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• Dennis Michaels, a striker, appeared be
fore Judge Conlan' yesterday on a charge
of petty . larceny. He was arrested by
Detective Ryan ¦ for stealing some brass
from the RIsdon : Iron Works, where he
was employed before the strike. He told
the Judge that he had been forced to quit
his job. by the union after working there
for fifteen years, and as he could not ob
tain employment and his wife and three
Hunger Forced Striker to Steal.
V, O. : C.' Colby,. who claims to be a special
police officer employed - by Curtln's . De
tective Agency,, was * arrested- yesterday
by the harbor police and charged at the
water front station • with : carrying a con
cealed weapon and. with -assault and bat
tery. ;• When' searched- at the station no
evidence could be ' found to show that he
was'as.he claimed.; He said that he was
recently -appointed, but had never, been
sworn In. . •• .¦-«.¦• ~- .. . -. - .
i< The man whom ' Colby clubbed ' Is James
Special and Striker Arrested.
The force at the Union Iron Works was
increased by the addition of ten men yes
terday. Contrary to the expectations of
the management, no men were [ lost by
reason of | the j urgings of j union | pickets.
The day .was. a quiet one about, the works
and little of interest transpired. ; : "
•Of the' five molders .who went to work
on Monday : and - failed ' - to ' ' show up on
Thursday not one . put In an appearance
at the works yesterday. The man , who
wasbeaten by. unknown men. while on his
way to work * on Thursday J morning ; is
nearly ; recovered and will report for duty
Monday morning. It is believed, that many
other • men will , be on hand at : the same
time.; >. , ;¦„>; ¦ . " v . ¦¦ . ¦ w ' •¦¦¦^^
The announcement that* the . machinists'
Increased.
Force at the Union Iron Works Is
STILL GAINING MEN.
Bennett & Goodall secured twenty-four
additional men yesterday and sent them
to Port Costa on a gasoline launch. Men
zles & Co. were able to get together six
teen new non-union hands, and they were
sent up to the upper bay on a launch to
join the force already at work there.
- Secretary Westoby of the City Front
Federation, at the meeting 1 of the execu
tive committee of the federation held yes
terday, "aroused a great deal of enthusi
asm by telling the members of the com
mittee that "fifty non-union stevedores
were won over to, the side of union
ism this morning at the warehouses in
Contra Costa County.'; They came down
on an early train -and are now scattered
throughout the city."
Fifty Hen I«eave Port Costa.
Police Officer Dennis Hogan, who was
acting as 'escort for a non-union man
driving one of McNab&- Smith's teams,
was severely injured yesterday afternoon
by being thrown from the wagon. He
was ¦ carried to the Harbor Hospital,
where It was found that his right ankle
had been severely, sprained and that his
right wrist was contused and lacerated.
When the accident occurred a number cr
union pickets ran to the officer's assist
ance and carried him to the hospital. . -\
The accident was due to the faulty load
ing of the wagon. Three . long ..< racing
shells were on 1 the truck., and I they kept
swinging from side to side. One of the
horses slipped and the boats swung
around with considerable force." Hogan
jumped- to save himself, • but ¦ his ankle
turned and he fell to the ground; He fell
in such a way that one : of .the wheels
passed over his right arm. It will be
some time before Hogan .will be able- to
return to duty. "_ .'-, .
Police Officer Hogan Injured.
r Many, of .the striking machinists are
working in interior towns and, not a few
are picking fruit In the northern counties.
Dozens have gone to the East." and are
A prominent manufacturer stated yes
terday .that the ' majority, of ; machinists
now .on. sfike were 1 anxious, to go to
work,' and that little encouragement- was
required to> prompt them to »• desert the
union and return. r . This -statement is
vehemently . denied -by the leaders of the
machinists, .who i declare : that • the : strike
Is stronger; to-day than at ? any. time
since • it was inaugurated: ;-' The employers
do not deny that the machinists are mak
ing a stiff fight, but they insist. that many
are; heartily: sick' of the strike' and that
they are becoming restive under: the tone
strain. -, :»...• ••;...-. »,<->¦- •>
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.— The Allls-Chalmers
Company to-day secured an injunction
from Judge Kpnlsaat In the United States
court restraining the striking iron'mold
ers and machinists . from picketing any of
the plants of the company and from-in
timidating I or showing . violence toward
any: of the non-union workmen . which
were filling their places. The Injunction
Is broad in its terms and affects by name
a large number of the strikers. Eight
lodges of machinists and molders and all
their officers are .expressly named, and In
addition forty-five members of the unions
are ordered to obey the injunction.
