The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1901, Page 23

. FORGHOR SRORG 2O - Pages 23 10 32 FOFOAGE SRONG FOR SRONOGUHOHOXGQ 5 -5 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1901. Call. THOUSANDS OF STRIKERS PARADE THROUGH STREETS OF CITY IN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION TO FURTHER CAUSE OF LABOR ORDERLY ARMY OF LABORERS Unions Largely Represented in a Bannerless Pageant to < S;{'(fi% 7 Show Strength of Numbers Ly Crowds Throng Streets Along Line of March and Encour- age Paraders With Cheers Workingmen’s Organizations That Participated and Lead- ers Who Were in Charge — RGANIZED labor made & com- mendable showing vesterday af- ternoon in the great parade and the strike leaders who planned it &s an object lesson to the com- munity and to their opponents in the present induz‘rial struggle are justly prouéd of its impressiveness and of the absence of any disorder or violence. Workingmen to the number of certainly 4000—the estimates range as high as 8000— were in line, while the sidewalks along the line of march were crowded with spectators, and at many points the streets were filled, 2 narrow lane only in the cen- ter being left open for the marching strik- ers. Enthusiasm was at a high pitch and the men marching in column of fours and thelr sympathizers in the crowds that treets kept the slogans of the nging even after the strikers were tired and from the long march There was plenty of shouting, banter for er railing at luckl men at work who came within sight of the parading strikers. But not so much as pebble was thrown, and after the marching was over the leaders took ious headquarters and persed to their homes teamsters and longshoremen were freer to go th ys than they nave been since the strike began. e leaders had expected that 10,000 or d particlpate. That the y in line fell so much be- e to the haste with which ements were made. The parade decided upon Thursday night, but the ikers have gone into the country, work and others for the out- Various Estimates Made. y, Secretary of the City timated the column epot to contain but 2ll the estimates made far- Mar¥ket street placed the number as possible set *2720 men, Three reporters ed to count the strikers as swarmed past arrived at these fiz- ures, respectively: 380, 3340, 3%96. Two oth- ers who made estimates give these fig- 4500, SR jons which were to march began at their places of rendezvous and Jong before 1 o'clock East was black with men walting for the ade. With much skill Grand ael Casey and his alds had n their assigned places on time )5 the march began. Cas Andrew Furuseth, Ed- ward Rosenberg and August Holmgren marched at the head of the column. Be- ) hind them came members of the execu- e committee of the City Front Federa- among them being Robert H. Lough- Charles ery, Kelly, Michael Monahan , 3. C. Christianson, J J. McDermott, C. Ho! and J. Smirch. e first division. J. of the Brother- was in command, and ors was carried at the head The for locals of the gshoremen’s Un hind them marched the Holsting Ene neers. The d section of the first ai- ; the Ship Joiners, led by J. D. the Pile Drivers and Bridge in charge of Burnham; the Coal Yard and Trestic , and the Coal Cart Teamsters Chief Aid E. Anderson commanded the second division, with Second Chlef Ald J. Bell to assist him. A band headed each division, and a drum corps in the le of the first division stirred the martial ardor of the strikers, Absence of Banners. The Marine Firemen marched first in the cecond division, the Sailors’ Union and the Marine Cooks and Walters following. Next in line were members of the Iron Molders’ Union, with union cards thrust inder their hat bands; Boller-makers earing conspicuous red badges, and & number of machinists. No attempt was mede to get a strong showing of the fron ades unions, only those men marching who collected at headquarters volun- tarily. The Porters, Packers and Warehouse- men, led by President O'Nelll; the Box- mekers, and the United Brewery Works ers comprised the last section of the di viglon. * A stalwart member of the lasts med union bore at ts head a large and mely embroidered American flag. re was an utter absence of the banners usually seen in a labor parade. A few of the men carried small Ameri- can flags. The piledrivers carried a miniature piledriver and the stevedores s huge hook for handling bales, as in- signia of their unions. In the wholesale district there was lit- demonstration, though a number of enthusiastic girls employed across the street from Levi Strauss & Co., who wived flags and cheered the strikers, incited the men in line to a few groans and hisses for the firm named. Cheers and Groans Distributed. The greatest crowd collected at the corner of Market end Third streets, and as the line swung around into Third treet cheers were given repeatedly for the Examiner. No halt was made, but as sections of the various unions passed some one would propose