The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1904, Page 1

midnight, May 4: winds. _— TEE WEATEER. TForecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending San Prancisco and vicinity— Falr Wednesday; fresh westerly A. G. McADIE, et o+ TEE THBATERS, ornis — “Tom's &z: e 74 Vaideville. eum—Vaundeville. Tivoli—'When Johnny Comes i Marching Home.” ition. Matinee S FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AY 4, 1904. . PRICE FIVE CENTS CAWEN, BY & BI6 MAJORITY. VOTE NOT TO' STRIKE By a rising vote at 2:10 o'clock this morning the Carmen’s Union decided not to strike and to accept the terms of the company. which includes a §g,<_,vned agreement covering a period of ome year. More than the two-thirds majority to decide the question was connted when the delegates rose to their feet. Cheer upon cheer echoed through the AThambra lhfiater \‘\'hvn the final anxlq.tlnf‘enlent was ma;lle from the stage and the men that had brought the final issue about left the hall laughing and rejoicing. The opponents of the company say they were “jobbed” by Cornelius and threats were made that the present president will be removed hefore the year is out. The few disgruntled members attempted to hold a meeting afterward, but there was so much opposition that nothing could be done. NEWCHWANG ATTACKED AND CAPTURED BY JAPANESE LONDON, May 4—The Chefu correspondent of the Daily Chronicle cables the following under Tuesday’s date: “The Japanese landed troops and attacked and captured Newchwang last evening, the Russians falling back to pro- tect the railway. ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.—In a report received by the Emperor from General Kuropatkin under to-day’s date it is stated that at least from 3000/to 4000 Japanese were killed in the Yalu River fight. D ecision to Accept the Proposition Submitted by the Company Is Almost Unanimous. There will be no strike of the Carmen’s Union, and the differences between the company and its.employes are settled for o t 10 o'clock this mor of the pending men to accept the terms of the co ment f his conference with the r. ne year. By almost a unanimou ning to accept the terms of the trouble was brought about by mpany, and, in order that the ailroad officials and their reply. s vote the members of the union company. Mayor Schmitz pleading with the 2000 car opetators assembled might oroughly understand every question pertaining to the matters at issue, he read a typewritten state- Following the reading of that report Mayor Schmitz endeavored to show to the men the es which t the company’s offer and s ign the agreement. would ensue in the event of a strike being declared and pleaded with them again to President Cornelius followed Mayor Schmitz ally along the same lines and before Mahon of the nationzl organization could secure the the question was put to st requested to rise to their feet. S aent 5 ve or six remained seated. a unt was necessary 1o de- ntiments of the members majority was so eave mo doubt as f the carmen STATEMENT. made a strong plea to v the company’s terms. 4 the troubles which would f a strike was declared and the I uld be accomplished if a ole reached. After the vote he made the following MAYOR'S rike is averted. 1 congratu- of San Francisco on this n th eful solution 1 difference misery and suf- g nd n the ontinuance of un- 1 prosperity n for good ive judgment and and 1 wish also y ay ation of the cour- 1 cool business ideas 4 the United Railroads, and hoped for hank carme thel were most » sub- motive » bring about who in airs without almost unani- to the h statements ma 1arters cale presenta the rike incite men and to piunge turb disorder for the gratifica- political revenge. ced as enemies as traitors to the believed the ac- | ers no man can tell | i es to-morrow’s sun | MAYOR'S REPORT. ted in the early t of th ning that a secret ballot | with that end in embeds. wark 2De1 slips of paper | n the sim- | Thirty mem- | | | ves | | appointed to act as tellers | the vote as rapidly as pos- | € final result, however, pre- | e necessity of any such action. he ear] stages of the meet- Schmitz presented his re- | s and members of ociation of . of the and | San Fran- | from jeving ex- rience formation, that the | ~tremely grave crisis now existing in | e relations between yourselves and | e company was, in all probability, gely induced by the suspicion and bt of either 1z ide as to the abiding | th of the other in the various ons, and fearing that what- ever good intentio or good feeling ther party might have entertained rd the other may have been jeop- zed and perhaps destroyed by such picion and by a common misunder- anding, I have sought to obtain a declaration in good faith of the com- pany’s attitude toward its men and to- ward the union, for the future as well as for the present, and I truly believe that I have succeeded in securing terms &nd agreements which should, under | his {no desire to disrupt rike or not to strike. factory and the basis of a settlement Francisco, the interests of the public, the rights and principles of the union and of its members, and at the same time will not injuriously affect the self-administration of the company. After a discussion and conference of several hours the folowing basis upon which adjustment may be made can be effectuated L On the recognition of the which is the main feature involved. ‘(1) The company wil recognize the union and will deal with it as fol- lows and as further provided