The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1901 " RAILROAD CANDIDATE SURPRISES MISSION AUDIENCE BY HIS ORIGINAL VIEWS | ON A LOCAL ISSUE, AND AT OTHER MEETINGS DECLARES HIMSELF UNTRAMMELED CHARGES WILL BE OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATED Building Trades Council Will Look Into Record of Schmitz as Unionist Candidate’s Alleged Pa- tronage of Non-Union Shops to Be Sifted ————— HE Building Trades Council has taken official cognizance of the charges made against Eugene E. Schmitz and will investigate them without delay. The following reso- lution was adopted yesterday: ‘Whereas, The Bullding Trades Council has learned through the press of to-day of certain damaging charges made by a member of the Boilermakers' Union, a member of the Steam- fitters’ Union and a member of the Coremakers" Union against Eugene E. Schmitz, candidate for Mayor on the Union Labor ticket, wherein it was stated that he has been, as president of the Econom!st Gas Engine Company, patron- izing non-union iron molding shops and others to the exclusion of union shops and union men; and Whereas, The Building Trades Council is desirous of investigating thoroughly for the benefit of its members the above-mentioned charges, to the end that they may be properly informed, therefore be it Resolved, That the Building Trades Council in regular executive meeting assembled in- struct and order the executive board of this council to make such investigation and offi- cially notify the members of this council and the members of its affiliated unions prior to Tuesday, the 5th of November, of the re- sult of such investigation. 0. TVEITMOE, Secretary. = Leaders Defend Schmitz. Union men are arraying themselves on each side in the controversy over the rec- ord of Eugene E. Schmitz as a union man. The Iron Trades Couneil has issued a statement defending the candidate against the charge of patronizing non-union foun- dries and repeating the assertion that his transactions met with the approval of the union officials. The executive committee of the Steam and Hot Water Fitters and Helpers and the officers of the Boiler- makers’ and Iron-ship Bullders’ Union de- clare that the two members of those unions who made the charges against Schmitz did so in a personal capacity only. L e o officer asked those in the rear of the hall to take seats In front. Harris delivered a long speech, ignoring the local political issues. Pending the arrival of Wells speeches were made by J. W, Offerman, Arthur G. Fisk, George Alpers, E. Myron Wolf, J. M. Wilkins and F. P. Haynes. ‘Wells Jollies Young Men. When Wells arrived he was_ greeted with shrill whistles by the hoodlums in the gallery and scant applause was given by the voters who sat in the body of the hall. The candidate did not refer to the issues of the election, but told those pres- s -+ ~ ONE BULLETIN CHIEF WANTS SCHMITZ, ONE ; TOBIN, ONE THE COIN. B - _— — i | San Fra;unism. Cal, : g‘\ | Oectaber 26, xsng.“ | . This is a “fplc;"* 3 | of Mr. Eugene E Schmits, J | candidateforMayonwhohas been my close friend for ! twernty yrars.l\fiflm i Hapersomifavor ifyouwill I Fememberhim onElection Day. Traly Yours. "™ THOS.FBOYLE. Y THE ABOVE IS A FAC SIMILE OF A CARD WHICH THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE BULLETIN IS SEND- NG HIS FRIENDS, URGING THEM TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE UNION LABOR PARTY CANDI- DATE FOR MAYOR. > - —t [ HE DISTRIBUTION of the above appeal to personal friend- ship as a factor in the municipal campaign, made by the business manager of the Bulletin, has emphasized the peculiar disparity of views existing in the upper offices of | the evening paper. The three-cornered fight is on in carnest ; there. The business manager is out for Schmitz, the man- aging cditor is out for Tobin, and the proprietor is out for the stuif. Not more than tweo of thém can be satisiied“with the resuits. + WELLS ARGUES FOR THE RETENTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS IN THE MISSION —_— SEA R. WELLS, candidate for siderable accommodation if the trains on of the Southern Pa- flroad tracks through the He dilated upon the great con- ssion. , placed himself on rec- | 2\ ord last evening as favoring the ) retent e he always found in boarding | g trains at Valencia street, | argumentative way asked his | sence if they would not lose con- | were obliged to travel by another route than through the Mission. | Wells spoke at three meetings last | night, two being held in the Mission and | one on Geary street. At Teutonia