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Mayor Schmitz and Other Speakers Urge Workmen
to Remain Steadfast.
PRESIDENT GOMPERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
ADDRESSING THE BIG UNION . MASS-MEETING WHICH WAS HELD
IN THE ALHAMBRA THEATER LAST NIGHT.
MEKLO PARK, July 22.-The Southern
Pacific Company has decided to build a
new stone depot here, and elaborate plans
for it are already being worked out. The
new station will consolidate the depots
of Fair Oak?- and Menlo Park and will
be about half way between the two.
Many of the citizens her© axe quite
stirred up about it, as the new site will
be an inconvenient distance from most
of the hotels and business blocks, but the
company is simply carrying out Us plan
of erecting new depots at all Its stations
oX iissortance.
New Depot for Menlo Park.
At the close of the meeting the inter
national president, accompanied by the
Mayor, the band and the whole body of
carmen, treat to the Alhambra Theater,
•ten a mass meeting was being held.
Mayor Schmitz was completely over
come by this token of esteem, and was at
a loss for v.ords. Finally he said: "Gen
tlemen, at this time let some 'one else
talk; I can only say, 1 thank you."
In conclusion the speaker said he
brought his hearers fraternal greetings
from the East, where the organization is
rapidly spreading.
At the conclusion of his address Mr.
Jlshon presented to the Mayor engros&ed
resolutions which had been passed by
Division 205 in appreciation of the btand
the executive had taken in the struggle
of the carmen and to show how much he
had endeared himself to the organiza
tion.
Mahon thanked the division for their
kind reception of him and said that it
¦was a moment he would never forget.
He said his mind wandered back to the
years of the labor movement, when it was
the disposition of those who opposed the
asbcciatlon to wipe It out of existence
and came back to the present time when
it had become of such importance that
the chief executive of the city attended
the meeting. He stated that only a few
years ago, before organization had
bten effected, the working hours of tho
carmen ranged from, twelve to eighteen
*nd their pay did not exceed 14 cents an
hour. To-day there were thousands of
carmen working nine hours .a day and
making from 21 to 25 cents an hour. Or
ganization, he said, had revolutionized
the condition of the railway men of
America. He warned them to always
consider well the questions of their laws
end constitutions and to keep their or
ganization down to a business basis and
the desired results would be brought
about.
At 8:40 Richard Cornelius, president of
the Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employes, called the meeting Jo
cider and introduced Mahon.
At 7:45 o'clock last night the parade of
the carmen started from the Grand Hotel,
ftnd led by a band, proceeded up Market
etreet to Taylor and thence to the temple.
At fc:30 the temple was filled, both on the
main floor and in the gallery, with mem
bers of the union and shortly after that
time President W. D. Mahon, accom
panied by the Mayor, R. Cornelius, George
Dingwall, Henry JohnEon and W. T. Jane,
entered the hall and was enthusiastically
cheered.
President TV. D. Malion .of the Amal
gamated Association of Street Railway
Employes had a busy day yesterday. He
¦was anxious to make it possible for every
carman in the city to hear him speak at
least once and to this end ne arranged to
deliver three addresses during the day.
The first was at the Turk-street Temple
at S:15 yesterday morning. Mr. Man on
made a very interesting address upon the
great benefits which have resulted to
street carmen from organization and
I2rg«-d the necessity of harmony and of
avoiding petty dissensions. At 1:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon he again addressed
the carmen in the Turk-street Temple.
tion I>elivers Addresses to
Carmen.
President of Amalgamated Associa-
MAHON HAS BUSY DAY.
Commerce Is Likely to Come to a
Standstill if All of the Unions
Agree on a Sympathetic
Movement.
Mitchell says the national officers of
the organization are considering the
question of accepting the offer of the
tSritish trades unions, through their fed
eration, of financial aid in the strike.
Indianapolis unions met to-night and re
solved to assess members at least 1 per
cent per week on their earnings for the
Anthracite strikers. This will amount to
$2000 per week.
