The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1906, Page 1

+ '] > ; THE WEATHER. ! i o H | For San Francisco and vicinity: Fair Monday; fresh west wind. FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ‘Over One Thousand Lives Lost in Val paraiso Horror 7 ight Unions Plan to Stand Together Electricians and Railway Guards Battle on Fillmore Street il | TR ST T ey s SE\ ERAL shots were fired at Turk and Fillmore streets yesterday afternoon durmg a fight between striking electricians and guards in the employ of the United Railroads. At least four men were injured in the riot. ' | |P 12 V | | ADAXNS S 2 | 5 GO breT UNDER HoistingEngineersil May Tie Up Building, NLESS the hoisting engineers of this city employed inm build- ing construction and the em- ploying contractors come to an | understanding this morning work on | the large buildings In course of erec- tion where steam or electric hoists | are employea will be brought to a andstill. There are about seventy- | five engineers who will be directly | affected, but hundreds of skilled me- | chanics whose work' depends upon that of the engineers will be thrown out of employment. The engineers demand an increase in wages from $5 to $6 a | day. The contractors were notified Saturday that the increase would go into effect this morning. The contractors say that' the first intimation that they nad of the pro- posed change in the wage schedule was on Saturday, when ine engineers gave individual notice that on Mon- day their wages would have to be raised to $6 a day or they wou.d quit | work. Acting on this notice, the con- tractors held a meeting yesterday at 771 Market street to consider the sit- | uation. Among the firms represented were the Colusa Sandstone Company, Raymond Granite Company, S. D. Le Clair, Pioneer Construction Company, Long & Hoyt Company, the McGil- | vary Stone Company, the McGilvary- | Raymond Granite Company, T. A. Peltus Company, Charles A. Blume Company, Oscar Daniels Company, American Con- struction Company, Smith-Rice Com- pany, the Pacific Construction and Wrecking Company and the Jones Con- struction Company. These companies include the largest builders in the city, | They hold contracts for the erection of some of the most costly buildings in course of construction. ? The situation was thoroughly can- | vassed. The contractors were a unit in declaring that the action of the engi- | rs in deman men Seott, H. M. Smith, Carjston and Willilams saved [ o - TGk IDcr8nes 0 ¥ ey on practically only twenty-four hours’ - United Railroads guards at afternoon several shots were The police were s W filled with on men were engaged in repairing a| rying to induce them to quit| displayed revolvers. This| ards and a lively fight followed. one of the strikers, wrenched a weapon in his possession, started | rds and Policeman Scott in pur- ioment and, turning the weapon upon his | then turned and continued his flight down Turk | down Golden Gate| fearing t n upon the r to Golden Gate avenue, eet, where he disappeared Both Szdc< [:ngagc In Pmtol thhtmv Policeman Scott states that one as George Adams, but whose right ots and that the third was fired by e was hit the situation was extremely d into the front counter of Conner Brothers' Gate avenue and Webster street, > proprietors. Scott and‘\Guard Davis was a crowd of n Labrandt had made good his escape fearing at he was about to be attacked, struck tting W. J. Dalton, a union lineman, on the eapon exploded and the bullet passed through Dalton’s hat. Dalton, t 30 years of age d resides at 692 Hayes street, was removed | Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for a severe lacerated Following close upor nd their sympa ded Davis, who, y with his re e ros o the Cent of 1nd he scalp. The efforts of Polic | to | nigher schedules of wages. | m | hourly rate. the corporation’s service has now made | | known its desire for better pay. With | | the unions in league, the one ready to | | support the claims of S0uD FAONT T0 BE READY FOR LHOON | Carmen and Other Workmen Desire to Be in League| o J Against the United Railroads Seven Towns Near Chilean City Are Wiped Out by Earthquakes. Course of A;i_on, Is to Be| Mapped Qut by Them for]1 Dealing With Company | HE eight unions that have mem- | bers in the employ of the United | Railroads have started a move- | ment to combine in the effort | enforce . the demands for | The Car- | n's Union vesterday presented a de- | mand for $3 for a day of eight hours, a considerable advance over the present | Nearly every branch of ther. a solid front will be pre Patrick Calhoun when he gates has Wn u.!ud !hch unlo- is | to appoint five representatives to this | | gathering, which is to map out the| course for united action. The scheme | is to pool interests and to stand or fall | together. SECRECY MAINTAINED. The unions have been preserving the | utmost secrecy as to their plans, but the news leaked out yesterday. At the! meeting of the Steamfitters’ Union five | members were delegated to represént it at the conference. President Cornelius of the Carmen's | Union expressed surprise that informa- tion of the movement had been gained, | | and declared that he and his colleagues | | were much averse to having the matter made public. He virtually confirmed | the fact of the league movement of the unions. CORPORATION PREPARED. The United Railroads employs men belonging to the following unions: Carmen, electrical workers, stationary firemen, street railway construction workers, stationary engineers, team- sters, machinists and steam fitters. | All are powerful unions, and all save three bodies, engineers, steam fitters and teamsters, have grievances against the corporation. The officials of the United Railroads are sald to be ready for any emergency that may arise. They have maintained right along that they are in a position to fill the places of all strikers with non-union men. They claim that they have non-union linemen in plenty now, and should the carmen decide to quit their posts they aver that their places would be quickly filled. The following were the demands pre- sented by the carmen to the officials of the United Railroads yesterday: WORK UNDER GREAT STRAIN. “SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 1906, “United Railroads of San Francisco, care of Mr. Thornwell Mullally, Assist- ant to the President—Gentlemen: When we last bargained with you concerning hours and wages it was of course un- derstood that we bargained for what was then usual work performed under usual conditions. Neither you nor we could have had in mind the extraordin- ary situation obtaining in our field of employment since April 18, and cer- tainly this union could not have fore- seen the use you have been making of the disaster which befell San Francisco on that day and the two days succeed- ing it. “We respectfully remind you that since the great catastrophe of April we have uncomplainingly worked with and for you under whatever distressing cir- cumstances have Erown out of that catastrophe and under whatever unfor- tunate conditions you have yourselves brought to bear as matter of necessity or as matter of business policy. 1In continuing uncomplaining, howevVer, we have not been Wanting in knowledge of our rights, but have indulzed the hope that you would, quite voluntarily, conscious of the strain and stress of the burden placed Upon us by your new conditions and new polictes, increase - CONTINVED ON PAGE 2, COLUMNS 3 AND & Continued on Page 2, Column 3 3 Continued on Page 3, Column 1 - | to Enforce the Demands/ ' DELEGATESCHOSEN | FOR CONFERENCE Homeless Camping on the Hills to _Which They Fled to Escape Death. ORE than 1000 lives were lost in Valparalso "according to the latest estimates. The property loss, it is figured, will amount to $250,000,000 or more. So far but meager details of the destruction of life and property in Santiago have been received. The property loss in the capital was heavy. } % - By Mexican Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1906, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. All rights reserved. ALPARAISO, Aug. 19.—The earthquake disaster here will far eclipse the San Francisco horror. Not only was this city almost entirely wrecked and partially burned, but the neighboring cities of Vina del Mar, Quilpul, Limache, Quillota, San Felipe, Los Andes and Casablanc.. were totally destroyed. Many smaller villages were wiped out. The great fires that have raged since Thursday are beginning to die out, not because of the efforts of the fire fighters; but because there was in many places nothing left to burn. In many large sections of the city the destruction was complete. Martial law is in force, and the authorities have suppressed any disorder. Little work on the identification of bodies has been done. Steamers have been dispatched in haste to the north and scuth for provisions and troops. There is no real fear of famine, as there are many thousands of tons of flour, rice and wheat in stores and afloat. It is impossible to estimate the number of dead and wounded. The former will probably ekceed one thousand. Practically the entire population is camping on the hills, as the shocks have been felt occasionally since the convulsions of Thursday and Friday. Their force is diminishing, however. _ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN &