The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUS 1901 6, NEGOTIATIONS END AND LABOR COUNCIL TAKES UP STRIKERS' FIGHT ‘ BY CALLING OUT SAND TEAMSTERS TO HAMPER BUILDING TRADES FIVE HUNDRED MEN WILL JOIN ARMY OF STRIKERS May(?r’s Byplay Comes to Naught and the First Move Is Made in Renewed Fight to Enforce Fuller Recognition of Unions HE battle is on again between employes and employers. Parley s e an end, and to- morrow morning more than | 500 sand teamsters will quit work if the order of the executive committtee of the San Francisco Labor Council be obeyed. The Labor Council has taken up the fight, true to its prom- ise, and henceforth it will be the recog- :tlzed head of the labor side of the con- est. Mayor Phelan's opportunity is gone, and neither industrial peace nor rehab! itation of his own political fortunes will from efforts at mediation. The conference he secured up into the air, negotiations were ended, and the labor leaders went back to their headquarters to take the first steps of their plans for the prosecution of the campaign. The calling out of the sand teamsters was the single move made by the Labor Council. T executive board of the City Front Federation contented itself with f resolutions, as follows: Emplovers’ Assoclation in & 2 dated August 2, and which was us this day by Mayor Phelan, ing the previous atti- ation who employ minates aga members of it this communication nt of the pres- And be it fu submit the communica- in order that the pe insists up >rmed last night or Council com- t no bolder It was pointed out that of the sand teamsters mper the building in- on was not particularly the building trades ur liated with s no probability of a ending to them. In ctors are able to ed in spite of the ters the carpen- will not strike are hauling the o were inf f the Lab: rprised t d last nigh t the strike d San Fran- merely local . “we do not in- tend to 1 ports. That will only t ne ty compels For n exists for b a on in reai nest into this fight it, too. So far ation is_c b principles. s. We did ployers might not RIS SAND TEAMSTERS TO STRIKE. Order of Committee Goes Into Effect To-Morrow Morning. ractically through- unless non-union rey sters a men who drive 1t the mittee of the Labor ormed of the con- the Employers’ As- of premedita i has been to defend s city Lo their con- mmittees of a numb h the executive ouncil with the ——— SAILORS TO TAKE ACTION. Union Begins Preparation for a Pro- longed Struggle. The £ the pe: negotiations was the m f ussion at tk meeting « Union of the P; cific last > werc endance Secretary Furuseth whic done mpromise, TS Was isfactio of all con- cerned. £ The union ¢ es all the working member: 10 per cent of their earn pendency of the strike. t0 make $1000 imn dfately lable to assist needy longshoremen pending the arri necessary funds from the Intes ongshorem: iation. . 250! n was adopted dircct- ing the hafik N$5000 of its funds from the bank zs a strike fund, the same to be disbursed un- der the direction of the union as circum- stances may require. The proposition of a daylight parade was broached, but no action taken. The intention is to organize a labor demon- stration. The matter will be brought to the attention of the federation at an early O%AT watchers along the water front were rected to appear at the union head- quarters at 9 o'clock this morning for epecial instructions. e o 8 ERES BARBERS DEFEND CALISH. Declare the Accusations Made by Doan Are False. Members of the Barbers’ Union resent the accusations made by A. Doan of Goid- stein & Doan, the non-union barbers, whose shop was partially wrecked Satu day nig! gainst J. J. Calish, president | te Board of Barbers’ Examin- that his statements are venture the prediction fer charges against nor. t that he was driven out of the union because of his patronage of & no ion restaurant,”” said 1. Less, secretary of the Barbers’ Union, yester- day, “is utterly false. We levied no fines sgainst any one nor took any action on the restaurant question. Doan was ex- pelied because he failed to pay his dues, although he hed a $20 a week job. He even objected to paying 25 cents, his por- tion of a burial benefit, “Lately Doan offered to come back into vesterday | 3k the Labor | follow- | of concluding the | ed to submit a proposi- | committee to withdraw | | the union if we would remit his unpaid | dues and get him & position. ‘‘Calish did not make the statements attributed to him by Doan. He did not say the pickets were his. I was present at’ that little encounter Sunday morning and I know that Calish made no such as- sertions. Calish had_nothing to do with placing the pickets. It was the executive board of the Barbers’ Union that took that action, and Calish is not even a mem- ber of the board. PAINTERS LEAVE WORK. Employers Claim Conditions Will Not Permit of Higher Wages. In accordance with their preconcerted plan, the members of Painters’ Union No. 73 reported for work as usual yesterday morning, but on the refusal of their em- ployers to grant their demand for an in- crease of 5 cents per day in their pay they walked out. The demand for a raise in wages had been made three