The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1901, Page 1

— "VOLUME XC—NO. 158, SAN FRANCISCO, CONTEST FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR N WITH EVERY INDICATION BOSSES ABANDON FOR SUPERVISORIAL TICKET | ALL EFFORT Report That Railroad Politicians, in a Spirit of| | Revenge, Are Making Ready to Send Hirelings to Schmitz's Support---Tobin Is Forging Ahead ; an T emf Mer bablic public v prosperity Fra sene E. in effect, that if he is elected Ma of the Schmitz, the agitators’ yor police protection shall el b, HE incendiary outbursts of the labor agitators at Metropoli- le last Tuesday night clears the atmosphere for the hants, property-owners, businessmen and workingmen who are deeply concerned in the city can now see the danger future and present that menaces San candidate, proclaims, not - be aiforded to mercantile interests. Huis arouage was significant. ITis hearers unders his declaratio Only one fair construction can be placed on relative to the use of policemen to guard trucks. He means that the force authorized by law shall not be invoked to pro- tect the merchant in his right to ship goods. <\HE danger of Schmitz’s election can be removed by a general rally of all the conservative and b law-respecting citizens to the eupport of Joseph €. Tobin. The #ecent & g of events in San Francisco t to convince the intelligent voter the race is now between Tobin and Wells is practically out of the The forecast of politicians is will not get one-half the Republi- vote. tip was given out last night that oad bosses, in a spirit of pique i resolved to throw down p the !ast minute and transfer their forces to Schmitz, The tactics em- d in the Sutro election are to be ht into agaid. Perceiving the of Wells, the desperate leaders acrifice the industrial and e of San Francisco to get n comes out openly and pledges protect the city from the greed of the corporations and al- He stands for clean local nt, and the bosses have no use or whose administration they ot control. Hoodlums Insult German Voters. arge audience of German-speaking to listen to a discussion of r gn issues by eminent speakers. Hoodlums d by the bosses to insult ihe Germans and cry down the speakers sought by numerous demonstrations of rowdyism to preak up the meeting, but st nigh d at Metropolitan Tem- | | falled to accomplish the job shey were | hired to perform. The speeches were de- livered despite the interruptions. The in- incident shows that the bosses will de- scend to disorder and ruffianism in ef- | forts to save poor Wells from utter de- feat. John Lackmann’s administration of the of the Sheriff's office is honest and He asks election for another Voters, irrespective of party, can- term. not do better than give to Mr. Lackmann | the support he desires and deserves. In- dications at the present time point to his | election by a large majority. At every | meeting of the candidates he is cheered by the citizens. ‘l Frank H. Gould will be the principal ‘speakcvr at the blg Democratic meeting | morrow night. T. C. Van Ness will pre- | side and Wiillam J. McGee and Joseph S. | Tobin will attend. Mr. Gould, who is an eloquent and able speaker, will pay his respects to Samuel M. Shortridge. Rioters and Looters Combine. All the candidates were actively at work yesterday. It is & known fact that the al- lied bosses have abandoned all hope of saving the Herrin-Burns Supervisorial ticket. The nominees are advised to shift for themselves. It is too late to pull | Wells out of the fight, but at the last hour orders may go forth for the push to swing in for Schmitz, Every property owner, merchant and véondnued on Page Two to be held at Metropolitan Temple to- | 1 | i | | | | [ | o THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1901. TREMENDOUS MEETING OF GERMAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO IN INTEREST OF JOSEPH S. TOBIN'S CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR Disgraceful Efforts of a Gang of N response to a call issued by a num- ber of prominent German-Americans of San Francisco for a mass-meeting for Mayor -an immense audience gathered at Metropolitan Temple last night. It was a cosmopolitan gathering and included representatives of all the partles. The principal addresses were in German and the orators appealed to their brethren from the fatherland to forget | partisanship and advance the interests of the municipality by discarding all political prejudices and casting their votes for Tobin for Mayor on Tuesday next. 5 The harmony of the meeting was dis- turbed at times by the disgraceful buf- foonery of a gang of Schmitz’'s and Wells' sympathizers in the gallery, who greeted every reference to Tobin with hisses and hooting. Every allusion to honest govern- ment and the awakening of conscience in peace-loving men provoked derisive laugh- ter. It was only when ex-Governor Budd took the speaker’s stand and humorously invited interruptions on the theory that being well seasoned he could stand almost anything, that the hoodlums @abated their ‘efforts to stampede the meeting by thelr disgraceful manifestations of disapproval. ‘When Charles A. Zinkand attempted to speak after Tobin had quitted the rostrum the belligerency of the gallery contingent again manifested itself in repeated shouts for Budd. Mr. Zinkand was forced to re- tire and Budd again took the floor. The outrageous conduct of the Schmitz and ‘Wells hoodlums filled the respectable ele- in the interests of Joseph S. Tobin | + | WELL-KNOWN GERMAN-AMERICANS WHO TOOK A PROMINENT PART IN THE BIG MASS-MEETING HELD AT METROPOLITAN HALL LAST NIGHT, AT WHICH THE CANDIDACY OF JOSEPH S. TOBIN WAS IN- DORSED BY ENTHUSIASTIC THOUSANDS. —4 ment of the audience with supreme dis- gust and those who wavered in their duty as citizens had reason to know that their scruples were removed. The list of vice presidents included the following named gentlemen: F. E. Hesthal, Rudolph Mohr, August Jung- blut, Henry M. Wreden, Albert Wieland, Henry Goecken, Charles A. Zinkand, Fred Hess, W. T. Hess, Charles Sweigert, Isidore Gutte, W. J. G. Muhl, M. Greenblatt, Marcus Rosenthal, Ernest Wilkens, J. Dwyer, Robert Capelle, Dr. Max Magnus, J. W. Costblel and Casper Zwierlein. The meeting was opened by Oscar Hocks at 8:30 o'clock in a brief address in German. He expressed his gratifica- tion at the honor conferred upon him