The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1902, Page 27

Biiiissrie | | Pases 27 1036 P Call L £ Pages 2710 36 QHHHHH PR e L R e n SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY JULY 27 1902 TRADES UNIONS OF CITY GIVE BANQUET TO SAMUEL GOMPERS AND HIS COLLEAGUES OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR ACTION . PROVES A SURPRISE Blow Struck at Judge| Cook by Attorney General Ford. Motion to Dismiss in the Health Board Case. Mayor Schmitz De-| clares the Fight Will Not Stop. L. Ford startled Judge whose de uj been ma = or Schmit : b- _JUDGE COOK DE w request Judge POWERLESS. edings is neisco, and mer sadis- although b w time eiled threats of are 14 Board in off IAYOR ADVISED NEUTRALITY. . the At- om t con. 1 ignment that he had pre- »pinion not dge . of San Fra nting of th: if he had sald_th on the wh i e not much to do. f of the case, however, in crned. ‘Ford’s action aith in office for a hink was the real s in the public servica le do not want, dots he public inter: I removed from office for cause erday by moving | Locall eaders Greet Their, ' Chief. { | R Mayor Refers .\ to Arduous | Labors. \Many Speak- ers Address Gathering. zet given by and the executive ican Fed- ntracht ;omper of the Ame! roved a fit- by the dis this city. Covers here were few of hestra was and evergreens, hung the J unions for- divided we the hall ran ated the »r leaders, with s among them Governor o e to president ion Labor, Schmitz with Among the distinguished Davidson, president of > eraticn of Trade nt of the San ncil; Ed. Rosenberg, ; Max Morr Retail Clerk: Mahon, president of and nd, ong the t whic} peakers B. Benham, in Benham f the » his rig at Mayor z H. Goff. of that bod P secretary 9 o'clock when the discussion of nu began. There were seven long ming at right angles from the main t and at these were seated the membe f the Labor and Building Trades councils, Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners of America, the letter carriers of other labor organizati adies. A num e scene with their potted palms were a con- eature of the table decorations de: ated with red with flags and shields stically disposed at Intervals, Tt scene was an attractive one and will 1 ger long in the memory and white GUESTS ARE WELCOMED. Toastmaster Benham rapped the diners o'clock and he to order at 10 dress explained ering. rty welcome to the guests. of the evening and then intro- duced Governor Gage, who addressed the banqueters. in a brief ad- e of the gath- muel Gompers was next Introduced ‘“‘the biggest Iittle man in Americ; who was to pond to the toast, tion of Labor 1 Somper: as received with a tremendous outbu of applause. He said in part: Permit me to eay that I appr t ate heartily the courtesies that have been shown me and my colleagues by the friends of labor since our arrival here. We have been overloadsd ith attenti After all you hav had v your outlay for ail n hope to do in return is our duty. (Ap- ) \We are too apt to make heroes of Who are seeking to do their duty, Here here and elsewhere, in political and soclal ife, there 15 too much hero v p and too It e regard for our personal interests. In the ee that we improve curselves we will er that there is not so much difference — | SCENE AT THE BANGUET GIVEN LAST NIGHT IN HONOR OF PRESI- DENT SAMUEL GOMPERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF l LABOR IN EINTRACHT HALL. # o S i ing. Still, for crass ignorance as to what is 1zed workers of San Francisco, standing upon transpiring among the labor classes, the so- the frontler of the West, ‘bear in mind the called educated classes taka the cake, responsibilities devolying ‘upon them, and to he careful to be true. (Cheers.) WHAT IT STANDS FOR. American intelligent The most expression of the Federation of Labor is discontent tha that exists among the laboring classes to-day. protection The individual workman finds no anywhere. He I5 continually ground between the upper and nether millstone. Yet, it he gets out of his union he might as well get out of the country. (Applause.) The Federation of Labor has existed for a quarter of a cen- tury, It to discus , and tion one great change that has followed of the Federation. There rganization once a time when the union man who had How differ- The workingman who has not working card was a soclal outc ent it is to-day! achievements it would be idle for ma t T must call to your atten- tha wa & working card Is an outcast. (Applause.) Our organization s based upon the highest and purest conception of the soverelgn rights of our members. apotheosis pf the Federation. This is th word T shall speak in public in this cf I would if 1 could speak an last n jcaving you I am sure I am taking with ma The toastmaster next introduced C. B. Kirkpatrick of Visalla, who responded to the toast, “The California State Federa- tion of Labor.” He sald the usefulness of the organization was increasing from year to vear and that the workers of the State enjoyed increased benefits by reason of that fact Secretary Ed Rosenberg of the San Francisco Labor Council made a brief ad- dress. He paid a tribute to the San Fran- cisco workingmen, who, he said, did their duty under any and all circumstances. He assured the distinguished visitors that the workers of i‘an Francisco realized that their representatives in Congress had vio- lated their