months | 280, so both the men and the employers were fully prepared for the action which was taken yesterday morning. In fact, the employers have formed an association for the express purpose of resisting the | demands of their men. The Bullding ades Council has taken the fight in hand and will have the entire manage- | ment of the controversy, in so far as the | painters’ end of it is concerned. tion which both bodies have taken thus far seems to indicate that the struggle will not be of short duration, | The master painters appear to be strongly organized and claim that almost | every employing painter of importance in the city is a member of their association. The rules of the association place a fine of §0 on any member who shall increase the salary of his men to $3 50 per s The master painters claim that there are between 500 and 600 painters out of em- ployment because of the strike and that J. H. Keefe is the only boss painter of importance who has granted the demands | of the union On_the other hand P. H. McCarthy of the Building Trades Council asserts that | but 220 painters have been compelled to quit work and that the others of the uion are working der the new schedule. Both Sides Are Prepared. If the employers are organized and | united to resist the demands of their men, | the Building Trades Council, which | handling the fight for the painters, is equally well prepared to fight the matter to the end. At the meeting of Painters’ | Union No. which was held last night at the Turk-street Temple, it was claimed | that a great number of the important shops had already conceded the increase in salary. The painters look upon the fight as already virtually won and confident t that almost ail the employ _ Tha executive committee of the Build- ing Trades Council took part in the meet- ing of the painters last night and after the meeting was concluded P. H. Carthy issued the following statement in behalf of the committee: “Reports from the pickets which were appointed to the different shops all point to a grand success, as far as the $3 50 per day is concerned.” Many shops which were considered doubtful up to this morn. ing have conceded the raise in pay and ed that the demand made by the Building Trades Council on the 4th of ast May in behalf of Painters’ Union No. as a very just one. Ninety-four shops have been reported to the council as in accord with the above mentioned request. Many shops which are supposed to be definitely opposed to tk to employ men at 3250 per day. Bullding Trades Council, therefore, feels confident that it is only a matter of time il the ot employing painters will the wisdom of doing likewise. The es to state to the public that as the painting industry is con- . building construction in the city d. The Building Trad the Building Trades Coun- only order concerned in the and, that being true, the need not fear that any erratic or action will be committed, but, on e contrary, the council will conduct the ter sual conservative manner, ng o interest of the and State, Cannot Afford to Grant Demand. 1 president of the Master ion, said last night: “We were informed three months ago - e of the pay of painters nded by the union August . We appointed a committee to meet with public a committee from the painte: but the meeting re atisfactorily. The members of the ation have met n since thoroughly can- s a result of our we have determined to re- > to grant the demand. Our members under $500 bonds to live up to the laws of the association and so far only one member has shown a disposition to grant thre_increase. “We have our busi ment of are cided that the condition of does not warrant the pay- igher wages to brush hands. We pay the men what they are worth, and every member of the ociation men in his employ to whom he p; more than $3 50 per day. Evidently the order issued by the union does not affect these men, for they are still at work. and to pay our men more than they are receiving now would mean ruin to our | busines We are backed in our determin- | ation & the Master Painters’ Association of Oakland.” | PICKETS ARE, BUSY. Non-Union Men Daily Join the Por- ters and Packers. The Porter Packers’ and Warehouse- men’s Union added five new members to its roll yesterday. All of these were em- ployed in downtown business houses and until yesterday had been steadily at work. The men were won over by the pickets of the union. Th registration of quarters continues at a lively rate. 1500 mark has now been passed, and it is expected to get 200 more names before to- morrow. It is estimated that some 300 | members of the union refuse to leave their emplioyment under any consiceration, An army of 230 pickets is constantly in the field. ' These are distributed through- out the downtown district, and every | tablisi ent in which porters and packer: strikers at head- | are employed is watched about the noon hour and the employes sounded as they go In ti are won. —_— Union Men After Their Blankets. | Five union miners—Jacob Willilamson, John Erickscn, Nat Biehlen, Mike John- ston and John Mynetti ured search warrants from Judge Cabaniss yesterday afternoon to recover