Miners from the Johnstown district,
vhere the worst horror occurred, have
declared emphatically that the men had
teen sent back to work there without
making any effort to remove all the
bodies first. This afternoon several large
contributions for the strike fund were
received. District No. 13 (Iowa) sent
JSOOO and the Boilermakers' and Iron
Ehip Builders' National Union $546.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 22.—Presi
dent Mitchell will leave for Chicago to
morrow afternoon. He will stay ui that
dry a day and will go direct to Wilkes
baire to resume active management of
the strike. The national officers attach
a. great deal of importance to th-.- reso
lution reported by the committee ap
pointed by the convention to draw up
en expression in regard to the recent
mine horrors in which so many men lost
their lives. In this resolution attention
is called to the fact that in several in
stances the men had been sent back to
work in the mines before the dead bodies
of their friends had been removed.
To-day, as a result of the strike of the
tugmen, which has been in progress since
April, the executive body of his associa
tion empowered him to decide whether
the 60,(.KX) members engaged in loading, un
loading and operating vessels in the lakes
ehall cease work to help the tugmen in
their strike against the tug trust.
if the decision be for a light, work wUJ
be suspended on all the iron ore, coal and
lumber docks along the chain of lakes.
The fact that the Licensed Tugmen's Pro
tective Association was admitted to mem
bership in the Longshoremen's Associa
tion while it already had a strike on its
he nds is taken to indicate that its of
ficers expect help. It is said that the
striking tugmen have for some time en
deavored to get the docktvorkers mixed
up In their strike.
With the whole of the matter in his
hands for settlement it is likely that
Keefe •will visit Cleveland within a week
lor a conference with officials of the Grtat
Lakes Towing Company. Upon the result
of this meeting will largely depend the fu
ture strike agair.st the company. Should
a general symr>athetic strike be ordered
at this time the result would be most
disastrous to lake commerce.
CHICAGO, July 22.— In the hands of one
tnan now rests the decision whether a
tie-up of the marine industries of the
Great Lakes snail be decreed. This man
is President D. F. Keefe of the Inter
national Longshoremen, Marine and
Iransport V\*orkcrs' Association.
President Keefe in Control
of the Perilous
Situation.
Labor Troubles on the
Great Lakes More
Serious.
BIG STRIKE
MAY STOP
ALL SHIPS
SAMUEL GOMPERS DELIVERS BRILLIANT SPEECH ON UNIONISM
AND STRIKES AT BIG MASS-MEETING AT ALHAMBRA THEATER
GOES FORTH
TO FACE THE
INSURGENTS
Castro of Venezuela Will
Risk Battle at Puerto
Cabello.
Rebels Make Such Headway
That the President Is
J-XkCLk UiCJUa
United States Gunboat Marietta Will
Rescue a Consular Agent Who
Has Taken Refuge ia
Trinidad. vS
Special Dispatch to The Cah.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 O STREET. N.
W.. WASHINGTON, July 22.— President
Castro has expressed his Intention of
leaving Caracas for Puerto Cabello to
meet in person the revolutionists now
threatening that town. Minister Bowen
to-day cabled the State Department that
an insurgent attack upon Puerto Cabello
was expected at any time, and that Pres
ident Castro was going there In person.
The insurgent forces are strong in, that
vicinity.
Minister Bowen also states that the
gunboat Marietta has gone to Carupano
to observe conditions. The Venezuelan
Government has declared a blockade of
this port, which is In the hands of the- In
surgents.
Mr. Pulido. the Venezuelan Charge
d'Affaires,- called at the State Depart
ment to-day to inform Acting Secretary
Hill of the receipt of advices from the
Venezuelan acting Minister of Foreign
Affairs that tha report that the entire
western portion of the country vras in tha
power of the insurgents was untrue. The.
advices stated that there was not a man
in arms against the Government in tha
Andes states, Camora or Zulla.
WILLEMSTAD. Island of Curacao,
July 22.— The United States gunboat Ma
rietta sailed from Laguira last night,
having be*n sent by Herbert W. Bowen,
United States Minister to Venezuela,
with W. TV. Russell, Secretary of Lega
tion, on board, to investigate the situa
tion in the Orinoco district, which is re
ported to be extremely critical for Amer
ican interests, as no communication has
been had with Cludad Bolivar since June
9. En route the Marietta will take on
board Robert B. Henderson, the American
consular agent at Ciudad Bolivar, who
has taken refuge in Trinidad.
KING EDWARD IMPROVES
ON HIS ROYAL YACHT
jurltish. Sovereign Will Soon Hold His
First Council "With Premier
Baifour. >
LONDON. July 22.— The weather was
less disagreeable at Cowes this morninjr
and the reports from the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert continue to chronicle
King Edward's improvement. It Is said
that he walked a few steps yesterday.
The King will hold his first council since
A. J. Baifour became Premier on board
the yacht shortly. It Is expected that the
name of the new Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land to succeed Earl Cadogan. whose res
ignation was made public July 17. will
then be announced.
SAN 'JOSE, July 22.— The Democratic Coun
ty Central Committee has fixed September 1
as the date for the county convention. The
committee will name delegates to the Stato
convention, to be voted for at the primary
election on August 12. ¦'¦•-'- '.•~i
At 6:20 p. m. the executive council ad
journed to meet this morning at the
Grand Hotel at 8:30 o'clock.
the organized labor unions to the general pub
lic for financial assistance in aid of the strik
ing miners in the anthracite coal regions. Th«
request was complied with and an indorsement
sent by telegraph.
I belong to & trade which has eight hours
a day for its trade mark. Years ago, before
unionism became a factor In the land, men
were forced to work twelve hours a day.
Bishop Potter says the labor movement is only
iibout (fceventy-flve years old. The Bishop is
our friend, but he is very wrong when It comes
to quoting labor statistics. (Laughter.) The
labor movement dates back to the laws of the
Hound Table, COO years before the Christian
era began. Long before the birth of Christ
Spartacus led 60.000 men In a strike to better
the conditions of humanity of that time.
Aristotle argued that the lowest of mankind
iormed the unit upon which the advancement
of the human race was based. It was Christ
who taught that man could be elevated by
j-caceful methods Instead of those advocated
by Kpartacfis and others of his kind. In the
middle ages came the Magna Charta, forced
Duncan was warmly received. He said
when he left his New England home he
expected to leave a hotbed of conspira
cies, yet, at the outset, on his arrival
here, lie finds the chairman of the even
ing conspiring with success to place him
(Duncan) ahead of Gompers on the
speakers' list. He objected to conspira
cies of the kind, but excused it because
he was convinced that unionism.- was
mightily strong in San Francisco. Con
tinuing, he said:
They have come to a city that has had its
fair share of industrial strife and which is now
reaping the benefits of that strife. It is true
here and there are signs of internicine war
fare, but these are the signs of the great ac
tivity of the unionist cause in our midst. The
cause Is like the rolling of a great ship at
sea, which lo the inexperienced eye might ap
pear to be- in danger, but to the- mariner all
is safe. Labor in San Francisco is true to
the principles of unionism and no matter how
fierce the storm in which it i3 enveloped the
cause is safe. What the cause is accomplish
ing I will leave to the speakers here to relate
to you. I therefore Introduce to you James
Duncan, first vice president of the American
Federation of Labor.
REAPING THE BENEFITS.
Walter MacArthur. editor of the Coast
Seamen's Journal, was chairman of the
evening. Among the vice presidents were
fifty of the best known union men of the
city. They occupied seats on the stage
with the principal speaker of the evening,
who was seated to the right of the chair
man.