strike in Kansas City had been declared off
by the strikers without calning a single
point, has encouraged the iron manufac
turers here. The Kansas City strike be
gan on the Bame- day that the strike in
this city was inaugurated.
junction Against the Strikers.
Federal Judge in Chicago Grants In-
CANNOT PICKET PLANTS.
The settlement was effected by a con
ference between a committee from the
Building Trades Council, headed by P. H.
McCarthy, and representatives of tha
Sculptural Iron Workers' Association.
The agreement is to go into effect Mon
day, when the men will return to work.
The strike of Metal Workers* Union No.
19, involving 230 men, was settled yester
day. The, employers agree to give the
men a nine-hour day for ¦ work In the
shops and an eight-hour day for outside
work. The demand of the union was for
the shorter work-day and the employers
concede the demand in full.
Granted.
Demand for a Shorter "Work Day
METAIi WORKERS "WTN.
When the strikers arrived at the mill
they were provided with stones and other
weapons. The first object of attack was
a small Italian settlement near the 'mill.
The non-union girls in last night's riot
took. refuge in these houses and escaped
from the strikers' fury. There was a
clash -with the Italians this morning.
Later when the non-union . workers | ar
rived a volley of stones met them.
PITTSTON, Pa., Aug. 23.-A second riot
occurred at the Sterling Silk Mill thl3
morning more serious than a clash which
occurred last night "and a howling mob
surrounded the mill, threatening to enter
It by, force and drag the non-union girls
from the mill.
Works in Pennsylvania.
Serious Clash Occurs at the Sterlin§:
RIOT AT A SILK MILL.
OAKLAND, Aug. , 23.— Evidences of the
strike in Oakland are very few and far
between and are growing less every day.
The decision of the longshoremen to han
dle lumber after it had been deposited
upon the docks, even If it were unloaded
by non-union crews, has done much to
settle the question as far as Oakland Is
concerned. Lumber Is now being moved
very rapidly and there is no danger of
any tie-up in the building trades.
With this condition among the shipping
the tie-up at the wharves is practically
broken. The teamsters are beginning to
go back to work. The men formerly em
ployed by James P. Taylor,. the coal mer
chant, decided that if the longshoremen
are given the privilege of handling lumber
after it has been unloaded by non-union
help they should have the - privilege_ of
handling coal after it has been unloaded
bv non-union help. The result was that
the men formerly employed by Taylor ap
plied for reinstatement to-day. Taylor
refused to discharge the non-union men
who had helped him when he needed help
and he reinstated five of his old men.
The men who struck at C. R. Allen s coal
wharf yesterday applied to-day for rein
statement and will go back to work to
morrow.
of Longshoremen.
Strike Practically Broken by Action
OAKLAND TEAMSTEBS RETURN.
Lavin, a member of the Firemen's "Union,
who. is also under arrest, . charged -with
carrying a weapon. Lavin attempted to
make a short cut across the coal bunkers
of the Pacific Coast Coal Company at
Beale street yesterday, but was prevented
from going through ty Colby. "When he
attempted to continue his walk Colby
struck him with a club, knocking him
down. He arose and started' for Colby
with a knife in his hand and was knocked
down again. Sergeant Tobln witnessed
the fight and ran over and placed both
men under arrest. At the. police station
Lavin denied having tried to use a knife,
and when searched no weapon of any
kind was found on him. The knife, how
ever, had -been picked up by the police
sergeant, and when Lavin saw it he ad
mitted the ownership of the weapon,
which is a common pocket knife.
Both men were released on. ball. James
Curtln furnishing the cash for Colby and
John L/erman, attorney, for the Firemen's
Union, for Lavin.
now working in the mills in the larger
cities.
Conference Is TJrged.
