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LAST EDITION. ALL THE MABKETS. THE "BALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. PRICE 5c. i: FIERCE RIOT IN SAN FRANCISCO STREETS THE CONFERENC r THE W KILLS HIMSELF LAVA STREAM STOPPED AS IF BY A MIRACLE hi ti. IS POSTPONED THL OFPOSlTlONi WHEN DEMENTED Full leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation.' Meeting of Socialists in Sym pathy for Western Miners Imprisoned POLICE AND DETECTIVES STONED UNO KICKED After Inecwliury Sptwchk There Was u Parade and Gathering at LotUi's Fountain, Where a Rod Banner Was Spread, Haying "The Consti tution 15c Damned; So Say t In corporations" Police Tone Down Flag. ( r, y the Associated Press.) Snn Francisco, Calif., April !. The floivt-Kt riot San Francisco litis wit nessed in a generation was u sequel to a meeting of socialists held at Woodward" pavilion as an expression of sympathy for President Meyer and Secretary.- Haywood of tile Western Federation 'of Miners who are imprs oncd in Idaho on the accusal ion that ,llicy were Implicated in the asisassina tion of former Governor Stuenenburg. At the meeting Home violent speeches were made. pi which it was 'declared Unit Meyer ami'-Haywood were inno cent, and that It convicted they would tint be hanged unless the entire United Sines army was brought -in to assist in their execution. At the conclusion of the .speech making, a procession was organized, and the participants in the assemblage ma; lied down Market street, headed by a band. At the cor. tier of Kearney ar.d Market streets a halt was made, and one of the parad ers. who carried a red banner climbed Lotta's fountain and fixed the emblem1 to the topmost lamps. The banner bore the Inscription: "The Constitution lie Damned; Ho Say the Corporation!!." It was decided by the leaders to hold an outdoor meeting, and A. C. MeOinty was selected to address the crowd. ,;So great was the throiih". however, that he could not make himself heard, and C.eorg, S. Holmes, metal worker with a powerful voic e, was substituted as speaker. II was i'i I ho vM':il o? his t"lk when rolicemen Jack Stclzner and W, J. Cuvanaimh and Drteelive Ryan made their way (hroi'gh the crowd. Ryan tore down the red lias and passed it to Stelzner. Ryan then or dered Holmes to desist, but was met with a refusal, and the detectives pulled Holmes down Jo the pavement. In a moment 'a riot wns precipitated. Stclsner was knocked down and kicked In a vicious hand-to-hand light, the crowd seeking to recover 'the Hag. Ryan and Cavanaugh eaire to his assistance and began beating back the crowd Willi clubs. The Hag was torn from Stcljsner'8 grasp, and then Ryan, who had held Holmes all of the time, started to take Ills prisoner through the crowd, beating a path with his club. An electric cm" was passing and halted opportunely for the detective. He boarded it, and the other officers tried to keep the crowd back. Near the fountain a new building is being erected, and the street was full of building debris. Almost instantly there was a shower of scrap Iron, brick and blocks of wood upon the car and the missiles crashed through the win dows, injuring a number of passen frf,. rrh" molnrman was made a tar get, but he slowly forced his vaf through the human blockade and gain ing sliced, ultimately reached the hall of Justice. In the meantime alarm calls had been sent to neighboring police stations and patrolmen came hurrying to the scene. 'J'hey found themselves confronted by a maddened crowd armed with sticks and stones, and for half an hour a lively battle was in progress, the police using their clubs with telling effect, and the crowd retaliating vic iously. .V ' Policeman Stalzner was struck sev eral .times by flying bricks and was cut. In the neck and head. Policeman Doran was also bruised and cut. Po liceman Harry Segulne was seriously hurt. He was knocked down and kick ed again and again; Seventeen of the rioters were arrest ed, three being charged with assault . with deadly weapons. The rest were hooked at the prison for misdemeanors Holmes, the orator, was charged with disturbing the peace. It was fully an hour from the time the trouble started that quiet was restored in the neigh borhood. Call for Bunk Statements, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 9. The comp troller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of national banks at the qlose of business Fri day, April fi, lftOfi. HOT ABOUT