Chairman MacArthur called the meet-
Ing to order at 8:25 o'clock in a brief ad
dress. He apologized for having kept the
audience waiting and then told a story
apropos to the occasion which excited
laughter. He expressed the greetings of
San Francisco to the visitors who are
here as representatives of the American
Federation of Labor. By a paradox they
are far away from home, and yet they
are at home, because wherever the work
ers of the land are organized there all
workers are perfectly at home. Resum
ing he said:
It was considerably after 8 o'clock when
President Gompers and his co-workers of
the federation made their appearance in
the hall, headed by a band which dis
coursed patilotic airs. The appearance
of the distinguished labor leader upon the
stage was the signal for a tremendous
burst of applause which made the rafters
ring. The customary colored adornments,
signs and transparancles which one in
evitably associates with the gathering of
the public en masse with labor dignitaries
as the main attraction were lacking. Not
an inch of bunting was to be seen, but
this in no wise detracted from the interest
the occasion aroused.
tive committee of that body would
address the public last night attracted a
large audience to the Alhambra Theater.
The general theme discussed by the vari
ous speakers was unionism and its effect
upon the social, moral and financial con
ditions of the workingman. The audience
being composed for the greater part of
honest toilers of both sexes it was to be
expected that the sentiments expressed
by the platform orators should rouse en
thusiasm. In this respect the meeting
was a great success.
THE announcement that Samuel
Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and sev
eral other members of the execu-
address the speaker was vociferously
cheered.
John B. Lennon, treasurer of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, was next in
troduced. He spoke of the purposes of
the trip of the tederation officers to San
Francisco, saying that the journey was
not made because differences existed in
the ranks of labor, but merely to assist
the cause on the Pacific Coast in its on
ward march. He rejoiced to see that
unionism was no myth in San Francisco.
He believed that the unionists of this
city would do more to aid the common
cause than the unionists of the East ex
pected of them. The speaker said he
had a right to expect that the unionists
would not only be true to their local
unions, but to their international .unions
as well. He urged his hearers to "remain
firm to the principles of unionism and to
never forget that where unionism is con
cerned there is no East, no West, no
North or South.
Max Morris, secretary of International
Clerks' Association, delivered . a brief
address. He made a strong plea in behalf
of ihe union label, urging his hearers to
buy no clothing, nor smoke a cigar which
did not have the union label. He spoke
of the early closing movement in the
various cities and said that if the public
assisted the movement success was as
sured. •
W. D. Mahone, president of the Inter
national Association . of Street Railway
Employes of America, spoke briefly of the
purposes of the organization represented
by him. He congratulated the carmen of
San Francisco upon the success of their
strike some weeks ago.
ADDRESS BY MAYOR.
When Mahone concluded Mayor Schmitz
was introduced amid a burst of applause.
When the dim died away the Mayor said:
In the name of the citizens of San Francisco
I want to extend a hearty welcome to the rep
resentatives of labor who addressed you this
evening. This demonstration shows that they
have the respect and love of every union man
of San Francisco. I trust that this demonstra
tion will go far toward reconciling the differ
ences between employers and employes. (Ap
plause.) Organization — peaceful organization —
is your right and privilege, and it is the only
agency by which you will secure your just
rights. I only regret that we have not more
occasions of this characters/when men of the
reputation of those to whom you have listened
may be able to address us.
There is a saying that in time of peace -pre
pare for war. In Kurope there are governments
constantly ready for war and waiting for .a
chance to find their neighbors oft their guard.
Because worklngmen organize it need not be
said they are, looking for war. It is merely to
protect their own interests; It will result even
tually In bringing about a more comprehensive
and efficacious system of arbitration, by which
differences between labor and capital are to be
adjusted. . /
i In closing, I will say that having been chosen
as Mayor of this city, I am trying to do my
duty as a working-man. (Cheers.) I can do no
more. I trust you will stand firm for the prin
ciples of unionism. I thank you. <
It was 11:30 o'clock when the Mayor
concluded his remarks and the meeting
adjourned with three ¦ cheers for G»m
pers, Schmitz, the Federation of Labor
and the cause of unionism.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
INSTATE NEW OFFICERS
Pleasant Party Follows Induction
Francisco Parlor.
