The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1902, Page 17

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CARMEN L.EAVE POSTS AND SYNDICATE LINES ARE TIED UP FOR THE strikers deemed wige strile ger been CARMEN ASK SUPPORT OF | THE PEOPLE the executive imittee of the ivision of the Amal rder of Street Mail- mployes of America gives its reasons for order- ing the strike: “To the PFPeople Francisco: For t car men of been in the e they had 1o the ful and corporation. murs of discontent they were quickly Manager Vining and imme- diate discharge I'he most despicable spy sys- tem was and is 1l in vogue N ihe following state- ment issuved yesterday morning of years San the this ecity position | 1 to silently whims » aroxe, | carried to on the street rs of San | Francisco. ceing that men all d us organized for the » and improvement ondition, the strect too, have joimed union of their calling. ger Vining ealls this disloyalty’ to the com- pany, and whenever his spies detected a uni man he was immediately discharged, no matter how long and faithful hix services had been. “For the last three months the street car men of this city have tried to avert a sirike and at the same time save their union. failed to avert a strike. The Baltimere syndicate, through its duly anthorized represen- tatives. made fair promises io Mayor Schmitsz. If these promises had heen kept mo strike would have been mee- | cssary. But these capitalists evidently believe that they are powerful enough to be | above the laws of moralit that one day they can prom- ise and the next day violate such promises. The incon- venience of the publicand the suffering of the street car men are evidently of no mo- ment to these rich men who are mow the owners of near- Iy all of the street railroads of San Francisco. “We believe that the peo- ple of San Francisco and of California =are with the sireet railway men of this city. We ask for but little. First, we ask for the right i@ Brlons to o union of onr | egiling. the rizht to exercixe | the dearest right of Ameri- | can citizenship. Secomd, we | ask that those of our mem- r« who have been dis- arged because they exer- ed thix rizht shall be re- instated in their former po- sitions. Third. we ask that | ten hours shall be & day's work and cents per hour | the pay. Vast fortunes have been made by the late own- ers of the street railroads of tunes have been made through the late deal by the mew owners. Millions upon millions of bonds have been =addled upon the people of thix city. as the first move. Rich and poor alike will be taxed to pay _interest on these bonds. The wsecond move is an attempt to duee the comditions of * ~treet car mem of thin cifx. We nrotest against.this. We =hall try fto make our pro- tent good by stoppinz work. | We ask your sympathy and vour wupport to our just cause. “(Sizmed): “R. CORNELII'S, “President. . JANE. eretary, “GFORGE PISGWILL, “Fimameinl Sarretary. “HENRY JOHXSON, “¥. G. RURTON. “ANDRFW SORENSEN, “W, T, €. GOLDKUHL, “M. V. RURKE. { “ROBRFRT KEVS. “WATLTER & NEAL, “CHARLES “R. SHTR V. “IAMES CARROLL, “M. GOPTOVICH.” Issues Another Statement. HE executive of sidering reports throughout the - city. al statement to the issued eariier in to from public the day, it ement 1 by the movement. i to show the public —how They have | the Although { had was issue a supplemental showing why the strike was ordered and what the strikers hoped to |7 followed. | | San Francisco. - Vaster for- | | |\ Dissatistied Employes et Brakes of Their Cars and Join the Ranks of the cars except to get them-run 1o'the car- | | | number. HE evening, dissatisfied urated the .. | the Harrison-street line were all tied up, | more or less completely, and the superin- E,\‘eCUfiVG Committee; tendents made no attempt to move the | mouses for the night. | men and conductors in response to the ap- | peal of the committee of the | unjon: division of the Amaiga- mated Order of Street Rail- A America last night con- I ? It was aleo | the | was being conducted and how. 1t was purposed to advance it to a success- ful termination The statement issued ea & morning is as follows: | The street car men are standing out | s eir rights. Bullied and oppressed for | s, they are now asserting their man- | hood e public is inconven- enced not the fauit of the have done all ike. - The reed us Ze, fc cise that op- the rigitts | American citize join with our | lows for the pre and improve- | of our con Nobly are the reet car men responding’ 1o t N of The officers of the division are ful- organization mer satisfied with the er the handicap of a secret and new the spirit with which results ri und the union victory. banner ock last night the both union and non-union, are rally- first test of strength was at 6:30 The public is the best judge of what this amounted to; Fully realizing that to win the street car men Working ! presages | need the sympathy of the general public | the officers, assisted by committees, re- Coniinued on Pagr. Big’ :eer_ The strike was more of the nature of a | | temporary | walkout of committees but the