to make the opening address in the meeting. In the last two years, he said, circum- stances had arisen of vast importance to the citizens and taxpayers of San Fran- cisco. It was necessary for every good citizen to work for the people as a whole and not for himself alone. It was pfe- dicted by an evening paper that the meet- ing would be slimly attended, but he re- joiced to see that the hall was as well fllled as at any other political meeting held therein during the present campaign. Germans Are Interested. Marcus Rosenthal was then introduced as chairman of the evening. He said the meeting was one of American cltizens of German birth. le German residents of San Francisco were interested in the wel- fare of their city. In the days of the Rev- Schmitz and Wells Hoodlums to Disrupt the Gathering by Hissing and Hooting Every Reference to Mr. Tobin Disgusts the Assemblage and Accentuates Enthusiasm for the Cause olution the Germans in America were ready to sacrifice their lives for the coun- try of their adoption. Resuming he said; What is the situation to-day? Let us conslder it carefully. Upon the result of this election depends the future welfare of this city. Never before in the history of San Francisco has there been an administration so free from the breath of scandal and corruption. Never before have we had so consclentlous a set of public officials. As to the results achleved by them during their incumbency there has never been any question. Why, then, should there be any question of the re-election of these officials? We stand in this position. There are three tickets In the fleld. One is admitted to be a boss-ridden ticket and dominated by corrupt influences. The Supervisorial nominees on this ticket should not therefore be elected. There is another ticket seeking your suffrage. I do not seek to asperse the motives of the labor candi- dates, but I question their ability to perform the dutles of the offices to Which they aspire. Shall we sweep aside tried officials and place untried men in thelr places? The inexperienced man is & danger in local official life, because of his ignorance of municipal affairs. Who of you will g0 to a tallor to have a pair of shoes made? Why, then, have our affalrs adminis- tered by incompetent men? It is not natural— it 1s an absurdity. The very things the workingmen are demand- ing will prove to be the very things which, it secured, will place them irrevocably in the hands of the corporations which they condemn. PRICE FIVE CENTS OW LIES BETWEEN TOBIN AND SCHMITZ, THAT THE FORMER GANDIDATE WILL BE VIGTORIOUS PERFIDY OF SCHMITZ BY UNION MEN IN IRON TRADES Candidate for Mayor Poses as Martyr to Principle of Unionism and at EXPOSED the Same Time Betrays the Cause by Patronizing Non-Union Shops BOMBSHELL has been thrown from the camp labor into the headquarters of the political party of wunion that has . taken the name of Union Labor, and its explosion has laid bare the perfidy of the leader. Three union men, representing three iron trades unions out cn strike, in an address to their fellow laborers present unimpeachable evidence that Eugene E. Schmitz, candidate for Mayor, betrayzd the cause of unionism while posing as its friend and a martyr to its cause by using in his unionized ma- chine shop material from non-union shops. Dates and convincing details are given, branding Schmitz as a trickster, unworthy of the support of laboring men. Further, a member of the executive com- mittee of the Coremakers’ Union in a statement made last night gives evidence that Schmitz to this day is a patron of a non-union They act like the man who is lost in a swamp Continued on Page Two. shop. O union labor of San Francisco: We who are fighting for prin- ciple, we who are sacrificing daily bread and depriving our wives and children in many ' instances of the necessaries of life in order that we may obtain our rights and assist our fel- low men jn the achievement of success in a battle for shorter hours, we who in obedience to the commands of our or- ganizations have joined our brothers In the struggle against combined employers, protest against and denounce the political flasco which confronts the people of San Francisco to-day ih the person of Eugene B. Schmitz, candidate for Mayor. We of the iron trades have been contending with the organized employers for five months. On May 20 the machinists’ strike occurred. On June 3 the iron molders went out and from that time to this have bravely and relentlessly fought the battle of principle. Fugene E. Schmitz, member of the Mu- sicians’ Union, proprietor of the Econo- mists Gas Engine Company and Union Labor party candidate for Mayor, in an interview published in the Examiner of the 20th inst. tried to endear himself to unfon labor and pose as a consistent unionist and martyr by showing that his love of principle was stronger than $1000 per week, which he alleges was offered to him to close his shop. To those unfamiliar with the fight and ignorant of Mr. Schmitz’s secret methods, this action portrays him a man of prin- ciple, a consistent trades unionist, a friend of the laboring people, and were this the extent of Mr. Schmitz’'s dealings he would be justly entitled to sympathy. But this is not the full extent of his re- lations to those who to-day are bitterly opposing the very existence of our organi- zation. Concealed within the breast of Mr. Schmitz lies the knowledge of his unfaithfulness to the cause which he now champions. Ever since the 3d day of June, when the positions of union molders were filled by non-union men, Mr. Schmitz has continued his business and used the product of non-union shops, thereby showing himself a foe to organized labor. Drawing his check in payment of non- union casStings and contributing his share to non-union shops, thereby assisting sub- stantially and materially the non-union employers in their fight against unionism. It these facts are not true, that up to within*a few days of his nomination for Mayor he was a steady and regular cus- tomer of the Liberty Iron Works, a non- union concern, and, of the Enterprise Foundry, a non-union concern, let Mr, Schmitz come forward and deny it. Let Mr. Schmitz come forward and further deny that not until his candidacy was suggested did he patronize the union shop of Patrick Noble. Let him come forward and still further Continued on Page Two.