The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1901, Page 2

HE SA FRANCISCO CA LL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1901 UNIONS ORDERS ADD SIX HUNDRED MORE MEN TO FORCES CAMPAIGNING AGAINST EMPLOYER PEACEFUL DAY IS PASSED IN THE STRIKE REGION Each Side Follows Up Its Ad- vantages, but New Measures Are Not Launched by Either Clashes Between the Strikers and Non-Union Men Less Numerous Than Tuesday DAY of little friction but of great | activity in following up therr eral advantages and in seek- g to gain mew triumphs over the opponment was passed by strikers and employers yesterday. teamsters the number of 500 and nearly & hundred marine firemen were added to the army of strikers, but no unions were called of importance launched. Asige from looking after the execution of the e order applying to the sand team: d Goodall, Perkins & Co.’s n, the labor leaders busied them- s chiefly with arrangements for the meeting to be held at Metropolitan to-nigh rs have made non-union ardous occupation nor on se who thought rioting w. become general were allayed b; ively peaceful conditions that e h, secretary of the Sail- e in the afternoon ted protests the police 3 come much in’ their treatment of the strik aid they were less in- and in conse- were in better mood the re_easily controlled by union pickets. He said the only comp s had come from on of the Lombard- street wh ry rough- ness had been shown by the police. The rs took action which may r al discomfort. They refuse ion of the team- rinkling carts ng the street sweep- ult in the temporar: nd spr ¢ Bros. STRIKERS ARM IS BROKEN. Police Officers Use Clubs With Seri- ous Results. h Klatt, a dore residing was treated at L rgency Hospital last night are of his right arm. The in- d by police officers in stev. at t night > strikers accuse them of di ary force. The officers claim the strikers threw rock: ding the doc > severe me: tt was struc Sand | aditional | nor new Ineasures | MASS MEETING FOR A REVIEW | | OF SITUATION|.. & HE firemen employed on the ves- sels of the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company, who it was thought would carry out the agreement they had made with Goodall, Perkins & Co. last May and con- tinue at work, decided at a meeting held Tuesday night to break their contract and as a result every man employed in the firerooms of the vessels 8f the company at the wharves in this port walked out yes- terday morning. The order will affect the company’s vessels that are due to arrive here within the next few days and- will also call the men off the ships as soon as they put into a port where the action of Father Yorke Will Be One of the Speakers at Metropol- itan Temple Demonstration oy £ Various Features of the Pres- ent Industrial Disturbances Will Be Discussed To-Night —— HE labor leaders have planned a | great mass meetifig to be Reld at | , Metropolitan Temple to-night. The programme is given in the follow- | ing statement, which was glven out last night: | A mass meeting will be held”to-morrow night | at Metropolitan Temple under the auspices of the San Francisco Labor Council and the Cf Front Federation to review the present indus- trial disturbances in this city from the moral | and’ economical standpoint. | The meeting will be' called to order at 8 ‘clock by W. H. Goff, president of the San | Francisco Labor Councll, who will introduce Walter Macarthur, chairman of the law and legislative committee of the. Labor Council, as the chairman of the meeting. The speakers will be Rev. P. C. Yorke, A. Furuseth, chairmen of the executive commit- tee of the City Front Federation, and a lead- ing Protestant divine. The executive committee of the San Fran- | cisco Labor Council hereby requests that all those who canrot gain admittance to Metro- politan Temple will return to their homes, as | { an overflow meeting is not desirable at the | present state of public feeling. W. H. GOFF, Chairman, ED ROSENBERG, Secretary, | Executive Committee, San Francisco Labor | | Council. s STRIKE SITUATION IN OAKLAND Unions Will Make Big Demonstra- tion on Labor Day. OAKLAND, Aug. 7.—The labor situa- | tion shows little change to-day. The| | steamer Aconcagua was loaded with coal and sailed direct for South America. The | steemer Mandalay has been discharged and is loading coal. b | The Painters’ Union reported that E. E, Greome and Willlam Kapka of Alameda d C. F. Harrington of Oakland had ac- | cepted the new scale of $350, taking back | twelve men, making a total of 100 men | who have returned to work since the strike | The Cooks’ and Waiters' Alliance has | sued a statement announcing officially | 1 rest urant. The alliance says the | as to secure a day off each | week for the men. | Ti Alameda County Federated Trades | ued a call a mecting next Sun- | v morning at 9:30 o’clock at labor head- arters of a celebration committee to| dle this year's observance of Labor | when a big demonstration will be Alameda Coéunty Building Trades has installed the following execu- he FIREMEN LEAVE PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S VESSELS t, Willlam Ward; D. business agent, L. he Federated Trades Council has sent ’ tiers addressed to Fred Becker, re- | ade known. the central figure in the