The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1901, Page 2

.-THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1901. WORKINGMEN TO PARADE STREETS IN GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION Painters’ Strike Ended by Employers Granting the Advance in Wages as Demanded---Labor Council Addresses Open Letter to Presi- dent Wheeler Relative to Students Working as Stevedores s E driver of a four-horse dray. pose and say: strike. of wages or hours of labor. | Notary Publie in and for the City OFFICERS OF TRANSFER COMPANY STAMP EXAMINER STORY AS FAKE O demonstrate that the draymen of San Francisco are liars when they say they afe paying $5 a day under for teamstérs to take the place of the strikers the Examiner published affidavits yesterday of three men who claim to be striking teamsters—Thomas Brennan, Michael Lally and William Andson. These men assert in their affidavits that on August 19 they applied at a saloon at 105 Mason street and were engaged to" drive for Austin & Co. of the Overland Freight Transfer Company by a Mr. Wheaton. | was promised $10 per day and a bonus of $1, or'a total of $11 per day, to drive a four-horse dray. Lally and And- son make affidavit that they were promised a total of $8 each per day to d The speciousness of these carefully worded affidavits is made apparent by the statements they did not report for work, and hence cannot know whether the man Wheaton acted with authority or not. The affidavit of the officers of the Overland Freight Transfer Company, in which it is declared that no such offers were authorized by the company and that only unjon rates have been paid or cffered to drivers, stamps the iner story as utterly unreliable and partaking of the character of the “Let it rot” fake which was perpetrated in the effort to discredit Frank J. Symmes and the Employers’ Association. The union rates paid by the company alluded to are $3 for the driver of a two-horse dray and $3 50 for the Following is the affidavit: e two-horse drays. and Brennan asserts that he of affiants that State of California, City and County of San Francisco—ss. of Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of Augzust, 1901. (Seal) and County of San Francisco, State of California. HE workingmen of San Francisco who are now on strike will parade at 1 0'clock to-day under the lead- ership of Michael Casey, president of the City Front Federation, as grand marshal. It is expected that fully 10,000 men will be in line. The purpose of the daylight parade is to show to the public the numerical strength of the strikers. All of the trades now on strike will be represented with the excep- tion of the allied iron trades. Nome of these will be seen in the line, as notifica- tion of the narade failed to reach the | Iron Trades Council in time, so that the machinists could not be properly notified. Another probable reason is that many of the iron trades strikers are absent from the city at the present time, and a suf- ficlently 1 e show of that craft would be impossible. The line of march will be from Saflors Hall. at East and Mission streets, north on East to Battery, along Battery to Mar- ket, along Market to Third, down Third to Brannan, down Brannan to Pacific Mail dock, thence to East and Mission. The march will begin promptly at 1 o’clock in following order: FIRST DIVISION. Band, Section 1—Saflors’ Union and Marine Cooks end Waiters. Right resting front of sailors’ headguarters, Section 2—Longshoremen’s locals, 224 230, and Hoisting Engineers. resting on East and Howard streets. Section 3—Steam and hot water fitters, ship Joiners, pile @rivers and bridge builders, coal yard and trestiemen and coal cart teamsters. Right resting on East street, between Howard end Folsom, west of section two. SECOND DIVISION. Band. Section 1—Firemen, resting on Folsom street, between East and Steuart. Teamsters resting on Steuart. west sige, between Folsom and Harrison streets, Section 2—Porters. packers and warehouse. men. boxmakers and all unifons locked out a filiated with the San Francisco Labor Council. Right resting on Harrison street, between Steuart and Spear. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. | Dr. John A. Miller Submits an Orig- | inal Plan. At a meeting of the Iroquois Club held t night at Pythian Castle, Dr. John A. Miller discussed the feasibility of having all labor difficulties settled by compulsory arbitration. He reviewed at length the manner in which the arbitration laws | were operated in New Zealand and’ gave many reasons why the same laws would | apply to the conditions existing here. | Dr. Miller submitted the following plan | for compulsory arbitration as a possible | solution of the labor problem: When fifty or more workmen combine them- ves into a labor union they shall be re- 4 to incorporate within twenty davs a special act which provides rules and fcns. When three or more empioyers combine for their mutual protection or furtherance of respective trades or occupations they sh: required to incorporate under the same ac @ jess number shall be jointly or individually Gealt with as & corporation under the same aw. Disputes between corporations shall be adjusted, provided that