The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1901, Page 2

2 STRIKE EFFECTS ORDER NOW INCLUDES ALL | BAY TOWNS City Front Federa- tion Makes a Move of Great Import The Tugboat Firemen Are Not Affected by . Strike Order City Front Federation met evening and discussed ways and means of strengthening the position taken by it the night be- fore in the present labor difficul- 1e resolution which called out the of the unions forming the fed- was the main topic under discus- According to many of the members not cover gufficlent ground and ded the Employers’ Association too es 1o secure union labor with- e men to break faith with did he first radical change made in the resolution added to the difficulties of the hipown The original document af- led only the “port of San Francisco,” making it possible for the own- vessels to secure the unloading of goes by union hands at near- To prevent this the resolution ed to read so as to cover the of Ban Francisco.” | changes were of minor im- ch as changes in the phrase- they all tended to strengthen n of the strikers. es from the various unions in every instance the mem- s they represented had of the federation and | e men will commence to | that the federation | y t ight to know exactly ve quit work | fon was presented and adopted | ermission to the members of | amsters’ Union to haul coal to | 2 asy- | | \ eby t Casey of the City Front Fed- a interview after the meet- “We only met to-night to per- for the battle between the and the Employers’ Asso- | 2 is now on. The Teamsters’ and I do not think | of our soon being | very other union | eamsters will make | ing looks favor- | ause, which is now | union in the Federa- | refully planned a cam- | do not intend that it shall ) members of the Pacific men’s Union out on 00 members in the | who remained at ed by Goodall, Per- tugboats. | Perkins & Co, | i nrr.remen and recog- as a body. The | some i io e ago | v ed up t reason the men em- m were not included among ut ermined to allow the fire- the tugboats to remain To remove them would ing in and going out at the mercy of anger the lives of The tugs, therefore, any time during the the assistance of any get into difficulties, e harbor. — - QUESTIONS AT ISSUE. w r pos the vessels rhe Federation Replies to Michael’s Let- ter to Mayor. | The City Front Federation issued last ght the following ‘additional statement r the head, “The Association's Posi- sbmitted by the Em. the representatives of | n may mean anything € tp the point of view, It which can be | nd_demonstra- | proved that it meant | he labor organizations Front. Federa- at as & neces- peace, the “status quo say, it was proposed that g0 back to the condition thet rupture between the Dray- t Brotherhood of posals of the City & hou te - >t course, being that then sent between the two or- peaceably reviewed and, usted. ‘While the 1 2 tion does not di- in this proposal, ted at all seemed ction favorable thereto. | der to test the real Mr. Casey, of the | E immediately pre- communication to Mr. Smith, with Mr. McNab s_Assoclation was | e Employers’ Asso- | t as establishing the | Mr. McNab repiled that he + he knew nothing about the when put to the only, and the | ble, the communication of the | ation was found to be merely words having no significance what- | nsidered as the basis of | perusal A Employers’ Association shows that it contains | & great deal of generalization and absolutely document {ssued by the So far ns any real mean- ing cgn be gathered from it, 1t ie simply & declaration that the employers propose to con- tinue in their policy of ignoring the right of | their employes o stipulate and make good, | of organization, the terms Such is the only meaning that hered from the declaration that the faithfully obey all instructions Considering s have never ques. | right of the employer to instruct employes in any matter con- terests of the former, the state- is susceptible of but one con- mely. that the employe is re. | thfully obey all instructions and in matters that are properly the comn- | h e himselt | + words, We construe the requirement | oyers' Association to be that the | | | employe must work se long and for as little the employer may see fit to give him the Employers’ Assoclation on that it shall not re- lence to its instructions and | mekes quire fait | ood morals or public policy THE SAN ¥FRANCUISCO CALL, - ., wszfl;v yfz""”;oo& ;VlEN WHO HAUL SAND WILL GO OUT ON STRIKE. Another of Teamsters’ Unions to Quit Work To-Morrow | in Support of Brotherhood PR EAMSTERS UNION NO. which comprises 530 men, the ma- jority of whom are engaged in hauling sand and brick, met last night at 225 Eighth street and de- cided to go on a strike Thursday morning. The strike was declared purely in sym- pathy with the teamsters, who struck 008 rather than work for the Morton Dellv- | ery Company. The action was taken after much deliberation and with the advice of the San Francisco Labor Council, which was represented at the meeting by Pres dent W. H. Goff and Secretary Ed Ro- senberg. | ‘When the meeting was called to order the meeting hall was packed to its ut- most capacity. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed among the teamsters. Secre- lary Rosenberg explained that the Labor Council deemed' the strike necessary to more effectively cripple the employers. ‘The vote on the question of declaring a pathetic strike was unanimous decided to defer tr into effect until Yy morning, i order that all the members of the union might be notified and might act in con- cert. Secretary Rosenberg, after the meet- ing, stated that while the strike of the sand teamsters will concern directly but 530 men, it will indirectly affect the' 500 men who are engaged in the building trades of the city, and that during its ex- fstence it would put an end to all build- ing construction. He also stated that t men would go on strike with no en- mity toward their employers, for whom they entertain the best of good feeling. The officers of the union are as follow President, M, A. Longshore; vice presi Willlam Mills; financlal secretary, P. Bu recording secretary, D. Burke; treasurer and conductor, Walter 'Duryea: warden, Patrick Kelley; business manager, J. D. Harper; trus- tees—P. Kelley, R. Thane and J. D. Harper. L e R R ) orders when these are ‘‘contrary to law or The point is well made; but who, may we ask, is to be the judge of these matters? The Employers' Association by denying the right of its em- ployes to an equal voice In the terms of em- ployment, as it impliedly does, takes the posi- tion that it shall be the sole judge in the case. In a word, we are given to understand that the terms “law,” *)good morals” and “‘public_policy’” are synonymous with ‘‘good business’” for the Employers' Assoclation. There can be no other understanding where oo party assumes the right to dictate to the other. With reference to the contention of the Em- | ployers’ Assoclation that ‘‘they want every business to stand on its own legs,” we can only say that such a contention is entirely | opposed to its own practices, to the very fact of its own existence, and, indeed, to every law, social and physical. What the association really means by this is that it wants every trades union to ‘‘stand on its own legs.”” Pre. sumably, it is only motives of policy that keep it from saying that it wants every employe to “stand on his own legs.”’ Taking the actions of the association together with its statements, we consider its underlying desire to be that labor should remain divided in order that it may be conquered. There is but one other point that we deem ) P g Y 8. 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A % MERICAN CAN COMPANY CLOSES ITS FACTORY DOORS AND 400 PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT ‘Unless Change in Situation Enables Work to Be Resumed Can- neries With 5000 Men, Women and Children on Payrolls Will Suspend Operations Until Strike Terminates Be Compelled to HE American Can Company, whose factory is at the corner of Seventh and Townsend streets, was among the first of the impor- tant manufacturing concerns to directly feel the effects of the porters’, packers’ and warehousemen’s strike. The seventy-five porters and packers who were employed by the company com- menced work as usual yesterday, but at 10:30 o'clock, ufter everything had been prepared for the day's work, they all walked out. Their action was followed by about 150 boys who were employed in n worth noting in the communication. Mayor Phelan in his, statement accompanying the communication’ of the Employers' Association qQuotes the latter as saying: The employers on their part do not in- tend (and their organization refuses to ad- mit that they ever countenanced such ac- tion) e to sell goods to any one who is solvent and able to pay for them: that they will not refuse to sell goods to Sn,\ men who may have ylelded to union emands. We have no hesitation in characterizin this | statement as a deliberate falsehood. Either it is that or the Employers’ Association stands convicted of ignorance of its own acts. The present situation has been brought about mainly through the interference of the asso- elation to compel employers who had no dis- pute with their employes to compel the latter to withdraw from their ~organizations. In these cases the Employers’ Association delib- erately contradicts its claim that it wanty every business to ‘“‘stand on its own legs.” In the cases of the wagon-makers, butchers, cooks and waiters and others that might be men- tioned, in which the relations of employer and employe were mutually satistactory and har- monious, the assoclation issued its ultimatum and compelled the employer, by threats of shutting off his supplies, to sever these rela- tions and take sides with the association in the business of destroying the trade unions. Taken as a whole and in detail we, see noth- ing in the statement and communication of the Employers' Association that would justify any course other than active resistance to the thinly disguised purpose of the association to deprive the workers of their only means of self-protection, the trade unions. S S SPECIALS FOR GUARDS. Non-Union Te;mstex:; Given Permits to Carry Revolvers. The Police Commissioners at their meet- ing last evening were busily employed ar- ranging details in reference to the strike. | One hundred applications were made by men employed driving teams for permis- sion to carry concealed weapons. All the applications were granted and in the fu- ture it is supposed that all non-union teamsters will carry revolvers. An application was recefved from Morse's patrol for permission to employ twenty more patrolmen during the strike. This was also granted, and they will wear special officers” stars. The Employers’ Assoclation also mado application to be empowered to employ twenty special officers. “These men are to be used to guard teams and stores in the downtown districts. This application was granted and the new speclals will be sworn in to-day. Jonn Henry Helms, son of the late Su- pervisor Helms, was appointed a police officer by the Commissioners. e STOCKTON FEELS EFFECTS. River Transportation Suffers From Tie-Up of Water Front. STOCKTON, July 30.