trust in refusing to advocate a Chinese exclusion law that would exclude. The speaker considered the Chinese que: tion at some length and closed with the statement that the workingmen of Cali- fornia, would take care of the yellow man he should go even further. He should never be satisfied with anything less than the full product of his labor. The bloody fields of Hazelton, Homestead and Coeur d’Alene marked the milestones of the advance of the American laborer to the accomplishment of his rights. TOAST OF THE MAYOR. Mayor Schmitz was introduced amid great applause. He responded to the toast “The Trades Unlonist in Politics.” He said in part: T feel reluctant in responding to the toast assigned me, because T must necessarily touch upon th> last campaign. and speak about my self, which is a hard thing to do. Whether the trades unionist should enter politics has been a mooted question. While talking to Mr. Gom- pers, he said to me that he did not believe in trades unione taking an active part In poli- tios, but he did believe that the working classes should vote for those people who have their interests at heart. (Applause.) There has been much sald about education. T think there is something else men need than an education in a university, and this is an edu- cation in brotherly love. The greater mymber of the millionaires of the world wers unedu- cated. . They were successful beca they possessed the practical education. It is this education which makes men superior to their surroundings. It is this quality which will enable workingmen to rise above the condi- tions which surround them. The _political boss, as you know, comes to us from year to year, and with his claws cov- ered with honey he says to us to walk into his parlor, as the spider sald to the fly. (Applause) The workingmen of San Trancisco are opposed to the political bosses. The workingmen placed me into the Mayor's chair, and my earnest prayer always has been 1o prove worthy of the confidence they reposed in me. (Cheers) Although a union man my- self, T must plead guilty to a violation of union rules, for since vou made me Mayor I have been compelled to work sixteen and eighteen hours to your ten. (Applause.) I have tried to do my duty, and if I have won your appro- bation T have nothing more to be thankful for. It you are satisfied with the experiment you have my permission to repeat It. (Applause.) Andrew Furuseth spoke on ‘Labor and Legislatlon,” and Max Morris discussed the theme of ‘The Union Woman." Scott Anderson spoke briefly on “Our Means of Success,”” while W. gave an interesting account of “The In- ternational Labor Movement.” Rev. Frank K. Baker responded to the toast D. Mahon Lmployes Assoclation patween the man we’ worship as a hero and the united prayers of the workmen of San when it became necessary to do so. “The Ladi - Our lf‘r!en and Help- es O'Connell dent oursel There was a timo when the man Franclsco for the preservation of our frater- = MTrS. Andrew Sorensen responded to the mates and James O'Connell spoke of eraniions] - Associat of Ma 11d write was looked upon as a wonder; nitv. (Applause.) I leave you with feelings toast “The Union Man.” She said the “The American Worker.” The closing chini State’ Labor .Commissioner Mey the man who cannot write might as of sadness, because I have made mew friends union man held the destiny of the human _toast, to “The Press,” was responded to ers and City Treasurer John E. McDou- well eeat himself in the remote rear of the amiong you; and I tell You real friendship can race in his hands. He had made substan- by Walter Macarthur. It was after mid- gald ball. This goes to & how we are advanc- never die. I ask you {o pray that the organ- tlal progress, and vet it was desirous that night when the guests dispersed. @ it e 1 2 e T e 02 3 e o 2 e ) ith the duct or | trus his new tion as counsel of the Unite | Rat r his immediate re { tire pts him from further people, and T fance on th he United R tion. 1 do en th way and ow them the ¥ k them to T nized effort alone. For takes the re On Friday | following co | SA Tirey 1= Bu Sir ation to Mr. Ford: NCISCO, July 25, 190; Attorney General, ch you handed me a p gnature by all the at- toraeys of e Board of Health case. 1 conferred aseociate attorneys, Messrs. W. G. Zeigler and Myer Jacobs, and f this our interview late yester- thess proceedings were initiated. Mr. George A. Knight, also of record as of counsel for plaintiff, being temporarily 2 the city, we were unab! to consult with him. The result tornevs fe of our conference is that as at- the plaintiff and relator, we do not propose in any manner to interfere with or at- | tempt at all to influenca the assignment of the cause. VITALLY INTERESTS PEOPLE. T am directed (o state to you respecttully other | Curt that it is our unalterable judgment that we sh. maintain the position which we have sssumed the very suggertion in the v which has apparently | mit th ation referred to, namely, + inasmuch as the cause was rosularly as: signed by the presiding Judge of the Superior sartment 12, without the slightest suggestion or intervention by any of us, we do not consider it part of our duty now to par- ticipate in influencing a reassignment; that, as here by us several times stated, we ahall th reference to such proposed re- positl of absolute neutrality; ggest a Judge before whom