A PIAN0iw Tommw al Re! Tillman in Railway Station at Charlotte Statement Tliut the Piano Was Pre sented To Him iy a Whiskey Firm While He Was Governor He Rramls n Base, Cowardly and Dirty Insin uation. ' (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte, N. C, April 9. In the Southern Hallway station here yes terday Senator Tillman and C. W. Moorman of the Columbia State en tered inlo a warm discussion concern ing a piano that it is said was pre sented to Tillman by a whiskey firm while he was governor of South Car olina. . ' ' The alleged presentation of the musical instrument to the then gov ernor of South Carolina was brought out in a letter signed by J. Kraser Lyon of the dispensary board. Tillman declared the statement was a base insinuation, cowardly and dir ty. He intimated that ho purchased the piano from a music dealer by the name of Malone in Columbia, and he asked that Lyon consult Malone as to the truthfulness of this assertion. Tillman was en route to Clemson College, where he goes to attend a meeting of the trustees of that Insti tution. AT WORK IN THE PITTSBURG DISTRICT (By. the Associated Piers.) Pittsburg, Pa., April U-There was an almost general resumption of min ing operations in the Pittsburg., dis trict.' today; Reports received by the miner's officials and coal operators in dicate that the 'miners were nearly all at work, and that less than ," per cent, of the plants were idle. There was no disorder, and the best of feeling prevails over the. prospect of steady work, the result of an expected early resumption of lake shipments and th.v receipts of large contracts which have heretofore been tilled by western opor Mtors, Among the--independents sign ing the scale today were the American Coal Company. Blaine Coal Company,. Naomi' .Coal Company. Lynne Coal Company, Hazel Kirk Gas Coal Com pany; ' United Coal 'Company - and Shoenbuigei--Coal Company. The Westmoreland Coal Company, one of the largest independent con cerns, with a capacity of a million tons annually, also signe.l the scale today, and orders were given to at once, re sume operations in all Iheir plants. Japanese Cruiser Launched. (By the Associated Press.) Tokio, April U. The Japanese armor ed cruiser Ikoinu, of 13,750 tons, was successfully launched at Kure today. M'LAURIN FAVORS BAILEY AMENDMENT (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 9. The senate to day sent the urgent .deficiency bill to conference. Mr. McLaurin then addressed the sen ate on the railroad rate bill. He an nounced himself in full sympathy with both the leading propositions of the Bailey amendment, that for a full court review and for a prohibition of tem porary injunctions. He devoted much of his speech to a discussion of the propriety of the proposed legislation. which he contended for on the ground that common carriers by water as well as by rati are really public utilities di rected by private capital. The latter part of the S'leech was devoted to a discussion of-the political aspects of die question. : In Wheeling District. Wheeling, W Va., April 9. A call was Issued today by the Mine Workers Union for a convention in this city next Thursday of delegates representing No. 8 vein mines In eastern Ohio and West Virginia to consider plans for a settlement of the strke. Prospects seem bright for adjustment 'of the differences, and an early resumption of work In the district. Twenty thousand miners are affected. of Operators rnvcinco nDnnnoiraw l.1hh,.uu...u., Sub-Committees Held Sessions To dayCounter Arbitration Pro posal Expected from the Opera tors Offer to Arbitrate Only New Grievances Would Not Re Ac cepted. (By (lie Associated Press.) New York. April 9. At the, request of the operators the conference be tween committees of the coal opera tors and the miners which was sched uled In be held toilay to consider the situation in the anthracite fields, was postponed until tomorrow. It was announced that the postpone ment was requested because some of the operators had not yet had sufficient opportunity to consider the miners' proposition for arbitration. The two sub-committees held sepa rate sessions today to consider the sit uation as it now stands. The miners' committee had little to do. as their lat est proposition arbitration Ik. still in the hands of the operators. The mem bers of (he. -.committee informally took up the many reports that have been circulated regarding the intention of the mine owners ,in order