written no- tice of their demands shall be given by any person or persons at least ten days before taking steps in furtherance thereof. Within ten days of the notice of thelr de- mand a committee of two, appointed by each, shail attempt to arbitrate the dispute; if this committee cannot agree, the committee is to eppoint by mutual consent a third person, and if then no agreement can be reached the mat- ter must be referred for compulsory arbitra- | tion to a commission created for this purpose. | The compulsory arbitration committee must not be @ permanent body, but a temporary | creation for the purpose of arbitrating the | particular dispute in question, The commissioners shall be appointed in the following manner: The labor union shall nominate one erson and the emplover, em- plovers or employers’ corporation, as the case may be, another person, and these two shall nominate a third, and if the two first nominees fail to ‘agree, the nomination shall be incum- bent upon a Superior Judge. These three nominations shall be confirmed | by the Superior Court and by such confirmation | shall constitute the commissioners of .said | covrt They shall ‘Investigate the merits of the controverey. after which a majority or all three shall make their report to the court and | their decision shall be final and constitute the Judgment 3 With the filing of thelr report the life of the commission sball expire. There shall be fines and penalties for the @isobedience of the judgment, and either one or both parties to the controversy shall stand in contempt and be punished according to the provisions of th Nos. 222, | Right the above —— Fruit Men Not Suffering Loss. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 25.—The strike in Ban Francisco is declared by fruit men to be productive of little or no harm to the fruit interests in this section, although under other conditions than the present it might result in great damage to the in- dustry. The canneries are taking great quantities of fruit, and with the lively state of the Eastern market the orchard- ists are suffering no loss because of the falling off in the commission business with Ban Francisco. George B. Katzensteln, manager of the | for the development of the human mind, for | at_the expense of the poor and expect to be | which has been created by the will | be & bad day for our State University when | untversity. | will not be tolerated by the people of this | [® C. L. Tilden, C. W. Baird, W. H. Fuller and Wallace Austin being each severally duly sworn, de- That said C. L. Tilden is the president of the Overland Freight Transfer Company; that said C. W. Baird is the vice president and manager of that company: that W. H. Fuller is the secretary and ns- sistant manager: and that Wallace Austin is the superintendent of that company. and that all of the above parties have occupied the aforesaid relations to that company since long prior to the present That no person other than said C. L. Tilden, C. W. Baird and W. H. Fuller has hired or employed any one to work for said Overland Freight Transfer Company In any capacity since the strike com- menced: that said Wallace Austin has devoted his entire time and attention superintending the doing of the work of that company, and that said Wallace Austin has been too busy looking after the work in behalf of customers to give any time or attention to the employment of men, and that he has not, since the strike commenced, employed a single man, nor has he authorized any one to employ any men at §10 a day or any price whatever, and that the fact is that he has never employed any men, thorized any one else to employ any men, and that every man who has been employed, or who has been offered employment by his company, has been emploved by said C. L. said W. H. Fuller, and that neither one of said parties has ever emploved any men or promised em- ployment to any men, or endeavored to employ any men at any price above the regular union wages, and that the Overland Freight Transfer Company has never paid or agreed to pay any wages to any- | Dbody in excess of the regular union wages. That none of these afiiants ever authorized any one else to employ any men at any price, and any statement made by any one that he is or was the agent of Austin & Co. or the Overland Freight Transfer Company to employ any men is a willful and deliberate lie. That it ix well known to all the members of the Brotherhood of Teamsters that the Overland Freight Transfer Company has always been ready and is willing to pay the full union wages and that the company has never had any difiiculty or controversy with any or au- Tilden or maid C. W. Baird or its employes over the question C. L. TILDEN. C. W. BAIRD. W. H. FULLER. WALLACE AUSTIN. GEORGE 'F. HATTON, HE executive committece of the| San Francisco Labor Council is- sued yesterday afternoon the fol- lowing open letter: President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, University of California, Berkeley, Cal.