possession of their blankets and personal effects, which, they said, were being illegally detained in the office of the Draymen's Association at 109 California_streei. They sald they had been engaged by an employment agent at Los Angeles to come here to work. Noth- ing was_sald aboul the nature of the work, and when they arrived here they were taken to the office of the Draymen's Assoclation, where they deposited their | blankets and other personal effects. They are all Russian Finns and can speak very little English. When they learned that they were to be asked to drive teams be- tavse union teamsters were out on strike they refused to work, as they are union miners. They were then asked to work as longshoremen, but again refused, and were, they sald, ordered out of the office and their blankets and other effects which they demanded were not returned. to luncheon, to the cauv w many converts The ac- | Me- | he raise have signified_their willingness | The | The| P { S T meery e /’".’,‘,‘f"'m&-m‘..' on Tl TR rT. = COLLIER TELLUS AT DOCK ALONGSIDE THE BUNKERS, READY FOR THE WORK OF DISCHARGING CARGO | TO COMMENCE, AND A GROUP OF WATER FRONT LABORERS AT THE NOON HOUR YESTERDAY, THE BUSIEST DAY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STRIKE. e AYOR PHELAN failed to get a 4 conference of the board of dl- rectors of the Employers’ Asso- ciation yesterday. M. F. Mich- ael, attorney for the assocla- tion, had gone out of the city, and re- sponses were not obtained to requests made to individual directors that they be present. | At 11:30 a. m. the Mayor met a number merchants in his office, among whom were Raphael Weill and A. M. Davis. All but one of them disavowed any connec- tion with the Employert' Association. These men decided against asking for an- other meeting of the Employers’ Assocla- fon, and at 3 o'clock Mayor Phelan sub- fed Attorney Michael's letter of August to the labor leaders. The Mayor gave out the following state- ment late in the afternoon: The situation is as follow Federation, of which the ers” Brother- hood is a part, proposed llowing basis for the re-establishment of peace: City Front Federation, orner East and Mi; mi The City Front Southwest AN FR CO, Cal., Jul Hon, James D. Phelan, Mayor, cisco, Cal.—f As per your request, the City Front Federation hereby submits the llowing Dpropositions as a basis for the stablishment of peace: The Employ- ociation agrees that its members Wil not diseriminate against any employer of labor because such employer chooses to employ union men only. The Employers' Association agrees—that | its members will not discriminate against any employe because he chooses, for reafons Suficient to himself, to be & member of a labor organization. The Employers' Assoclation agrees that all employes who are locked out or who have quit work on account of the exist- ing difficulty shall be reinstated. Labor organizations agree that any member who is employed shall, while in such employ, obey any orders given to him concerning the work to be performied. Whenever any difficulties arise between employers and em- ployes no strike or lockout shall be insti- Tutaa until the parties in interest shall have done all in their power to adjust such difficulties. JOHN KEAN, Acting President. By order of the City Front Federation. THOMAS WESTOHY, Rec. Secretary. Adopted July 30, 1901 Attorney Michael’s Letter. Employers’ Assoclation last The Friday PILE DRIVERS WILL ABSTAIN. Union Adopts Resolution Deqlaring Against Use of Liquor. At a largely attended meeting the Pile Drivers' and Bridge Builders’ Union held yesterday afternoon a resolution was unanimously adopted declaring thit the sense of the union was for total absti- nence during the continuance of the strike. The passage of the resolution was greeted with hearty cheers. The men realize that the strike is likely to prove a prolonged affair and that to win it they must husband their resources, Leaders of the movement at the meeting vesterday spoke of the benefits that would acerne to the members of the union through their evincing a desire to shun the saloons, not only in a monetary sense liquor they would remove themselves from the strike by the violence which intoxl cated men are likely to indulge in. f- forts will be made to secure co-operation of the other unions in the movement. NEW CUSTOMS msrmns In accordance with the permission granted by the Secretary of the Treasury Special Deputy Collector Hamilton has notified fifteen applicants of their appoint- ment as customs inspectors for thirty days at a per diem of The names were taken without discrimination as they aP- pear at the head of the civil service ell- gible list. The names are as follows: Henry Clay Hall, P. E. Allen, Emmett Breed- ing, Henry F. Schliemann, T.J. Crane, E. M. Coffey, G. M. Brown, H. F. Hopper, C. M. Keeler, W. H. Coleman, J. B. Cowden, W. E. Bacon, R. A. Miller, Edgar F. Zumwalt and W. E. Conner. These appointees will be assigned to the regular duties of customs inspectors, and they will relieve fl!tein regular and uni- formed inspectors, who will be detailed to fiulrd teamsters engaged in hauling | bonded