Ceremonies of a South. San
San Francisco Parlor, No. 49. Native
Sons of the Golden West, has had the
following named officers installed for the
current term:
Ben Levy, past president: Dr. W. A. Jack
ron, president; Frank Flynn, R. P. Troy and
George D. Ash, vice presidents; Frank Marlni,
treasurer; J. H. Nelson, ¦ financial secretary;
Louis P. Powelson, recording secretary; Frank
Salnsat, inside, and J. O'Connell, outside sen
tinel.
La Vespero Parlor of the Native Daugh
ters of the Golden West had an installa
tion party last night in South San Fran
cisco Masonic Hall. After the officers of
the parlor had initiated nine strangers in
their meeting place the officers-elect,
whose names have already been publish
ed, presented themselves in the main
hall, where, 1 In the presence of a large
number of people.they were installed with
the usual ceremonies. There were pres
ent: Grand President Miss Keith, Grand
Secretary Miss Frakes and a number of
members of other parlors. At the close
of the installation there was dancing un
der the direction of the following named
committee:
Mrs. Frances Griffiths, Mrs. Teresa Wagner,
Mrs. C. McCarthy Mrs. Mary McCormick, Mrs.
Llllie Biggs. Miss Annie Balz, Miss Mae
Byrne. Mrs. Marie Larlos and Miss Annie Mc-
Donough. ' i £?¦..- .
Picnic of the Hackmen,
. The second annual picnic of the-Hack
men's Union will be held to-morrow at
Shell Mound . Park. No member of the
union will be allowed under any circum
stances to drive his vehicle in a funeral
o&ursday. A fine of $10 will be imposed
for violation of the prohibitory order.
The arrangements for the outing are be
ing made by D.R Myers and J. Man
ning. . . ' • " " «
STOCKTON, July 22.— Gus, the 12-year-old
son of G. Gianelli, was drowned this morning
while bathing j in Mormon channel.
executive council of the Amer
9 lean Federation of Labor con-
II vened yesterday morning at the
IL Grand Hotel. The. session was
executive and occupied about
three hours. At its conclusion President
Gompers gave the following summary of
the proceedings:'
Those present were: Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the federation, representing the Cigar
makers' International Union; First Vice Presi
dent James Duncan, representing the Interna
tional Granite Cutters' Union; Third Vice Presi
dent James McConnell, representing the Inter
national Machinists' Association; Fourth Vice
President Max Morris of the Retail Clerks' In
ternational Association; Fifth Vice President
Thomas I. Kidd of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Woodworkers, and Treasurer John B.
Lennon of the International Journeymen Tail
ors' Union.
Vice President John Mitchell was detained in
the East by reason of the strike of the anthra
cite coal miners. Vice President D. A. Hayes
of the International Glass Blowers' Union is
now in conference with the glass manufacturers
as to the wage scale -of that trade. Secretary
Frank Morrison is at the headquarters of the
American Federation in Washington.
Vice President Morris was elected secretary
pro tern. The first case tinder the consideration
of the executive council was that of the charges
made by the Steamboat Joiners' Union No. 8186
against the Shipwrights' and Calkers' Union
No. 91 G2. Edward Case appeared in behalf of
the latter union. The executive council decided
that union 8186 be requested to appear and sus
tain its charges, and in the event that it fails
to appear a copy of the document submitted by
Mr. Case shall be forwarded to the union,
whose reply will be duly considered by the
council. Mr. Case, in his statement, denied the
charges of uafraternal conduct, and declared
that wages were reduced before union 9162 was
formed, and an Increase had occurred since that
time.
PROTESTS ARE HEARD.