Hall, 1322 Howard street, | Wells was greeted by a very slim gather- ing. The Thirtieth and Thirty-first dis- tricts presented only about one hundred citizens at the hall, while the gallery was filled with young hoodlums, who pelted those on the floor with cards and papers and guyed Wells and the other speil- binders. Some of the noisy boys had been instructed to cheer Wells and they inter- rupted his speech so frequently that the candidate became rattled. Dr. Henry Harris was called to the chair by J. T. Collins, and the presiding » — SCHMITZ TAKES WORK GLADLY FROM SHOPS THAT ARE NON-UNION. UGENE E. SCHMITZ is a traitor to the cause he pre- tends to represent. When he tells on the platform of his loyal interest in the cause of labor unionism he tells what is untruc. He has forfeited all right to call him- sclf a union man. He has used his union membership as a cloak to cover his acts of treason. The story of some of his treachery was told yesterday. That story he has tried to explain away. The Call is not satisficd with the explanation, but will let itgo if Mr. Schmitz will harmonize the following with his public declarations : Some time last June the Risdon Iron Works received from the Oceanic Steamship Company an order for a refrig= crating plant for the steamship Alameda. The machinists’ strike was on and the engincering company found itself un- able to get out this work in time. They ofiered part of the job to Eugene E. Schmitz, who stars in the industrial world as the BEconomic Gas Engine Company and poses on the po- litical platform as the friend of !abor and .the stanch sup- porter of unions. Schmitz took the job. Schmitz, at his shop, during t\lc strike, did a!l the machine work on the compressors of a re- frigerating plant fpr the sicamship Alameda. iHe did it from p'ans and patterns supplicd by the Risdon iron Works. The Risdon iron Works paid him something in the neighborhood of $1500 for the work. — ent that he had known-their fathers.and that they might.all be some.day and become Mayors of San Francisco. Wells spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Republicans: I stand befofe you this evening as your candi- date for Mayor. I am the representative of the Republican party for this campalgn at the head of the ticket. Should you elect me, I trust that you will never regret it. Whatever they may say, T am an independent man and I shall conduct the affairs of the clty government in an honest, upright way, the same as I would should it be in my private business. I am glad 10 see so many young men here this evening. 1 can say to you that all that I have ever done for myself I have done In this vicinity. Every dollar that T have made I have made honestly. I employed men n this viclnity for many years and I have yet to hear of one complaint from those whom 1 have employed and some of them worked for me for more than thirty-five years. I always upheld large wages. I pald the same Wages to my men a year ago when I closed my business that I did twenty-five vears ago, and when, as you know, profits were very much larger, and the men worked more hours; but never has there been any complaint from the men that worked for me. I always took an in- terest in them. I assisted them in making their investments; in procuring thelr own homes and their settling around them friends that have stayed with them for years and yvears. Their familles have grown up when they worked for me; their children have been educated and some of them married, and I saw their fath- ers marrfed also while at work for me. If, as anybody says, I have ever been unfriendly to the workingmen, I can say that that is not so. You don’t hear me going around from place to place talking to the poor workingmen. I as- sure you, my friends, that I know of no class so independent who can travel around the world, if they shall, comfortably, and enjoy them. selves—nobody, I say, 80 independent as a skilled workman. 