The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1904, Page 3

SLIDE BLOCKS MANT TRAINS e . |Conferences To-Day I'raffic Over the Southern Pacifie Tracks in Oregon | Stopped by Rocks and Snow | s i SECTION HANDS STRIKE! il | That the controversy between the United Raiiroads and the Carmen's Work of Cleaning the Rails |Union is nearing a crisis was evidenced I-\h st l l‘lfll(l _(.““ vesterday in a statement given out by the latter concerning the justice of ductor A. Norman Injured | the stand taken by the carmen, in which, a# in former statements, it is ————— | averred that the United Railroads is SISKIYO Oregon, April 14.—All | Seeking to chec kmate the un_ion by in- fic of the Southern Railway | SISting on concessions at variance with LTS - A : B s ke of the arbitration ed up as result of the immense |, 2gs, and that the union slide of rock and snow near the summit | pyrroses to press its demands. € ¥. The tracks are cov- Previous to the issuance of the ed 8 tance of about 300 feet. |statement, which comprises some 8000 te slide blocks No. 13 tunnel at this | Wwords and which reviews the street- car situation from the time of the award to the present, there was a con- ference at the headquarters of the Car- men's Union between President Cor- fus and W. D. Mahon of Detroit, president of the Amalgamated Associa- Street and Electric Railway The situation was reviewed but it was not stated what if any of a definite nature, was tion, filling it with slush and water a depth of about four feet Thirty of the 125 section hands at clearing the road struck to-day. are exhausted from working deep in the water and slush. hree more slides occurred to-day and is not lieved trains ny Pacific N decided upon traf Hornbrook | There is to be a conference this and three at Ashland se traine are | morning at the offices of the United Car about 700 passengers. Wh ads between President Cornelius Shos H. Bowling of the and the representa- nited Railroads, at which J. ede the demands affecting the s of idual members of the San Fran- d by the United Rall- he Horn- mulgated by the Car- 1 X ome time ago. The re- s issue as one of the main s of the carmen, and its em- KOREAN TO VISIT MIKADO. in the statement ; as one of the lead- | Kore is regarded as signifi- determined atti- the v its employes. IR TO-DAY. e the the of was stated that there was no in the situation so far as the y was concerned, and that the by Re aken that cerporation w. ence and optimism es of the com- as intimated that able settlement would un- be the ¢ come of the sit- espite the fact that the com- s not inte making conces- To this view the officials of the 4 it howe were not inclined. | s not confirmed by the carmen. nderstood, however, that the © to-day m deal with ADVERTISEMENTS. ROOS BROS. - Kites Given Away IN OUR::: . Juvenile Department. 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They're just what the boy wants to romp around and enjoy him- self in. $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3 Children’s Hats In straws and washable materials, in newest styles and shapes for the little ones, 50c to $5.00 ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST TR G R Y s s men will ask the company | United Rail- | report of concessions to be made on, which emanated from | offices of the United Railroads, Likely to Determine ‘ Whether Men Will Strike. B points other than those affecting the individual rights of the men. After referring to the proposal is- sued by the United Railroads, which sets forth the agreement the company desires should become operative after the expiration of the present agree- {ment, which runs until May 1, the statement of the Carmen’s Union sets forth its contentions for a flat rate of 27% cents an hour for employes in all departments coming under the juris- | diction of the union; for a ten-hour day for the completion of 60 per cent of the runs within eleven and a half hours’ time, and for the finish- ing of all runs in fourteen hours. ATTITUDE ON DISMISSALS. Regarding the demand for the in- auguration of a system whereby em- ployes will “receive adequate protec- tion from dismissal on unjust grounds,” the statement says: The essence of the company's objection to | the arbitration proposition and the clause re- ! quiring employes, after sixty days’ service, to join the union is that compliance with these clauses involv. a surrender of the employel “right to manage his own business,” and par- ticularly denies the employer the ‘‘right of selection and dismissal.” As a matter of fact, the clauses embracing these matters are, after all, the most im- portant, both to the company and to the car- men, and among citizens generally there is probably a greater degree of Interest centered cn the disposition of these sections than any other feature of the entire controversy, con- sequently it is important that the reasons for the Incorporation of these sections in the agree- ment submitted by the Carmen’s Union be fully understood, and the underlying motive of the company's objections thoroughly an- alyzed With respect to the arbitration proposition