The next case was the protest of J. Eldredge
and Albert Munro. representing the ship-build
ers' unions of San Francisco and Vallejo,
against the attempt of the Boiler-makers' and
Iron Ship Builders' Union to extend their juris
diction over the drillers and cappers. Several
applications for charters for such unions are
now pending. The claim of Jurisdiction made
by the brotherhood was presented at the Scran
ton convention of the American Federation of
Labor and was not allowed. The executive
council therefore decided that in the question
of the protest against issuing charters to drill
ers' and cappers' unions the president be au
thorized to continue issuing such charters, as
the alleged jurisdiction of the boiler-makers and
iron ship builders was not well established.
A committee consisting of W. A. Cole, Guy
Lathrop and E. Q. Smith, representing the Dis
trict Council of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, appeared
before the executive council relative to the ex
isting conditions in the building trades and the
differences in the labor movement in San Fran
cisco. The council decided to Invite representa
tives of the various organizations In Interest to
meet the executive council in conference at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. A recess was
then taken until 2:30 this afternoon.
At the close of the afternoon session,
which opened at 2 o'clock and did not ad
journ until 6:30 o'clock. President Gom
pers gave out the following statement:
The afternoon session of the executive coun
cil was resumed at 2 o'clock, all members be
ing present. A communication was read from
the official magazine of the American Feder
ation of Labor showing that the financial re
sults of the publication of the magazine hav*
been advantageous to the organization and
that the business public as well as the work
ers and thinkers now regard the American
Federationalist as the leading magazine in
economics and the representative of the senti
ments of the American labor movement.
REPORT OF SECRETARY.
Secretary Frank Morrison transmitted by
mail his report of the receipts and expenses
for the American Federation of Labor for
eight months ending June 30. The income was
$96,633 41. The expenditures for organizers
and literature for the past eight months was
$65,891 42. leaving a handsome balance. There
were issued from headquarters during that
period 718 charters, of which ten were na
tional and international unions, five were State
branches, eighty-seven were central labor
unions or councils, and 616 were local unions,
of. which there were ' no national or interna
tional trade unions. This does not include the
charters issued by the ninety-one national and
international unions to local unions of their
respective trades. .The report shows an increase
of 376 charters issued ¦ to new unions durins
the same period last year.
Ten o'clock Wednesday morning is set for the
hearing of the Brotherhood of Railway Em
ployes applying for a charter. Invitations have
been extended to the San Francisco labor
Ccundl to be present. .
The Building Trades Council and the District
Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpen
tprs and Joiners are to meet the executive
council of the American Federation of Labor
Wednesday afternoon.
COMPLAINS OF HACKMEN.
A committee from the Odd Fellows' Cemetery
Association, accompanied by George R. Fletch
er, the manager, appeared before the* council
In regard to a complaint which that association
makes, against one of the labor organizations'
for placing their cemetery association on the
unfair list. The council has deputized two of
the local men to see representatives of the or
ganization referred to, namely the Hackmen's
and Stablemen's Union, and invite them to
meet in conference to discuss the matter, with
a view to adjusting the difficulty.
A telegram was received from Timothy
Healy, vice president of the Firemen's Interna
tional Union, in which he informed the execu
tive council that the brewery workers in New
York are now in line with the engineers' and
Bremen's unions of that city and that contracts
are being signed every day with the employing
brewers, unionizing their plants. Healy closes
by saying: "We heartily thank you and the ex
ecutive council for your action in this matter/*
A circular was received which was issued by
the Central Body of Milwaukee urging other
central bodies to favor new federations of cen
tral bodies exclusively. The executive commit
tee was of the opinion that this would be very
prejudicial to the labor movement. Inasmuch
as the central bodies have their opportunities to
voice their sentiments In the convention of the
American Federation of ' Labor the council
looked on the matter as being entirely at vari
ance with the interests of the workers of the
country and tending to divert and divide in
stead of uniting the movement.
COUNCIL WILL NOT ACT.
The matter of the revocation of the charter
of the National Association of Steam and Hot
Water Fitters was taken up. It was decided
that inasmuch as neither that association nor
the United Association of Plumbers and Gas
fitters' and Steam Fitters' Helpers have com
plied with the terms of the decision rendered
by the convention and the executive council at
its previous session, action in the matter should
be deferred until more definite Information is
furnished the executive council.
