The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1901, Page 23

Pex020 *0XCXOT OROXG HO* & 3 : Serene Pages 23 10 32 FEXOHOE SROXO L X SHOROROXO4Q op-b"‘ORIN' STarg b [ - @all. H $ L4 $ * z“."cmmnm Pages 23 10 32 DOHOBG HOXOLORPAON S H SXORINDXPTINID i- PO XRSRONONE \ S PERKINS WILL NOT JOIN BARD IN DEMANDING IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF JOHN C. LYNCH FROM POSITION IN RANKS OF FEDERAL BRIGADE —_— Senior Senator Given Direct Question to Answer Regarding Stand When the Collector Was Recommended for Office---He Will Not Take Sides in Controversies Within Party---Says Colleague’s Demands Are lll-Timed THE SONG OF THE BOSS. ‘ MARTIN KELLY (Singing): / They're after me, they're after me, 4 I am the individual they desire,; They're after me, they're atter me, I a..m the real boss they reqguire. < . Y E (John C. Lynch) was | appointed not because [ he was my political friend, but at the re- | quest of the Republican State | Central Committee, four differ- | ent Congressional (Central) Committees and many prom- inent and representative Republicans in the Inter- nal Revenue District, in- cluding my principal opponent for the position I have nowthe honor to hold.—Excerpt from interview with Senator Per- kins, 3 The Call asks United States Senator George C. Perkins this plain question: “Did not after recommending the t of John C. Lynch ask a well- nt Republican of Cali- < d eppointment?” Senator Perkins will deny that he , The Call will pro- »of to establish the truth of the 2t that he did advise the filing of the protest, At that time Benator Per- ins freely admitted that bhe had indorsed against 1t judgment, and he 2 ‘wish that the Presj- would not heed the recommendation. Senator Perkins Heard From. Regarding Senator Bard’s_declaration blished in_ yesterday’'s Call, Senator this to say: Of course Senator Bard has the right to nd the removel of the Collector of Revenue for the First '‘District of or indeed, any other Federal offi- tly and faithfull ng of the Collector's office compares most y that of jted States. This is a good compared with the administra- essor, who was appointed by veland and 18 & defaulter for a for which & suit is now pending The term of the Col- 1 Revenue is not for any spe. in asking the removal of the present , for the reason that he has made a erficient Collector. He was ap- because he was my political but at the request of the Republican itral Committee, four different Con- (Central) Committees and . many and representative Republicans in F nue Distriet, including my for the position 1 now have o hold. 1 do not think it would be owing proper courtesy to them to act ‘with- n of their wishes and also of agues in Congress. it does not seem just or fair to oval without cause of Republi- < e Te cans who have hardly served four years and ask permit Democrats appointed ~ by President Cleveland to werve through one Democratic and two Republican administrations., Judging the us if their party i su ut 1 ziso do mot think it in e public service to make of the Collector of intes t month (July) of the fi housands of licenses are being cal jesued for the ensuing year and thousands.of mew revenue stamps are being purchased and old 6 exchanged to comply with the pro- the new law. et Not Under Obligations. No, T have not a single appointee in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue and any Internal Revenue | the only person I have joined Senator Bard in recommending is a gentleman from Bakers- field, who we indorsed at the request of the State Senators from Kern and Fresno countles. 1 do not think it proper or right for repre- sentatives in Congress or other Federal offi- cers to use their influence of Ypatronage in favor .of or against any State or municipal nomination, but when the conventions have made their selections it is our duty as good citizens to_stand by the party and nominees that have been true to the people’s intereet. My relations with Senator Bard and our members of Congress are of the most pleasant | and agreeable nature. They are all very cap- able, high-minded -and honorable gentlemen and any difference of a personal opinion about & particular candidate will not create, the least friction. We all work together for the general welfare and prosperity of our State. e SUPPLEMENTAL TALK ELICITS OTHER FACTS Some Incidents in Collector John C. |c | fon of Flint, because the latter voted for Lynch’s Public Career Are Reviewed. The foregoing interview fairly repre- sents what Senator Pérkins desires to say concerning the public career of Revenue Collector John C. Lynch. What the Sen- ator is not particularly desirous of saying is contained in this supplementary inter- view. Senator Perkins was asked by some one other than himself if he did not know that Lynch deserted his post of duty as Collector of Revenue