butchers' e aetion of the fivemen, s, ana of Jpa requesting him to explain his posi- | most important moves made by the labor on with relation to unions. The leaders and is also a move that may cause asserts that Becker has expresse the unions a deal of troublé. The Fire- opposed to the TUnion is an incorporated body and vice president, . Miller. | the Pacific Coast Firemen’s Union can be possessed of considerable wealth. Tha {cott will be established ‘on fBecker’s mar- ket ause he has unionghen in his-em- 1 The meat man declipes to he matter. The Council hfi said no boy ploy who are in good standing. The dif- | members of the steamship company cen- tend that the union has'violated a gon- tract and will enter a suit to compel it ficvity ger mater M erroneou s of the firm s ire factory force orters were without of the W. Coffey, | tan Temple. No Meeting of Hackmen’s Union. president of the Hack- Union, announces that there will be no meeting of that union to-night on ac- count of the mass meeting at Metropoli- the outgrowth fof feeling en- | s : red during the recent fpay dathawes strike. This move on the part of the steamship | company will jeopardize the funds of the | strikers. The steamship people claim | that they will be able by means of the courts to tie up every bit of cash pos- sessed by the union until the matter is | settled. ! The firemen claim that their contract 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages oalg 03 cond i Panled aEanet Oy by Tepeating aon o 7 Unrepeated Messages, b h the Compavy for trangm Tuss s an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and 69 ion, RICHARD PHELAN, THE SUSPECT, | CLEARED OF ALL COMPLICITY "7 THE WESTCRN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. ~ INC TED - o O%PAog':EESERVlCE TO ALL THE WORLD. s esige back 0 the senvliBg Stal onid the amouat of tolls pad thereon. nor 11 any case where the claii is Dot presented writs Niclivered by request of the sender. under the conditions pamed above. S ' its liabilits. Which hase heen assented to oy thesender of the fr ) for comparison, and the Corapany will ot hoid iwself liable f THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. — S CHECK RECEIVED «_ - Juentin Prison "f‘zz’?fi v 190/ RICHARD PHELAN’S MESSAGE TO WARDEN AGUIRRE. HE army of detectives, public. private and other- wise, will have to drop the name of Richard Phelan from their lists of suspects and hunt eisewhere for some one on w to fasten sus- picion of complicity in the Crockett bullion robbery. Phelan is now in this city, where he has just | arrived from Sierra County. He is staying at the Russ House and his first act upon getting here was to tele- graph Warden Aguirre zcquainting that gentleman with his presence in San Francisco and informing the Warden of nis readiness to make any explanation that might be required of him. He has succeeded in proving an alibi so complete that it would be impossible to connect him with the crime itself or the men who may mitted it. The name of Phelan first became subject to suspicion = from the fact that he was once working at Crockett and because he was a paroled convict. It was further stated that he was seen prowling about Crockett a short time before the commission of the robbe: The crime for which Phelan was sent to San Quentin was murder in the second degree and there was never any stain on his honesty. He is not a professional criminal in any sense | of the word and he has established his whereabouts since being given his parole to the complete satisfaction of ‘Warden Aguirre and other officials responsible for his conduct. On the last day of July he reported to Warden Aguirre from Sierra City, in _compliance with the law which compels a parcled prisoner to report to the Werden of his prison at least once a month, and, as soon as he heard of the crime and the fact of his re- ported connection with it he sent Warden Aguirre the above disnatch. Warden Aguirre_came over to this city last evening and met Phelan. They had a long conference and the. paroled prisoner gave a satisfactory account of his whereabouts since being freed from the penitentiary three weeks ago up to the present day. Upon leaving have com- - | skaiks San Quentin he returned at once to Sierra City, where he has been engaged in mining operations ever since. This can be proved Ly any number of witnesses. As to his bout Crockett Phelan says he has not been at that place for seven years save to pass through on a train from Sierra City to San Francisco. When seen at the Russ House last night Phelan was most willing to_talk and tell anything and everything about himself. He seemed to realize his ticklish position and to be anxious to remove any cloud that might be l!;}\‘erlng over him. He is an Irishman about 35 years of age. In speaking of the affair he said: about the crime than vou do. Quentin a short time ago and since then I have been working my mining property in Sierra County. On the 20th of last month I wrote Warden Aguirre, as I am compelled to do until I am fully pardoned, and there has been no time since my release that he could not locate me as quickly as the telegraph wires will work. “The first I knew. of the robbery was the other day when I got on the train to come