New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

professional men that the prosecution of PreSi-
dent Calhoun and other officials OF the United
Railways for the alleged purchase of franchises
shows malice. If Calhoun gave up S2OoOo 10
Schmitz Ruef and the supervisors. he sur
rendered IL exactly the unfortunate cltlZ-i
surrenders his money and Watch Wheh Hi5"-
wavman orders him TO turn over his valuaDieS-
The trolley franchise at the time II was
Granted meant life or death 10 the United
railways. and If Ruef gave the ultllIlA'uin 'ieit
his supervisors would not vote for Ii without
paVInent this money Adu 10 De piouutou- A4'
is the opinion here -, III.
II may be that the prosecution will be able
to put Ruef on the witness ststnG anu ,liI,e -;
him 10 tell the facts about the troIey IIdllC'll5
bribery but this is doubtful Ruet dehl'ti1o9
complete immunity a return Tor ms 'eSCA 'eI,
monv and this immunity the prosecution Wouid
~ - i've as II would excite public opinion
and ruin their other cases. With Such oPih'o'
general il seems impossible to convict fresl-
dent Calhoun, who was IN New AoFh at Oiie Oi'''
Of the alleged bribery. a.
Another thin, which has seriously injured I .l'e
graft prosecution is the active PoSlaS III -
limelight of Heney and Spreckels HeheE i'ds
- a sort of triumuhal progress throughout
the. state. delivering speeches deNoted 20 - -.
necessity of civic reform and the srtaI - ~ In
,Ione nv Spreckels and himself IN driving the
h,od,srs of San Francisco out of pubic ONCE
As not single one of these boodlerS mas uten @
landed in prison. and as seventeen @ Super iI t,f,
are AT large with all their stolen money "
nublic is getting tired of this campaign oI 'aih
San Franciscans are also tired oil seeilS t'IS
CITY held up as an aWiul eNatlple ~ t"u.1' - -
corr11Dtion when it is well known th'it ersllI ~
otber cities is as farreachins and raPaclous To-
day aS il ever was mere ,,, -.
The trial OF Calhoun was called TOT lhu'Su,5 >
h,,t wont over until Monday because OF the dh-
fcultv that the prosecution has met IN gathel-
ine it's witnesses other delays viii pr"haoiy
follow as It will be nearly impoSSlhie to get d
i}Irv Immediately before the holidays
Fifteen hundred unskilled laborers who are
digging trenches and installing Conduits for the
Home Telephone Company struck this week be-
cause the company reduced their wages trom
So 80 TO So - a day The high wages paid here
for the last year by contractors who We're eager
to finish work have demoralized union labor.
Even unskilIed men fancy they are worth twice
what they were formerly satisfied with. The
feeling has been strengthened. as the Home Tel
ephone Company. after two days OF the Strike
yielded to the demands of their men,
The Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool
has decided to erect a ten story Glass build
ing on it's lot at the northwest corner of Pine
and sansome streets. 1t has purchased addi-
tional frontage on Sansome street, making the
lot 81 feet by 81 feet q inches.
Balfour Guthrie & Co. and other wheat ex
porters at Tacoma have resumed large buying
of wheat for the first time since the financial
stringency began. These exporters have OBJ
tanned gold from London. and buying all the
wheat they can get. Exports thus far this sea
son from Tacoma and Portland reach 2ol 900
tons. There are 10000 tons al Tacoma await
ing shipment. Receipts at Tacoma. Everett and
Seattle since September have been 5000 car
loads. the largest receipts record for this
time
The Mine Owners Association of Goldfield has
abrogated the agreement with the union made
last April. The agreement provided that wages
be 81 day and that strike or boycott be
declared by the union without a two-thirds vote
The mine owners declare that the strike that
has now tied up all the Goldield mines was
voted only by handful of union men. Mine
owners now propose to make GoldheId, as we'll
as other camps in Nevada, open shops. with uni
form wages of 81 day
rms latest strike was due TO Secretary Hay
wood of the American Federation of Miners
VINO urged the men to take advantage of the
necessities of the owners and demand extra pay
The owners are determined To import men To
work the mines and fearing trouble from strik-
ers. they asked Governor Sparks TO request that
regular soldiers be held ready to assist