—Dear Sir: You are aware, no doubt, of the struggle now go- ing on_between labor and capital on this | coast. You must feel, as we do, that on th issue depends the fate of the American worl ingman—whether he is to be an intelligent | human being, a free man in a.free land or a mere animal to be driven and controlled lfke a beast of burden. The plain_and common rights of man are at stake. Should capital triumph just now there can be no more free institutions, since there is no longer individ- ual liberty, and soclal evolution will give place to unmistakable reversion. A university stands for progress. It stands the upbulilding of the race, for intellectual ex- pansion along the broadest lines. Whenever it ceases to stand for that it ceases to be a university. It respects not persons. In its | iecture halls all are equal—rich and poor, high and low. It looks to mind, mot to name or dollars. Its aim is to build up not to pull down or disintegrate. It is the great and ideal democratic {nstitution where is the throne of the people and where brain makes its realm and reigns. Consequently it should be aiways just, always a power making for righteousness in the community. It caunot consistently favor one class at the expense of | another. Especially it cannot favor the rich called a university. All this is-particularly true of a university of the people @nd built and supported by their moneys. Such a school is essentially the peo- ple's school and all the people have a right to expect fair treatment from it. It would it took part in a struggle in which classes of its supporters were engaged. It would fail in its noble mission the day on which it antagonized any considerable num- ber of those by whose will it exists. Other schools built by private money may perhaps afford to take the side of the rich man and the corporztions. Such a thing has, we tnink, happened within our memories. You can Judge if the gain has been on the side of the But no matter what the rulers of a private school may see fit to do, a State institution cannot afford to take sides. The people are its masters and it must be con- ducted In whatever way the people demand it_skall be conducted. You must have seen in the dally papers that some students of the State University gave up their books and hired themselvcs to men who have sworn to trample on the lib- erty of the workingmen of Californfa. We wish to call your attention to the matter and | to ask you if the State University .approves of this 2ciion of its students? Remember that the workingman pays his taxes In equal pro- portion with the capitalist. Indeed, it is gen- erally supposed that the workingman pays a higher proportion. The workingman then is paying for the education of those men and the return he gets is that they join his en- emies in a determined effort to enslave him. Are those men a type of the Berkeley student? We are taxpayers and are within our just rights when we ask you what you think about the matter. We know what we think about it, and we are decidedly of opinion that such acts on the part of Berkeley students two and that the people will not be eager upport an institution which without pro- test allows its members to join in an unholy effort to crush the spirit of the people. Do you think the action of those students will tend to improve the position of the uni- versity in the eyes of the people of Califor- nia? Something big, something broad and liberal is expected of such a_school as that of which you are the head. You are supnosed to give a liberal education. Is it one of the marks of a liberal education that those who receive it gratuidously should do what even uneducated men_consider vile and infamous? Labor is honorable, but not all labor. There are conditions which make it dishonorable and_your students have placed thesé condi- tions. A liberal education makes those who are capable of recelving it_gentlemen. Of course there are exceptions. You can‘t make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. To your mind are those who took the places of honest working- men in Oakland gentlemen? Are they the kind of persons for whose education the peo- ple ought to pay taxes? Have they not shown a decided vocation for positions fo fill which a university education {s by no means neces- sary? We' can hardly think that our State University will stand for such men or that you, its respected head, will be altogether proud of this product of your school. The State has been generous with the university. It has: given freely and is prepared to give more. 1t is proud of the school. But i¢ this great State school turns out only poor scholars of the amateur stevedore type then we fear the people will begin to consider whether after all it is worth while supporting such a school. We respectfully bring the matter to vour notice and ask you If the State University ex- ists altogether for the benefit of the rich? Public opinfon is strong, and we can assure you that the people are not at all disposed to pay for the establishment in the State Universliy of a department for the education of. I, say stevedores. Yours truly, By order of the executive committee of the San Francisco Labor Council, W. H. GOFF, Presiden ED. ROSENBERG, Secretary. 