submitted by the union, the situation is this: The custom at present is for men who have been suspended or discharged on charges that are not justified by facts to report the matter 10 the executive board or the president-business agent of the union, who investigate the case, | it satisfied that an injustice has been the accused, the business agent brings e before the general manager of the company and requests investigation of the accused employe's defense and a reversal of the order of discharge or suspension. In the United Rallroads service there are from ten to twelve cases a week of this mature, two years' experience has convinced the men | that “the system at present in operation to Iress in cases of arbitrary and un- . hence ‘methou £ out exact justice to the employes. fter time employes have been sus- perded or summarily dismissed, -and the formal charges made against them could have been corclusively proven to be unfounded In truth it the company’s officials would have sidered the evidence of the innocence of the accused brought forward. Again, .men who were active in union affairs have been singled out severe discipline on What in mar) | izetances were the flimsiest of pretexts, and efforts to obtain justice from the company’s | officials failed absolutely. During the year five members of the executive board the Carmen’s thelr fellow-employes believe to trumped-up cherges. To make, in open meet- ing of the Carmen’s Union, charges of unialr trestment against a division superintendent or other officlal, to criticize the policy or rules of the comp in matters pertaining solely to the conditions governing employment, has. time and again, thanks to the operation of the “‘ntelligence bureau” maintained by the company, resuited in the ultimate discharge of the man who had the temerity to speak the truth as he saw it. Latterly it has been declared a capital offense for men to request new employes to join the union, and. in. one instance. twenty-two men were called before a division superintendent and told that they must stop “‘talking unionfsm’ to new men or suffer discharze, WOULD NOT HURT COMPANY. These are a few of the reasons why the union asks that an arbitration board be pro- vided for, in order that an unprejudiced and disinterested party might pass upon the merits of complaints of unjust discharge or dismissal The company, in refusing to accede to this request, insists that to grant it would mean a surrender of its inherent right as an employer to_hire and discharge whom it pleased The unfon, again fortified by experience of the last two years, contends that, in practl the arbitration system proposed would not prive the company of the right of hiring a discharging whom it pleased—provided, t company’s officials acted in good faith with | the employes and were guided by the rudi | mentary principles of justice in passing on charzes against the men Manager Chapman and President Holland, especially the former, are opposed to the union on what probably they are pleased to imagine “princtple.” and they affect to belleve that to agree to the arbitration plan would be to take a long step in the direction of establishing the union shop” system in the United Railroads service After dealing with the question of union recognition and the hostile atti- tude, ar the union puts it, of Manager Chapman to that body since the de cision of Arbitrator Straus, the state- ment continues: The major grievance of the union man is the fact that the non-uniop man is a constant and grave and, following as a matter of course, becomes the instrument by which the employer may take from the union man all that he has se- cured through his organization. Knowing this 1o be true, and knowing that the policy being pursued by the United Railroads will, if carried to its logical conclusion. inevitably result in the disruption of their union—leaving their wages hours at the mercy of the corporation's managers—the carmen again ask that the United Railroads give their organization bona for t of Union were discharged on what have been fide recognition—the recognition provided for in sections 1 and 8 of the agreement presented by them REGARDING RESTRICTIONS. No restriction whatever is placed upon the company in selecting its men. But, says the | company, there is an indirect restriction—the section requires men to become members of the union within sixty daye, and if the union refused 0 accept these men, or any of them, it would, in effect, be exercising a veto power on the compa selection. Strictly speaking, that is technically true, but, as a matter of fact, the raisiag of such an objection. in View of the exigencies and necessities of the street car service. is really begging the question. Men do not act without motive, and no con- ceivable motive could exist that would induce the street car men's union to refuse to admit to membership a ‘‘steady. sober and trust- worthy” man, such as Mr. Holland declares it to be the duty of his company to select to operate its cars. The reason for this is simple and is well known to Mr. Holland and Mr. Chapman. In the