to lind out what Is the sentiment of the committeemen on the various counter propositions the operators are said to have considered. Mr. Mitchell and his lieutenants express the belief that the operators will not accept the miners', offer as made, but will present an arbitration plan radical ly different from the one proposed. The miners have decided that if a counter an immediate adjournment for a day or proposition is made they will ask for two or longei-, in order Hint the full Shamokin scale committee may careful ly consider the new plan. if the operators offer to arbitral new grievances the proposition is ex pected to meet with a strong opposition from many members of the miners' committee. President W.' H. Dettrey of Hazleton, said he did not think he would agree to confining arbitration to new questions only. He said there were many old grievances that need adjust ing. The miners are silent on the idea of having the anthracite', coal strike commission again review labor coiidi Hons. in the hard coal regions, but it is believed they would again accept the commission if it were left free to take ui. all matters presented. If it is agreed upon to have the commission take up (he grievance, it is probable the con tending parties will communicate with President Itoosevelt and ask him t" summon, the members of the commit tee. The members of the general com mlttee, who come from all parts of the anthracite fields and who returned here today, said they found the men at home linn in their determination either to re main away from the collieries until the operators agree to arbitration or to set tle (heir grievances without calling in a third parly. '".''' There is a friendly contest on among the members of the general scale com mittee on Hie question of where the tri- dislrict convention which is to ratify or i eject the actions of the committee shall be held. Hazleton, Wtlkesbarre and Scranton each want the honor, but as Wilkesbarre is centrally located 11 Is quite likely that city will be selected. MUCK RAKE SPEECH WILL COME SOONER ' (By the Associated Press.) 'Washington, April 9, -President Itoosevelt will attend the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner stone of the new office building of the house of represntatives next Satur day. On that occasion he will de liver an Important address. He had expected to deliver the speech entitled "The Man With the Muck Rake," which he made at the dinner recently given by Speaker Cannon in honor of the Gridiron Club, at Norfolk, Va., on Memorial Day, but as he desired to get the speech before the public at as early a date as possible, he has determined to deliver it next Satur day. The ceremony of tho laying of t he- corner stone will be a Masonic func tion, and will bo very notable. Question Of City Fxtension. The question of extending the city limits of Raleigh has been made spe cial order for the regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry tomorrow- night. There will be a full discussion on both sides, and an unusually larc attendance of the members is expected. The board of directors will meet at 5 o'clock In the afternoon. Both meetings will be lii (he Holleinan building. Russian flection Returns THE RESULT IN MOSCOW That Proviime, the Real Heart of Russia, Sends to Parliament. Com paratively Vnknown Jlon, Two Peasants Most of (lie Peasants Fleeted Have Risen. (By. the Associated Pros.) ; St. Petersburg. April O.lte.lated re turns today only increase the magni tude of the opposition victory. Kursk returned a solid progressive delegation headed by Prince Peter Dolgoroukoff. M. Sherkoff, one of the members elected to the lower house of parliament, is now in prison. Vitebsk' elected two Poles, a Catholic priest ,ono progressive, two constitutional democrats and two peas ants. Vladimir, one of the old capitals of Russia,-where the orthodox faith is particularly strong, chose a monarchist, but the electoral college elected live constitutional democrats. Tula is the only province except Moscow which elected a majority of 'conservatives. The result is Moscow province con 's) II utes an anomaly in the elections. All the' constitutional democrats went down, but the. result was engineered through a deal with 'the reactionists anw a portion of the "nctoberists." who bought the support of peasants In the electoral college by .'allowing lliem In name an additional .member. '.