1 say this because I see many here that I think are workmen and I think are in sympathy with what I say; and I can say to you further, my friends, there is none of you but what is just as likely—whose prospects are Just as good of your being wealthy and being Mayor of this city, as 1 was when I was of your age. Now, my friends, I don’t know as there is any great question you want to hear from from me. All of the issues have been talked over, and while they have not been talked over as they have been referred to in the papers, I can see nothing that requires any great discussion and that you care for, more than that the affairs of the city n which your interests are are in safe hands; that I am un- der no obligation to any man—any corporation, or anybody whose interests are different from yours. I thank you for this reception. Favors Mission Railroad Tracks. The Republican meeting in the Thirty- fourth District was held in the Mission Opera-house, Mission street, near Seven- teenth, and it was a doleful affair. Every one was glad to get home as soon as Wells had appeared and made his speech. The hall was far from being filled and a number of boys sat in the front chairs and guyed the speakers with cries of “Mission hot air.” I. J. Truman presided and speeches were made by John Lackmann, Percy Beamish, J. 8. Nyland. Clifford McLei- land, Charles A. Low, W. H. George, J. M. Wilkins, Arthur G. Fisk and Senator Burnett. ‘When Wells appeared the band played in order to help out the welcome and the candidate for Mayor at once started to talk on the question of the removal of the Mission railroad tracks. In one breath he said that he favored the removal of the tracks and in the next contradicted him- self by telling how convenient it was to leave a train at Valencia street and in- sisting that the voters would surely not ask that the tracks be removed. The speech in which Wells favored the retention of the tracks was as follows: Laates and Gentlemen: I don’t intend to say very much. They say that I talk too much. 1 appear before you as your candidate for Mayor and as the representative of the Repub- lican party and at the head of this munici- pal ticket. I don't know what I can say to you that would be new in the matter of poli- tics or to announce my Intended administration in case I should be elected. For this vicinity I have recently heard that you had a great question here, - The papers, ‘according to an interview that they had with the candidate for Mayor, was in favor of doing a great wrong in the matter of the railroad tracks. From that interview I do not see how such a story could be formulated, but it was, all the eame. T said to that commitfee which came to visit me, which I representing a paper. I would not do anything for the people in the matter of those tracks, That was certainly not what I did say. On the contrary, I tried to impress upon that committee the fact that whatever the people wished In that matter, and if I could be of any assistance to them, I would certainly put forth my best efforts. To be criticized about a question of that kind and in the matter of a few minutes, it was pretty hard for me at least to declde what would be the best, or even what they wanted. It s no doubt time that those heavy trains should be taken off the tracks through the Mission. I have thought so for several A but would you yourselves wish to have the passenger trains, or at least some of them, Continued on Page Four, [ a3 SCHMI — TZ ADDRESSES FOUR LARGE AUDIENCES AND MAKES PROMISE IF ELECTED TO DO ALL IN HIS POWER TO PROMOTE CAUSE OF LABOR UGENE E. SCHMITZ, the Labor candidate for Mayor, made the rounds last night and was accord- ed warm receptions by his parti- sans at no less than four places. Members of the old-time parties who wit- nessed the demonstrations in Schmitz’s behalf were convinced that concerted ac- tion by those who favor wise and con- servative local government was impera- tive if it is expected to defeat Schmitz and his following of candidates. Schmitz's first appearance during the evening was before the people of the Forty-second District at Pixley's Hall, corner of Polk and Pacific streets. The hall was filled to overflowing and great enthusiasm for the cause of the Labor ticket was manifegted. Schmitz was given an ovation on his entrance into the hall. The demonstration was repeated when he rose to address the assemblage. He said in part: I thank you for this cordial reception. If I had any doubts as to your friendship this re- ception has effectually removed them. You have heard that the nominees on the Labor ticket are unworthy of support because they represent a class—the working crass. What are the nominees of the Republican and Democratic tickets but representatives of a class—the cor- poration and boss class. 1 have been criticized by the preds in statements which tend to show that my election would be in the nature of a public calamity. Thus far no charges attack- ing me personally have been made and none can be made. I think my record as a man will compare favorably with those of my opponents. If T am elected T will be the Mayor of the whole people and not of a class. 