down here for some supplies and bought a paper. Since then I have been following the case as it has been printed, and that is all I know about it. The report €hat 1 was skuiking about Crockett is all bosh. T have not been In that place for Vi years except to pass through it a few times on my way to San Francisco on the train. People should be careful about spreading such reports, especlally about men in a position like mine. Luckily I am able to give a full account of mvseif. If T were not, such a canard would do me an immense injury and might result in sending me, though perfectly innocent, back to the State's prison. “This is about all T have to say, as_this is all there is to say. I don’t want my name connectéd with the matter in any way whatever, as I am living an honorable life “I know no more 1 was released from San and trying to recover from the stain which a two years' residence across the bay has unjustly put upon me.” e SCENES ALONG THE WATER FRONT, WHERE LARGE FORCES OF NON-UNION MEN ARE KEPT EMPLOYED IN SPITE OF EFFORTS OF STRIKERS TO TIE UP SHIPPING. ~ x4 ot with the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany became void through the change in existing _conditions of labor. They con- tend that they have broken no contract and say the conditions of the agreemcnut were violated by the action of the steam- ship company in hiring non-union crews on vessels on which they were at work. They say the hiring of nun-ynhn men to | handle the- cargoes of the' vessels was also a direct violation of the terms of the agreement. Duty to Federation. Many of the firemen are of the opinion that the members of the union should have remained faithful to the shipping | firm. These men made a strong fight at | the meeting to prevent the passage of the resolution calling them out, but their el forts were unavailing. The men who fa- vored breaking the agreement argued strongly that their duty was to stand by the federation and support it in its every move. Captain WMinor Goodall when seen yes- | terday was very wroth over the turn af- fairs had taken. He said: “This shows us what falth we can in future place in any agreement signed by labor unions. We had an agreement witn the Sailors’ Union along the same lines and they had no hesitancy in breaking it. The firemen held out for a week and we were under the impression that they would stand firm. The pressure was too strong, it seems, and they also broke faith with us. It was due, of course, to the gathering of men here since the strike commenced and the fact that the men employed by us were not strong enough numerically to defeat the measure. “We will not let it pass by unnoticed. Such a is a little too hard for us to bear and in a day_or so we will appeal to the law for redress. The union.has $20,000 and I think we can make it pay for their violation of an agreement whicl we have kept faithfully. If the funds are not avatlable we wili try and find out what has become of them. It is an in- corporated body and as such is amenabl for the damage it has done this com- Ll Number of Men Affected. The order of the Firemen’s Union calls out about one hundred men. The vessels of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s fleet, with the number of men affected, are: Umatilla, 9 firemen and 9 coal passers; Bonita, 3 firemen; Corona. 6 firemen and 2 coal passers; State of California. 6 fire- men and 7 coal passers; Santa Rosa, 9 firemen and 9 coal passers; Walla Walla, 9 firemen and 9 coal passers; Pomona, 6 firemen and 3 coal passers, and the Cu- racao, 6 firemen and 3 coal passers. All of these vessels with the exception of the Walla Walla. the Pomona and che Santa Rosa are in port. These three ves- sels are due to arrive and will probably reach port unless the leaders of the strike manage to reach them at a_way port and call the firemen off. The Santa Rosa left San Diego a day or so ago, carrying the largest number of passengers in her history. It was said on the front yester- day that she would be stopped at some port down the coast. ¢ Agreement With Union. The agreement which it is claimed was violated by the firemen yesterday is as follows: I . -+ Steamship Company and the Pacific Coast Fire- men’s Unfon: First—The Pacific Coast Steamship Company agrees to ship as firemen and coal passers, on its vessels, exclusively men who aye members of the Pacific Coast Firemen's Union, pro- viding the unfon can at all times furnis when required. In case it cannot supnly full crews, the steamship company will have the right to ship other men. Second—The steamship company will not be obliged to shin any man who is a_member of the union and who is personaily objectionable to the company. Third—Wages to be §50 for firemen, $40 for coal nassers. board money 60 cents per day. Fourth—Voyage to end when steamer Is dls- charged. Fifth—On steamers carrying but tyo nine hours to be a day San Francisco. than two firemen, donkey hoiler men should not stand a watch on the donkey boiler exceeding nine hours. Any overtime in the port of San Francisco fo be paid for at the rate of 40 cents ner hour. Sixth—Alaska vessels whose home Seattle to have the same working hours steamers of the company ha: remen s work in the port of port is in Seventh—Firemen