—The general tfe- un an the San Francisco water front is filling the trays with cans for shipment. This wholesale desertion of the men and boys forced the company to close down the factory at noon. In all about hands, 300 of whom are women and girls, were thrown out of employment. The American Can Company is the prin- cipal source of supply for the cannerles of the city and if within the next forty- elght hours the factory is not able to re- sume operations, the canneries will be compelled to close their doors, which { would mean that 5000 people wouid be de- prived of their employment. The serious aspect of the situation may be partly ap- preciated when it is comsidered that the ! ralsing havoc with the business of the river transportation companies plying be- tween San Francisco and Stockton. In fact, the shipping business is nearly para- lyzed both ways. Boats are still able 1o deliver freight to the wharves in Francisco and to vessels whose handle the goods. Coaling is done at Pittsburg, so that as long as the supply holds out the steamers are all right on that score. The strike means a big loss of business to the boat lines. Business has fallen off greatly since tlie strike and the general tfe-up means a fur- ther decrease. It also brings a_big loss to the farmers who have shipped fruit to San Francisco. The plums and pears on { the whart are still in good conditlon, but thousands of boxes of peaches have been thrown into the bay. The farmer not only loses the fruit, but has to pay the freight. e S SEATTLE INTERESTED. San Francisco Strike Means Loss to ‘Washington Port. SEATTLE, July 30.—Seattle is vitally affected by the strike of the longshoremen and saflors which was ordered in San Francisco this morning. As a result all freight traffic between this city and the California metropolis, which forms one of the heaviest volumes of business in Seattle's marine traffic, is stopped entire- ly. The loss to this city and to the num- erous steamship companies operating be- tween here and San Francisco will mean thousands of dollars a month. Seattle merchants are affected similarly. The merchants here are already heavy losers on account of the teamsters’ strike in San Francisco, and the local strike and the sudden stoppage of supplies via the ‘water route from ®alifornla, greatly com- plicates the situation. @ il @ ABSENCE OF YIOLENCE, Continued From Page One. cept through the strenuows efforts of managers determined not to be balked by w;hlak: they conceive to be an unjustifiable strike. The labor leaders had to comfort them- selves mainly with their successes on the docks, for ‘away from the immediate water front the ease with which the places deserted by tne strikers were filled was most . disheartening to them. Two men applied for every job given up by the union porters, and every employer had at his command within a few hours a long list of names of men available in some sort of fashion for his work. Awkward Recruits. These men who stepped into_ the: laces of the striltars wara ward an slow aw %00 | canneries furnish means of livelihood for a great portion of the poorer class of the | city and if they are forced to shut down | many will be Teduced almost to destitu- | tion. The factery, besides furnishing the great- | er portion of the cans used in this city, | supplies about twenty-five canneries in varlous parts of the State. It has a man- | ufacturing capacity of 300,000 cans a day and a shipping capacity of 1,000,000 cans. Although the management of the com pany was totally unprepared for the de- sertion of the porters and packers, an effort will be made to resume work this morning with a small force. D B e e Y ) and they and the non-union and amateur teamsters made a pretty mess of many a dray load, but freight was moved and orders were fllled and a point was made against the strikers. | .. The most notably serious effect was in | the case of the American Can Company, which was compelled to close its doors, throwing 400 persons out of employment. €anneries dependent upon it for their sup- Ply of cans employ 5000 men, Women And children, and unless the factory can start | up again within a few days they will all be thrown out of employment. Employers assert their confidence in the ultimate collapse of the strike, though many of them fear the struggle will be rrolongod. They say they will suffer any 0ss to maintain their right to hire ca- Dnlt'))e employes, whether union men or not. The labor leaders are just as confident that the employers will soon grant con- cessions, now that they know the threats of strike were not mere “bluff.” They say their fight is to preserve to the work- ingmen the right to organize. The life of trade unicnism in San Francisco, they say, s at stake. Though entering upon the contest with moderation, the labor leaders hint that if any attempt be made to bring in non- union firemen, saflors or longshoremen from the outside the strike will be extend- ed to include every port on the coast. Strikers’ Credit Threatened. Some consternation was caused by a re- port that the wholesalers had informed the retaflers of the city that after a stipu- lated time they must extend no credit to