goods. E e i 2 e e e e e e e B e B B T e e s o e e e e e i e e but through the fact that by shunning | all danger of hazarding the success of | evening, through its executive committee, made the following counter propositidn: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 1%L Hon. James D. Phelan, New City Hall, San Francisco—Dear Sir: ' Your communica- tion of August 1, 1901, with reference to the present _differences between the members of the Draymen's Assoclation and the mem- bers of the Brotherhood of Teamsters h: been submitted by me to the executive com- mittee of the Employers' Association. In pussuance of vour request for a reply, the Employers’ Association instructs me to ex- press its attitude conelsely as follows: ' Association 1s willing to recommend_to the members of the Dray- men’s Assoclation that they fill all present and future va tions in their ser- vice by such may apply for work, ir vhether the applicant belongs to a union or not, upon the follow- term st—That the employe will obey all law- lers of his emplover. Second—That the employe will not, direct- 1y or indirectly, attempt to compel as fel- low employe, against his free will, to join a labor union, nor to compel his employer to_employ none but union men. Third—That ihe employe wili not or indirectly, engage in or support pathetic strike or boycott. 1 am instructed to define the attitude of the Employers’ Assoclation with regard to unioniem. as follows: First—The assoclation recognizes the right of labor to organize to ameliorate its con- dition. Second—The association has not in the matter of employment discriminated in favor of or against union men, and has no intention of doing £o. Third—With regard to the adjustment of differences between emplover and employe, this assoclation has made it clear in fts previous correspondence with vou that the settiement of all such differerices must be - left to the employer and his own employes, without interference from the officers or members of any labor organization. Fourth—It has been -the practice of this assocfation not to dlscriminate against any employer of labor solely because he has in his employ none but union men, and it Is not the intention of this association to de- part from that practice. Yours truly, M. F. MICHAEL. Labor Leaders’ @bjection. The rapresentatives of the Federation took exception to several points and on Saturday I asked the Board of Directors of the Employers' Association to consider the objections, inas- much as the letter had come from their execu- tive committee, with a view of modifying or explaining some of the terms. I made an explanation, and while the board of directors refused to modify the language they expiained FIGHTING THE BOYCOTT. Beer-Bottlers’ Protective Association Issues a Circular. The Pacific Coast Beer-Bottlers' Pro- tective Association has prepared a circu- | lar for distribution among patrons, an- | | nouncing that the association will protect | | John Rapp & Son against the boycott by keeping hands off the trade of that firm. The circular continues: Our action in this matter may not meet with the approval of all, but those who are In a position to know the facts, certalnly would be with us if properly informed. We have been refused the privilege of hiring our own men. Our members have been compelled under threat of strike and boycott to reinstate discharged employes, without the privilege of arbitration, upon which clause the union makes its great boast. In spite of the fact that the union had an agreement with us for one year regulating hours and wages, they disregarded this agree- | ment and made new demands of increased wages and shorter hours before the agroement then in force had expired, to which demands we submitted. We have been told not to give our horses | to a certain blacksmith to shoe, and in all of these instances we have submifted to the de- mands of the union in order to avold com- plications. New difficulties arose from day to day, and in all instances arbitration wi 5§ refused. Our employes have received all that they asked for in wages and hours without opposition, but the dictation from outside sources became unbearable, and the last straw came when, without a moment’'s no- tice, the men were called out of one of our member's establishments because said mem- ber recefved goods on a truck with police pro- tection. Teamsters Make Protest. The Brotherhood of Teamsters held a meeting last night at the San Francis- co Athletic Club’s hall for the purpose of considering the latest developments of the strike. Routine business was transacted, and a protest against allow- ing non-union teamsters when accom- panied by policemen to drive their trucks and wagons upon Van Ness avenue was drawn up. The protest will be presented to the Mayor to-day. its meaning. There was no serious objection to the first and second conditions of re-employ- ment; but the third was objected to by the representatives of the federation on the ground that it was a legal right of the emplove _to engage in a sympathetic strike or hoycott. The employers answered that if it is a legal right it can be exercised, and they