A meeting of the executive committe*
of the Municipal Federation of Improve
ment Clubs was held at the office of H. V.
aiorehouse yesterday, at which there wera
present Messrs. Rothschild, Morehouse.
Bibo, Roberts and Lorenzo. The strike
situation was discussed and reports con
cerning the attitude of the Employers*
Association considered.
It was decided to brinjr all the pressure
possible to bear upon the association to
agree to a conference with the strikers at
an early date.
*Af ter Non-TJaion Cre-w.
Last night Captain Wlttman was notl
ned that a large crowd of strikers had
congregated at Fourth and Channel
streets, intending to attack the non
union crew of the schooner North Fork.
A squad of officers was sent to the scene
and after a short scrimmage they suc
ceeded In dispersing the crowd. Th»
North Fork will unload its cargo of lum
ber to-day under police guard.
: At John Rosenfeld's Sons' lt.was also
reported that there was an ample supply
of coal on hand and : that there "was- not
the slightest possibility of a coal famine."
.. "We are having no difficulty In securing
men to unload the vessels or to drive the
coal carts. In fact, on one vessel, the
Progreso, .'we have four gangs working,"
which .is as many as can • work at ¦ one
time on a boat. . We have fifteen teams
at work." -• .
"What little chance for a coal famine
there was at the inception of. the strike
has been entirely obviated. The quantity
of coal which Is'available at the present
time Is equal to the amount which is usu
ally on hand at this time of the year.
There is a slight scarcity in some lines of
coal. Especially is this true in regard to
the Wellington, which is brought down
from British Columbia. ' .
"When the strike was commenced busi
ness was certainly tied up very tight, but
every day since then the aspect has
brightened. Since then the following col
liers have arrived in port: Bristol,. Wel
lington. South Portland. ' Czarina. Pro
grtso, Milton, Titania. Asuncion, Mattea
wan, Australia and Arcadia and a num
ber of vessels which brought down sup
plies for the railroad companies. In all
these colliers brought down 40,000 tons of
coal, 7 a supply sufficient for all immediate
demands. : - • - : • ... •
"When the Brotherhood of Teamsters and
the City Front Federation first Went out
on strike a conservative estimate placed
the entire' available supply of coal at
30,000 tons. This supply, it was stated,
could not possibly last more j than ten
days. - At that time there were two col
liers in port with cargoes of coal and sev
eral were on their way hither from Brit
ish Columbia, but it was confidently as
serted by the strikers that no stevedores
would be Induced to unload the vessels,
and If they -were unloaded no teamsters
would be secured to cart the coal from
the wharves. ; •
Up to the present time no famine has
been felt, and according to the statement
of the merchants there Is no prospect of
one. In speaking of the situation yester
day afternoon James Smith of the J. C.
Wilson Company said:
According to summaries which were
made yesterday afternoon by several lead
ing wholesale coal dealers of the city, all
the danger of a coal famine that threat
ened when the present labor troubles com
menced has been averted.
Ample Supply.
Merchants Claim That There Is an
NO DANGER OF COAX FAMINE.
ducted all the active negotiations, has re
tired into the background, leaving to
Prince Ching the responsibility of con
summating the work. Earl Li finds him
self in the same precarious position that
he occupied at the close of the negotia
tions following the war with Japan. The
native press is unanimous In violently de
nouncing him for what is called his sur-
young: children -were starving he had
stolen the brass and sold it to get money
to buy food for them. He had never been
arrested before. The Judge convicted
him, but said as there were mitigating
circumstances he would Impose a light
¦sentence this morning.
render to the foreigners, and a number
of officials have petitioned the Emperor
to punish him for betraying his country.
American Commissioner Rockhill is
pleased with the appointment of Thad
deus S. Sharretts as the representative of
the United States to "watch the collection
of Chinese customs, from which the in
demnity to the powers will be paid.
LONDON, Aug. 24.— "Apparently
there is a move on foot on the
part of Great -Britain, Japan and
the Urited States," says a dis
patch to the Morning Post from
Chefu, dated yesterday, "to force Russia
to evacuate Niuchwang."
