The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1900, Page 10

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, J ARY 8, 1900. Government Will Change at Noon. Numerous Con= tests Arise to Mar the Cere- mony. Sheehan Barricades His Office and Will Offer Armed Re- sistance. —_—— he day of the charter. a will open promptly at young men and take the offices ax predecessors at that g in motion mechanism less friction, bids or f the charter > the rule. In require the best ef- d the assistance ice and & couple sdiction to put it aceably into effect. e results of char- be foretold very depart. n the sci- nent will have zing their new lidation act thing within cable slot. In r out of them the di ew dividing line e, Reuben H. Lloyd, Commission, and d the greater portion e Pacific Union Club B among his con- infrequently. marked with no blare of 1g ceremontal, but of interesting in- it of those who dawn break over »ard of Health per t it is a State sdiction of the ove its conten: over its office pe f & squaa of poiice, ied to bc on hand this Sheehan also pro- Joseph H. Scott, thce. He has barri- s, changed the locks, bolted down »t be opened locked up in the r what the cost, last night sent be- Januaey 8, 190, at r. cumbent, M expire at the same caded all the doors the windows of behind these barri- men, to preclude office. t night shan’s t of the interest efeated Demo- ¥ able residence. s morning with gh he intends to will take every ided among the Mendell, Manson & Gri though the city w members of the commission. ndell, a son of the Commissioner, assistant secretary, and the third member of be made chief engineer. The made yesterday that the has not been made pro- and The Call insists that the charter be maintained and ette in retorm circles be some suftabie agd nrofit- found for the remaining be esentative of the firm. plac w Donovan will serve the board as rintendent of Streets. The Civil Ser- eminations this mc ehall be its sec rning to decide who Those who will take the examinations are Lawrence Welch, Emil Pohli, A. D. &Ancona and George Comb. Tax Collector Scott had a consultation yesterday afternoon at his place of busi- ness on Hayes street with his deputies, whom he_has selected as fo Chief deputy, Ben Solomon: cashier, Oscar riaz; head bookkeeper, James W. Me- . Fred Seyden, Harry . George Fiddes, John H. Hegler. 30ard of Public Works will a 'Neill head janitor of the O'Nefll formerly held the and will have under him the force of janitors, all of whom arily appointed. The fol- he appointments which will ed by the board as soon as it mes office to-day: Janitors—Charles McDermott, Georze H. Bousack, Joseph : W McPherson, M. Bushway, P. Rusgin, W. Bannon, F. Ryan, James F. Brodle, A. T Hynes, Eugene King, Fitzgerald, point ity Seter Maren Sicholas Thomas Caulny, Daniel Crane, James Graham: night watchman, J. XKirkpatrick; carpenter, P. I. Lynch: elevator conductor, I B. Haw- s are 50 numerous that | outside by ches. Scott of the office | }g'.\'ell: plumbers—P. J. Johnston, B. Nel- | linan. | _The present Board of Supervisors will | meet this morning at 10:30 o'clock in order | to make everything ready for the new | board, which will take g(.:esslcm prompt- |1y at noon. John A. Russell will prob- ably act as chief clerk and the present clerical force will be retained for the present. Quarters have now been provided for nearly all of the commissions. The Board of Public Works will occupy the rooms now used by Superintendent of Streets Fragley, the Election Commission will go into the apartments now used by Regis- | trar Steppacher, and the Civil Service | Commission will take the quarters of the | Election Commission. The Police and | Fire commissions will meet as at present. e ;FAY IS PHELAN’S BROKER | Using Patronage to Mollify His | Disgruntled Partisans. | Mayor Phelan has appointed Charlie Fay | his political broker and has given into his hands the disposition'of what the Mayor figures is enough patronage to square tne army of kickers that rose up in dis- when his appointments were an- | nounced, and to put a stop to the discord- ant howl of mngemnamn that has gone w trom all, except club circles. t was learned yesterday that in order to do this with the rank and file of the gany. whom he ignored in the general istribution of favors, the Mayor had started Fay out through the city and was offering to each of the eighteen A!!eml;lfi districts four positions at the City H: under the charter government. In all Fay was given seventy-two places to dole out as an inducement to get back Into line and quit kicking. Just where the Mayor ot them all cannot be determined, if the ayor observed his declaration that he