-The bargain was so distasteful to M. Sliipoft, the prominent Zemstvo leader, and 1. Chetverikoff, that they induced Hie con stitutional democrats to withdraw l heir candidatures and also induced the constitutional democrats ;o withdraw their ticket, which included Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff. Prince tialitxin. M. Ko koshkine, -.Professor Mom momstseff and M. Golovin. As a net result, the province of Mos cow, the real heart of Russia,, sends to parliament comparnCV' !.y unknown men two peasants, a'.voiknian. Prince (iagarln, M. MasholT. M, Krudncr and Peter Struve. : The latter is the more prominent, being Hie president of the Moscow Bourse. With the single exception of Tula, in every province where' the peasant class was in the -majority the electoral 'col lege captured the majority of the mem bers.' Most of them; however'; although belonging to the peasant class are actu ally peasants in name. -only, and have risen far above their station. .For in stance a peasant .of St. Petersburg province is a principal of a-middle school. The Reich, organ of the constitutional democrats, terms it splendid victory, and referring to tin- election -of men like M. PetrunUeviieh and M. lioudit cliff, who first demanded a constitution for Russia .and Prince- Shakovski. who gave ,.a fortune to. aid the liberation movement' , the paper points out 'that these are "the very people whose ideas the emperor twelve years ago called foolish dreams." The Reich (hen is sues a solemn warning as follows: . "If Count .Wide. last' November had been able to feci the beating of the heart of Russia and had listened to the words of 11. Petrunkevili ;li the -world would not have .'witnessed l In- horrors of 'Hie present counter-i -evolution. '' The voice of the people becomes clearer itnd louder daily. If the government does not lis ten to it the country is destined to pass through a catacylsm a bundled fold worse than anything which has tran spired." The Twentieth ( ViUur.v, formerly tha Russ, which was recently suspended, declared that the election proves the strength of the opposition' to the gov ernment from Finland to the Caucasus, adding: "When we. recall' Hie police prepara tions at the first stage of the elections, how many of the original electors orna ment the prisons, and that the elections were held virtually under the regime of martial law, the result is all the more remarkable. The Novo Vienna last week said that St. Petersburg was only a dot on the map of Russia. What will it say now? Can it doubt that the government will not have nn obedient parliament?" Colored Man Drowned. '"(Special io The Kvening Times.) Washinglon, X. ('.. April 9. The body of Rul'us Hulls, a well known colored man of Ihis city, was found oating face down in Juck"s creek on the edge of the city under the bridge at. the foot oT Main street. It looked as if it had been in the .water for several, hours. Butts has been missing for several days. Two negro boys discovered his dead body. Resumed at Irwin, Pa. (lly the Associated Press.) Irwin,, Pa., April 9. After an idleness of a week, caused by a strike of the miners for recognition of the union, operations were peacefully re sumed today at. the mines in this vi cinity. And Died in Room Where He Was Born 50 Years Ago HIS METHOD WAS CRUDE Rill Oiiiim, Living Siv Miles From Aslicville, Hanged Himself With Towel, Jumping; From His Red. Was Strangled To Death In Hor rible .Manner. (Special to The Kvening Times.) Asheville, N. C, April '9. Bill Quinn, a white man r,0 years of age, living across Hie French Broad river, six miles from Asheville, committed suicide yesterday afternoon between 4 and (i o'clock. Quinn's method of passing out. was novel and withal crude. Ho selected a towel, tore if in two, knotted the ends and taking a slat from the bed slipped the towel rope 'through this and fastening. the rope about his neck, climbed to tho foot of' the. bed, placed the slat over two joisls of the unfinished ceiling, stopped from the bod and strangled to deal h. j Quinn has been .partially deinunt i ed for a number of .years, j Ho lived with his brother, .Toe j Quinn, and yesterday morning asked j for strychnine, saying that some one ! was trying to kill him, and that ho wanted to end his life. These attacks 'passed and Joe Quinn, thinking that his brother was in his right mind, wont, to visit a neighbor. He re turned at G o'clock and found his brother hanging to the joists dead. Quinn committed suicide in the room where