strikers, but must sell to them for cash only. ' R. H. Bennett Jr., secretary for the Associated Wholesale Grocers, and M. F. Michael, attorney for the Employ- ers’ Association, each denies that his or- ganization has resorted or intended to re- sort to the use of that kind of weapon. It ts estimated that more than 12,000 men quit work as a result of the decision | reached Monday night by the City Front Federation. That the number did not reach 15,000, the approximate number of members of the unions interested who were employed when the strike was or- dered, was due to several causes. Some of the marine firemen were not called out, for special réasons, and In some cases large numbers of loyal members could not be fotified by the delegates. — Protection for Bonded Draymen. Chief Clerk E. B. Jérome of the Cus- tom-house received late yesterday after- noon a telegram from the Secretary of the Treasury authorizing the Collector to appoint as many temporary customs in- spectors as he may deem necessary to guard the drays and teamsters of che United States Bonded Drayman and to protect them at all hazards from Injury at the hands of strikers or others. This protection is to be extended not only while the drays are being ‘loaded or unloaded and in transit, but also while they are on the way to apd from the stables. {OLD TEAMSTER | striker, living at 351 Eleventh street, was | I then IS WOUNDED BY NEGRO DRIVERS — . Non-Union Substitutes Shoot at Menacing Crowd and an Innocent Man Is Hit| e A A HE first serious affray between the union and non-union teamsters occurred yesterday morning about 7 o’clock at Eleventh and Harri- | son streets, when Peter Lynch, a shot in the hip by either Roscoe Horn or | William Ferguson, colored men, employed by G. W. Emmons & Co. Horn and Ferguson were on their way to Emmons & Co.’s barns to start work for the day, when they were attacked by | a crowd of strikers who, they allege, | threw rocks and boards. Each pulled out a revolver and commenced shooting. Horn fired three shots and Ferguson five be- fore the crowd fell back and allowed them | to reach the barns. One of the bullets struck Lynch on the hip and he wént to th: Receiving Hospital, where Dr. Millar, after examining him, concluded that the | wound was not dangerous. The bullet | could not be located and the X-ray will be called into_requisition. Horn and Ferguson were arrested at | the barns by Captain Wittman and Ser- geant Campbell and taken to the City Prison, where they were booked on a ult to murder. Each i1s ars of age. They were re- leased on $100 cash bail each, put up by Attorney ph Coffey, who represents the Employers’ Assoclation. The bail was accepte: Assistant Warrant Clerk Greeley. Horn claimed that he and Ferguson were attacked Monday night by strikers | after they left the barns and they bought | the revolvers s to be prepared for | trouble, as they had been threatened with | further chastisement if they attempted to work yesterday morning. Speaking of the shooting, Ferguson said: “As we passed Eleventh and Harrison sireets we saw a gang of men in a va- cant lot watching us. After we had passed them they started after us, throwing rocks and clubs. Just then another gang came toward us and we were between the two. We were struck several times, and when they made a combined rush upon us I fired over their heads to fright- en them, but it had no effect and I fired straight at them. Horn was shooting by this time, and the mob scattered. We continued toward the barns, keeping our revolvers leveled on the crowd. We had a right to shoot, as our Jives were in dan- B yneh 1s 62 years of age and has.a fam- ily of seven children. He was, until the strike, employed as a drayman by Bar- rett & Co., and is highly respected among his neighbors. He said he was walking across the street when he was shot. He did not take part in the demonstration against the colored men. He declared that the union pickets were not making any disturbance when the colored men began to shoot. Stephen O'Neill, who lives at 13815 Silver street, called at the Warrant Clerk's of- fice vesterday and asked for a warrant for the arrest of Policeman O’Meara on cter came with his drawn club and or- dered them to move on. Before he could et out of the way he was strueck on the orehead, ribs and arms by the officer's club and had.to be taken to the Emer- gency Hospital to have his wounds and bruises attended to. James Gaillagher, while driving his own team off Misston-street wharf, was mis- taken by the strikers for a non-union teamster and he was attacked and struck over the head. He went to the Harbor Hospital and had a lacerated wound dressed. Dan McKinney, a strilgng teamster, tried to remove a non-uni driver from a wagon yesterday at the corner of Sac- ramento and Davis streets. A policeman objected to McKinney's plan and in the mixup the striker was struck on the head with a club. McKinney had his wounds dressed at the Harbor Hospital, Despite the enormous reinforcements that the army of strikers received yester- day, few disturbances occurred in all the city, The police revorted that in a few ingtances stones were thrown at teamsters and that the non-union drivers were Jeered at, but this for the most part was iba work af have end inreenanathlo nartias LEAN TOWARD AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENT The Steamship Man- agers Meet and Dis- cuss Labor Strike — Hopes That Enthusi- asm. of the Men Will Soon s HE meeting of