5 August 2, 1901 L e e e e e e 2 ) Earl Fruit Company, sald in conversation with a renorter to-day that the Eastern market and the canneries were taking nearly all the frult. He said good prices were being realized, instancing the sale at ontreal vesterday of Bartlett pears at 45 per box. . B the the HE painters’ strike is ended, employers having conceded rate of wages demanded by the union, and this morning. the painters will leave the ranks of the army of strikers and return to their work. The number of men who have been out f employment as the result of this strike has been variously estimated at from 500 to 800, the employers giving the latter figure. JIn fact, some of the master paint- ers have sald that nearly 1000 painters have been idle since the strike began. Agreement was reached yesterday af- ternoon at a conference of committees of five in the office of the Master Painters’ Association in the Parrott building. The Bullding Trades Council, which handled the painters’ strike from the beginning, and the Master Painters’ Association, were the two bodies represented at the meeting. The employers had been mak- ing a stand for a compromise on a_wage of $325 for an eight-hour day, and sev- eral meetings had been held at which that basis of settlement was debated pro and con. The committee from the Building Trades Council gave its decision at the meeting yesterday to that proposal, rejecting any settlement that would involve agreement upon a wage of less than $3 50 per day. After a long discussion, and a considera- tion of minor phases of the strike, the master painters finally agreed to concede the demand of the union, and work will be resumed on that basis, the employers to reinstate their former employes as far as possible. The two committees will be made permanent, to arbitrate difficulties in future. Bl NO DANGER OF COAL FAMINE. Merchants Claim That There Is an Ample Supply. According to summaries which were made yesterday afternoon by several lead- ing wholesale coal dealers of the city, all the danger of a coal famine that threat- ened when the present labor troubles com- menced has been averted. When the Brotherhood of Teamsters and the City Front Federation first went out on strike a conservative estimate placed the entire available supply of coal at 30,000 tons. This supply, it was stated, could not possibly ‘last more than ten days. At that time there were two col- liers in port with cargoes of coal and sev- eral were on their way hither from Brit- ish Columbia, but it was confidently as- serted by the strikers that no stevedores would be induced to unload the vessels, and if they were unloaded no teamsters would be secured to cart the coal from the wharves. Up to the present time no famine has been felt, and according to the statement of the merchants there is no prospect of one. In speaking of the situation yester- day afternoon James Smith of the J. C. ‘Wilson Company said: ‘“What little chance for a coal famine there was at the inception of the strike has been entirely obviated. The quantity of coal which is available at the present time is equal to the amount which is usu- ally on hand at this time of the year. There is a slight scarcity in some lines of coal. _Especially is_this true in regard to the Wellington, which is brought down from British Columbia. ‘“When the strike was commenced busi- ness was certainly tied up very tight, but every day since then the aspect has brightened. Since then the following col- liers bave arrived in port: “Bristol, Wel- lington, South Portland, Czarina, Pro- greso, Milton, Titania, Asuncion, Mattea- wan, Australia and Arcadia and a num- ber of vessels which brought down sup- plies for the railroad companies. In all these colliers brought down 40,000 tons of coal, a supply sufficient for all immediate demands. ““We are having no difficulty in securing men to unload the vessels or to drive the coal carts. In fact, on one vessel, the Progreso, we have four gangs working, which is as many as can work at one time on a boat. We have fifteen teams at work.” At John Rosenfeld’'s Sons’ it.was also reported that there was an ample supply of coal on hand and that there was not the slightest possibility of a coal famine. STILL GAINING MEN. Force at the Union Iron Works Is Increased. The force at the Union Iron Works was increased by the addition of ten men yes- terday. Contrary to the expectations of the management, no men were lost by reason of the urgings of union pickets. The day was a quiet one about the works and little of interest transpired. Of the five moldérs who went to work-| on Monday and falled to show up on Thursday not one put in an appearance at the works yesterday. The man who was beaten by unknown men while on his way to work on Thursday morning is nearly recovered and will report for duty Monday morning. It is believed that many ather men will be on hand at the same ime. The amnouncement that the machinists’ STEEL STRIKE 10 BE ENDED Rumor Says That Six Days Will Bring Its Termination. Labor Leaders Have a Con- ference but Withhold Secrets. —_—— PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.