ould be tried: we shall not consent to a transfer of the cause, and that fluenced by the representations or demands of the attorneys of the old Board of Health the presiding Judge shall assign the cause to some other department we shall abide by the transfer. The proceedings thus far in the case on the part of the defendants, you will readily admit, have been most extraordinary, and if concurred in would, In our judgment, establish a most viclous and dangevous precedent. Ng definite Information has been vouchsafed absent | blished | also with Mayor Schmitz, at whose instance | us as to any valld reason for which the trans- | fer of the cause is asked, other than that it is be_made. for which stipulation. Moreover, it fs the no_wise desire to concur. to_the people of San Francisco. We all judication. Tt is unfortunate indeed that tunate and much more deplorable. yours, A. RUEF, Attorney for MYER JACOBS, W. G. ZEIGLER, of Counsel Market Street, all styles. for less than $3 50, yet $1 85 will buy a of them atthe Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 ket street, near Third. the expressed wish of the attorneye for the old Board of Health that a reassignment should We decline to assume any responsibility on our part for any change under such conditions, reason we do not sign the proposed unanimous opinion of associate counsel and of myself that we should not add the weight of our indorsement to the reflections and aspersions already cast on the presiding Judge In this case, in which we In The pending proceedings are of vital interest desfre a sveedy and Impartial ad- this situation has been created, hut to accede to the demands of the defendants would, in our judg- ment,- only evolve a situation still more unfor- Very truly Platntiff. The Bee Hive Shoe Company, 717 Where the manufacturers’ shoe sale is now going on, you can choose from kid or patent leather, in efther ladies’ or men’s shoes, worth $3 50, for 31 8 a pair, all sizes and all widths, hand sewed and turned, low and French heels, Columbia. or Newport toe, Shoes that_cannot be bought air ar- . MARSHAL IS SELECTED FOR ADMISSION DAY Native Sons Take Further Action in Matter of Celebration at . Santa Rosa. 0. Blackman presided at the meeting of the joint ninth of September celebra- tion committee of the Native Sons of the Golden West last night. The parade committee recommended that the local parade be held on the evening of September 8. The press committee requested that all arlors send notices to Chairman Ma- oney in the Mills bullding. E. C. Stock was added to this committee. James M. Hanley of Precita Parlor was elected grand marshal of the night of the local parade. Major Juilliard, grand marshal of the order, stated that the action by the par- lors in Santa Rosa will depend upon the action of the San Francisco parlors as to the date when the local parlors will leave for Santa Rosa. - There was some discussion as to the possibility of having the Governor de- clare Monday, September 8, a legal holi- day, so that there would be three holi- days—Sunday, Monday and Tuesda: A motion to adopt the recommend: ons of the parade committee that the night | parade in San Francisco be held was carried. A _motlon that all parlors have a rep- resentative in the parade In San Fran- cisco as well as in Santa Rosa was a subject of considerable debate, and an amendment that the parlors in Alameda be exempted was carried. John T. Harmes, treasurer of the com- mittee, tendered his resignation on ac- count of inabilify to attend to his duties. E. P. E. Troy was elected to fill the va- cancy 1. W. Bernstein of Santa Rosa Parlor said that much enthusiasm existed in the celebration city and that all but three of the halls have already been engaged by parlors as headquarters. He sdid that the committee on accommodations would secure rooms for all who may attend the celebration. . The matter of issuing a souvenir pro- gramme was left with the Santa Rosa Parlor. The secretary and the parade commit- tee were instructed to communicate with the Governor and urge him to declare September 8 a legal holiday. ————— Trampled Under Horse’s Hoofs. Benjamin Oliver, a messenger boy resid- ing at 13% Leavenworth street, employed by Brown Brothers, was knocked off his bicycle yesterday at the crossing of Grant avenue and Market street by a wagon driven by John Gardella. The boy was ta- ken to the Emergency Hospital, where Dr. J. V. Leonard found only a few contused wounds on the body and limbs, although the boy was trampled under the horse's hoofs and one wheel of the wagon -ran over his left arm. The driver was arrest- ed and charged with battery. 