proposes to squarely enforce the civil ser- vice law. There are not that many positions out- side the Fire Department which are ex- empt from the civil service rule, and if each district s to get a parcel of four places the successful candidates in the civil service examinations will have to win out in remarkable divisions to meet the Mayor’s programme. Whether or not the newly appointed commissioners have consented to the Mayor's plan i{s not known, but it is hard- ly probable when it is considered that the seventy-two positions he proposes to hand out will leave nothing at all at thelr dis- posal; and nearly all of them have made more promises than they could hope to tulfill. No(wlthsla.ndlns these questions, however, Fay is already doing the city and passing out “bunches of four” right and Jeft, the only consideration being that the “kicks” ehall cease and every one get back into line and whoop matters up for civil service and ctvic reform. NEW POLICE COMMISSIONERS TO ORGANIZE AT NOON TO-DAY 97 OLICE Commissioners Biggy, New- [ hail and Thomas patd & vistt to the City Hall yesterday and in- spected tne several branches of the police department. Dr. McNutt, the fourth member of the board, was unable to accompany his fel- | low Commissioners on their tour on ac- count of a pressing business engagement. | After famil g thems workings of depar missioners, out of courtesy, called on Mayor Phelan. An informal discussion about police matters was then held, but no definite action was taken. The Commi: will meet at noon to-day. Af taking posse uments of th 1 Wedne the sion of the records and doc- old board, they will adjourn g, when it is prob- u . ssor to 1. W. I they have unreservedly asse > will receive the appointment by a unanimous vote of the board. Captain s supporters are hoping for a deadlock. Wittman, he of the cold feet, then be entered in the race, with no nce of suc when seen last night, “It is not true tk ot with t we have taken a the whi The other members of the commission agree with me that we have no legal right to select a Chief of Police until we have taken our seats, and for this reason we have refrained from discussing the mat- ter. However, we will have s | give you to-morrow, which no doubt will se the public. h has occasioned con- ion among the members of the board is that clause of the charter providing for all ‘members of the police force’ in good standing at the time the new commission takes office to retain their positions without civil service ex- amination, It 18 my opinion that instead ter organizing and formally | >mething to | s. Commissioner Newhall, | sald: object of determining | candidate has the most supporters. | was supposed we would do, we must ad- here to the spirit of the charter and keep all members in good standing in their po- sitlons without examination or investiga- on. When asked whether or not he consid- ered ex-Chief of Police I. W. Lees a mem- ber of the department under this provi- | sion of the charter, he sald: “No! I do not consider Mr. Lees a mem- ber of the department at the present time. His resignation and the action of the Board of Police Pension Commissioners has thoroughly established his standing and he is no longer a member of the de- partment in my opinion.” Mr. Newhall further stated that he was puzzled over the ?ru\'lslon of the charter giving the commission the right to ap- point police matrons to care for female prisoners. “Although providing for the appointment of the matrons,” sald Mr. Newhall, “the charter does not fix their salaries, and immediately following this provision is one_fixing the salary of a police surgeon. Whether or not we have the right to appoint the matrons and fix their salarles is a question worthy of dis- cussion. A hundred such questions con- front us, but notwithstanding this fact, the people will be pleased when we meet to-morrow."” After reflecting a moment Mr. New- hall, referri; to the coming new Chlet, sald that he had met Mr. de Young, who asked him what he was golng to do in regard to filling the now vacant office of Chief of the department. *“I told him, as I now tell you,” said Mr. Newhall, “that as yet I was undecided; that I had not settled upon a choice, and per- haps would not until I had discussed the matter further with the other members 0. the commission and had had more op- | portunity to reflect upon the matter. The office to be filled is a responsible one, and as I am partly responsible for who- ever may be given the office I want to feel my way carefully and not make a break at the outset.’” Notwithstanding Mr. Newhall's state- ment, it is known that he is pledged to vote for Esola for Chief of Police, as was or