—The conference of the labor leaders at the offices of the Amalgamated Assoclation was the lead- ing feature of the strike during the day. The officials of the organization all secmed pleased with the way things were moving, and one said somewhat mysteri- ously: “In another six days you will see a icided chang: in the strike that will Wwith greater effect on the trust and in hurrying ‘the final outcome of struggle.” Just what this change s to be was not sald, but it was inferred strongly that the coming event hinged upon the conference that was taking place. Two sessions were held by the conferees behind closed doors. After the adjournment of the first session none of the’ participants would give out any information of the proceedings fur- ther than to say that the leaders had been called together for the purpose of having the situation thoroughly explained to them and to have some action taken look= ing to the aid of the strikers morally and financially by all of the organizations rep- resented. . There were present at the conference besides the Amalgamated officials John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America; J. W. Jenks, mem- ber of the Industrial Commission; Grand Master Sargent of the Locomotive Fire- men; R. M. Easley, secretary of the N: tional Civic Federation, and Henry M. White, general secretary of the United Garment Workers. The conference end ed to-night about 9 o’clock and the con- ferees left for their homes. | _The strikers make the claim that little | actual work has been done by the com- | bine in any of its plants since the strike de- tell ald the turned out has been of an inferlor char- acter. Notwithstanding this, the steel of- ficlals declare themselves well pleased with the condition of affairs and say all the mills started are working satisfac- torily and turning out good products. | A summary of the steel strike situation ‘tfl?-;\lght shows about the following con- tion: This clty—Star mills: strikers say five more men left the plant and joined their ranks, but management positively denles the statement. Painter mills: Four mills running: fires lighted in bar mill fur- . but failed tq start as expected. Penn- Ivania Tube Works: Mill idle, machinists ay they will quit to-night. All Carnegle mills running full. McKeesport—Demmler plant idle and no at- tempt will be made to start it before next week. Everything else closed down. Irondale—Mill running with same force as yesterday, making two turns and assurance from the manager that more men will be added to-morrow. Wellsville—Situation unchanged; twelve mills running. Lisbon—Fires started In tin plate plant. Manager Evans says everything is in readiness for a start soon with plenty of men. Strikers voted to-day to remain out and the mill i strongly picketed. Wheeling—Everything tled up and no ap- parent indication of an attempt to start any of the mills. Bellaire—The Natlonal. Steel Company’s idle plant will, it is said, be started early hext week by a full force of men. e, CONFEREES ARE SILENT. President Shaffer Says 'He Cannot Predict What May Occur. PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.—When President Shaffer was seen at his home to-night, he said, with reference to the day’s meeting, that it was not a preconcerted one, but “just happened.” President Mitchell, he said, had telegraphed him that he would like to see him to-day on his way home from the Eastern coal flelds, and soon after his arrival the other gentlemen made their appearance. During the meeting the whole strike sit- uation was discussed. Shaffer said no ar- rangement had been made to submit a new peace proposition to the corporation or a further proposal for arbitration, add- ing, however, that he did not know what individual action the conferees might take in the future. No mention was made of the miners or other trades taking sympa- thetic action. It is believed another effort will be made to induce the steel corporation to enter another conference. The specific means to bring this about would not be discussed by any of to-day's conferees. BOUND TO MOVE MAILS. Tocomotive Engineers Not in Posi- tion to Assist the Strikers. PITTSBURG, Aug. 2.—An interesting rumor reported from New York to-day was that circular letters had been sent to all the presidents of labor unions by the Amalgamated Association, asking what each would or could do to assist the steel workers in their strike. One of the re- plies, it is said, was received from P. M. Arthur, head of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers. It is alleged that in this reply President Arthur said his or- ganization held contracts with the vari- ous railroads. that they were also bound to move the United States mail and that the organization could make no distinetion between the United States Steel Corpora- tion and individual ippers. RIOT AT A SILK MILL. Serious Clash Occurs at the Sterling Works in Pennsylvania. PITTSTON, Pa., Aug. 23.