PEKING. Aug. 23.— The delay of the
PITTSB.URG. Aug. 23.-An interesting
rumor i reported from New York to-day
was that circular letters had been sent to
all the presidents of labor unions by the
Amalgamated Association, asking what
each would or could do to assist the steel
workers in their strike. One of the re
plies, it Is said, was received from P. M;
Arthur, head of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers.' It is alleged that In
this reply . President Arthur said his or
ganization held contracts with the vari
ous railroads, that they were also bound
to move the United States mail and that
the organization could make no distinction
between the United States Steel Corpora
tion and Individual shippers.
tion to Assist the Strikers.
Locomotive Engineers Not In Posi-
BOTJND TO MOVE MAILS.
PROMINENT MARYLAND MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS UNCLE SAM'S REP
RESENTATIVE IN CHINA TO WATCH THE COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL CUSTOMS. FROM WHICH THE
BIG INDEMNITY TO THE POWERS WILL BE PAID.
It is believed another effort will be made
to induce the steel corporation to enter
another conference. The specific means
to bring this about would not be discussed
by any of to-day's conferees.
During the meeting the whole strike sit
uation was discussed. Shaffer said no ar
rangement had ¦ been made to submit a
new peace proposition to the corporation
or a further proposal for arbitration, add
ing, however, that he did not know what
individual action the conferees might take
in the future. No mention was made of
the miners or other trades taking sympa
thetic action.
• .Predict What May Occur. -,' ¦;;*•
! PITTSBURG, "Aug. 23.— When President
Shaffer was seen at-.his home to-night, he
said, with reference to the day's meeting,
that it was not a preconcerted one, but
"just happened." President Mitchell, he
said, had telegraphed him that he would
like to see him to-day on his way home
from the Eastern coal, fields, and soon
after his arrival the other gentlemen made
their appearance.
President Shaffer ; Says 5le Cannot
CONFEREES ARE SIXENT.
The committee from the Building Trades
Council gave its decision at the meeting
yesterday to that proposal," rejecting any
settlement that would involve agreement
upon a wage of less than $3 50 per day.
After a long discussion, and a considera
tion of minor phases of the strike, the
master painters finally agreed to concede
the demand of the union, and work will
be resumed on that basis, the employers to
reinstate their former employes as far as
possible. The two committees will be
made permanent, to arbitrate difficulties
in future.
The number of men who have been out
of employment as the result of, this strike
has been variously estimated' at from 500
to 800, the employers giving the latter
figure..-. In fact, some of the master.paint
ers nave said that nearly 1000 painters
have "been. idle since the strike began.
. Agreement- was reached yesterday af
ternoon at a conference of committees of
•five in the office of the Master Painters'
Association in the Parrott building. The
Building Trades Council, "which handled
the painters' strike"" from the beginning,
and the Master . Painters' Association,
were the two bodies represented at the
meeting. The employers had been mak
ing a stand for a compromise on a 'wage
of $3 25 for an eight-hour day, and sev
eral meetings had ; been held at which
that basis of settlement was debated pro
and con. v
painters will leave the ranks of
the army of strikers and return to • their
work. . ¦'.''•-" :¦' ¦
THE painters' strike is ended, the
employers having conceded the
rate of wages demanded by the
union, ..and this morning, the
Bellaire — The National. Steel Company'/! laie
plant will, it is said, be started early next
week by a full "force of men.
Wheeling— Everything tied up and no ap
parent indication of an attempt to start any
of the mills.
Lisbon— Fires started in ' tin plate plant.
Manager Evans says everything is in readiness
for a start soon with plenty of men. Strikers
voted to-day, to remain out and the mill i?
strongly picketed.
Irondale^-Mill running -with same force as
yesterday, making two turns and assurance
from the manager that more men will be added
to-morrow. .
"Wellsville — Situation unchanged; twelve mills
running.
McKeesport — Demmler plant idle and no at
tempt will be made to start it before next
week. 'Everything else closed down.
This city— Star mills: Two mills running,
strikers say five more men left the plant and
joined their ranks, but /management positively
denies the statement. Painter mills: Four
mills running: flres lighted in bar mill fur
naces, but failed tq . start as expected. Penn
sylvania Tube "Works: Mill Idle, machinists
say they -win quit to-night. All Carnegie mills
running . full. ,« .:.