three cheers for the mewspaper and they were generally given, though occasionally there was no response. Numerous times when the marching men were oblivious to the] two | proximity of the Hearst paper, prompt- ers in the crowd in front of the Exam- ‘ner building would remind them of their duty. The Call was given groans several times and at other times they were called for by men in the crowd when the strikers did not apparently consider them due and did not respond. One striker of German birth waved a small flag of the country and shouted, “This is the flag that conquered Eng- land and it'll conquer the capitalists, too!” At a time when the mern in line were catching breath after cheers for th Brotherhood of Teamsters, among them caused a laugh by an earn- est and stentorian *“Hooray for Ire- land!” The line of march was as previously announced—along East street to Battery, along Battdry to Market, up Market to Third, down Third to Brannan, down Brannan to the Mail dock, and along the water front back to East and Mission streets. Occasionally non-union drivers and po- licemen or specials, whose drays .were blocked by the parade, were mercilessly abused verbally by the strikers as they marched past. but the officers smiled in indifference and the wisely swallowed any anger have felt. they may Steuart street after having counter- marched past the headquarters of the Sailors’ Union, at KEast and Mission streets, an incident occurred which well fllustrates the order which was main- tained during the entire march. A team by a non-union teamster, was belng loaded in front of a warehouse. While the unipns were marching past the team, some of the more boisterous of the strik- ers frightened the horses until they com- menced to plunge about and make at- tempts to get away from the driver. For a time it was feared that the men would break rank and make an attack on the non-union teamster. Before, however, any serious trouble. cccurred. several jeaders of the City Front Federation stepped forth and stood guard around the team and the non-uMipn teamster. The strikers were told to march quietly on and not to offer to molest team or driver. They obeyed orders and not another jeer was heard nor was any further attempt made to excite the horses. H. McCleary, one of the charter mem- a Hibernian | non-union men | ‘While the unions were marching down | belonging to McNab & Smith, and driven | ',\‘O Outbreaks or Rioting Whatever Occur to Mar the Occa- sion—Smaller Numerical Showing Than Was Anticipated, Due Partly to Absence From the City of Many Strikers bers of the Ship Joiners’ Association, or- ganized in 1857, stood in front of the head- quarters at 14 Folsom street and waved |a large American flag. The longshore- | men and other water-front unions halted | and cheered the old man enthusiastically. The parade was completed at 3 o'clock. APPEAL TO COUNTRY PRESS. Labor Council Issues Letter to Inte- rior Newspapers. The San Francisco Labor Councll has | sent out the following letter: To the Editors of the Interfor Press: We re- spectfully beg to call your attention to, the im- portance of the struggle in which We are now engaged. It is a struggle of supreme impor- tance to the people of California. = You speak to and for the people, who have made this State great. You address the army of tollers who have planted the vine and the fruit tree, who have made the valleys team with grain, who bave delved into the very bowels of the earth and brought forth the rich ore. These our brother tollers and we are the men who have upbullded this State and developed its in- dustries. Neither they nor we are parasites on the body public. We labor and we toll and others have grown fat on our sweat. And now those who have grown wealthy on us have made a determined and concerted ef- ort to rob us of a right which is dearer to us than material prosperity. A lockout has been declared against us by a secret combination of capitalists. This lockout has been ordered, not because we demand exorbitant wages, not because our employers are dissatisfled with our | work, but because we claim and we exercise | the right to combine for our protection. This is a natural right of man. It is inherent to man as & soclal being. No statesman, no economist, no free government questions it. In this republic it is as fundamental and as es- sential as the right of free speech. What would you think If a secret soclety were organized fo muzzle y6u or to"interfere with your right of free speech? To us the right of combination is just as important and just as essential. Tt is in vindication of that right that we have been driven out of work. And In vindication of that right our wives and our children, if need be, will gladly go hungry rather than eat of the bread of slavery. Quarrel Is With Conspirators. Even our enemies recognize this right of ours. Hence they will not dare fight us in the open like men. Our quarrel is mot with our own employers, but with a- body of-men who have conspired behind closed doors and who, in the darkness, have promulgated a new com. 1 Continued on Page Thirty-Two. — ENT ON STRIKE. et AN JOSE. Aug. 24.