The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1901, Page 2

0 N FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, _'__.___———JE—E;———W TRADE MOVES LAMELY IN THE WHOLESALE DISTRICT AND FACTORIES FEEL THE WEIGH ADDITIONS MADE TO THE HOST OF STRIKING PORTER Officers of the Union Successfully Resort to the Telephone to Induce Hesitating Members to Surrender Their Positions. Warehouses Are Left Deserted and Little Business Is Done T was an interesting day at the head- quarters of the Porters’. Packers’ and ‘ IWarehousemen’s” Union - yesterday. ¥rom the opening of the office at 8§ o'clock to the ciosing at 5 o'clock ere was a steady coming and going of pickets and sympathizers. the close of the first day of the Tuesday a total of 860 members of the union on strike had registered their names at headquarters and forhally given notice of their intention to stand by the union through thick and thin. The re- sponse to the order to strike, although satisfactory, was not regarded to be.just ould have been, and a meeling executive board was held, at which 1 command upon all members of n to quit work immediately was his order, duly sealed and coun- was seat forth to the entire membe of the union. The result was appar esterday, when 300 men regis- tered “before the noon hour. Robert Loughery, business agent of the union, man during the whole of the day, The report having been circu- lated that many members refused to quit their employment, he visited certain es- bl to talk to the empioyes. In Learly every iostance he as well as the pickets ©f the union was denied admit- tance. In these_instances the telephone was resorted to, the result being the ad- dition of nearly 100 to the rai of the porters and packers now on strike. . The first walkout of note to take place ~at the Arctic Oil corner of Illinois and Sixteenth Ten union packers, yielding to guments of the pickets, deserted ts at 10 o'clock. During the £ some forty men connected with ywing firms went on strike: Wash- Manufacturing _Company; M. J. Jones, Paddock & Co. h, Kruger & Co., and Guittard & addition to these ten men of the Can Company and twelve of the works at Harrison and Fifteenth s quit work at noon and registered sarters. varehouses were closed yes- were in charge of foremen, ess was transacted. These in warehouses on seawall the Mission Bay grain al of the Haslett ware- open, but the greater num- b g gone out little if is being transacted. ill of the union stated yes- entire membership would ;. He says that hun- are employed by -the vesterday being the last preferred to work out h before walking out. He createst confidence in the trike. That the unions be recognized by the s he did not doubt. The strikers, that everything depended ng together through the and they were follow- of strike as originally out- during the day was ‘Work: e ] COME T0 RESCUE art of the small gang of men, but the {241 Co; v officials say that they will accomp Clerks Work Longshore. r-street dock, where the Or- avigation Compeny’s s peing loaded, one ncide the The clerks em- fice and the men ical work on the dock, un- k Superintendent W. and sugar and en- immense holds of the displayed a very willing sh was woefully weak. brand new suits a time presented also wore their e cle Joyed in v T’ ed linen ery Short ti in the high collars them to w in the office were also ca s of the crease i frequently let go “roll-up” at the ; but, like 'y bosomed shirts, they socon wilted. Blisters began to ap- pear on hands that had never lifted any- thing heavier than a pen, and in less than two hoi fter they had tackled the job bt they were a worn-out, To add to the jends began to take ar doings and came from the city to watch them. | perspiring clerks from all des and kept at it until the forlorn look worn by the amateur Jongshoremen caused them to quit. Filipinos Load the Conemaugh. their of hustling fr: miserat y portion They joshe The steamship Conemaugh occupies a berth at the Fremont-street dock. She is being loaded with freight by the Filipino and Ch crews of the embers of th vivania and Ohio who were n the transport ser- sels are all tied up and ve transferred their crews onemaugh of thé Empire Steam- gh is scheduled to sail for Cape to-day, but her owners will not be able to get her out before Friday he day before the strike was or- union longshoremen were en- gaged in coaling her, and only succeeded in filling her bunkers a few hours before the strike took place. Since then the own- ers have not b able to secure a crew of men to handle the immense amount of freight that she was to carry to the northern country. The crews of the ves- sels that had been used as transports be- | ilable and they were put to| is made but poor prog- v in the work of loading the vessel, and at quitting time hundreds of tons of freight littered the dock. The ship Umatilia_arrived from the 5 After she had docked ( ce came ashore and epent several hours in hunting men to go 1o work unioading her. He succeeded in finding thirty-five men and with these commenced the task of emptying the hold of his vessel. Captain Wallace says he does not anticipate any difficuity in gettung vessel ready to leave here at the ap- pointed time