organizing a new department, as|toid in The Call a few days ago. PHELAN WILL BE FORCED TO KEEP HIS PROMISES Janua O-DAY or to-morrow Garret W. McEnerney, as counsel, will file suit egainst the newly appointed Fire Commission to compel that body to keep one of Mayor Phelan’s numer- ous and broken pre-election pledges by retalning George Maxwell in the secretaryship of the department. At that time in the late campalgn when the Mayor felt the need of votes strong upon him he called in the political man- agers of the fire brigade, and after much dickering gave, in return for its voting strength, his guarantee that if elected he would not disturb the present Fire De- partment. Later, as the game got hotter, Mr. Phelan was compelled to “talk business” with other interests controlling large blocks of votes, and notwithstanding his cast-iron promise to the fire officials he wound up by promising to unseat George Maxwell, the secretary of the commission, and put in his place Joseph C. Gorman, ex-secretary of the State Board of Exam- Iners. A short time ago Maxwell came into information which led him to suspect that Mayor Phelan was going to give him the double cross. His friends called upon the executive and reminded him of the prom- ise he had made before election, but he at- tempted to avold the issue. He was final- ly forced to announce himself definitely, however, and claimed that in the bar- gain that was struck Maxwell’s name had not been mentioned. Although taken aback at so shallow a George Maxwell to Sue the Fire Commissioners. In Return for Votes the Mayor Agreed Not to Disturb the Department, but Now He Seeks to Break the Bargain. subterfugs, Maxwell’s adherents insisted upon their case and recalled to the ex- ecutive mind that so far as names were concerned none at all had been men- tioned; that he had simply guaranteed not to disturb the department. Phelan, how- ever, declined to meet the issue with any positive statement of his intentions, and until Saturday it was not known just what course he would e. Then, however, sufficlent facts were obtained to make it certain that he J)ronosed to keep his sec- ond contract and seat Gorman. r. Max- well and his friends promptly retained Attorney McEnerney, and to-day or to- morrow he will be prepared to file his suit. Mr. M¢Enerney proposes to use the charter cl(fiell to force Phelan to make ,ood his promises. The complaint will set orth that Maxwell has served the de- partment well and falthfully for twenty years and that the charter provides spe- cifically that no officers in the depart- ment may be removed save for incompe- tency or ‘neglect of duty. Maxwell and his friends are fighting with a double purpose; primarily to main- tain Mr. Maxwell in his position, second- arily to keep the so-called reform or- ganization strictly to the letter and spirit of the charter and prevent them from using that instrument as a political club with which to beat their way to absolute and perennial supremacy. Mr. Mc- Enerney is confldent that the charter will revent the double-handed. game the ayor is attempting to work, and he points out that, unless incompetency and neglect can be proved against his client, he cannot be removed. 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Richards & Co, 408 Clay. |WOMEN UNITE TO HELP THE ; SHOP GIRLS Resolutions of the Mothers’ Union Find Many Sup- porters. provide seats for their female em- ployes, It was the intention that it should be enforced. The pas- sage of the act was the result of agita- tion started by women who sympathized | with their sex and believed that the | saleslady and the shop girl were deserv- ing of humane treatment. The Commis- sioner of Labor was the official dsignated to carry out the provisions of the law, and when the 1idea was new and the women who had started the crusade were watching him, he saw to it that when tired shop girls were not actually en- | gaged in the work for which they were employed, they were provided with a com- fortable seat on which to rest their weary bodies. The not antagonistic to the law. Experience taught them that their employes worked more cheerfully and that their services were more valuable when they were treated as the law directed. But like a great many provisions of the statutes, in- activity on the part of officials pald to enforce them, relegated the law to the | graveyard. The statute was forgotten. The girls who worked In stores stood up during the | hours of service, and the derelict official | continued to draw his pay just the same. The girls remembered the law, but not one of them dared register a complaint for fear that the penalty would be her dismissal. It remained for the