and coal passers to obey the cantain =nd officers of the steamer in all cases, but if required to <o anything in excess or contraventicn of the foregoing, the matter to be settled between the agents of the steam- ship company and the officers of the unio Eighth—This agreement to take effect on all veesels sailing from San Erancisco and Alaska, from Seattle on and after May 15, 1901, and Alaska vessels from Seattle May 20, and continue in effect for one vear. All_work performed on Sundays and holidays and between the hours of 5 p. m. and 7 a. m. on regular working days at' the port of San Francisco and at Seattle on vessels which make | that the home port, shall be paid for at the stipulated rate of overtime, excent to wipe en- gine on arrival, getting ready for departure or moving ship; also excepting the donkey man when he gets his equivalent in time oif. Sea watches in fireroom on daye of sailing and ar- rival shall count as portion of nine hours. Ninth—It is further agreed that either party to_this agreement who, without consent of the other party, shall disturb the existing labor conditions shall be deemed to have violated this agreement. PACIFIC_COAST STRAMSHIP CO.. By GOODALL. PERKINS & CO. PACIFIC COAST MARINE FIREMEN'S UNION. By JOHN KELLY, Sec'y. PR 4D Wik Henry Davis in Court. Henry Davis. the non-unfon teamster, charged with assault to murder for shoot- ing Samuel Schofield, or Cole, a striking teamster, at Howard and New Montgo.- ery streets, Tuesday morning, appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday. He was represented by Attorney Joseph Ceffey on behalf of the Employers’ Association. He was instructed as to his rights and by consent the case was continued till Aug- ust 14, when Schofield’s condition may be determined. Schofield’s condition is much improved and it is believed he will recover. A’Fortune to Be Given Away. A noted philanthrop!st has decided to give away his fortune to charities and no docabt much geod will be accomplished. There is another agency that has also accompilshed much good. namely, Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters, the medicine with fifty years of cures back of it. It promotes appetite, Insures di- gestion. cures dyspepsia. regulates the liver and keeps the bowels regular, also prevents helching. heartburn or flatulency. Don't tail The. agreement . between. the -Paeific. Coast | to try it, but be sure you get the genulme. On steamers carrying more | USE OF PISTOLS IN A RIOT NEAR OREGON DOCK| Negro Stevedore Receives a| Serious Wound in Right| Shoulder During the Melee | Bullets Serve Only to Incite Strikers to Still Greater Violence in Their Attacks | s b Lk URING a small rict which oc- curred early yesterday morning | in the vieinity of the Oregon dock | Willlam Hootan, a negro non-| unlon stevedore, was shot In the | right shoulder. Although the wound has | not proved fatal it is considered serious, as the bullet glanced frém the shoulder tlade and lodged near the spinal column. STREETS MAY NOT BE SWEPT OR SPRINKLED e Gbee Sand Teamsters Repudiate Action of Executive Com- mittee of the Labor Council Gray Brothers’ Drivers Will Obey the Strike Order and Quit Work This Morning Rt S5 T a meeting of the Sand Team- sters’ Union, held last night at 1159 Misston street, it was decided that no exception should be made in regard to the men who are in the employ of the street-cleaning con- tractors, but that every member of th union should be called out on the stri To-day, unless the men who have the con- tracts for cleaning the streets can secure ‘When the fight began Hootan, who has been employed at the Pacific Mall dock | as a truckman since the inception of the | stevedores’ strike, was on his way to| work. He was accompanied by Charles | Black, a negro friend from Oakland, who | was golng to the dock to seek employ-, ment. While crossing Front street near | the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com- | pany dock they were confronted by a mob | of strikers, wko inquired where they were going. On Hootan's replying that it | was none of their business the strikers | commenced to hurl stones at them. The negroes claim that they were struck by | several of the missiles, upon which Hoot- | an drew his revolver and fired two shots in the direction of the mob. The bullets | failed to take cffect, and instedd of dis- persing the mob only served to increase | its anger. One of the strikers finally | drew his revolver and fired at the two | non-union men. striking Hootan in the | back of his right shoulder. Hootan did not know that he had been | shot, but supposed when the bullet struck | him 'that he had been hit by a stone. Not until he had reached the Malil dock and had his coat removed did he know that a bullet had entered his shoulder. An am- bulanece was zummoned and the injured | man was removed to the Harbor Hos- pital. Subsequently the patient was trans- ferred to the Central Emergency Hospital, where with the aid_of the X-ray it was discovered that the bullet had lodged rear | the spinal colum et g Father and Son Beaten. John T, Hayes, contractor, of 15044 Bush street, secured five “John Doe”” war- rants from Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of five striking teamsters