next Sunday morning. The entire crew of the Umatllla left the ves- sel a short time after her arrival in port. The big Kosmos liner Hermonthis is be- Ing loaded at the seawall, while the Cur- pcao and the Anubis of the same line are lying idle. The crews of the last named | els are at work on the cargo for the | Hermonthis and as soon as they finish | loading the big ship wiil be put to work | the Curacao's siores. By this means 1t is expected to prevent any delay in the eparture of any of the ships of the {osmos line. The steam schooner Fulton came -into port yesterday from Redondo, but did not tirop anchor. The captain of the schooner, when abreast of Meiggs wharf, hafled the wharfinger and asked how matters stood on the front. On being informed that the situation was critical, he turned the bow uf his vessel seaward and started imme- Ciately for one of the coast ports. The collier Bristol arrived yesterday from Oyster Harbor. She is among the vesseis that are tied up. The Bristol has a big joad of coal on board and the owners l-rerer making a storeship out of her o paying the cost of transferring the el to lighters and paying heavy charges lor_thelr use. The other arrivals in port yesterday that were tied wn were the Scotia from Albion, the Noyo, Mary Buhne and the C. T. Hill, from Bureka, and the Guide, from Grays Harbor. They are all loaded with railroad ties and lumber. The only other departure from the front erday besides the Pomona was the %(mg Consuelo, which cleared for Mahu- ona. ¥ e % o) L4 bt oy DRAYMEN’S *ASSOCIATION PRESENTS ITS SIDE OF LABOR CONTROVERSY Demands Made at Various Times by the Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Attitude Taken by the Employers Set Forth—Origin of Contest That Led to General Strike EORGE RENNER, manager for the Draymen’s Association, makes the following statement, giving the history of the trouble between the draymen and th: Brotherhood of Teamsters: The draymen got along finely until September 27, 1900, when the Brotherhood of Teamsters presented their demands to us, giving us until October 1 to adopt or refect the same. Our association immediately called a special meet- ing, and our side, in order to avoid trouble, asked for a conference with the teamsters. At this time the various drayage firms were in consultation with the different merchants that they haul for, and we told them that nearly ail our wants were much advanced in prices. Iron for tires on our vehicles advancing from 1% cents per pound to 3% cents per pound, hard- wood lumber from 83 cents per foot to 14 | cents per foot, and that we could not grant this raise of wages without ralsing the prices for cartage. And I wgnt to say right here for the credit of the merthants, that there was not one merchant on record that said fight. On the contrary, they toldsus to make the best terms we could with the Brotherhood of Teamsters, and we will do what is right with the dray men. Our committee met the committee of the brotherhood and came to an agreement, Which was to be in effect for one year, from October | 1. 1900, under the terms of which the men se- | cured the advanced pay and the pay for over- time demanded by them, and in fact nearly everything they asked for. . The first serfous new rule that the Brother- hood of Teamsters tried to enforce was last spring, when 'they lssued a notice to their drivers that they should not take care of horses after 6 p. m. They even went so far in McNab & Smitn’s stable to stop a driver by the name of Rasmussen from washing a horse’s sore neck. We took this matter up with the brother- hood and it died its own death. On or about March 25, 1901, I received a com- munication from the brotherhood asking for a conference, which was granted, and at the meeting they presented new demands, notwith- standing thelr agreement to stand by the first agreement for one year. Their second demands were as follows o Revised rules and regulations of ‘the Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local No. 8, T. D.1U Section 1. Draymen or firms (operating their own teams) rhall employ no teamster other than & member of the brotherhood, except that a drayman or firm having oné or more teams may put on a non-union man !emsu‘oruil)' for not exceeding one week, during which time such non-union man shall make application for admittance to the Brotherhood of Teamsters, which may or may not accept him, as it may deem proper; provided that such non-union man shall be paid the regular scale of wages. No non- union man can drive & team unless he gets a written order from the financial secretary of the brotherhood. Sec. 2. Any driver may be discharged it he does mot do his work to the satlsfaction of the drayman or firm employing him, but his place must be filled by & member of the brotherhood. Sec. 4. No member of the brotherhood shall work for any drayman or firm (oper- ating their own teams) for any lower rate of wages than are herein set forth, and any member violating this rule shall be fined, suspended or expelied, as the arbitration committee may decide. Sec. 4. All teamsters shall go to the barn on Sunday morning and take care of horses and collars only, and if required to go back in the