so desired me to explain to the labor leaders. The Employers' Association disavow any intention to sympathetically boycott any emplover of union labor by refusing to sell him xoods. This they state in their fourth para- graph defining the attitude of their association with regard to unionism and is a concession to the federaton. The employers also vield their original intention of employing none but non-union men and concede the right of their men to form organization: T delivered the letter to-day to Messrs, Furu- seth and Casey, at a_conference at which City . McCarthy, president uncil. were present, explainine these several matters as I recelved them from the Employers’ Association, and they were to report the letter to their feder- ation this evening. End of Negotiations. This morning 1 conferred with representa- tives of business interests and explained the situation. There were present gentlemen repre- senting the shipping interests, the commercial interests and the retail trade, and the Munici- pal League, as well as a representative of the Employers’ Association, who was not present, however, in that capacity. The only point argued was the.advisability of asking the Employers' Assoclation to meet again to strike out their third condition of re-employment, namely. that the employe will not engage in a sympathetic strike or boycott, on the ground that it was a legal right of the employe and that such a modification might serve to pro- mote peace; but as the employers had agreed not to sympathetically bovcott emplovers of unfon labor by refusing to sell them goods, it was considere. that that was an oftset and that such an agreement at any rate had no legal force or effect. There was nothing that could prévent a man from leaving his employment, with or without a grievance. The negotiations have resulted in giving to Dboth sides a better understanding of their re- spective demands and allowing them to cooll deliberate and agree to respect each othe rights. It each side did not get all it desired. what- ever concessions have been made should, 1 be- lieve, be accented in the right spirit and Industrial peace be restored. These negoti- ations, with the delivery of the letter, seem to be at an end. I requested the leaders to impress upon their men that it is the serfous business of the munfcipality to keep order and to see that order is maintained. JAMES D. PHELAN. the SITUATION IN OAKLAND. — . Longshoremen Tie Up Shipping In- dustry Almost Completely. OAKLAND, Aug. 5.—Shipping business is at a standstill. The longshoremen’s union has established a tie-up all along the line, and in only two cases have ves- el handlers been able to move cargoes. Police detalls were furnished to-day at the Howard Company's docks, where the steamer ‘Aconcagua is loading coal, and at the Adams wharves, where a non-union crew went to work this morning to dis- charge lumber from the steamer Man- daiay. Delegations from the sailors’ union of San Francisco tried to board the vessel this morning, but were prevented by the police, who were under orders to check any attempt at molestation of the gang that was at work on the steamer. The ship Highland Light is at'the How- ard Company’'s docks with a cargo of coal, but no men have as yet been put to work on that vessel. A{ the Pacific Coast Company’'s bunkers on Adams wharves the steamer Australlan is moored. The company’'s agents notifled the police that they would commence dis- charging this afternoon, but no men ap- peared to be put to work. The schooner Laura Pike and the steam schooner North Fork, from which a por- tion of the cargo had been discharged when the union longshoremen were called off on Friday, were untouched to-day. The Brothérhood of Teamsters has called out union teamsters from the How- ard Company and the Pacific Coast Com- rnny, and threatens to order out all union umber teamsters if the employers make any attempt to discharge cargoes from vessels whose crews are on strike. Up-river steamers, fruit laden for the San Franclsco canneries, are being sent to this city, thelr cargoes loaded on to the cars direct and then shipped across the bay to the canneries. The Haywards cannery received 3300 boxes of pears to- 1 WATER FRONT A SCENE OF GREA TER ACTIVITY Large Gangs at Work on Docks and Aboard Vessels——-Lack of Skill Retards Slightly the Discharge and Loading of Cargoes HE number of men working, on the water front since the com- mencement of the strike was doubled yesterday, but the same congestion of traffic still exists. On every whart along the’ front there was " a gang of men at work, and the large number of idle men in evidence on every block of East street was the only visible evidence of the mighty struggle between labor and capital that is in progress in this ecity. Among the men who are able to judge of the progress made by crews in handling cargoes, however, there is a feeling that the strikers have succeeded in making great strides toward a general tie-up of the shipping. Vessels that were scheduled to leave days ago succeed in getting out of the harbor, but they leave several days behind time and with theif holds only