—A second rint occurred at the Sterling Silk Mill this morning more serious than a clash which occurred last night and a howling mob surrounded the mlll, threatening to enter it by force and drag the non-union girls from the mill. . When the strikers arrived at the mill they were provided with stones and other weapons. The first object of attack was a small Ttallan settlement near the mill. The non-union girls in last night's riot taok refuge in these houses and escaped from the strikers’ fury. There was a clash - with the Ttalians this morning. Later when the non-union workers ar- rived a volley of stones met them. CANNOT PICKET PLANTS. Federal Judge in Chicago Grants In- junction Against the Strikers. CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—The Allis-Chalmers Company to-day secured an injunction from Judge Kohlsaat in the United States court restraining the striking iron mold- ers and machinists from picketing any of the plants of the company and from in- timidating or showing violence toward any of the non-union workmen which were filling their places. The injunction is broad in its terms and affects by name a large number of the strikers. Eight lodges of machinists and molders and all their officers are expressly named, and in addition forty-five members of the unlons are ordered to obey the injunction. L e e e o ) strike in Kansas City had been declared off by the strikers without gaining a single point has encouraged the iron manufac- turers here. The Kansas City strike be- gan on the same day that the strike in this city was inaugurated. A_prominent manufacturer stated yes- terday that the majority of machinists now ‘on st-ike were anxious to go to work, and that little encouragement. was required to prompt them to desert the union and return. This statement is vehemently denied by the leaders of the machinists. who_declare that the strike is stronger to-day than at any time since it was inaugurated. The employers do not deny that the machinists are mak- ing a stff fight, but they insist that many are heartily sick of the strike and that Two mills running, they are becoming restive under the long strain. _ Many of the striking machinists are working in interior towns and not a few are picking fruit in the northern countles. Dozens have gone to the East and are -~ | began, and that what product has been | THREE POWERS MAY NOW COMPEL RUSSIA TO EVACUATE NIUCHWANG Such Movement Reported on Foot on the Part of the United States, Great Britain and Japan---Delay of Chinese Envoysiin Signing the Protocol at Peking Is Causing Uneasiness at Chinese Capital —p =g Chinese plenipotentiaries in signing the protocol is causing some uneasiness in the foreign community here, although the Ministers of the powers do not think the Chinese intend to defy the powers by ulti- mately refusing to sign. They believe China s anxious to wind up the nego- tiations speedily. Decrees reciting the punishments and suspending the constitutions will be issued before the Chinese signatures are affixed. Prince Ching, at the request of the Dowager Empress, telegraphed to her verbatim the restrictions as to the impor- tation of arms. Li Hung Chang, having practically con- ONDON, Aug. 24.—"Apparently there is a move on foot on the part of Great Britain, Japan and the Urited States,” says a dis- patch to the Morning Post from Chetu, dated yesterday. “to force Russia t uate Niuchwang °FEKING, Aug. 23—The delay of the (] now working in the mills in the larger cities. OAKLAND TEAMSTERS RETURN. Strike Practically Broken by Action of Longshoremen. OAKLAND, Aug. 20.—Evidences of ths strike in Oakland are very few and far between and are growing less every day. The decision of the longshoremen to han- dle lumber after it had been deposited upon the docks, even if it were unloaded by non-union crews, has done much to O he question as far as Oakland is e nnd. M amper 1s mow Dbeins moved very rapidly and there is no danger of any tie-up in the bullding trades. With this condition ameng the shipping the tie-up at the wharves is practically broken. The teamsters are beginning to go back to work. The men formerly em- ployed by James P. Taylor, the coal mer- chant, decided that if the longshoremen are given the privilege of handling lumber after it has been unloaded by non-union help_they should have the privilege of handling coal after it has been unlcaderz by non-union help. The result was that the men formerly employed by Taylor ap- plied for reinstatement to-day. Taylor refused to discharge the non-union men who had helped him when he needed help and he reinstated five of his old men. The men who struck at C. R. Allen’s coal wharf yesterday A\Pplled to-day for rein- statement and will go back to work to- mOrrow. Police Officer Hogan Injured. Police Officer Dennis Hogan, who was acting as escort for a mnop-union man driving one of McNab & Smith’s teams, was severely injured yesterday afternoon by being thrown from the wagon. He was carried to the Harbor Hospital, where it was found that his right ankle had been severely,sprained and that his right wrist was contused and lacerated. When the accident occurred a number cf union pickets ran to the officer’s assist- ance and carried him to the hospital. The accident was due to the faulty load- ing of the wagon. Three long ‘racing shells were on the truck, and they kept swinging_from side to side. One of e horses slipped and _the boats around with considerable force. Hogan jumped to save himself, but his_ankle turned and he fell to the ground. He fell in such a way that one of the wheels passed over his right arm. It will be Some time before Hogan will be able to return to duty. ———— Special and Striker Arrested. 