The strikers, make the claim that little
actual work has been done by the com
bine in any of its plants slncfr the strike
began, and that what product lias been
turned out has been of an Inferior char
acter. Notwithstanding this, the steel of
ficials declare themselves well pleased
with the condition of affairs and say all
the mills started are working satisfac
torily and fuming out good products.
A summary of the steel- strike situation
to-night shows about the following con
dition:
There were' present at the r conference
besides the Amalgamated officials John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America; J. W. Jenks, mem
ber of the Industrial Commission; Grand
Master Sargent of -the Locomotive Fire
men; R.M. Easley, secretary of the Na
tional Civic Federation, and Henry M.
White, "general secretary of the 'United
Garment. Workers. The conference end
ed to-night about 9 o'clock- and the con
ferees left for their, homes. ; -. '. ¦¦•'-¦ :
: Just what this change is to be "was not
said, but it was inferred strongly that the
coming event hinged uppn. the conference
that was taking place. Two sessions .were
held by the conferees behind closed doors.
After the adjournment of the first session
none of the participants would- give out
any, information of the proceedings fur
ther than to say that the leaders had been
called together for ; the purpose of having
the situation .thoroughly., -explained to
them and to have some action taken look
ing to the aid of the strikers morally. and
financially by all of the organizations rep
resented.. V "¦ ¦ ¦>...- •:: «
"In another six days you*- .will" see. a de
cided In the strike: that will tell
with greater effect on the , trust ' and aid
in hurrying 'the ; final ' outcome of the
struggle."-, ;..,;.::.; •
PITTSBTJRG, ; Aug. .. 23.-^The conference
of the labor leaders at the offices of the
Amalgamated Association"! was' the flead
ing feature of the strike -during the day.
The officials of the organization ill
seemed pleased with- the way things were
moving, and one said somewhat mysteri
ously: - . • ¦ . .¦ .. : •• ¦•
ference but "Withhold
Secrets.;
Labor Leaders Have a Con-
Rumor Says That Six
Days Will Bring Its
Termination.
STEEL STRIKE
TO BE ENDED
WORKINGMEN TO PARADE STREETS
IN GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION
Painters' Strike Ended by Employers Granting the Advance, in Wages
as Demanded — Labor Council Addresses Open Letter to Presi
dent Wheeler Relative to Students Working as Stevedores
OFFICERS OF TRANSFER COMPANY
STAMP EXAMINER STORY AS FAKE
TO demonstrate that the draymen of San Francisco are liars when they say they are paying- $5 a day and
under for teamsters to take the place of the strikers the Examiner published affidavits yesterday of three
men who claim to be striking teamsters — Thomas Brennan. Michael Lally and William Andson. These men
assert in their affidavits that on August 19 they applied at a saloon at 105 Mason street and were engaged to
drive for Austin & Co. of the Overland Freight Transfer Company by a Mr. Wheaton. -Brennan asserts that he
was promised $10 per day and a bonus of $i, ora total of $n'per day, to drive a four-horse dray. Lally and And
son make affidavit that they were promised a total of $8 each per day to drive two-horse drays. -
The speciousness of these carefully worded affidavits is made apparent by the statements of affiants that
they did not report for work, and hence cannot know whether the man Wheaton acted with authority or not. ,
The affidavit of the officers of the Overland Freight Transfer Company,' in which it is declared that no such
offers were authorized by the company and that only unjop rates have been paid or offered to drivers, stamps the
Examiner story as utterly unreliable and partaking of the character of the "Let it rot" fake which was perpetrated
in the effort to discredit Frank J. Symmes and the Employers' Association.
The union rates paid by the company alluded to are $3 for the driver j)l a two-horse dray and $3 50 for the
driver of a four-horse dray. Following is the affidavit: •
State of California, -
City and County of San Francisco- — ss. ,
C- Ja. Tilden, C. W. Balrd, W. H. Fuller and Wallace Austin Tietnjsr each severally duly sworn, de
pose and say:
That snid C. L. Tilden is the president of the Overland Freight Transfer Company; that Bald C.