lie was horn 511 years iigo. WHAT DOWIE MAY DO ! Arrest Voiiva and Council for j Conspiracy Rumor Caused Fxcitement in Zion t'ily If He Does They'll Arrest Him On Charge More Serious Than Anything Vet Published. (P.y the Associated Press.) "'Chicago, April !i.A report;' was. "received in Zion City today to (hi. effect (hat: John Alexander Dnwie, upon his arrival in Zion City, will cause the immediate .arrest of Gen eral Overseer Voiiva and the mem bers of his council on a charge of conspiracy. The rumor caused great. excitf nient in Zion City, and the announce ment'. -was made. Unit if Dowio took such action his own arrest would fol low immediately,', and upon a charge more 'serious (ban has yet been made public. Deacon Harrison, speaking Overseer . Voiiva, said: "If Dowi : curries out such a gram we are prepared to meet. for pro him in the same way. He will at once b ; served with warrants upon charges more serious than have so far been iiukU' public.,' . Preparations have been made to counteract any move that, may b.' made by Dowio in the direction if causing arrests. Bonds have been prepared by the officers of Zion Church, so that it will not be neces sary for them to leave Zion City. Deacon Wilhite left Zion City to day with the 500 which be was asked by Dowie to forward. He de clined to say whethor he would take it to St. Louis or give it to Dowie upon his arrival hero. DEFICIENCY BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE (By the Associated Press.) Washington. April !l Atler the jour nal had been approved by the house to day the urgency deficiency bill was sent to conference, the conferees being Messrs. Llttauer. Tawney and Living ston. Tills being District dav, the bouse went into common council for Hie en actment of District legislation. John I. in Xow York. (By the Associated Press.) New ' York, April 9. John D. Rockefeller returned to New York city from Lnkowood, N. J., today. PROF. TENNEY'S MISSION Superintendent Chinese Stu dents Here and in England They Number Xow About 4(10. He Will Soon Start For America With $00 Students. Fine Position For Another American. (By the Associated Press.) Pekin, April ). Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy of Chi Li province, who was forced by the pressure of the anti foreign faction to accept 'tho resigna tion of Prof. C. I). Tennoy, foreign director of education, on February 5 last, has now given Tenney an im portant mission abroad. For the next four years lie will act as superintend ent of all Chinese.' students in Amer ica and Fngland. number just now about, four hundred. Professor Ten ney will soon start for America with sixty students who will enter eastern colleges. Another American named C. D. Jameson, an engineer, has been given charge of the const ruction work on all buildings erected by foreigners and other important, foreign works. Profosor Tenney, when he resigned, was president", of tho Imperial , Uni versity at Tien Tsin, and was recog nized as one of the best, educators in China, where lie had resided for 24 years. For a long period he was in structor in the palace at Tien Tsin, and had' charge -or the education of Li Hung Chang's children. He was an appointee of Yuan Shi Kai, and slarted the construction of the col leges at Pao Ting Fu, the seat of the viceroy. BIG TRACTION MERGER Philadelphia Money Back of Norfolk Plan Companies Filtering to Retain Iden tities, but Stock and Holdings Pooled lUlild Xow Line i'orts nioiilh to Sull'olk and Smitblield, Fvposilion (irounds. . (l!v the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va April !-- II -' .developed here today that behind the merger of all the electrical traction and -- lighting properties in this section of Virginia, exclusive! of -those controlled by V". J. Payne, of Richmond and: Alexander Brown & Sons -of liallimore, are mon eyed ..interests in the I'nited C.as and Improvement Company of Philadelphia, which have already acquired large elec trical traction and lighting properties in the west, particularly in the slates of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. The merger line will build a new iu-li-1'iii'li.'in line Ironi Portsmouth to Suf folk and Smillilicld. Va.. aiid will con trol new lines lo bo extended to the Jamestown Kxposiiioii grounds on Hampton lloads. SCIII.OSS I.KASFS ((RAXR OPF.KA 1IOCSF AT ASIIFVII; !.F (Special to The Kvening Times.) Asheville, X. C, April 9. Solomon Scbloss, who controls the opera houses and places of amusement at Raleigh, -..Charlotte, Wilmington. Greensboro and other places in the slate, has leased 1 ho Grand Opera House here, and will have manage ment of the place for the next five years. It: is understood that the new management of the Grand will play the attractions under the direction of the Schubert or independent theat rical circuit, and fight tho "trust." WORK BEGUN ON THE SOUTH BOUND ROAD (Special to The Kvening Times.) Winston-Salem. N. ., April 3.