and went to Sacra- mento to lobby and scheme to secure the election of D. M. Burns to the Senator- | ship. The Senator replied: “I understand that he went to Sacra- mento and worked for Burns. I under- stand also that Colonel John P. Irish left hig Federal office to lobby at ‘Washington, and I understand further that Federal of- ficeholders other than Lynch went to Sac- ramentc to work for Senatorial candidates of théir preference. Some went to help Grant and others went to help Bard.” When asked to name the Federal office- holders who went to Sacramento to help elect Senator Bard, Senator Perkins named John P. Jackson, and spoke of two from Southern California whose names he did not give. Senator L-rkln'was asked if he did not know that Lyncll produced a writing at Sacramento’which he asserted was a copy.- of a telegram from- Senator Perkins ad- vising his-(Perkins’) friends to vote for Burns. Never Sent the Telegram. Senator Perkins ‘answered that he re- ceived a Jetter from Assemblyman Bliss touching this subject, but he did not of | his own knowledge know that Lynch had time, but during the pleasure | 1 have not joined Senator | exhibited such a dispatch as coming from himself. The Senator also said frankly that he never sent a telegram advising his friends to support Burns or any other candidate for the United States Senate. The Semator replying to questions said if Lynch used such means to help Burns his conduct was not honorable. When the senior Senator was questioned as to the political sense or propriety of retain- ing in Federal office a man who was gullty. of a dishonorable act he remarked that riemoval ought not to be made at this time. Senator Perkins was asked if he was aware of the fact that John C. Lynch used the power and_patronage of the Revenue Collector’s office in the last polit- ical campaign in a vain effort to defcat J. H. Nelson, Republican nominee _for State Senator in the Twenty-fifth Dis- trict, and Charles M. Belshaw, the Re- publican nominee for Senator in the Elev- enth District. The Senator admitted that he had heard something of Lynch oppo<- ing Belshaw, but he seemed to be obliv- jous to the generally known fact that Lynch’s deputies were out early and late in opposition to Nelson. He could recall the incident that Republicans waited on him during the last campaign to ask him to use his influence as United States Sen- atér to prevent Lynch and his-deputies from openly knifing straight out and rezu- | larly nominated Republican candidates for the Legislature. He admits that ut- tering a forged telegram is a dishonor- able act and he recalls the receipt of a telegram in Washington from ~Milton Green at Sacramento wherein inquiry was made if he (Perkins) had advised his friends to support Burns. The attitude of the senior Senator is peculiar and inexplicable. If a name, other than his own nad been used in the bogus telegram his indifference might be accounted for on the general assent “‘that it makes no difference what happens if it does nct happen to me.” - In this instance his own name tas used. without his knowledge or consent and dishonestly used to defeat Senator Bard. The bogus | telegram was circulated at the extra ses- sion on the eve of Senator Bard’s nomin- ation in caucus. In the gubernatorial contest the Sen- ator is neither for nor against anybody. He says that he respects Gage as the chief executive and entertains a high opin- him for United States Senator. points he said: o “I am not taking any part in the State contest or the municipal contest in San Francisco. Senator Bard, of course, has the undoubted right to do as seems best | to him, but I hold, speaking for mys that I ought not, as a Senator, to x)meelr!.' fere. Federal office holders, in my judg- ment, should not interfere in State or gunlclpalhclallnpaigln& I am not fightthg age or helpin, m. I am Fl_li_xrllt ué' helrl?lngg him.” Jegtsitiag e Senator's campaign for re-electlo to the United States Senate is clecflrlx}: outlined. He is not for anybody’s elec- tion or removal. In short he is out for Perkins and Perkins alone. The Senator does not indorse the interference of the Republican State Central Committee in the municipal affairs of San Francisco. When his opinion on this intrusion was solicited he remarked: ‘““The interference is_shameful.” Recurring to Lynch’s incumbency, tha Senator added: “I am not committed to Lynch's retention. Certainly I shall not oppose the confirmation of Stephen Kelly if the President sends his name to the Senate as Lynch’s successor. It would not surprise me if the President should appoint some one to succeed Lynch be- cause I understand that such course has been recommended to him by many lead- ing and influential Republicans of Califor- nia. There are no differences to speak of between Senator Bard and myself. He holds