—San Jose wit- nessed this evenihg the largest labor demonstration of years. A long parade of the several unions of the city and a big mass meet- ing in Turn Verein Hall with earnest and enthusiastic speakers were the agencies that' stirred the laboring classes of the Garden City to deep and substantial sym- pathy for their brothers of the metropolis. At 7:30 o’clock the Fifth Regiment band headed a parade of the several unions which marched to the depot to meet the speakers from San Francisco. Returning it traversed the principal streets, ending at Turn Verein Hall. The unions of the following trades were in line: Carpenters, painters, millmen, brewers, tinners, plumbers, ‘bricklayers, bottlers, typo- graphical and plasterers, The hall was crowdéd with an enthisi- astic audience. . The meeting. was pre- sided over by C. B. Schaffer; walking del- egate for the Building Tfades Council. Speaches were made.by Assemblyman Elt Wright of S8an Jose, R. I. Wisler of San Francisco, chairman ' of - the executive committee of the Iron Trades Union; Ed Rosenberg, secretary of the San Fran- THE PARADE TASIING THIRD A IIaiR e T- CARRYING oD : SI.OFY ITWTO SIITTE w00 SR e S L A S SR SCENES AT IMPORTANT POINTS ON THE LINE OF MARCH OF THE PARADE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OF ¥ THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS LABOR UNIONS OF THE CITY WHICH ARE OUT AT PRES- — R RS el LR P TR el et UL V0 bl o PR BER S Union Men of San Jose Hold a Great Meeting for Financial Benefit of Their San Fran- cisco Brothers and Pass Resolutions Upholding the Stand' Taken by the Labor Leaders in Their Contest With Employes’ Association and Condemning Attitude of Jobbers ———— cisco Labor Council, and Walter Mac- arthur, editor of the Coast Seamen’s Journal. Speaker Wright gave the his- tory of labor organizations, while the other speakers related the events leading up to the present strike and discussed the principles involved. } The proceeds of the meeting, amounting to about $400, were Jdonated to the rellef fund of the strikers. The following resolutions were - intro- duced at the close of the meeting by the committee on resolutions and passed: Whereas, A secret organization in San Fran- cieco fs endeavoring by the exercise of their employing powers, by threats and by intimi- i dations, by bribes and the use of the- police to. suppress. and destroy the protective organl- zations of the workers who are gallantly strug- gling to preserve the rights and the liberties of the working class; and Whereas, Trade unlonism is born of the suf- ferings, the wants and the Industrial condi- tions of the workers, who are forced to com- bine for mutual protection and advancement and therefore we maintain that the right to organize is made necessary by the natural growth of the industrial facilities toward a more complete system of producing and . dis- tributing wealth, which tendency forces the employers on the one hand fnto & thoroughly organized body which strives for full economic mastery and on the ‘other hand compels the workers when uforganized 'to struggle and barter against each other for the sale of their labor' to -the' employing class, ‘and thus we maintain that the organizing of the workers is not only a right but a necessity to protect thelr material Interests; therefore, be it Resolved, That we pledge our earmest sup- port to-the trade unlons of San Francisco to establish the right to organize and obtain the full recognition of trade unfonfsm; and be it turther Resolved, That we congratulate trade union- fsm’ of San Francisco on thelr gallant resist- ance to the repeated attacks of the Employers® Association upon their rights and liberties ana wg pledge to them our most earnest support, both morally and financlaily, to the end that a better standard of living may be secured and that we may ultimately obtain compists emancipation. — . Trout for Santa Clara Streams. REDDING, Aug. 24.—Thirty-five thou- sand young trout were taken from the fiason Hatchery this morning to stock Non-Union Men Allege That Union Teamsters Kidnaped and Held Them Prisoners g SRR One Effects an Escape and Is Rescued From Pursuers by Police Sergeant and Posse —— Alleged Offenders Are Placed Under Arrest and Charged With False Imprisonment R W AP CASE that looked very much like kidnaping on the part of the A\L strikers was called to the atten- tion of the police yesterda: morning. Aaron Greenburg, Phil Shafter and two other sallors on the steam schooner North Fork, lying at the Second-street wharf, were approached about 6 o'clock yesterday morning by Thomas Rafferty, Alexander McLaugh- lin, William Walsh and Chris Murphy. strikers, while they were leaning over the rail ‘of the vessel. The sailors were told, %0 they