Greeks were
not bad. because they could WORK If they
would. and the MaIays could be driven TO IT,
but no power on earth could make Hindu work.
that they consfffute ,,,isanoa rrhx :. -.ft-.ess
companies discharged their Hindus. and the lat
ter were given trial in other lines of vvorl
Some three hundred of them were tried at the
cement works above Santa Cruz and proved com
plete failures Whether or NOT the fruit dis
tricts counted upon getting overflow from
the imported railroad lsborers. or whether they
counted on anything At all, they TO be con-
fronted withssn unsolvable problem before the
( season is over.
In other localities in the west fruit ana berry
men and even farmers have found It q very prof
liable Investment To build small cottages
their farms and furnish them rent free to famf-
lies Of working people They were occupied by
families looking for an outdoor life. and when
the time came there was help for the harvest.
Secretary J. L. Clemo of the united
mine workers of America district No
20. at the tenth annual meeting of the
Birmingham, Ala, presented the fol-
lowing as the cost of the strike from
July 25, when it was declared, until
August 20, 1905, when ii was called off:
Paid for provisions for the maintenance OF
our members and their families while strike,
ss75, ,s3l5s; paid for shelter, clothing. fuel.
dentals sI05 9o6 IS; for transportation of strike
breakers, SCI. 1864 The number OF strike
breakers that paid transportation on was
g. 595 at an average cost of S17-02K each. After
the close Of the strike a large number of our
members could not secure work al the mines
and paid moving expenses for the lab that
made application, the amount Of 8. .45l Is, or
strike. $1.o46 4o526- You win readily see by
the enormous amount that the office force has
been taxed to its utmost capacity
new organization of vehicle paint
ers has been formed in Chicago It is
called the Chicago carriage, wagon and
auto painters union. Melvin c. Her
man is the president.
Through the efforts of unionism in
Joplin, Mo. during the past six years
wages for painters have increased
from 50 for 10 hour day TO SO for an
eight hour day.
Practically all of the mills of the
international paper company of New
EhBldhu are no" oPelothS oh the
eight hour basis.
The international union of photo en-
gravers is taking steps to establish a
fund for consumptive members of the
order.
The Japanese laborers in the Ha-
waiian islands are taking steps to form
a labor organization or union in order
to receive the same pay for like work
that is given 70 white labor. The Jap
anese are greatly discontented to have
TO work side by side in the fields with
white men, as they claim I'VE do more