--Col. II. Fries, la-i-sidiiit. id (he Wins(on Salem Soiilhbound Railroad Company, announces that tho building of tlio road lo Wadesboro Is now assured. The board of directors met this morn ing and awarded the contract for the construction of the lust section leading out of this city south, a distance of two miles, to Pruden and Bonnet of At lanta, who put a force of men to work this afternoon. Wind Changed, Oases Clear- ed Away, Sun' Came Out of Royalty's Visit 150,000 REFUGEES GATHERED IN NAPLES Torre.. Aimun.iata Saved After Part of Suburb and Cemetery Had Been Destroyed. Air Rang "With Ben ediction For the King. Quantity of Ashes and Cinders Within Iast Twenty-four Hours Unprecedented. (By the Associated Press.) Naples, April 9. The situation this morning can be summarized as follows: The conditions at Torre Annun ziata, Torre Del Greco, and Pompeii have improved, owing to the- change in the direction taken by the flowing lava. On (he other hand the conditions at Ottajano are worse. The ashes and cinders which have fallen there are four feet deep and frequent earth shocks are felt. Several houses and four churches have fallen, five people have been killed, and an unknown number of persons wounded. Serious apprehension Is felt for the inhabitants of the country in the vicinity of the town of Caserta, term-, ed the Versailles of Naples, a place of about 35,000 inhabitants, in whose direction the lava is now flowing. The town of Nola is being buried under the showers of ashes coming from the crater, which are carried by the wind as far as the Adriatic Sea; ;'.' Nola is a very old town, 22 miles from Naples, having about 15,000 inhabitants. Naples, April 9. The stream of lava which has been threatening Torre Lei Annunziata, a town of 28,084 inhabitants, twelve miles from Naples on the road to Castel lemmare, has remained . stationary since last evening, so that the danger that the place would be overwhelmed appears to have passed. The action of the volcano has perceptibly dimin ished; The shower of ashes ceased to fall over Naples for a time this morning, but began again later in I he day. . There are 1 50,000 refugees gath ered in this city. When the last (rain was leaving Boscotrecase a , fresh crater opened near the station. The refugees from Ottajano say that ten houses and five churches col lapsed from the wave of ashes. An excursion steamer, attempting lo reach Naples from the Island of Capri, had to return as tho passen gers were being suffocated by tho cinders. Looked Like Miracle. Torre Annunziata, April 9. Tho people of this town are tremendously excited. The women are especially in a state of panic. A rumor was started to the effect that the visit of the king and queen of Italy and the Duke of Ao.sta had resulted in a mir acle. Singularly enough, shortly af ter the arrival of the sovereigns, and while the king and queen were try ing to console the people, repeating frequently "courage, be strong," the wind suddenly changed and the at mosphere, which up to that moment had been impregnated with sulphu rous gas and suffocating fumes, cleared away, and the sun burst forth. The stream of lava stopped its march, after having destroyed a section of the northeast part of the suburb and the adjacent cemetery. The air rang with benedictions for the king from his devoted subjects. Hops at onco returned, and the king and queen were preparing to move on, but. the people insisted that they re main, begging that they be not aban doned. The king and queen wished to visit other distressed villages, but the railway was interrupted and they were forced to return to Naples, whence they set. out. for Otlajana and Tot : e Del Greco. Royal Zeal. Naples, April 9. 11.55 a. m. -King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena arrived hero this morning from Rome, and set out for. the towns and villages in the path of the lava stream pouring down the sides of Mount Vesuvius. When their, train (Continued on Page Two.)