on the charge of battery. His son Julius | drives a team for the Whittier-Coburn | Company and while father and son were on their way home Tuesday night they were attacked by five men and severely | beaten with slungshots, brass knuckles and fists. They were near their home | when attacked. The men had been hang- | ing around the neighborhood all that | afternoon. | @ it @ NEGRO MEETS AWFUL DEATH. Y SNt Continued From Page One. into the woods where the crowd had gath- ered. Several of the citizens had alrzady as the men approached with Pennington wood around the stake. The negro sav’ | his doom and with a scream of terror fell | to the ground in a faint. He was quickly revived and dragged to the stake while | the crowd stood silently by. The frightened man was limp and had to be held up while the chains were fastened around his neck and body. When all Was ready the cry was given and the crawd stood back. A match was applied to the pile and with oil to feed upon the tiny flame soon burst into a roaring fire. The terrified negro again pleaded for mercy in the mest agonizing tones and praved to God that those around him might per- ish. He then called upon God for forg! ness, and as the flames leaped up and en- circled his neck an unearthly shriek was heard and the man's eyes almost bulged out of the sockets. Body Is Quickly Consumed. | By this time the fire had gained such | headway that nothing could be seen ex- | cept a wriggling motion in the center of | the circle of fire. A deathly silence fol- | lowed and in a few minutes the flames | had sufficiently subsided to see that Pen- nington’s head had fallen forward and | hung limp over the iron chain. The body | was quickly consumed and all of Penning- | driven ar iron pipe into the ground, and | both writes and blacks were piling brash | non-union teamsters, the thoroughfares of the city will remain unswept and un- sprinkled. The unifon’s action reverses the action of the executive committee of the Labor Council, taken Tuesday night, in making an exception of the men employed in the street cleaning department. As the Sand Teamsters’ Union embraces almost all the men engaged In that line of work, and as the teamsters almost without exception own their teams. the contractors havé small chance of secur- ing non-unfon help. Even if the non- union teamsters are obtained it will be 4impossible for them to work unless pro- tected by the police. The entire available | police foree of the city is being used to guard the expressmen and truck drivers and it therefore appears certain that the streets will not be swept nor the dust laid to-day. Harry Gray of Gray Brothers, which firm has the greater part of the street- cleaning contract, said last night that he had not as yet decided whether to at- tempt to employ non-union help or to let the streets remain uncleaned. The sand teamsters determined to call the street cleaners out in order to make the strike as binding and as burdensome upon employers as possible. In doing this they believe that the trouble will be the sqoner adjusted. They state that they entertain no grievances against their em- ployers, but that they recognize the strike to be a fight for the preservation of the union principle and that in the fight per- sonal considerations must be forgotten. According to agresment about 500 team- sters, the entire strength of the Sand Teamsters' Union, with the exception of the men who were in the employ of the street - cleaning department, _remained away from their work yesterday morn- ing. As far as the leaders know there was not a single deserter. The effect on the building industry was not imme- diately felt, as in many cases the con- tractors had taken the precaution to provide an extra supply of sand and brick. It is thought by the sand teamsters that whatever extra supply may have been 1aid in will be speedily exhausted and that by to-night the majority of the 5000 mechanfes who are engaged in the build- ing trades throughout the city will h: to be laid off. Unless non-union men wit police protection can be obtajned work on buildings now under construction and all street work will have to be suspended. Lumber yards and brick yards will suffer keavily becapse of the strike. — Picnic Is Abandoned. The picnic committee of the Knights o Honor has voted to abandon the order's annual Admission day“#Picnic at Sun Park on account of the strike and in ord that aid and sympathy may be extenc to members who are thrown out of e ployment. | @ tiiinlmiltiefteiifeliininineiol @ | RIVERS WHIAL THOUSANDS. P32 TR Continued From Page One. foreign concessions In the city are on re- claimed ground, from four feet to seven feet above the normal level, and it is not likely that the place will be flooded un- less th ater rises six feet more. The Japanese concession is on low ground stly and the residents there have re- r places for the time beins. rtially under water, the native town without the walls being cov- ered to the roofs of the houses, and there was two feet of water In the foreign set- tlemerts. From there down to Welhu everything was under water and boatmen computed the loss of life in that district ton that remained was a pile of ashes. 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