the Managers’ jociatior terday afterhoon was tended by those vital in the actions of the out at the meeting of the City eratlon Monday right. The manag the various lines running in and this port, as employers of fully the men affected by the order of the soctation of labor unions, talked long ar earnestly on the situation, and the trend of each speaker's remarks showe the managers would do ev their power to secure an amicabl ment of the conflict now raging between the men of capital and the brawn of toil. Abate on: sons The meeting was a general one and was the celled for the purpose of enabli maragers to thoroughly canvass th ation. A resolution was gdopted by the body expressing confidence in the board of directors and the executive committee of the association and authorizing them to act as they saw fit. The managers of the v: of steamers reported that th riy on time. ous lines all scheduled to sail this week out All of the men employed did not go ou 800d_prospect of getting v yesterday morning. With th id who remained faithful to t and the crews of the vessels bers of “which are not uni steamship men state that ey able to handle all the freight hau the wharf. They contend that the men out on orders from the as their work mainly by reason thusnasm which the gener has developed. This entt ipping men, will soon be e as their enthusiasm wanes they will come more amenable to the argun and evidences of a desire to conc matters, which will be put forth by the water front men. Many of the” members of tion told at the meeting yes sorrow evinced by many of th dered out over the- fact that t compelled to take part in the str stanch union me could £ those mployers he associa- day of th though that the situation, will not cause the front that is expected. of laboring men to be places of the stri s. They are greatly inconvenienced b the fact that the breaking hards necessitates ¢ id, and loss of time The members of the that they have the situs in hand and will be able fmmense shipping business without They have formulated several pl the settlement of the difficulty, but wiil not put them in action until the strike de- velops. They have placed no ban upor who quit yesterday mornins. trary, they are perfectly the longshoremen re der conditions at pr ENGINEERS REMEMBERED. Given Bonus of Month’s Salary for Faithful Service. On her last trip to Honqju went wrong with the boiler tubes Oceanic Steamship Company's Zea Owing to the strike in the isls boiler-makers would not make pairs, so Chief Engineer Kellar s men had to do the best they could. steamship was fixed up as well as_p under the circumstances and a w made for San Francisco. When tyent four hours out the tubes began to le again, so Captain Dowdell put b t Honolulu, where Chief Kella hi men worked night and day until a good job had been made, and the Zealandia came home in good time and without d _his The d John D. Sprec anic Steamship at -once The following letter tells the rest of ti story MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICTAL ASSO- 24, 1901 Honolulu s by them while lying at last voyage the Marine Engine desires to express, hereby, the organization therefor. In additlon to the pecuniary compensation it cheers the wageworker and animates him with by a desire to continue his efforts when met the kind recognition accorded by you in t case, which we will endeaver to keep & ory, and we believe that such actions as yow go far toward ridging the gulf which h: been, unfortunately, placed between employer and the empl the spirit of the times. I have the honor to be yours very respecte tully, WILLIAM WARIN, Cor. Sec. M. E. B. S. No. 3. o e s Troops for Mail Dock. It was stated on the water front last night that a troop of cavalry was rest. ing under arms at the Presidio, ready at any moment to answer a call to the Mail dock to quell any disturbance or prevent any effort made to delay the departure of vessels carrying United States mails. who are not members of the brotherhood. It was estimated that there were about 400 teams in operation—a considerable num- ber more than at any period since the beginning of the strike, but with few ex- residing at 60 Shipley . received a clubbing at the hands of Oficer J. C. Laws and was afterward locked tp in the City Hall Station for in- terfering with an «Meer in the discharge of kis duty. Smith is a sympathizing teamster and has his own ideas of meddling with matters that do not, f his standpoint, belong to them. V. H. Fuller, manager of the Overland the charge of battery. It was not issued. | Transfer Company, that b was O'Neill sald he was on his way home yes- | obliged to draw his revolv four terday, morning and at Fourth and Silver | times since last Thursday to protect his streets he stood for a moment among a | teamsters from being beaten by strikers. crowd of eight or ten men, when the offi- | He says also that his life has heen threat- ened by at least 100 strikers and that Monday night he ordered two of them off a car as he was starting for home. They had been following him all the evening. e e e e Scrofula Few are entirely free from it. I$ may develop so slowly as to cause little if any disturbance during the whole period of childhood. It may then produce irregularity of the stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh, and marked tendency to consumption before manifesting itself in much cutaneous eruption or glandular swelling. 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