half filled. Vessels that entered the harbor loaded to the gunwales with freight and that were due to leave port within two or three days after their arrival have been unable to get away, owing to the fact that, though plenty of men are obtainable to handle freight, these men cannot dis- charge or load a vessel in the time al- lowed them. ‘With freight coming from the holds of vessels and load after load arriving hour- Iy from the wholesale houses, the ship owners are greatly handicapped, but they have succeeded in accomplishing a won- derful lot of work. At the wharves of the various steamship companies “bunk ships,” or floating boarding houses, have been_established, where non-union hands are bearded and lodged. The first few days of the strike the men who took the places of the union men were allowed to board and room where they pleased, but the strikers’ pickets were so vigilant that | they stoppedgthe men on their way to and | from work and won many of them from their employers. The number of men who reported for work every morning was be- ing gradually reduced, until the shipping | men gained a knowiedge of the tactics | being pursued by the strikers. Since the | establishment of the floating boarding | houses on the front there has been little accomplished by the strikers in securing recruits, Floating Boarding-Houses. The steamer Colon is being used by the | Pacific Mail Steamship Company as a | boarding and lodging place for the hands | employed on the Mail dock. The company has 250 men quartered on the vessel. Ar rangements have been made whereby the | wives, sons or daughters of the men who are employed can draw their wages, taus relieving them of any need they might have to leave the scene of their labors. The firms of Ben_ett & Goodall, Eschen | & Minor and Thomas Young & Co. have | chartered the Ohio and will quarter all the men they hire to take the places of the strikers on the vessel. Cooks and wait- | ers have been hired and arrangements | have been completed to_furnish accommo- | dations for more than 5 men. The Ohio | will be anchored in Mission Bay and the men will be taken back and forth in tugs | to the wharves where they are to work. | In ccnsequence of this move on the part | of the ship owners and boss freight hand- lers the force of pickets employed by the unions has been greatly increased. Mem- bers of the unions patrol the bay in all sorts of craft and they lose no opportunity to approach the vessels on which the men | are living and make cvery endeavor to win them over to the cause of unionlsm. | The work of discharging the cargo of | the collier Tellus was commenced yester- | day shortly after noon at Folsom-street | dock No. 2, where the Dunsmuir bunkers | are located. A gang of twelve negroes at- tempted the task of emptying the im- mense holds of the vessel, but as they were all green nands they made slow | proaress. - | The experienced longshoremen work in | the holds of a vessel totally unmindful of the iron buckets, each containing a ton @ sirvileleviefeeleleluiofelnlaelnlatelaleiel @ day by the river steamer Sonoma. The fruit was reshipped in cars from Adams | wharve: There has been no disturbance, ter front or among the sters > few non-union drivers who are working are unguarded, and there has been no attempt to molest them. The police report no trouble on the harbor, the sailors’ union delegates making no ef- fort to resist the guard that has been placed on the Adams docks. The situation | on this side of the bay is controlled | by the movement of affairs in San Fran- cisco, and the unions interested look to the headquarters across the bay for diree- tion concerning their future action. — OAKLAND PAINTERS OUT. Will Stand Firm for Increase From $3 to $3 50 a Day. OAKLAND, Aug. 5—The striking painters of Oakland did not secure their | increase in wages and there are indica- tions of a prolonged struggle. The master | painters to-night refused to grant the increase of wages demanded and the men | who struck this morning have decided | that they will stay out until thelr unic has an opportunity to meet and consider the situation. | The painters submitted to the employers | vage scale which fixed the minimum s wages at $3 50 instead of 8, as at present. The employers refised the in- crease and this morning 300 painters, | paper hangers and decorators left their work. As the demand for the increase in wages was not a new one the employers were, in a large measure, prepared for the | strike. Contracts of-large size and with | time limitations were all refused. The employers walited to see whether the men would make good their threat of walking | out, and when they did it was thought that the result in Oakland would go with: the result of the same demand in San | Francisco. | The Master Painters’ Association held a meeting to consider the situation and | finally decided to stand by their original refusal, and they empowered the execu- | tive committee to prepare an announce- | ment for the press, which given out | as follows: | OAKLAND, Aug. 5. 