that Lynch’s-removal should be im- mediate, and'I am not in favor of a change at this time so soon after July 1.” PREPARING TO HOL MANY CLUB MEETINGS Thirtieth and Thirty-Sixth District Organizations Active in the Anti-Boss Movement. The Thirtieth Assembly District Club of the Republican Primary League will hold a meeting Tuesday night, July 30, at, Penny's Hall, -corner of Eighteenth and' Kentucky streets. T. C. Duff is president and L. H. Ocllig Is secretary. The Republican Primary League Club of the Thirty-sixth Assembly District will meet Tuesday -evening at the corne; Twentleth and Guerrero streets. Sl FEELING AGAINST BOSSES s VlkY PRONOUNCED Strong Sentimen.t Evident at the Meeting of the Thirty-Eighth District Club. The Republican Primary League Club of the Thirty-eighth Assembly District held an enthusiastic and largely attended meeting last night at Mascot Hall, 1106 Golden Gate avenue. Speeches were made by C. W. Thompson, Max Schwartz, L. STEEL TRUST CHIERS MEET LABOR MEN Formal Negotiations for Strike Settlement Opened. Morgan, Schwab, Shaffer and Williams Attend a Conference. RIS & Substantial Progress Is Made and Amnouncement of a Compact for Peace May Come in a Few Days. )P NEW YORK, July 27.—Formal negotia- tions for a settlement of the great steel strike were opened here to-day at a con- ference between President Shaffer and Sec- retary Willlams of the Amalgamated As- sociation and J. Pierpont Morgan and a group of his assoclates of the United States Steel Corporation. The conference and thé movements of the conferees were | secret and no intimation of the result of the deliberations has come from any one in authority. It is believed, however, that substantial progress toward an agreement was m@gde and that formal announcement of the compact for peace will come within a few days. There has been much specu- lation as to the terms of peace, but much of it has beem pure conjecture. It was said that the strike would be called off and that there -would be a resumption of the negotiations of general labor ques- tions at the point where they were broken off at the Pittsburg conference. In financial circles, however, the opinion was general that the prospective agree- ment would go further than that, and in itself dispose of the serious questions at issue. The conference of to-day resulted from several days of preliminary discussion, all of which was kept secret. A representa- tive of the Amalgamated Association was here on Friday and was given a lengthy interview by an official of one of the com- panies forming the United States_Steel Corporation. Conference Has Been Arranged. The conference of to-day is believed to have been practically arranged at that time. Shaffer and Williams slipped quiet- Iy out of Pittsburg and were in New York several hours before a hint of their pres- ence reached the public. Morgan and President Schwab of the United States Steel Corporation met first at the office of the former and were closeted for somne time. The meeting with the labor leaders followed. The names of those who partici- pated in the meeting, aside from the lead- ers on either side and the f{lace at which the conference met, were Kept from tae public. Morgan was ‘seen after the meeting, but would say nothing beyond denying that he had any appointment with President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association. President Schwab of the United States steel Corporation was also seen, but he clined to make any statement whatever. Indications Are Bewildering. PITTSBURG, July 27.—Surface indica- tions of the steel workers’ strike were somewhat bewildering. So many confiict- able sources that even the strikers were at a loss to account for them. During the morning hours the absence of Presi- dent Shaffer and Secretary-Treasurer Wil- liams from their offices was noted, but all information as to their whereabouts was refused by their associates. Even later in the day, when it became known that the head of the Amalgamated Association was in New York in conference with P Morgan, the men in charge of the asso- claticn headguarters professed to be in ignorance of the fact. ‘General interest was taken in the report trat Joseph Bishop of the Ohio board of arbitration was expected in Pittsburg dur- ing the day. He was expected at the Amalgamated quarters, but did not ap- ear. pBlshop did not arrive in Pittsburg, and if the report that he left Columbus for Pittsburg on Friday night be true he must have gone on East, wigh the strong prob- ability that President Shaffeg was in his company from this point. The significance of this matter was quickly realized, and it was believed that matters were really shuping themselves for a settlement of the strike in all of the mills. _ There were few officials about the gen- eral offices of the manufacturers during the day and none could be found who would give any statement. Sympathetic Strike Denied. Reports that the members of the Inter- national Protective Association of Tin Workers would strike in sympathy with the Amalgamated Association are not ap- parently borne out by facts. One of the prominent members of the tin workers said to-day that the talk of a sympa- thetic strike of their organization was un- authorized. The association had adopted the same rules in regard to sympathetic strikes as the Amalgamated Association. These would cheerfully give aid and mor- al support to the strikers, but would keep their agreement with the manufacturers, :\'hic!h was regarded in the light of a con- ract. A similar state of affairs was reported from the ranks of the structural steel workers, who say that they are not will- ing to go into a sympathetic strike and violate agreements with their employers. They have indicated a willingness, how- eyer, to give moral and financial aid to the Amalgamated Association in its strug- gle with the steel trust. CONCESSIONS ARE MADE. Basis of Settlement of Steel Strike Is a Compromise. NEW YORK, July 2.—The World {o- morrow: will say: The great steel strik- will be settled within a few hours. 1" dore J. Shaffer, president of the Amalga- mated Association, slipped into the city yesterday morning, accompanied by Sec- retary Williams. They held several con- ferences during the day with officials of the United States Steel, Corporation and an early settlement of differences Is in prospect. . J. P. Morgan, who has been depended upon to adjust matters between the giant company and its smmng,x employes, Bive up his “da¥ off” vesterday and worked long hours as a peacemaker. The basis of settiement of the steel strike is a compmomise, concessions beinz made by both sides. he terms, it is understood, will be about as follows: 1. The mills recognized as non¥nion on July 1 will be continued as such, save possibly where the Amalgamated Association has effected a strong organization. 3 The Amalgamated Assoclation will recede from its demand that the steel company sign the scale for all mills. 3. The steel company ‘will pay the scale in all mills, union or non-union. Al mills shall be open to all men with or without union cards. The assoclation shall not attempt to force men into the union or to oblige the steel company to employ only union men, 5. The steel company will permit the organi- zation of men when they manifest a desire to Join the Amalgamated Assoclation or other as- sociations. The steel company officials several days ago expressed their willingness to renew Continued on P;&a 'fv;enty-mve. Continued on Page Twenty-Five. ing reports were heard from usually reli- | | i AN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1901. IRONWORKERS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT OVER THEIR FORMER WAGES AND RETURN TO WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Efforts. to Settle the Strike Controversy Appear to Be Bearing Fruit, as Labor Leaders Seem Adverse to Precipitating-Any Further Troubie. - Eighty Men Are Brought From Bakersfield to Act as Teamsters SURVENLAN CE— . -— = % “Three hundred teams are now runaing e — \J S ] i ’, o OEVENTH P BAINAN, VPR + 3 7\ NE of the most important features in the present labor controversy yesterday was the-announcement that the ironworkers had com- | promised on a basis of an increase | over their wages prevailing May 20 of 6| per cent. The teamsters who were locked out some days ago made a long statement 1 of their grievances against their former | employers. The boxmakers and nailers held a meeting; the brewery workmen, embracing the men employed in the vari- ous branches of that trade, assembied at thelr headquarters at 1159 Mission street; the packers, porters and warehousemen have arranged a meeting at the Temple on Turk street; the ironmoldersiwill meet this morning at their headquarters, and other branches of- the iron trades will hold meetings throughout the day to con- sider the situation. Conditions affecting the strike in the labor situation are such that it is difficult to determine what the result may be. A general strike of the allied unjons of the city is on the tapis. Whether wiser coun- cfls will prevail greatly depends upon the action that will be taken within the next few hours. The foment among the sub- leaders of the movement indicates a gen- eral fie-up of allbusiness. From the water front come rumors of the strike among the sailors, stevedores, longshoremen, marine firemen, shipcalkers and other unions affliated with the City Front Fed- eration. A general feeling of unrest pre- vails. both in mercantile and labor circles. The strike and lockout of the tcamsters is producing considerable trouble in the handling cf goods. Whilc the day was not marked by any serlous breaches