in the company’s last offer. (2) The company will deal in all matters of grievance affecting the union of any member of the union di- rectly with the duly accredited officers | of the union. “(3) The company will not dis- charge or discriminate against any member of the union because of his union affiliation. “(4) The company will not dis- charge or discriminate against any member of the union because of any connection with or participation in any the discussions or differences sing out of the present or any past controversy between the company and the union to date of adjustment. (5) The company will not directly or indirectly interfere with or prevent the Joining of the union by any man em- ployed by the company after the date of this agreement, and it will be en- tirely satisfactory to the company it he should so join. ‘(6) When any member of the union 1l be discharged (except for failure shall to register fares) the president of the, union shall be notified and if, in the opinion of the union the discharge is unjust, the matter shall be taken up with him and the member in question by the officer of the company having in charge the employment and dis- charge of men. If an agreement be not reached by them the whole matter shall b. referred to a committee of the Board of Directors of the company s. Holbrook and Tobin) for final action and the president of the union and the members in question may appear before such committee and present such written testimony as they may desire. The member in ques- tion, if the final decision shall be in favor, shall be restored to duty and shall be paid for his lost time. “(7.) The company states that it has the union, dis- integrate it or deteriorate its strength, and as a guaranty of its good faith will make all its conditions binding upon itself for one, two or three years, 80 that peaceful conditions may pre- vail and no changes detrimental either to the union or the company may be | made during that period. “(8) Although the company claims that its offer has lapsed it has now, at my solicitation, pending final adjustment, agreed to hold the offer open and in statu quo until Wednes- day, May 4, 1904, at 3 o'clock a. m., union, ® in faveor of the first proposition | existing conditions, be mutually satis- |and it, and pledging to you my official {and personal support for the faithful »w, human forms arose | which will preserve the peace of San ‘A"(! honest execution by the company |of every one of the conditions above | stated, should you accept the same as the ba of continued peace, and |at the same time assuring the | company of your loyal and honest | purpose to carry out in good faith | your part of any agreement made, I | earnestly recommend to you, in the | interest of peace and by way of honor- | able compromise, and without loss of dignity or principle, the settlement of all existing differences between your- selves and the company om the lines bereinabove suggested. invoking and guaranteeing for such action on your part the good will and the friendly feeling of all the people of San Fran- Francisco. COMPANY'S CON SION. The letter of the United Railroads to | the Mayor, referred to by him in his | report to the cdrmen, is as follows: ay 3, 1904. hmitz, co. Honor Eugene E. r of San Fran “Sir: We were notified by the Car- men’s Union early on the morning of May 1 that action had been deferred by them your request—for three days. We were requested, thereafter, by your Honor to meet you in the matter. “We feel it incumbent upon us under | these circums ply with your request, but to extend our proposal to the men till 3 o’clock on next Wednesday morning, in the meantime the status quo to be main- tained; and further, to emphasize our “His accept your suggestion that the follow- ing words be embodied in our proposal, constituting the fortieth and final clause thereof: * ‘Section 40. The company fully rec- ognizes the’ union, as provided in this contract, and will not, directly or indi- rectly, interfere with prevent the joining of the union by any man em- ployed by the company after the date of this agreement, and it will be en- | tirely satisfactory to the company if he | should so join—the company will nei- { ther discharge nor discriminate against any employe because -of his connection with the union, nor for any participa- tion in any ef the discussions or differ- ences arising out- of the present or any past controversy between the company and the union to the date of adjust- ment. “‘When any member of the union shall have been discharged (except for | failure to register fares) the president | of the union shall be notified and if |in the opinion of the union the dis- charge is unjust the matter shall be taken up with him and the member in question by the officers of the com- pany h#ving in charge the employment and discharge of men.’ “It is understood that one of terms of this extension and addition is that the contract be for one, two, or three years, as the union may elect within the time above limited. or during which time all conditions shall | “Very respectfully, your obedient remain unchanged. ! servants, “(9) All other provisions of the “THE UNITED RAILROADS OF company’s offer in the interest of the | SAN FRAD SCO. By its executive employes shall stand as presented, if | c settlement is made. GEO. B. WILLCUTT, “(10) Any difference as to the in-|S terpretation of the terms of the agreement between meaning of any the company and the men shall be deter- | mined by a board of arbitration, con- sisting of one member selected by the company, one by the union and one by the two so selected. “(11) On the question of wages, the company is fixed firm and will abso- lutely make no further con- cession. Under 1its offer, in a short time, and while the pro- posed agreement is yet in force, all men not now receiving 273 cents per hour will have been granted that amount, as in the offer stated. “Assuming that the company will act in good faith with the men, as I have no doubt it will, especially upon a better understanding between you city’s executive would answer any questions any member might desire to put. Question upon question was pro- pounded to the Magor and as quickly | answered. President Mahon of the National As- sociation asked the Mayér whether the men could rely upon the promises made by the company. Schmitz replied that he believed they could, but in the event of the company not standing by its promise he would stand by the men. Cornelius took the floor and made a ties. After some further discussion the vote was taken and the strike was off. Continued on Page 3, Column 5. irrespective of belief, class or Very sincerely yours, SCHMITZ, Mayor of San | attitude toward our employes we gladly | the | President Cornelius stated that the Immediately following Mahon's query, ! plea for the settlement of the difficul- | nces not only to com- | - < A RUSSIAN METHOD OF ICONVEYING, TRE wWOUNDED | i e SLAVS UTILIZING SKIS IN REMOVING THE WOUNDED FROM SNOW-COVERED BATTLEFTELD IN MANCHURIA. Furious Bayonet Charges by Japanese. ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.—The Emperor has received the following telegram, under to-day’s date, from General Kuro- patkin: ¢ “General Zassulitch’s report, dated to-day, on the fight of May 1, says that the battle was fought under the following circum- stances: “ “The Twelfth and Twenty-second regiments and the second and third batteries of the Sixth Brigade of artillery were en- gaged in the battle, which began with heavy cannonading of our right flank by siege guns at Wiju and field batteries in the dis- tance. “‘After a lull the fighting was resumed with extraordinary violence against the left flank of our main position at Kulien- cheng and our position at Potietinsky. A fusillade also was be- gun by small parties of Japanese across the Aho River. ATTACKED IN FRONT AND ON FLANKS. ““The situation of the defenders’ position became increasing- ly difficult, especially at Potietinsky, which was bombarded on the front and both flanks. ““Thirty Japanese guns were pitted against our battery at Potietinsky, which, atter having silenced the enemy's mountain battery, directed its fire on the Japanese infantry and sustained few losses so long as it was not obliged to take another position owing to the withdrawal of our infantry from the bank. JAPANESE CHARGE WITH BAYONETS. “‘The Japanese, under our fire, made continual bayonet at- tacks on our troops. Japanese bodies lay in heaps at the river fords. “ ‘Simultaneously with the attack at Potietinsky an attack trenches/had to be abandoned under the Japanese enfilading fire. Continued on Page 2, Column 5. fiead Are Piled in Heaps in Trenches During was being made on our left flank at Kuliencheng, and the Russian [ prisoners have been captured. At 1 o'clock this morning five Russians Sink Ten Fireships and Two Torpedf) Boats That Attempt to Block Port Arthur. PORT ARTHUR, May 3, noon.—The Japanese squadron | appeared off Port Arthur after daybreak to-day and engaged the | forts and warships. The fight is still proceeding. Thirty Japanese Japanese torpedo-boats were | sighted and the Russian land batteries and the gunboat Giliak and | the coast defense vessels Gremiashchi and Otvashni opened fire and | . . Py | compelied them to retire. Immediately afterward other Japanese | ships were sighted on the horizon. | | | | of the survivors were picked up. At davbreak a number of Japanese were seen clinging to the masts and funnels of the sunken vessels and these were rescued by the Russians. Thirteen of the wounded Japanese have since died. The Russians sup- plied the survivors with food and cloth- ing and the wounded were taken to the hospital ship Mongolia. During the morning ten of the hnemy'u torpedo-boats remained in the They were headed by a fireship, { which was sunk near the entrance of the harbor at 1:20 a. m. |IN ALL TEN FIRESHIPS ARE SUNK. After an interval of twenty-five minutes two more fireships came on and were sent to the bottom. At 2:25 o'clock four more fireshi blew up on our mines. Two of them other two fireships were sunk by the batteries and warships. The protected cruiser Askold participated in the firing. Fifteen minutes later three more fireships arrived. One of them blew up on a mine, the second vessel was wrecked on the shore and the third was sunk by the Russian shells. RUSSIANS RESCUE JAPANESE SURVIVORS. The crews of the Japanese fireships which were sunk this morn- ing tried to save themselves by putting to sea in boats. A majority of them were killed by the Russian machine guns and rifles. Some appeared. Three of theése sank immediately and the e offing and were fired upon at range. . At 5:30 o'clock it was signaled that there was a Japanese fleet in the vicin- ity and that two of the enemy's launches had been run ashore. The town is quiet. Large crowds watéhed this morning's operations with great interest. Continued on Page 2, Column 3. long