M*. Ilaird t« the vice president and maaaeer of that company;" that W. II. Fuller Is the secretary and nn
xlKtant manager: and that Wallace Austin In the superintendent of that company, and ' that all of the
above parties have occupied the aforesaid relations to that company since long: prior to the present
strike.
That no pemon other than nald C. J*. Ttlden, C. W. Balrd and TV. H. Fuller hnn hired or employed
any one to work for nald Overland Freight Transfer Company In any capacity since the strike com
menced; that said Wallace Austin has devoted his entire time and attention superintending the dolnsr
of the n-ork of that company, and that said Wallace Anstin has been too busy looklnsr after the work
In behalf of customers to give any time or attention to the employment of men, and that he has not,
since the strike commenced, employed a slncle man, nor has he authorized any one to employ any men
nt S1O a day or any price whatever, and that the fact is that he has never employed any men, or au
thorized any one else to employ any men, and that every man 'who has been employed, or who has been
offered employment by bin company, has been employed by said C. X.. Tilden or said C. W. Bnird or
said W. H. Fuller, and that neither one of said parties has ever employed any men or promised em
ployment to any men, or endeavored to employ any men at any price above the regular union wagres,
and that the Overland Frelsrht Transfer Company has never paid or agreed to pay any wagren to any
body in ezcess of the regnlar union wagres. . ¦ •
That none of these affiants ever authorized any one else to employ nny men at any price, and
any statement made by any one that he is or was the asrent of Austin «fc Co. or the Overland Freight
Transfer Company to employ any men Is a -willful and deliberate lie.
That ft is well known to all the members of the Brotherhood of Teamsters that the . Overland
Freight Transfer Company has always been ready and is willing to pay the full union wagres and that
the company has never had any difficulty or controversy with 'any of its employes over the question
of waeres or hours of labor. £ ¦ . ¦
C. Jj. TILDEX.
' . C. W. BAIRD. . :'.
» .«'-.•. W. H. FULLER. /vi
¦ WALLACE Al'STIN.
Snbscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of August, 1901. ' - '
(Seal) GEORGE VF.HATTOX,
Xotary Public in and for the. City and County of San Francisco, State of California.
THE worklngmen of San Francisco
•who are now on strike will parade
at 1 o'clock to-day under the lead
ership of Michael Casey, president
of the City Front Federation, as
rrand marshal. It is expected that fully
10,000 men will be In line.
The purpose of the daylight parade Is to
show to the public the numerical strength
of the strikers. AH of the trades now on
strike will be represented with the excep
tion of the allied iron trades. None of
these will be seen in the line, as notifica
tion of the parade failed to reach the
Iron Trades (Council in time, so that the
machinists could not be properly notified.
Another probable reason Is that many of
the iron trades strikers are absent from
the city at the present time, and a suf
ficiently imposing show of that craft
would be impossible.
The line of march will be from Sailors'
Hall, at East and Mission streets, north
on East to Battery, along Battery to Mar-
Vet, along Market to Third, down Third to
Brannan, down Brannan to Pacific Mail
dock, thence to East and Mission. The
march will begin promptly at 1 o'clock in
the following order:
FIRST DIVISION.
Band.
Section 1— Sailors' Union and Marine Cooks
end Waiters. Right resting front of sailors'
headquarters.
Section S— Longshoremen's locals, Kos. 222.
224. 228. 220, and Hoisting Engineers. Right
resting on East and Howard streets.
Section 3— Steam and hot water fitters, ship
Joiners, pile drivers and bridge builders, coal
yard and trestlemen and coal cart teamsters.
Right resting on East street, between Howard
end Folsom. west of section two.
SECOND DIVISION.
Band.
Section 1— Firemen, resting on Folsom street,
between East and Steuart. Teamsters resting
on Steuart. west siae. between Folsom and
Harrison streets.
Section 2 — Porters, packers and warehouse
men, boxmakers and all unions locked out af
filiated with the San Francisco Labor Council.
Right resting on Harrison street, between
Fteuart and Spear.
COMPUXSOBY ARBITRATION.
Dr. John A. Miller Submits an Orig
inal Flan.
At a meeting of the Iroquois Club held
last night at Pythian Castle, Dr. John A.