allege, that they had better leave the vessel, otherwise they might get killed for working as “‘scabs.” They were finally induced to leave the vessel and were taken to the teamsters’ headquarters, on Fourth street, near Townsend. There, they allege, they were locked up in a room and a guard placed at the door. After being there for about two hours Greenburg promised that he would join the unfon and askeq to be allowed to go- out to purchase some tobacco. He went out, followed by Rafferty and McLaugh- lin. A car was passing at the time, going south, and he jumped on it, determined to make his escape. Rafferty and McLaugh- lin also jumped on the car, and when it reached the depot at Third and Townsend streets, Greenburg sa; they dragged him off and beat him. Hi- cries for help wers heard by Sergeant Christiansen and posse. and they soon rescued Greenburg and placed Rafferty and McLaughlin under arrest on a charge of battery. Greenburg told the sergeant that th of his companions were locked up at th teamsters’ headquarters, and Christiansen went there and compelled their release. He placed Walsh and Murphy under ar- rest and took them to the Hall of Justice along with Rafferty and McLaughlin. He consulted the District Attorney as to what charge to place against Walsh and Mur- phy, and was advised to book them for false imprisonment, which was done, on the complaint of Shafter. Shortly after- ward the four defendants were released on $5 cash ball each, accepted by Assist- ant Warrant Clerk Greeley. Captain Wittman in speaking of the ar- rests said: “We were always wondering what be- came of non-union men who were induced to go to the teamsters’ headquarters, and now we have solved the myste The brakemen on the railroads are in sympa- thy with the strikers, and when men are taken to the headquarters of the team- sters they are detained there till darkness has set in. Then they are taken to empty boxcars and locked in by the brakemen, and when the freight train reaches a point a considerable distance from the city they are dumped out and allowed to shift for themselves. I presume that would have been the fate of the four sailors if one of them had not given the alarm.” WITTMAN IS ARRESTED. Judge Cabaniss Issues Warrant on Battery Charge. Judge Cabaniss yesterday issued a war- rant on complaint of James Masse for the arrest of Captain Wittman, charging him with battery. Masse is the striking ma- rine fireman who was clubbed by Captain Wittman last Tuesday during a lvely scrimmage on Brannan street. As soon as he learned of the issuance of the warrant Captain Wittman gave $20 to Seygeant Moffitt to place with Chief Bond Clerk Peery for his release. After the necessary order of release was made out Sergeant Moffitt went to the City Prison and had the name of Captain ‘Wittman and the charge against him re- corded on the prison blotter, The case will be heard to-morrow morn- ing. “‘Caba.nls!. in my opinion, has made a grave mistake,” remarked the ‘captain when discussing his arrest. 4 “He 1is sore because I criticized him for convicting ‘Police Officer Knight.. Not- withstanding the feeling he has against me I do not intend to apply for a change of venue. If I am convicted I intend to ‘take an appeal to the Superior Court.” Masse and a number of other strikers were standing on Brannan street creat- ing a disturbance when Wittman charged the crowd. Masse ran into a saloom, fol- lowed by the captain, who concluded that he was the leader of the crowd. After chasing him to the roof of the adjoining house Wittman struck him with his club and then ordered one of his men to.lock him up for disturbing the peace. The case 1s still pending in Judge Conlan’s court. Captain Wittman informed the police- men when they were assembled to report off at 6 o'clock of his arrest and again advised them to do their duty regardless of the conviction of Officer Knight and the issuance of the warrant for his own arrest. o A S UNION MEN AT WORK. Teamsters and Stevedores Laborinz on Water Front. OAKLAND, Aug. 2.—In accordance with agreements between the Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Stevedores’ Union, the Building Trades Council and the coal and lumber dealers, the union members went to work to-day at James P. Taylor's yards, Charles R. Allen’s bunkers and at the lumber yards where their services are required to handle cargoes recently di charged. This agreement Is to ren force for ten days, but will not relate to new cargoes. The effect is to check the possibility of a present shortage of sup- plies, particularly in the lumber frade. There was danger that building contrac- tors would be compeiled to stop work and thus throw a large number of carpenters and allled craftsmen out of employment. The Oakland branch of the Union Labor party will meet Sunday afterncon at 2 o'clock at Justice Quinn’'s courtroom, southwest corner of Eighth street and the streams fn the viginity of San Jose. | Broadway.