afternoon (to barn where no stable- man is employed) such teamsters are al- lowed one hour's time to feed stock, and must be paid one dollar. Sec. 5. ~All claims for overtime must be submitted to and approved by the stewards of each barn, and the matter of overtime shall be so regulated that no injustice shall be done the draymen, employer or teamster. Overtime to commence at 6 p. m., in or out of_the barn. Sec, 6. All complaints must be first made in writing to the steward of each barn, he o present same to the grievance committee the following Tuesday evening. Sec. 7. All teamsters when seeking em- ployment shall apply at headquarters of brotherhood, 672 Fourth street, and . not hang around the various barns, under pen- Continued on Page Five. alty of fine to be determined by the arbi- tration committee. Any teamster may ap- | | | | | ply at the drayman or firm's office for em- ployment, but not at the barns, Sec. 8, Working hours to be from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Overtime to commence promptly at 6 ‘9. "All drivers must report promptly for duty at their respective barns at 6 . m., pot before. One hour's time allowed for unc 10. Any member of this brotherhood £oing to work in any barn on days that he is 1ald off and performing services that he shall not receive any remuneration for is liable to fine, suspension or expulsion, as the arbitration committee may decide. The above rules must be strictly enforced under penalty. Sec. 11. ‘The following rates of wages shall be paid: 6-horse truckmen at... $400 per day 4-horse truckmen at 350 per day 2-horse truckmen at 300 per day i-horse truckmen at 250 per day 4-horse wagons at. 20 00 per week Fruit teamsters turr before 6 a. m.. Frult teamsters, single wag- on, turning out before 6 a.'m . 16 50 per week Wagons capacity at .. Wagons of 2 tons and under 4 tons capaeity at Wagons of 1 ton and under 2 20 00 per week 300 per day 250 per day tons capacity at ............ 200 per day ‘Wagons of 1 ton capacity for apprentices .............. 9 00 per week Section 12. Overtime to commence prompt- 1y at 6 p. m., in or out of the barn. 6-horse truckmen at $ 0.60 per hour 4-horse truckmen at 50 per hour 2-horse truckmen at 40 per hour 1-horse truckmen at 30 per hour Fruit teamsters, double teams, after 6 p. m........ 50 per hour Fruit ' teamsters, singl teams, after 6 p. m.. 40 per hour 4-horse wagon teamsters. 50 per hour Wagons, 4 tons and over cap- acity .. 40 per hour Wagons over 2 tons and under 4 tons capacity..... 30 per hour ‘Wagons over 1 ton and under 25 per hour 2 tons capacity 7 Wagons under 1 ton capacity. * 20 per hour Working Sundays and holldays, time and a half; taking out team any part of day, day's pay.’ No Dispute About Wages. The draymen carefully considered all of the above demands, which contafned many modi- fleations of the original agreement, and while there was no dispute or question over the matter of wages, there were .other things which we thought unreasonabie and unjust, and on May 1, 1901, I sent the following an- swer: “To the ’'Grievance Commitéce of the Brotherhood of Teamsters—Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, grievance committee of the Draymen's Association, hereby submit to- you the “action ‘of cur association upon the de- mands made upon us by your body, and which were fully considered at a full meeting of our association. Our association will concede that Sunday work shall be limited to the proper care of team and harness in the morning, and that no man shall be called upon to return to do any work on Sunday afternoon, unless paid for same. Our association positively and unanimously refuses to accede to any of the other new demands. Yours truly, “GEORGE RENNER, “For Grievance Committee of Draymen's As- soclation." Immediately after sending this.communica- tion we had several meetings, and Mr. Casey and his grievance committee notified myself and our grievance committee that the last- named demands were withdrawn, and stated to us that they would live up_to their orig- inal contract for one year. On May 11, 1901, I received the following communication from the Brotherhood of Team- sters: “To Mr. George Renner, Manager of the Draymen’'s Association—Dear Sir: We desire to call your attention to the fact that the brotherhood intends to hold & picnic on Sat- urday, May 18, 1901, and no members rhall be allowéd to worke on said day, only those en- gaged in hauling perishable freight. Any others having business of importance to at- tend to are requested to ask permission of the brotherhood, and hoping our. action will not work any injury to the members of said asso- ciation in any way, I remain yours, “JOHN McLAUGHLIN, Secretary. Upon receipt of the above letter I took this matter up over the telephone with Mr. G. Hardus, the financial secretary of the brother- hood, and it was agreed that the following BRIDGE BUILDERS SERVE NOTICE ON MEN WHO ARE OUT St il T a meeting of the follow- A ing bridge and wharf build- ing contractors yesterday the following resolution ‘was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, The employes of our firms, without notice to us, and with- out claiming any grievance against us, have abandoned our employ, leaving urgent work unfinished, and thereby subjecting us to great loss and in- convenience, and whereas, they have given us no assurance gs to when they will resume work, if at all Now, therefors, we, the undersigned employers, being under obligation and | bond to complete our contracts within definite times,’ hereby give notice to &ll such employes that unless they re- sume work immediately we shall of necessity be compelled to employ other workmen. Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company, San Francisco Bridge Company, Thom- son Bridge Company, Robert Wakefield, City Street Improvement Company, Healy, Tibbitts & Co., Hyde Construc- tion Company, J. A. McMahon, Darby, Laydon & Co., Pacific Construction Company, Pacific Bridge Company, California Bridge ‘and Constructlon Company, Cotton Bros. & Co. and Dun- don Bridge and Construction Company. * would be about right. I then added to the notice I sent to all of our members (which contained a copy of letter recefved by me from the Brotherhood of Teamsters) the following: “‘You will therefore go to secretary of Brotherhood of Teamsters, 672 Fourth street, and_get order from secretary for the number of drivers you absolutely need for Saturday. Do this not later than 6 p. m. Friday, May 17, 1801 GEORGE RENNER, “Manager Draymen's Assoclation.’” Upon our members applying for drivers the brotherhood nositively refused drivers for any work except perishable. They refused a driver to the Overland Freight and Transfer Com- pany te. transfer Government mail, Whken X asked Mr. Hardus it he really meant this e countermanded and consented. The S. Jacohs Company -applied for two drivers to_deliver drugs: to the different hospitals. as J. J. Mack & Co. have these contracts to deliver the medi- cines to these hospitals on Baturdays only. They told- Mr. Jacobs to ‘— with it: let them wait till Monday.” We found out that they would fine any of their. members $5 it they worked without this permission from the Brotherhood of Teamsters. . This is only two of the many refusals made to our members. On May 15, 1901, Mr. Casey walked into the office of the Overland Freight and Transfer Company and told Mr. C. L. Tilden, proprietcr of sald company: * notify you now, com- mencing to-morrow morning, you will not be allowed to haul a pound of freight to or from Dunham, Carrigan, Hayden & Co., as Dunhan, Carrigan, Hayden & Co, were mixed up with the Truck and Wagon Builders’ strike on that time.” T accidentally happened to ‘call the office of ‘the Overland Freight and Tran: fer Company when Mr. Casey was there, and Mr. C. L. Tilden, myseif and Mr. Casey talked, the matter over. We told Mr. Casey that he must not carry out this order; that the Dray- men’s Assoclation would not stand for such an order, and that if it was attempted to be enforced any man refusing to do that work would be discharged, and finally to avold trouble, if posstble, I sent the following letter: ; “‘May 16, 190L “To the Officers and Members of ‘the Brother- hood of Teamsters—Gentlemen: Being _in- formed by your representative, Mr. Casey, that certain teamsters contemplate refusing to do certain work of a member of our assoclation, We beg to call your attention to the agreement signed’ December 19, 1000, under the terms of which it Was agreed: that all grievances should be adjusted betyeen us. If that agreement is still to be considered in force, its terms should be complied with, and if there is-any matter | which would by any possibility lead to a rup- ture of the relations at present existing be- tween any of your members and any of our members, then such matters should be present- ed to the two grievance committees, which now exist under the above agreement. We there- fore have to request that your grievance com- mittee meet with our grievance committee at any time and at such place as may be agree- able to them, and we feel confident that a solu- tlon of any differences may be best found in conference. We hope full, caréful’ and calm consideration of this whole matter may. pre- vail, and that your action may not:precipitate a strike which would be the very greatest in- 1901 e | 5 A WARAr - AGUrtiry 7 THE . Peey T OF THE STRIKE s l TYPICAL SCENES IN THE ‘“DANGER DISTRICT.” S COAL SUPPLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS' USE Work Suspenided on Colliers Now in Port and Vessels Will Be Tied Up With Unavailable Cargoes Aboard as Fast as They Arrive, Unless Capital and Labor Adjust Their Difficulty — HOULD the tle-up in the water- front @istrict be comtinued in force for the next two weeks or even for the next week and a half, the manufacturing industries of the city will be seriously crippled by a coal famine. This is a result which is at pres- ent causing the greatest worry to the merchants and factory owners. Accord- ing to a very liberal estimate, which was made yesterday afternoon by a prominent coal merchant, there are not more than 30,000 tons of coal on hand at the present time. This supply, it is admitted, cannot possibly last more than two weeks at the utmost. Several of the merchants have colllers now on their way from British Columbla. These colliers are each laden