Miller discussed the feasibility of having
all labor difficulties settled by compulsory
arbitration. He reviewed at length the
manner in which the arbitration laws
were operated In New Zealand and 'gave
many reasons why the same laws would
apply to the conditions existing here.
Dr. Miller submitted the following plan
for .compulsory arbitration as a possible
solution of the labor problem:
When fifty or more workmen combine them
selves into a labor union they shall be re
quired to Incorporate within twenty days
tinder a sr>ecial act which provides rules and
regulations.
When three or more employers combine for
their mutual protection or furtherance of their
respective trades or occupations they shall be
required to incorporate under the same act;
a less number shall be jointly or individually
dealt with as a corporation under the same
law.
Disputes between the above corporations
shall be adjusted, provided that written no
tice of their demands Fhall be given by any
person or persons at least ten days before
t&kir.tr eteps in furtherance thereof.
Within ten days of the notice of their de
mand a committee of two, appointed by each.
Khali attempt to arbitrate the dispute; if this
committee cannot agree, the committee Is to
appoint by mutual consent a third person, and
if then no agreement can be reached the mat
ter must be referred for compulsory arbitra
tion to a commission created for this purpose.
The compulsory arbitration committee must
not be a permanent body, but a temporary
creation for the purpose of arbitrating the
particular dispute in question.
The commissioners Fhall be appointed in the
following manner: The labor union shall
nominate one person and the employer, em
ployers or employers" corporation, as the case
may.be. another person, and these two shall
nominate a third, and if the two first nominees
fail to 'agree, the nomination shall be incum
bent upon a Superior Judge.
These three nominations shall be confirmed
by the Superior Court and by such confirmation
thai! constitute the commissioners of .said
court. They shall -Investigate the' merit* of
the controversy, after which a majority or all
«hr** ehall make their report to the court and
their decision shall be final and constitute the
Judgment.
With the flllne of their report the life of
the commlffion efcall expire.
Tber* shall be fines and' penalties for the
disobedience cf the judgment, and either one
r>r both parties to the controversy rha.ll stand
in contempt and be punished according to the
pro\iEions of this act.
THE executive committee of the
San Francisco Labor Council is-
Bued yesterday afternoon the fol
lowing: open letter:
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler. University
of California. Berkeley, Cal.— Dear Sir: You
are aware, no doubt, of the struggle now go
ing on between labor and capital on this
coast. You mu3t feel, as we do, that on the
issue depends the fate of the American work
ingman—whether he is to be an Intelligent
human. being, a 'free man Jin a, free land or a
mere animal to be driven and controlled like
a beast of burden. The plain and . common
rights of roan are at stake. Should capital
triumph Just now there can be no more free
Institutions, since there Is no longer Individ
ual liberty, and social evolution will give
place to unmistakable reversion.
A university stands for progress. It stands
for the development of the human mind, for
the upbuilding of the race, for intellectual ex
pansion along the broadest lines. Whenever
it ceases to stand for that it ceases to be a
university. It respects not persons. In its
lecture halls all are equal — rich and poor, high
and low. It looks to mind, not to nana or
dollars. Its aim is to build up not to pull
down or disintegrate. It is the great and
ideal democratic Institution where Is the
throne of the people and where brain makes
Its realm and reigns. Consequently It Bhould
be always Just, always a power making for
righteousness in the community. It cannot
consistently favor one class at the expense of
another. Especially It cannot favor the rich
at the expense of the poor and expect to be
called a university.
All this is ¦ particularly true of a university
which has been created by the will of the
people find built and supported by their
moneys. Such a school is essentially the peo
ple's school and all the people have a right
to expect fair treatment from it. It would
be a bad day for our State University when
it took part in a struggle in which two
classes of its supporters were engaged. It
would fall in its noble mission the day on
which it antagonized any considerable num
ber of those by whose will It exists. Other
schools built by private money may perhaps
afford to take the side of the rich man and
the corporations. Such a thing has, we trunk,
happened within our memories. You can
judge if the gain has been on the side of the
university. But no matter what the rulers
of a private school- may see fit to do. a State
Institution cannot afford to take sides. The
people are its masters and it must be con
ducted in whatever way the people demand
it shall be conducted.