0. C. Colby, who claims to be a special police officer employed by Curtin's De- tective Agency, was arrested yesterday by the harbor police and char; at the water front station with carrying a con- cealed weapon and with assault and bat- tery. en searched at the station no evidence could be found to show that he was ‘as he claimed. He said that he was recently appointed, but had never been sworn in. The man whom Colby clubbed is James swung ducted all the active negotiations, has re- tired into the background, leaving to Prince Ching the responsibility of con- summating the work. Earl Li finds him- self in the same precarious position that he occupied at the close of the negotia- tions following the war with Japan. The native press is unanimous in violently d nouncing him for what is called his sur- Lavin, a member of the Firemen's Union, Who is also under arrest, charged with carrying a weapon. Lavin attempted to make a short cut across the coal bunkers of the Pacific Coast Coal Company at Beale street yvesterday, but was prevent: from going through by Colby. When he attempted to continue his ~walk Colby struck him with a club, knocking him down. He arose and started for Colby with a knife in his hand and was knocked down again. Sergeant Tobin witnessed the fight and ran over and placed both men under arrest. At the police station Layvin denied having trled to use a knife. and_ when searched no weapon of any kind was found on him. The knife, how- ever, had -been picked up by the police sergeant. and when Lavin saw it he ad- mitted the ownership of the weapen, which is a common pocket knife. Both men were released on bail, James Curtin furnishing the cash for Coiby and John Lerman, attorney for the Firemen's Union, for Lavin. : foolzal i ENE RIS METAL WORKERS WIN. Demand for a Shorter Work Day Granted. The strike of Metal Workers’ Union No. 19, involving 250 men, was settled yes‘er- | day. The employers agree to give the men a nine-hour day for work in the shops and an eight-hour day for outside work. e demand of the union was for the shorter work-day and the employers concede the demand in full. The settlement was effected by a con- ference between a committee from the Building Trades Council, headed by P. H. McCarthy, and representatives of the Sculptural Iron Workers’ Association. The agreement is to go into effect Mon- day, when the men will return to work. _— Fifty Men Leave Port Costa. Secretary Westoby of the City Front Federation, at the meeting of the execu- tive committee of the federation held yes- terday, aroused a great deal of enthusi- asm by telling the members of the com- mittee that “fifty non-union stevedores were won over to the side of union- ism this morning at the warehouses in Contra Costa County. They came down on an early train and are now scattered throughout the city. Bennett & Goodall secured twenty-four additional men yesterday and sent them to Port Costa on a gasoline launch. Men- zles & Co. were able to get together six- teen new non-union hands, and they were sent up to the upper bay on a launch to Join the force already at work there. Hunger Forced Striker to Steal. Dennis Michaels, a striker, appeared be- fore Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of petty larceny. He was arrested by Detective Ryan for stealing some brass from the Risdon Iron Works, where he was employed before the strike. He told the Judge that he had been forced to quit his job by the union after working there for fifteen years, and as he could not ob- tain employment and his wife and three ¥ PROMINENT MARYLAND MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS UNCLE SAM'S REP- RESENTATIVE IN CHINA TO WATCH THE COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL CUSTOMS, FROM WHICH THE BIG INDEMNITY TO THE POWERS WILL BE PAID, —_—_— render to the foreigners, and a_number of officlals have petitioned the Emperor to punish him for betraying his country. erican Commissioner Rockhill ~1s pleased with the appointment of Thad- deus 8. Sharretts as the representative of the United States to watch the collection of Chinese customs, from which the in- demnity to the powers will be paid. B N S s a nad ) young children were starving he had stolen the brass and sold it to get money to buy food for them. He had never been arrested before. The Judge convicted him, but sald as there were mitigating circumstances he would impose a light sentence this morning. —_— Conference Is Urged. A meeting of the executive committes of the Municipal Federation of Improve- ment Clubs was held at the office of H. V. Morehouse yesterday, at which there were present Messrs. Rothschild, Morehouse, Bibo, Roberts and Lorenzo. situation was discussed and reports co cerning the attitude of the Employers” Association considered. It was decided to bring all the pressure possible to bear upon the association to agree to a conference with the strikers at an early date. After Non-Union Crew. Tast night Captain Wittman was nott- fled that a large crowd of strikers had congregated at Fourth and Channel streets, intending to attack the non- union crew of the schooner North Fork. 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