with about 10,000 tons, but it is very doubtful if, when they arrive in port, they can be un- loaded. The union stevedores certainly will not touch them and thus far the merchants have not been able to secure non-union men to-any appreciable extent. The Czarina and Bristol, which arrived in port yesterday, are hoth tied up. A few other colliers are in, but stevedores ¢an- xfmlt be induced to raise a single shovel- ‘ul, It is generally admitted that if the Im- portant manufacturing plants are forced to close thelr doors the business industries of the city’ will recéive a setback from which they will not recover for year: The strikers appreciate this and are en- deavoring to make the tie-up as complete as possible, as' they believe that through this channel the merchants and employers will be the quicker compelled to listen to thelr demands. greatest difficulty in having even the lim- | fted supply of coal which they have on hand delivered. They can only get team- sters to work under police protectioi Some of the coal concerns have been re- stricted in their traffic to such an ex- tent that they may be said to have tem- porarily suspended business. John Rosenfeld stated yesterday that his firm .had but two weeks' supply on hand, but that two colliers with 10,000 tons each are on their way from British Co- lumbia. These vessels are scheduled to arrive in about three days. A leading coal merchant yesterday of the threatened coal famine, said: ‘“‘About 4000 tons of coal are con- sumed each day by factorles and private parties in this city. At this rate the total supply which is now on hand cannot_pos- sibly last for more than ten days. Even if colliers do arrive in port it will aimost be a hopeless task to secure teams ‘to haul In my opin- ion. a sufficlent supply cannot possibly bo the tie-up is continued in operation for the next ten days this city may look to see all its factorles closing their doors and men and women, sent to their homes to awalt the The city’s commercial receive a blow from which they will not recover for the coal from the wharves. furnished to the large factorles. their thousands of employes, end of the strike. and industrial interests will years.” So strict and comprehensive is the tle- up on the water front that J. C. Wilson rmit to supply sland, the light- houses and the pumplng stations and hos- o e same firm has ermission to have its former employes allowed to discharge 2500 tons of coal from the Australia for the transport & Co. had to secure a the transports at Mare pitals at the Presidi also asked The merchants are experiencing the | Meade. jury that could be inflicted upon this city. ours truly, DRAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION, ‘By George Renner."” On May 17, 1901, the Draymen’s Association received the following. reply: g oo the Draymen's Assoclation, Mr. George nner, Manager—Dear Sir; Your eommunica- fion of the 16tn inst. at hend aod. coprents noted, and as the business s of vast im- portance we would prefer to hold. the confer- ence asked this evening, and as your office has Dbeen our meeting room.'we will andeavér to be present at 8 D. M. With best wishes, I re- main yours, “JOHN MCcLAUGHLIN, Secretary.” Association to Brotherhood.- Two days later than the last named date we again met in conference and took up this matter, In the meantime, Mr. MeNab of Me- Nab & Smith was given the same order that he would not be allowed to haul a pound of freight to or from George W. Gibbs & Co. Both of these orders were finally called off, but only after long wrangling and many dis- putes, In view of the many threats of strike and the repeated. actions of the brotherhood in u:(tler; lgiu;efl of tt;:e!l; ent, we pre- Bsent e following e levance. cor - o the Brochestoat bf Tty oM 1t any proposition which will in_any wa; aftect the relations of the bro herhood nd any of its members with the Draymen's Jseociation, ap axp of Ms. mambers, i rought before the meeting of ef ty heveta. then the Satns Shall e referrbd (o a committee, and no action shall be taken - thereon until a conference is held between the partfes hereto, and in no event shall any action be taken on any such question at the same meeting at which it is Intro- duced. In case any grievance or dlspute arises be- tween any member of the brotherhood and any member of the Draymen's Association, it is agreed that the matter shall be care- fully considered and investigated, and that each party to that dispute shall give the other a hearing, and if possible, the sam hall be adjusted between them: but of they are not able to agree, then said matter shall be referred to the manager or other executive officer, and that party shall en- @eavor to adjust the same with the executive officer of the other party: but if they cannot effect a settlement thereof, then the same shall be referred to a joint meeting of a standing committes of five frsm each of the parties to this agreement; ad if such com- mittee are not able to agre® UPOD a settle- ment within one month after their joint meeting, then the matter shall be submitted to & board of arbitration consisting of five persons, two to be selefted by the Dray- men’s. Assoclation, tws by ths