leaders say that théir rep- resentatives will be at every carhouse in treetcar strike last and their first strategic moves sur- Union Organizers. carmen inaug- | the city except the success of | street line this prised all but a few of the | men of the day most sanguine of their own | All the. lines running im-v‘lh‘— tie-up complete. and along Market street. the Powell and | few men will refuse Jackson street lipes, the Sacramento- | ranks of the striker: the Third-street and Mission- | row or Tuesday at , the San Mateo system, the | will anA | these ¢ i motormen, grip- | whatever. {the raflroad men from the new ‘ those of the California- street Railroad Company and the Union- morning when cars are scheduled to start to induce the shift to join those who left the cars on the night run and make the first They assert that but latest demands made upon | held to come into and that by to-mor- the companies t_be able to move a car except | arrying United States mail unless | they accede to the laught, declines to make any any with the strikers last night. Continued on Page Eig;:t;en. Market-street | strike on- | | them VINING IS SILENT. Manager Vining of the the center of the tatement Neither he nor any other of consultation | The Mayor While the wndersigned have no knowledge as to what sults may follow the threatened action abotc referred to, it wwas decmed advisable that the matter shoild be brought to your atten- tion and that you be notified that the city and county of San anciscy swill be held responstile for any and all loss to the United Railyoads of San Francisco resulting from any unlazc- ful acts of those who may cause any injury to be done to any of the property of the United Railroads of San Francisco in connection with any of the forcgoing matters * or otherwise. submitted, By ordcr of the E. San Francisco, April. 19, 1902. | COMPANY DIRECTS LETTER TO MAYOR O His Honor, Eugenc E. Schmtz, Mayor of San Francisco— SIR:- It has come-to -the notice of the un- dersigned that certain peisons in this city threaten to cause, or attempt to cayse, a strike among the cmplo of the scveral sireet railway companics whose properties were recently purchased by the United Railroads of San Francisco, | but which propertics are still being operated by the several sell- ing companics. Respectfuily recutive Commitice of the Board of Direct ors of the UNITED RAILRQADS OF SAN FRANCISCO. Attest: GEORGE B. WILLCUTT, Secretary. o re- the | | | NIGHT Lines, Strike Radius Extends Rapidly Over the City. Effort Will Be Made This Morning to In- duce Day Shift Men to Decline to Go on Runs. making exerted prevent cause. strikers. mittee gufckly pulled his assaflants aw | Peaceful Methods Are | Used by Men Leav- | ing Positions. of the strike was delivered just after the | change of shifts, the better to insure the successful inauguration of the movement. A larger proportion of . dicsatisfied men are on the less desirable night runs, and the leaders counfed with reason on thel ready acquiescence. i | The inception of the strike was marked by excellent spirit-on the part of the men, There was no violence on the part of the carmen, One small riot-occurred at Market and McAllister streets, and a few car windows were smashed every case it was the work of hoys and hoodlums. . Barly in the evening an as- sault was made on a Powell street con- ductor who refused to leave his car, but AN FRANCISCANS were Jeft suddenly without . the ' usual | facilities for rapid transit last | evening at the time when theater-goers and the usual{ Saturday night crowd was its way downtown. The first blow and in numerous instances the: themselves most energetically to . sympathizers | from disgracing’ and ' imperlling ' their overenthusiastic at other points, but in Market streets, and the police with diffi- culty ‘kept the way open. MAYOR 'TO "HASTEN HOME. Mayor Schmitz has sald repeatedly that|{ —— — order - must - be ‘maintained. - He was®in | %4 | | | | { | | | | | k | | ‘ | | | } | | 1 | , | | | | ‘ | | | ‘ | | ; ! | i | ‘ | | i ' I - £ — SKETCHES OF THE PRESIDENT. FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT- TEE OF THE STREET RAILWAY - MEN'S UNION, AND A SCENE ON MARKET STREET LAST NIGHT WHEN THE LAST CAR WAS DESERTED BY ITS CREW. ¥ : i { and jwrathifully warned them .to . desist | Sacramento last evening when the strike from: such methods: began, but he will take an early train for Thousands gathered along Powell and | this city this morning to be present fur person and see that™the law is observed and personal and property rights tected. il St 8 The corner . of Powell Contintied on Plg‘e iikhfeen‘ pro- and Market e and members of the union com- e et PROPERTY RIGH®S - WILL BE PROTECTED ¢ NECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Mayor's Office. To the United Railroads of San: Francisco: Replying to youir_communication of even.date, you.are respectfully - informed that. in the matter of the strike referred to, 1o lazvlessness. seems ‘imminent or-probable; nor weill any be per- mitted. - The personal and’ property. rights. of - cuery: citizen and _resigont of San Fr,a)ltf::co. on cither side-oy the controversy, will “be equally, fairly and adequately pratected: E. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor of ‘the City and ‘Couniy of San Francisco Attest: GEORGE B. KEANE, Secretary to the Mayor. San Francisco, April 19, 1902. g STATEMENT GIVEN OUT BY CORPORATION E executive committee of the United Railroads of San Franciseo has issued this statement: | “No complaint has heen received from any em- ploye of the company. but in view of the present situation the following statement is made by the executive com- mittee: | “The transfer of the va- rious properties has been so recently made that it is nec- essary for the presemt that the various component parts be operated separately as be- fore, and a considerable time will lapse before the organi- zation is completed. “It is the Iintention of this company, after an early and complete survey and exam- ination of the system, to spend large sums for im- provement of service and in- crease of the facilities af- forded the publiec. “The company would state that the wages paid here are | exceeded practically where and that it is at pres ent expending an addition. sum of about $30,000 a | year to employes of leng | | standing. “The announcement has been made that it has never occurred to the new manage- ment to reduce wages, but, on the contrary, it has been determined that wherever the compensation on other lines is less than that given | by the Market Street Rail- | WAy, sach compensation shall be raised (o the same basis. The high wages and the additional payment for long service have resulted in the protection of the trav- eling public by seeuring men who can be entrusted with the task of safely | transporting 100,000,000 an- nually. “In conclusion the compa- ny is ready at any time te consider carefully any com- plaint made by any employe.” > el < | Mayor SchmitzTalks, but Vining Is Silent. HE statement made by the ex- cutive committee of the Unit~ ed Railroads, before the strike went into ‘effect last evenifig, was not followed By any an- nouncement of a similar na- ture after the employes of the organiza- tion had succeeded in stopping travel on certain street-car lines. Neither President Arthur Holland nor General. Manager Vining consented to make any public statement after the strike .was declared on. Although re- quests were made that the officials give some. statement to the public as to the strike situation, nothing was forthcoming. It was stated, however, on authomity that the executive committee of the United Railroads did not view with any alarm the actions of some of their em- ployes in quitting work and that the street-car service of the city would be re- med-this morning on- all the lines. “We may’not be able to run our usual number of cars,” said one of the officials of the company, “but we will have cars running on every route.” It is likely that the executive committee will hold a meeting to-day and fssue a | statement as to its attitude on the strike of the company’s employes. The views of Mayor Schmitz on the strike wers embodied in a speech made by him last evening at Sacramento before the members of the Council of Federated Trades of that city. The Mayor spoke a# follows: “Mr. President, Mayor Clark and fel~ low wage-earners: I thank you sincerely for the kind reception and Mayor Clark for his kindly words of welcome. I was agreeably surprised at the welcome which met me here in your fair city. “But I do not take it all to myseif. This demonstration was not given alone for the homor of the Mayor of San Fran- cisco, but for men known to be in sym- pathy with the organized wage-earners of San Francisco. “I desire to tell you that I do not ape pear here as the Mayor of San Francisco, biit as a common citizen of the common people. “But my heart is sad, for since my ar- rival here T have been informed that a strike is.on.in San Franc My heart is sad because I know, if this strike con- tinues long. that the families of some of the street rallway employes will suffer. “For the last two months I have tried by ‘every ‘means im my power ta avert this strike, 'and I will say for the unien men -that. they .did everything in thew power to bring about a peaceful settie= ‘ment.* I know, ‘too, that it was owing to .the stubbornness, of the railroad people that a peaceful setflement was not had. The last resort, the strike, was decided on. (Applause.) “I.have received news to the effect that all of the street car lines are tled up ex- cept 4 few of the electric Hnes. (Cheers.) As Mayor of San Francisco I intend to do my duty, my whole duty, but T want | tt-understood that the striking workmen wiil receive falr treatment at my hands. (Prolonged applause.) T owe my election to-the office of Mayor to the votes of the wage earners of San Francisco, and T in- tend to show the people of the city of San Francisco, and of the whole State, that a wage earner when put at the head of the government can and will adminis- ter: the affairs of the city as well as a Continued on Page Eighteem.