street car service there are two meneral classes of platform men—regulars and extrac. The regular men, of course, have steady ployment and their number e limited to precise requirements of the service. The | tra men (in which class all new men placed, graduating therefrom to regulars ac- | cording to semiority of service) do ot re- | ceive steady employment, but, in order to tn- | sure having cn hand a sufficlent number of men at all times to properly man its cars, the company limits the number of extra men | x0'as o Fuarantee to each of them a mininium | amount of work, which is always sufficlent | to insure a man a living. These extra men | are aseigned to work daily by the company's | officials. Neither the union nor its officers | have or claim any voice either in the selection of men or in placing them at work. The only difference between the union's de- mand regarding the payment of suspended men for lost time In event of their reinstatement and the regulation now in’ force is an addi- tion to the existing section providing that men Who may be reinetated by the board of arbi- tration provided for in the new agreement shall be paid for time lost during the period of suspension. The present rule is that men Teinstated by the company. when found by the corporation’s officials fo be innocent/ of charges of violation of rules of the company, shall be pald their usual wages for the time Jost through suspension. The union requests that the same rule apply when men are rein- stated by the arbitration board. QUOTE ANTHRACITE DECISION. In the course of the statement the carmen quote from the decision of the Anthracite Coal Commission as fol- lows: ““The claim of the worker that he has the same right to join with his fellows in forming an_organization, through which to be repre- sented, that the stockholder of the corporation has to join others in forming the and to be represented by its d em- the ex- are employes: the union, but we union nor deal with it as represent! 1f the union is to be and | menace to the life of the union itself, | REPLY OF THE CARMEN TO MANAGER CHAPMAN MAY PRECIPITATE CRISIS IN STREET RAILWAY SITUATION Union Int.enti‘on‘ally Misleading the Public, Avers Manager Chapman. Manager Chapman gpent some time last evening in digesting the address given out by the Carmen’s Union. In a statement in behalf of the United Railroads, which was issued from the offices of the company at a late hour last night, Manager Chapman declares the union to have intentionally mis- represented the situation in order to mislead the public. He says: Of course, I caunot say who is the author of this statement, made on behalf of the car- men, but it is unialrly misleading. It mus- states and distorts facts and, while every misstatement is calculated to favor the car- men's claims_ It might be unjust to say they have intentionally misrepresented the actual acts, ‘The public knows the arbitration award 1s only a few months old. The public knows that the only reason given in the award for an Increase was to secure industrial peace. The public knows we have lived up to award and given it the broadest interpreta- tion in our proposed contract. The public knows our men are the highest paid men in g { that character of service; but the public does not know of the constantnagging to whicn this company has been subjected. This whole thing palls upon me, as ft must upon the public. We are_tired ' of hearing, ““Give us all we ask and yol can bave peact and “It you don't give us all we ask. then you are trying to disrupt our union Thirty-seven days were consumed in taking testimony for the arbitration proceedings. Every possible detall was entered into with the most painstaking care by both sides. Elab- orate investigations were made and recorded. Witnesses were brought from distant cities, and then, with much pains, briefs wers pre- pared and attorneys dispatched to New York to argue the questions involved. Three days were consumed in argument, the carmen’s at- torney having the opening and closing. The arbiters took the case under consideration for some weeks, and finally the award giving the scale was made public on November 3, bout five months ago. As we have said, the only reason stated in the award for increasing the already high rate of wages paid by this company was the plain- 1y exoressed desire on the part of Mr. Straus to secure prolonged industrial peace, and In . harmony with that award we have offered to continue the award under the broadest and most liberal construction. in created, and for which alone it exists, per- missiof to join it may well be considered as a privilege of doubtful value. ““Trades unionism 1s rapidly becoming a mat- ter of business, and that employer who falls to give the same careful attention to the question of his relation to his labor or his employes which he gives to the other factors which enter into the conduct of his business, makes a mistake, which sooner or later he will be obliged to correct. In this, as in other things, it fs much better to start right than to make mistakes In starting, which necessitate returning to correct them. Experience shows that the more full the recognition given to a trades union, the more businesslike and re- sponsible 1t becomes. Through dealing with business men in business matters, its more i telligent, coneervative and responsible mem bers come to the front and gain general co fon of its affairs. If the energy r is directed to discouragement of the union, he need not be surprised if the more radically inclined mem- bers are the ones most frequently heard.”’ WAGES OF CARMEN. A great deal of misapprehension exists in the public mind regarding the wages the carmen receive. It monly supposed that all the men work te a @ay and conse- quently receive $2 0 a_day, ac- cording to the 261, or 25 cents-an-hour T It is true that they would recelve the amounts specified if they worked ten hours a day, but the exigencies of the street railroad service do not make it practica- ble to, employ every man a like number of hours. ’ At the present time platform men’ on the United Railroads work from two to ten hours a day. consequently they earn from 55 cents to a day, according to their rat- ing and the number of hours employed: The lower wage specified—55 cents—is earned by what are termed ‘‘trippers,’’ that is, men who operate a car for a limited number of trips. There are a number of men whose day" earnings frequently amount to only 55 cents, and others earn but $1 20 a day. Aside from the ‘‘trippers’”’ the men work from eight to ten hours a day The wage schedule proposed by the union would give an increase of 5 and 10 per cent to about one-fourth of the United Raflroads’ There e about 1460 men now in the cent class and their wages would, of course, remain as they are now. The statement also deals with all the other phases of the situation which have been more or less before the pub- lic since the first differences over the arbitration award threatened a breach between the United Railroads and the Carmen’s Union. It is issued as a re- ply to the recent statement of Manager Chapman. —s TAKE FIRM STAND. HACKMEN Union Votes to Fight Issue to Finish. Will Not Drive Hearses. But seventy hacks graced the streets of San Francisco yesdterday and last night as a result of the lockout of the members of the Hackmen's Union by the Stable and Carriage Owners’ Asso- ciation, which went into effect yester- morning. These hacks belonged to individual members of the union: those of the association, some 250 in number. were locked up and the noble hack | horse was turned out to frolic in pas- | tures green. Following the action taken by the Stablemen’s Association Wednesday | night, the Hackmen's Union held a meeting last night in B'nai B'rith Hall at which it was decided that a deter- mined stand for the granting of the demands of the union be maintained. The hall was wded with members of | S B S oot the union and the decision to fight the issue to a finish was unanimous. Should both sides remain firm in their attitudes a situation not unlike that which recentiy prevailed in Chi- cago during the strike of hack drivers, when the dead were with the greatest difficulty conveyed to the cemeteries, may confront San Francisco. At the meeting of the hackmen it was decided that hacks will be fur- nished for funerals, but in no case will 4 union nfember mount a hearse or handle any article belonging to the undertakers; and those hacks which are to be provided for funerals are to be those only which belong to union members. The retaliatory action of the hackmen bodes inconvenience to the public where the burial of the dead is concerned. The question of permitting members of the union to return to work under | stated conditions was discussed for some time. It was finally decided that such permission would not be granted unless the employer in question should concede all the terms of the hackmen's schedule. A special committee was ap- | pointed to take charge of the fight and | represent the union in all matters at issue, with the understanding that it is powerless to grant or accept conces- sions without the consent of the union. The members voted to advise the public that the present issue is neither a strike nor a boycott, but a lockout, forced upon them by their employers because of their demand for a better wage. The demands of the union are I for $2 50 a day for all members regu- larly or steadily engaged or employed. Ten hours in twelve to constitute a day, and that they be compensated at the rate of 25 cents an hour or any fraction théreof for all overtime; that no member of Hackmen's Union, Local 224, furnish his uniform or whip at his own expense; that all extra drivers when engaged for one day shall receive the sum of $3, a day’s work to consti- tute the same as appears above and the same conditions for overtime; that all extra drivers receive $1 50 for driv- ing all inside funerals, and for all out- side funerals, including wait at train or electric car, drivers shall receive $2; that all extra drivers when engaged to drive short hauls shall receive the sum of $1 50, and that the service of the driver is at the disposal of the employ- er for