of the pezce the men now out of employment were in en angry mcod, and made life miserable for the police officers detailed to escort the teams that were warking. Secretary Rerner -held out a hopeful view of the situation nnd'snld: and merchants are having their goods mdved with but little trouble. A great many teamsters are willing to retura to their employment, but fear the violence likely to be meted out to them by the strikers.” Teamsters From Bakersfield. In answer to the urgent requests for teamsters which the Draymen's Associa- tion has been sending broadcast over the State eighty men arrived yesterday morn- ing from Bakersfleld. Their coming was | kept as quiet as pessible and not a single representative of the brotherhood was on hand at the station to dissuade them from going to work. They were mct at the Santa Fe depot by a squad of police under Sergeant Brophy and immediately escorted to the Draymen's headquarters. Along the route they were frequentiy ! hissed and jeered at, but no violent treat- ment was offered them. hen they arrived at the draymen's headquarters they were offered $ a day and promised police protection while in the discharge of their work. Of the whole number who had.- traveled from Bakersfield sixty-two were willing to ac- cept the terms. The remainder refused and in the afternoon were escorted to the teamsters’ headquarters on Fourth street, where they were converted to the union’s cause and allowed to sign the membership roll. They will be returned in a few days to_their homes. Great indignation is felt by the striking teamsters that these men are brought to this city. The contingent that arrived yesterday included many tough- looking citizens, many of whom had never handled a pair of reins in their lives. In fact it was admitted by several of the would-be teamsters that they had been induced to come hither by speculators. They know nothing of driving a_team in a city and some of them are physically unfit to endure hard labor. Another driver employed by the Over- Dbeing SOME PHASES OF THE STRIKE SITUATION YESTERDAY AS SHOWN BY THE CAMERA. ———————————— land Freight and Transfer Company was sworn in yesterday by Collector Stratton as a deputy customs inspector. Some twenty-one men are now employed in that capacity. One of these was assaulted while driving a truck on Folsom street, between Fourth and Fifth, but was ac- corded prompt police protection. The wholesale fruit and produce mer- chants met yesterday ternoon and adoPled a resolution that all teamsters shall report for duty on or before Wednesday next. Failing to do so their places will be declared vacant. A rumor was current last night that the agreement to keep retail stores closed after 6 p. m. would be revoked about Au- gust 1. " At the next meeting of the Retail Clerks’ Assoclation the matter will be ?rfiught before the union and action aken. The Porters’ and Packers” Association will hold a special meeting at the Temple to-morrow. Members say the men are standing firm and say everything looks asghl[t they would eventually win thelr —_— / MAYOR AWAITS REPLY. Employers’ Association Has Not Ye~ Given Answer. Mayor Phelan’s efforts to arrange a meeting between the executive committee | of the Employers’ Association and repre- | sentatives of the various labor organiza- tions has resulted in the following corre- spondence. Mayor Phelan first presented | the following proposition on behalf of the labor unions: A. Furuseth, secretary of the Sailors’ Union, and M. Casey, president of the Brotherfiood of Teamsters, desire the employers to concede the right of the employes to organize, | employers agree not to discriminate against an employe or a man because he is a member of the organization; the employers to re-estab- lish the status quo, except that the employes on their part will agree not to engage in a sym- pathetic strike until a concillation committes composed of members of both sides to the con- troversy fall to settle the differences. The employers agree not to order a lockout under the same conditions; that a reasonabie time will be given the ittes of concilia- tion to adjust differences, and that no attempt be made to strike or otherwise interfere with the status so established until a settlement be made. They claim that all differences arise from a misunderstanding, and believe that a commit- tee of concillation could save all trouble in’ the future. They clalm to have received moral support from the Draymen's Association in their action in refusing to deliver goods Morten Delivery Company. and that they would rot in the light of present circumstances have engaged in that controversy were the tunity to come again. They claim and the period of one year. . In response to this'statement of the eon- dition- of affairs Attorney Michael F. Mi- Continued on Page Twenty-Four.