Mothers’ Union of Golden Gate to renew the fight so suc- cessfully waged In 1889. So little had been done toward enforcing the California law that the union did not even know of its existence. Their attention had been at- tracted by the wan faces of the unfor- tunate shop girls and the tired expres- sions of the lady clerks behind the coun- duties for which they are employed. | hundred dollars for each offense. Chapter V. D44 0990009 4000000 WAY back in 1889, when a law was I enacted requiring shopkeepers to | better class of storekeepers were | facturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment shall provide suita- ble seats for the use of the females so employed, and shall permit the use of sald seats by them when they are not necessarily engaged in the active EVERY person, firm or corporation employing females in any manu- “Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one “It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics to enforce the provisions of this act.”—Statutes of California, 1889, ters of Oakland’'s dry goods establish- ments. They had learned that the great State of New York insisted that ‘“‘mer- chants provide seats for their lady clerks in all stores and shops wherever possi- ble.” and not desiring to wait for relief un- til ‘California’s Legislature met, they ap- pealed to the ladies of their city to take up the crusade for their suffering sisters and make a local law by common consent and the force of thelr own arguments. They went further, and suggested that if the women of the State would refuse to trade with merchants who did not en- ter into the spirit of the agitation, the fight would be won without strikin, a blow or awaiting the slowly grinding mills of the law. That was but a few days ago. Now, sections 5 and 6, chapter 'V, statutes of California, 1889, is the liveliest law on the books. All that is lacking to make it use- ful is a disposition on the part of the La- bor Commissioner to enforce it, and make his official position something more than a tax-catine political *‘soft snap.” Unfortunately for the shop girls_and the lady clerks, Labor Commissioner F. V. Meyers has not startled the community with aois activity, but prominent women all over the State are putting their heads together, discussing the resolutions adopt- e Dei 00000000000 00D 4000000 0Q THE LAW AND THE LADY. ¢ b z : ; thorne; firemen—Edward Keegan, T. P]WWWW’MW ed by the Mothers’ Union of Golden Gate and are preparing for action. Mr. Meyers will hear trom them later. If he does not find himself a big enough man to grasp the situation he will have cause for regret. Governor Gage's appointee to the office of Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics learned of the “seat law” about two weeks ago, and it was an Oakland woman who “‘put him wise.” She had a relative working in one of the stores of the Athens, whose health was becoming undermined because she was forced by 4 tyrannical emplover to remain on her feet during working hours at times when there was not a customer in the store. Mr. Meyers investigated the case and found the situation as stated. He asked the storekeeper if he would ‘'please” pro- vide his lady clerks with chairs. The pro- prietor said that he would think about it, and there the matter ended, so far as Mr. Meyers is concerned. He admits that he recelved information no later than last Saturday that the Oakland storekeeper had mot complied with the law, but he has not evinced any intention of forcing him to obey. This is not the only case of the kind in the city across the y. Mr. Meyers says so himself, but he has done nothing to bring about a change. He believes that the law is being obeyed in San Francisco, for the reason that no one has complained to him. His office is at 927 Market street, room 326, where he Wwhiles awav the time waiting for some tired lady clerk to register a ‘“kick’ against her employer. When this happens the Labor Commisioner is going to do something. But he does not expect any- thing of the kind to occur, for, he says, any woman who would complain of her employer would stand a mighty good chance of losing her situation. Mr. Meyers offers many excues for his inactlvity, but he fails to suggest a single feasible reason—and there is a vast differ- ence between an excuse and a reason. !:‘ dun interview yesterday Mr. Meyers sald: “This department should not be blamed for the conditions as they exist in regard to the lady clerks. It is Impossible, with the means at our command, to create a patrol system to see that the storekeepers obey the law. I will certainly give atten- tion to every complaint that is made to me and will prosecute where the offender refuses to Obei the law, but the difficuity is in getting the empol?’es to complain to us. They fear that if they do so they will lose their situations, and rather than run the risk they prefer to endure their sufferings in silence. I have dropped into several stores in San Francisco and have not noticed anything that would glve cause for complaint.” Mr. Meyers probably does not forget to draw his pay whenever it is due. e is certainly paid for doing something. The law provides that “it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Bureau of La- bor Statistics to enforce the provisions of this act,”” referring to sections 5 and 6 of chapter V. Mr. Meyers might consti- tute a very useful patrol all by himself if he did not find his office chair so com- fortable and the surroundings of his apartments at 927 Market street so ex- tremely attractive as to demand most of his official attention. But the lady clerks need not despalr. Stronger agencles are working in their be- half than the Incumbent of a political of- fice. The appeal of the Mothers' Union has been answered. Prominent ladies of this side of the bay have taken up the subject and considerably more than dis- cussion will characterize their actions. ‘The California Club, one of the represent- ative women’s organizations of the city, will take the matter up to-day at a meet- ing of the board. Prominent ladies all over the city express a determination to lend their assistance to the crusade and make the fight for the lady clerks a win- nl&g one. hile some of them are loth to place themselves on record, they heartily favor the reform that will tend to_ lighten the burdens of the members of their sex who are compelled to gain their livell- ho’zd in_the capacity of saleswomen. rs. E. Pond, wife of the ex-Mayor and prominent in sicial circles, sald: *“I have noticed wherever I have gone in this city that the girls are allowed to sit down. They seem to be well taken care of and are happy and contented. I don’t believe in interfering with the merchants if they try to do what is right, but if the men who conduct stores in Oakland do not permit thelr sales- women to rest when not busy I hope they will see their mistake and will fol- low the example of local merchants and provide seats for their employes.” Mrs. Lovell White, president of the California Club, stat that she would bring the matter before the organization at its session this morning. She stated that she read the resolutions adopted by the ladies across the bay and approved their action. In part she said: ““The California Club will discuss the matter at its board meeting to-day. I think it unwise to begin any reform until you have thoroughly investigated the Bituation. Seats are provided for the saleswomen of this city. The merchants are our friends and should not be cri cized unless they deserve it. If the Oal BRUROIOR O IR RN RO R DISMISSAL IS THE PRICE OF RESTING OR the past three years Mrs. John Pettee has labored eariy and late in behalf of the young women who are com- pelled to earn their livelihood be- hind the counters of the dry-goods stores of this city. As a member of the Vigilante Soclety she made a personal tour of the stores and investigated the condition of the yonng women employed. Upon reading the resolutions adopted by the Mothers’ Union she sald the merchants of San Francisco were as much to blame as their brethren in Oakland. “I know scores of young girls working for small salaries,” she sald, “who after their day's work are unable to move because of the terrible pains they suffer, due to being compelled to stand on their feet for hours at a stretch. Their employers have obeyed the letter of the law by placing seats hind the counters, be- but it would be worth a girl's position if she ‘were caught sitting down.” 135 OBR03 0K BONR LGN S50 0N3e land business men are not humane enough to provide resting places for their em- rloyee, thelr attention ought to be called 0 this neglect of their employes’ health and comfort.” Mrs. Samuel G. Murg:ly. wife of the president of the First National Bank, is of the opinion that if seats are provided for the young women who are employed in the various establishments it would be conducive to their health and comfort. In speaking on the resolutigns adopted by the Mothers' Union she sald: ‘I was greatly surprised to learn that dry-fooda stores did not provide proper comforts for their female employes. To my mind it 1s inhumane for the pro- prietors not to allow their saleswomen to sit down during business hours. It would be materially to their comfort and tend to lengthen their lives if the girls so em- plofed were _given seats to rest during thelr weary hours of toil. I was always of the opinion that all dry-goods stores looked after the health and comfort of their employes, but judging by the stand taken by the Mothers' Union the mer- | chants are lax in their methods. hope | that the defect will be remedie Mrs. Pelham Ames said it was an out- nfifl that seats were not given to the girls employed in dry goods establish- ments. She thought that if an employer was so inhumane as not to furnish the | | | | | necessary resting places for his help they ought to take courage and revolt against — ADVERTISEMENTS. ry 1000. We beg to announce the first ar- rival of NEW FOULARD SILKS for season 1900. In the assortment are thirtg-five new designs, includ- ing all the newest color effects, such as NATIONAL, MORDORE, MARINE, ARGENT, RESEDA and VIOLET. 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She also belleved that | men should be allowed to sit down. “] have often wondered,” said Mrs. Ames, “why a petition was not started to compel proprietors to look after the wel- fare of their salesmen and saleswomen. 1t would be wise on their part to furnish these necessary comforts, as atlanun.ns of this kind would, in my opinion, malke | employes strive all the harder to advance the employer's interests. I would like to see just such a law as was passed by the | New York Legislature put in force In this State. It Is a humane enactment, for it tends to lessen the hardships endured by those who are compelled to stand on their feet for hours in order to earn thelr liv 1thood.”. Mrs. Jewett, a_leading member of the California Club, is a firm belfever in the action taken by the Oakland ladies. She will also add her views at the board meat- ing of the organization this morning | when the matter is brought up for discus- sion, Without a moment's hesitation Mrs. Jewett pronounced the actfon of the Moth- ers' Union proper. She has always .avored the reform that would brighten the life of the tollers of her sex, and was gratified to read of others working in the same di- ction. o M certainly in favor of having the merchants furnish their employes with seats behind the counters,” she sald. “It is not only helpful to the young women who stand on their feet, but it is an en- couragement to them to know that their comforts are being looked after. A short rest during the busy day places them in a better condition to work, and in the end the employer is the gainer. 1 am surprised that proprietors of dry goods stores have not added this innovation, instead of walt ing until its need 1s pointed out to them. All this has a cheering sound and leads to the bellef that the shop girls’ morning eeting in the near future will be: “La- fes, be seated.” —— i ol WOULD SETTLE THER SCORE WITH BLODD Another Shooting in Chinatown. i Fan Chat, a butcher residing at 841 ‘Washington street, was shot in the right hip by Yuen Sing and Hoy Tong as he passed out of the Jackson-street theater on to Washington alley about 1 o'clock this morning. The shooting is supposed to have been done by members of the Hop Sing Tong, who sought to avenge the death of three of their members at the hands of the Suey Sings. ‘According to the statement of Jim Me- Millin, a witness, who stood on the corner of Jackson street and Washington alley, the two highbinders lay in wait for their victim on the steps leading to a basement near the entrance of the playhouse. When Fan Chat passed out of the place they ai- lowed him to walk six feet from where they were stationed, and then they fired simultaneously. One bullet struc] the butcher in the right hip and the other missed him. He fell to the sidewalk with a scream of pain, and the men who attempted to kill him made a desperate attempt to es- cape. 'l:"he two rushed In the direction of Washington street, and one entered the ‘Washington alley entrance to the corner house., The other escaped around on ‘Washington street and entered the same hulldlnfi The shotattracted the attention of James and George Downey, special policemen, and other officers. me of the police fol- lowed the first man into the place, and others who were on Washington street were close on the trail of the second high- binder. The two would-be murderers came together where the halls in the place meet, and noting the approach of the of- ficers attempted to hide their guns. One, ‘which was afterward found by the officers, had been deposited in an ash barrel. One shot had been fired from it. The men were taken prisoners and sent to the Central Police Station. Fan Chat's injuries may prove fatal if the bullet has entered the abdominal cavity, but it is not yet known if it has. 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