1 will prosecute such improvements as your section may de- mand. As for the Geary-street franchise I will say that I favor its acqulsition by the city in accordance with the terms of the charter. 1 am opposed to corruption in office, and if you honor me by electing me your next Mayor I as- sure you I will do all in my power to promote the cause of labor along the lines of progress, my motto being special privileges to none, but fair treatment to all. Appeal to the Cooks and Waiters. Schmitz was excused and he hastened to 316 O’Farrell street, where a meeting of the Cooks’ and Walters" Alliance was belns held. He was given the privilege of addressing the meeting, and his speech was recelved with manifestations of ap- ErovaL He appealed to the sympathy of is audience by stating that his opponents were rich men and therefore representa- tives of the capital class, while he was comparatively a poor man, selected by ;lhe nit;ple to represent them. Resuming, e said: . My opponent, Mr. Tobin, has declared that good citizenship and honesty were the main issues of this campaign. While I deny this as- | sertion, I will say that my citizenship and Bouegty are’ an unimpeachable as Mr. Tobin's . Tobin is the possessor of great wealth, | Dot one dollar of which he earned himself. I have no wealth, but what little I have I made it myself by honest toll. How can a millionaire sympathize with the wants of the common peo- ple, with whom he never comes in contact ex- cept about election time when he is seeking | votes? I have nothing to say against Mr. Tobin or Mr. Wells. One 1s backed by unlimited cap- ital, and the other has behind him corrupt rall- road and political influences. I have none of these recommendations for your suffrage. All 1 have is my good name, and the respect your kind reception assures me I have won. If you elect me as your Mayor I assure you I will not betray your trust. I will be the Mayor of the people as a body and mot of any particular class. 1 Warm Reception at Temple. The most demonstrative meeting at- tended by Schmitz was at Metropolitan Temple, where a large audience awaited his coming. The meeting was held under the auspices of the non-partisan conven- tion of the Federation of Municipal Im- provement Clubs. A set programme of speeches and musical numbers was ren- dered. These included addresses by Chalrman H. V. Morehouse, T. V. Eddy and several candidates on the labor ticket, among them being Messrs. Robvert J. Loughery, McEntee, Dillon and O'Brien. Songs were rendered by ama- teurs, to the delight of the audlence, and music was furnished by a quartet of Fili- ! pinos. When Schmitz appeared on the piat- form the audience rose to its feet in a body and cheered wildly. The demon- stration lasted fully three minutes, and when quiet was restored Mr. Schmitz said in part: 1 sincerely thank you for this kind demon- stration. It goes without saying that I have | the welfare of the city at heart. It has been |'said by my Democratic opponent that my elec- | ion would plunge the city in turmoll and trouble. Your reception convinces me you do not share that sentiment. I wish to acknowl- | edge the indorsement given my candidacy by | the Non-Partisan party. You who are taxpay- | ers and property-holders have given me your in- | dorsement, and 1 am amply satisfled. They have circulated false stories about ms {in this campaign, but thus far not a sin | newspaper has found anything of a_personai nature to urge agaifist me. I think my record | will bear scrutiny. It is not probable that L ! who have made this city my home and reared a | family here, would do anything to plunge the city in turmoil and trouble. If my election were | to result in that, it were far better I should be defeated. If' I am elected I will endeavor to administer the duties of my office conscientious- Iy, honestly and fearlessly. After my term has | expired I believe there will be nothing they can say against me. | No Policemen on Trucks. Schmitz next appeared before an au- dience in McGrath's hall at 32 Third sireet, where about 100 people were in at- | tendance. He spoke briefly here, his principal statement being that under his 2dministration as Mayor no policemen would ever be employed at driving trucks. The statement was received with cheers. Later in the evening Schmitz addressed a small meeting of Sailors’ Unfon on East street, he as ing his hearers that if elected he would | leave no stone unturned to better the lot | of the laboring cl in_the city. 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