You must have seen in the daily papers
that come students of the State University
gave up their books and hired themselves to
men who have sworn to trample on the lib
erty of the worklnsrinen of California. We
wish to call your attention to the matter and
to ask you If the State University -approves
of this p.ciion of its students? Remember that
the worklngman pays his taxes in equal pro
portion with the capitalist. Indeed, it is gen
erally supposed that the workingman pays a
higher proportion. The workingman then is
paying for the education of those men and
the return he gets Is that they Join his en
emies in a determined effort to enslave him.
Are those men a type of the Berkeley student?
We are taxpayers and are within our Just
rights when we ! ask you what you think
about the matter. We know what we think
about it. and we are decidedly of opinion that
such acts on the part of Berkeley students
will not be tolerated by the people of this
State and that the people will not be eager
to support an institution which wii.hout pro
test allows its members to Join in an - unholy
effort to crush the spirit of the people.
Do you think the action of those students
will tend to improve the position of the uni
versity In the ¦ eyes of the people of Califor
nia? Something big, something broad and
liberal is expected of such a school as that of
which you are the head. You are supposed
to give a liberal education. Is it one of the
marks of a liberal education that those who
receive it gratuitously should do what even
uneducated men consider vile and Infamous?
Labor is honorable, but not all labor. There
are conditions which make it dishonorable
and your students have placed these condi
tions.
A liberal education makes those who are
capable of receiving it gentlemen. Of course
there are exceptions. You can't make a silk
purse out of a sow's ear. To your mind are
those who took the places of honest working
men In Oakland gentlemen? Are they the
kind of persons for whose education the peo
ple ought to pay taxes? Have they not shown
a> decided vocation for positions to fill which
a university education is by no means neces
sary? We can hardly think that our Slate
University will stand for such men or that
you. Its respected head, will be altogether
proud of this product of your school. The
State has been generous with the university.
It has • riven freely and is prepared to give
more. It Is proud of the school. But If this
great State school turns out only poor scholars
of the amateur stevedore type then • we fear
the people will begin to consider whether after
all it is worth while supporting such a school.
We respectfully, bring the matter to your
notice and ark you if the State University ex
ists altogether for the benefit of the rich?
Public opinion is strong, and we can assure
you that the people are not at all disposed
to pay for the establishment in the State
l/nlverslty of a department for the education
of well.- say stevedores. Yours truly.
By order of the executive committee of the
. San Francisco Labor Council.
¦ : ED. ROSENBERG^ ££g*'
August 23. 1901.
Earl Fruit Company, said in conversation
with a reoorter to-day that the Eastern
market and the canneries were taking
nearly, all the fruit. He said good prices
were being realized, instancing the sale at
Montreal yesterday of Bartlett pears at
$3 45 per box. .
Fruit Men Not Suffering Loss.
SACRAMENTO, Aup. 23.— The strike In
San Francisco is declared by fruit I men
to be productive of. little or no harm to
the fruit interests in this section, although
under other conditions than the present it
might result in great damage to the . in
dustry. The canneries are taking great
quantities of fruit, and with the lively
state of the Eastern market the orchard
ists are suffering no loss because of the
falling off in the commission business with
Ban Francisco.
G*orge B. Katzenstein, manager of the
THREE POWERS MAY NOW COMPEL
RUSSIA TO EVACUATE NIUCHWANG
Such Movement Reported on Foot on the Part of the United States,
- Great Britain and Japan— Delay of Chinese Envoys\in Signing
. the Protocol at Peking Is Causing Uneasiness at Chinese Capital
THE SAN FRA.NC1SCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1901.
Chinese plenipotentiaries In signing the
protocol Is causing: some uneasiness In the
foreign community here, although the
Ministers of the powers do not think tha
Chinese intend to defy the powers by ulti
mately refusing to sign. They believe
China is anxious to wind up the nego
tiations speedily.
Decrees recitlr.g the punishments and
suspending the constitutions will be issued
before the Chinese signatures are affixed.
Prince Ching, at the request of the
Dowager Empress, telegraphed ,to her
verbatim the restrictions as to the Impor
tation of arms.
Li Hung Chang, having practically con-
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