the space of five hours for the performance of the work herein named. STABLEMEN ALSO FIRM. The Stable and Carriage Owners’ Association also held a meeting last night and were equally firm in their determination not to yield to the de- mands of the Hackmen's Union. The stablemen declare that the fight could not have come in a time more propi- tious for them, they asserting that this is the dull season for carriage work, inasmuch as the familles which are | the most regular patrons of their ve- hicles are now hieing themselves to the country. Many of the members of the association will turn their horses out to pasture pending a settlement of the existing difficulties. There were several humorous turns HEARST LOSES "IN NEW JERSEY Democrats Disapprove of Acts of His Agents and Select Parker Delegation UNIT RULE IS INDORSED Jurist Wins ~ Convention Because Party Spirit of the Members Was Aroused TRENTON, N. J., April 14.—After snowing under the followers of Wil- liam R. Hearst, the New Jersey Democratic State Convention this afternoon selected a delegation that will favor Judge Parker for the Democratic Presidential nomination. The delegation was not instructed, but the Parker forces succeeded in putting through a unit rule resolution, and, as they have a majority of delegates, the vote of New Jersey will be cast for the New York jurist. When the convention adjourned there were pending before it two reso- lutions, one indorsing former Presi- dent Cleveland and the other indors- ing Parker. The majority sentiment of the convention, however, was that {as long as the unit rule was to be en- forced no further action should be taken. Rather than vote on either the Parker or the Cleveland resolutions the convention adjourned. The sentiment of the State at pres- ent is undoubtedly for Parker. It was manifest early in the day that the Hearst forces would not cut much of a figure. The announcement last night by Hearst's agents that a contesting delegation would be sent to St. Louis and that another convention would be held to-day in Masonic. Hall did not meet with the approval of the Democrats who reside in New Jersey and who were fighting for Hearst. They are willing to fight to the limit for Hearst, but they were not willing to bolt their party for him and some of them were hot this morning when they read of the plans of thie Hearst agents. | The Hearst men bolted their party’s |action and held a “rump’ convention | of their own and elected four dele- gates at large, but accepted the dis- trict delegates chosen by the regular convention. ol ny SR OREGON AGAINST HEARST. Sweek's Forces Routed in the State Convention at Portland. PORTLAND, Or.,, April 14. — By the narrow margin of three votes, the Sweek forces lost control of the Demo- cratic convention in Hibernia Hall this morning, after one of the most hotly contested battles local Democracy has experienced in several years. As Sweek and his following have been looked on as the champions of William Randolph Hearst in Multnomah County, their de- feat may be considered as a victory for the anti-Hearst element. As a conse- quence the name of the man from California was not mentioned in the convention, nor did the platform in- dorse any one for the Presidency. The principal battle of the conven- to the hack situation during the day. In front of the Palace Hotel a lone hack opposed the many automobiles which had been pressed into service, and though the driver had little call for his services, owing to the fact that he was barred from accepting calls from the carriage company, he maintained his vigil en top’of his vehicle through- { out the day and late into the night. At the ferry some unpleasantness and a great deal of inconvenience to the public was caused by the lockout. The volice would not accord the auto- | mobiles the same privileges the hacks had enjoyed, and the former deposited their passengers some feet fz.m the en- trance to the ferry building and many were thus drenched by the showers. The situation, however, will be reme- died to-day. DR. SHOOP’'S REMEDIES. 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Ten years ago McCarty was one of a gang who tunneled under the First National Bank at Los Angeles and was afterward captured in San_ Francisco after a desperate fight. He is now ‘wanted in Seattle for burglary. —_——— Indian Prince Injured. LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 14.—Amar Nath, an Indian Prince, from Lahore, India, was knocked from a bicycle to- day and probably fatally injured. Nath is a student at Purdue Univer- sity. S tion was for chairmanship, which was won by L. T. Perry in opposition to John B. Ryan, the Sweek-Hearst can- didate. In the nomination of Tom Ward, a commercial traveler well known along the coast, for the office of Sheriff, the Democrats have made a strong bid for votes. Ward is very popular and stands a good chance for election, par- ticularly as two independent Republi- cans will be in the field besides the regular candidate. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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