4 Judge Mogan" - . |\COWARD MAKING A FIGHT Salt Causing Dissen- sions in the Fed- eral Company. Seekingto Check Fall in Value of Shares of Stock. Heney Forces Way Into Office of Trust. Blame in some quarters is given sym- pathizers with the Federal Salt C for the dwindled interest of H. C. ard in the Continental Salt and Chemical Company, in which at the time of its foundation he held something like 30,000 shares, but which decreased at an alarm- ing pace through, it is declared, those who desired to see Mr. Coward out of the concern altogether. But Coward has friends left who are aware of his ability and skill as 2 manufacturer of salt, and it was owing, it is said, to that partie lar gift of his that the Contnental Sal and Chemical Company was brought into existence. The present management does not ap- pear to meet with the approval of the friends of Coward and Coward is a party with them in a determined attempt to gain possession of the salt and chemical works situated at Alvarado, in the vicin- ity of Alameda’s marshes. That the matter should be considered legal in every respect a notice was serv on George D. Squires, Sheriff's attorne: and secretary of the Continental Salt ar Chemical Company, on Friday by H. C. Coward and Oscar T. Weber, as original directors, to prepars for a directors’ meeting which would take place day. a request being made that Squir himself attend and produce the bool and especially the minute book, of the Corporation. Ome of the objects of the call for the meeting was to expunge c tain entries said to be in the minute book and certified to by Squires. CLIMBS TO TRANSOM. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Fran- ¢cis J. Heney, the attorney; Oscar T. We- ber, H. Coward and Willlam J. Din- gee, president of the Contra Costa Water Company, ent to the headquarters of the Continental Salt and Chemical Com- pany, which are in the offices of George Squires, Mills buflding. To their aston- ishment they found all the doors locked and even the vigorous pounding of the gentlemen failed to bring an answer. Attorney Heney nimbly cilimbed to the n transom and called into the room No one being in sight he dropped grac fully down outside and announced to his confreres that no one was thes Then they started to hold a meeting in the bare hall when, to their joy, one of the doors was slightly opened by an elderly gentle- man who begged to know what was want- ed. Mr. Heney thereupon put his foot in the door and pushed his way in and Cow- ard and Weber followed. A meeting was then held and Henry Dingee and W. G. Henshaw were electad directors to fill va- cancles caused by the death of L. R. El- lert and the retirement of Sheriff John Lackmann. W. J. Dingee was elected president; H. C. Coward, secretary: Oscar T. Weber, assistant secretary; W. G. Hen shaw, treasurer, and Francis J. Heney, who had come in in the mean- time, refused, it is alleged, to give up the books, but subsequently promised that they should be seen to-morrow. QUESTIONS MINUTE BOOEK. In speaking of the matter yesterday, Attorney Heney charged that the minute book of the company’s meetings had not been properly kept and further that thers was a mutilation which will have to be answered for before the courts. In trying to show the connection of certain persons with the Federal Salt Company, Mr. He- ney declared that the Continental Sait and Chemical Company’s minute book had been in the office of Louis Titus, at- torney for the Federal Salt Company, and he believes that the directors who had been elected by the stockholders wers representatives or in some way connect- ed with the Federal. He declares that .- 000 shares of Coward’s were put in escrow, to -be given him at the end of the year, provided salt could be made at certain prices which he had stipulated, Lut they will not, he says, give the shares up on the ground that, they contend, the salt_could not be made at the price. whila he, Heney, declares that no bona fide ef- fort was made to produce it. Coward, he says, was even refused the management of its manufacture. Yesterday afterncon Coward went over with an order of the directors elected ear- ler in the day to take possession of the Continental Salt and Chemical Company’s works at Alvarado. The employes refus- ed to give up possession and to-morrow morning the Coward-Heney party will be on hand when the employes arrive at the works and will give orders and attempt To conduct the business of the establishe ment. Bookbinder Wanted. The United States Civil Service Com- mission will hold the following examina- tions for the Philippine service on August 26; Bookbinder; salary, $1400 per annum; age limit, 13 to 40 years. Preference will be given to those h;vlnsmknowledgs of ruling, forwarding and shing. Com- positor, qualified as linotype operator or as machinist linotype operator; age limit, 18 to 40 years; salary, $1400 per annum. Preference will be given first to machinist linotype operators who are also composi- tors and second to linotype operators who are also compositors. Pressman; salary, $1400 per annum; age lmit, 18 to 4 years. Preference will be given to those having experience with automatic feeders, Harris Avutomatic press and Carver & Swift Em-~ bossing press. Persons who desire to com- pete should apply to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D, ., or to the secretary of the local board of examiners, Postoffice, for application form 1093, which should be filed with th:s commission at Washington. Persons una- ble to file their applications, but whose requests are received at the commission in sufficient time to ship examination pa- pers to the places of examination, will be examined. PR P - R Conway Did Not Appear. Fred Conway, the absconding clerk of court, was called for in Judge Cabaniss' Court yesterday morning to answer to the charge of grand larceny. There was no response and the case was continued for two months to allow the de- fendant to get tired of being hunted and give himself up. Notice to Passengers. 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