brother- hood, and these four to chooss the fifth member, and the deciston rendered by this board of arbitration i to be binding on all parties. It is distinctly sfreed and understood that all differences now or heretofore ex- fsting between the parties hereto have been adjusted on the (érms set forth in this agreement, and each party hereto promises and agrees to use its best endeavors to Continued on Page Seven —e. in speaking 'STRIKE MAY EXTEND OVER ENTIRE COAST Leaders May Resort to Such Means to Win Their Fight Make Thl;lts to Do So if Non-Union Men Are Employed HE probability that the strike will 1 extend to the coast citles unless a settlement of the local troubles is speedily effected becomes stronger anq stronger. The vari- ous city-front labor organizations declars that the movement toward = general strike that will extend to the various ports along the coast is inevitable should it come to pass that the strikers in this city are unable to win their fight without help from abroad. This eventuality is remote, however, in- asmuch as the City Front Federation is convinced that the local organization will beenabled to win with the help of the local united labor organizations. At a meeting of the federation last night the sentiment was unanimous that the strike leaders are fully able to cope with the situation and that no serious trouble would be encoun~ tered unless the employers steadily re- fused to come to an early agreement. Should the desired settlement be unneces- sarily prolonged, it is hinted that the members of the allied unions will be called out. This would mean the calling out of nearly 10,000 additional men. The federation will not take this step, it is sald, until the chance of settling the pres- ent difficulty no longer exists. Should this step prove fruitless the strike may be extended to other ports, thus effectually tieing up the coast shipping trade. “The condition of affairs at the present time,” sald Andrew Furuseth, secretary of the Sailors’ Union, last night, “is more promising than it has ever been with any previous strike within my knowledge. We have the situation well in hand and we propose to maintain our supremacy. It will be impossible for the ship-owners to secure enough men to enable them to re- sume traffic to any appreciable extent. Our reports are to the effect that in near- Iy every instance where ourmen have been allowed to talk to the non-union workmen the latter immediately quit work. Every workman, be he a union man or not, knows that this strike i purely in his in- terests, and that success means much to him. The result is that the men rally round our standard, so that we are en- couraged In_the bellef that we will win the fight. Should our efforts to secure an early settlement with the bosses fail we will take steps which we are holding in reserve. We have no desire to make threats, or any statement that might ap- pear to be of a threatening nature. Onr sole alm now is to bring this trouble to a speedy termination, and that will be done if the employers recognize our rights as free American workingmen. We are will ing to allow matters to rest as they ar and all we ask is that the affair be brought to a settlement without loss of time. It is up to the employers now. Let them do the proper thing and we will go to work to-morrow morning.” At the meeting of the federation a re- port was recelved amid applause to the effect that the crew of the steamer Apache had struck during the evening be- cause they declined to work with a lot of Chinese. The Apache is a Sacramento River boat ana carried 700 tons of flour. When the crew was ordered to transship the flour to 2 China steamer manned by Chinese the Apache crew walked out to a man. ‘ The action of the executive committee in allowing coal contractors who are sup plying |the Government lighthouses. hos- pitals and asylums with coal to deliver their goods was approved. The require- ment was insisted upon that each coal wagon should bear a card printed in large type announcing that permission had been granted by the federation to deiiver fuel. Reports from affiliated unions were re- ceived declaring the intention of those bodles to stand by the federation to the last extremity. Another meeting of the federation will probably be held this even- ing. — Depression in Stockton. STOCKTON, July 3L.—The general tie-up on the San Francisco water front has had a somewhat depressing effect in business circles in this city, some of the grocery firms expressing the belief that it might result in causing them considerable diffi- culty in_getting goods from San Fran- cisco. The strike will not tie up the steamer lines, as they will continue to carry passengers and transport freight to and from way stations. The up-freight business from the bay, however, is greatly decreased, and the freight business gener- ally is greatly lessened by the strike. Fruit and vegetable raisers are suffering the most. Prices Rise in San Diego. SAN DIEGO, July $1.—The effects of the San Francisco strikes are being felt heav- ily in Southern California. Prices of vege- tables and fruits have advanced, that of potatoes belng marked. 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