1901 The members of the Master Painters’ Asso- | clation of Alameda County, at a meeting held | this evening unanimously indorsed the action | taken at a former meeiing not to grant the demand of the painters’ union for an increa: of wages to_the minimum of $3 5 per da | . CORBLEDICK, Secret The members of the executive commit- | either team- a L. tee are: Presldent, James Cahlil; secre- tary, L. N. Cobbledick; E. C. Thurber, | John Donovan and C. L. Metzzger. There were present about forty of the members of the assoclation. In speaking of the stand taken by the master _painters, Secretary Cobbledick | said: “We have decided to stand to- | gether as one man. We are unanimous | in the stand taken and will not grant the | demands of the journeymen painters un- der any circumstances. Non-union men | are now applying for work, and in a | week's time we expect to have all of the | places vacated by the unien men filled. The San Francisco association is standing with us in the matter and we have no | fear of the outcome. This strike Is in- augurated principally by the poorer work- men, who were not being paid $3 50 a day. | The result is that the good workmen have been drawn into the strike to assist the others.” President R. P. Poorman of the Jour- neymen Painters’ Union sald: “We met this evening and indorsed the stand we took two months ago. We will not recede from our demands for a wage of $35) a day. We will meet again Thursday even- ing and may take some further action in the matter, but T am not yrepa.red to say what that action will be.” ek Dubnlaulies For every humorist there is in the world there are at least a thousand women who are unable to appreciate his jokes, of coal, suspended over their heads. With the negroes it is different. Thev stop working every time a bucketful! of coal is hoisted from the hold in which they are working. The principal trouble which embarrasses the coal Keoyle is the fali- ure to get men to handle the steam winches. For several days past they have bad men practicing on the windlasses so as to enable them to work a larger force of men. There is another gang of men ready to go to work on the cargo of the Tellus as soon as a man can be trained to handle the steam hoisting gear. Australia to Sail Wednesday. At the Oceanic dock there are fifty men employed on the steamships Australia and Mariposa. The Australia will be ready to sail on Wednesday and it is expected that the Mariposa will be ready for sea when her sailing date arrives. The collier Titania which arrived yes- terday will be moved to Rosenfeld’s coal bunkers at the foot of Mission street this morning, where the work of discharging her cargo will be commenced. The col- lier Milton is anchored in the stream and men are engaged in transferring her cargo into the hulk Germania. The coal on the Bristol is being taken out of tRe vessel and put in the bunkers at the sugar re- finery. . The work of coaling the Chilean mail steamer Aconcagua is progressing rapidly at the Oakland wharf. She is also being loaded with wheat at the same time. She will probably be brought to this side of the bay this afternoon. She will dock at Howard street pler No. 3, to which freight for her is being hauled. At the dock of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company the steamers Colum- bia and George W. Elder are being load- ed. It is expected that the first name:d vessel will be ready to sail to-day. The 100 men who are handling the freight destined for these vessels are living and sleeping on the dock and extreme pre- cautions are being taken to prevent the sirikers or their sympathizers from ap- proaching them. There was more fruit landed at the Jackson street wharf yesterday than was landed on any two days since the incep- tion of the strike. There seemed to ba little difficulty encountered In securing teams to haul it to the commission houses and consumers. Pomona Alone Gets to Sea. The Pomona, which was scheduled to sail for Eureka yesterday at 2 p. m., d@id not get away until after 5. She was not fully loaded when she pulled away from the dock. She was the only vessel to clear during the day. The arrivals yesterday were the City of Puebla, the Milton and the Coronado. The crew of each of these vessels quit as soon as the ships reached the wharves. The firemen on the City of Puebla did ot go out_as the order issued by the City Front Federation does not affect the ves- sels of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- any. P fere were a number of patlents treated at the Harbor Emergency Hospital yes- terday, but there were no serfous cas: most of the injured being non-union stevedores hurt through their lack of knowledge of the way to handle freight. The force of clerks employed by A. Simpson were on hand bright and ea yesterday morning to unload the steam Schooner Signal. The schooner Gotama was pulled alongside the lumber vessel | and arrangements were made to transfer the cargo to her. The first sling of timbers had hardly been passed over the side, however, when the captain and mate of the Gotama put on their coats and re- fused to handle any more of the cargo. At the transport dock the loading of the Meade continues. 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