A telegram was received from John Mitchell,
president, and W. B. Wilson, secretary of the
United Mine Workers, requesting . the indorse
ment of the executive council to an appeal of
Imagine if you can an individual working
man securing redress at the hands of a corpo
ration employing 5000 men. He would simply
find himself throjvn out into the street. Union
ism makes one .man out of thousands, and con
verts them into a mighty engine whose force is
irresistible. If we have a . taste of the im-
If there be any who doubt' the marvelous
progress made by the trade unions, ask your
elders how they lived, how they fared, how
they worked. You will then find that the
progress has been such as will gladden the
hearts of those who took part : in the early
struggles of the movement. It has always
been tho policy of tyranny to keep the masses
in Ignorance. . Don't you know that tyranny
has been swept aside by the intelligence of the
people? (Applause.) It is one; of the reasons
why we are moving along- to secure the enact
ment of a law to take away from the fac
tories the children whose bones and blood are
being ground into dollars to satisfy the unsa
tlable greed of the monsters of commerce.
(Cheers.) We want to save these children for
the schoolroom and playground. (A voice, "We
do!") If all men were honest the need of such
enactments would not -exist. Proud am I of
our achievements In Kentucky and Tennessee,
which have been added to the galaxy of States
that refuse to have the little children ground
into dust for the sake of gain.
PROGRESS OF UNIONISM.
The invention of machinery^ the division and
subdivision of labor, the application of the
forces of steam and electricity, the thought of
limiting the hours of labor, .were unknown to
the captains of industry of the olden times.
The modern industry chained women to - tho
wagons, took children from the schoolroom
and placed them in the factories. Conditions
such as these confronted modern unionism In
its inception and yet you all know how the
principle grew. The trade union movement is
the natural, the historic development of the
wage earners' struggle from time Immemorial
for Justice among men. We have been charged
with being slow. Yes, we are slow in mak
ing fools of ourselves, slow In diverting our
movement from the express train to the shunt
ing board. Where Is a movement that has
achieved the success of the trade union move
ment? It is not generally known that the pub
lic schools owe their origin to the first efforts
of the trades unions in the United States. (Ap
plause.)
If I were not moved by your cordial and
hearty reception I think I would be less than
a man, less than human. I could have wished
for the purpose I had in view that' your wel
come had been perhaps a little less enthusias
tic. I sincerely feel the manifestation of your
good will, and I can only hope that the work I
have done merits in a small way the confidence
of my fellow workingmen. (Applause.)
It is the deep seated conviction of men and
women that in the organization of labor they
will find the embodiment of their hopes for the
future. For a minute I want to go back into the
history of the world like Duncan did. (Laugh
ter.) There was a time long before the con
quest, the tima when the tools of labor and
the weapons of warfare were one and the
same; when tho conquerors could not afford
to let the conquered live. The first great ad
vance in the history of the human race was
when men began to note the difference between
the tools of labor and the weapons of warfare.
When they noted this difference men began to
work out their own salvation and the prin
ciple has been working along ever since. (Ap
plause.) ¦
The chairman next introduced Gompers
as the head of the great labor movement
!n America. When Gompers advanced to
speak he was given an ovation. When
the applause subsided he said:
GOMPERS' STRONG ADDRESS.
The speaker alluded to the labor legis
lation in Congress, notably the eight-hour
law, which was agitated some thirty
years ago. He closed with the state
ment that the labor movement stood for
social democracy, and voiced the prayer
that it would succeed.
We are going to make our unions a factor
in human affairs. We are going to have such
a strength as will make the politicians come
to us and ask what we are going to do. The
cause of unionism in the past fifteen years
has benefited the men of my trade in this
country to the extent of $16,865,000. There
may be many boom towns between Boston and
San Francisco, but where will you find any
thing that has benefited the residents of any
of these towns to that extent? Unionism has
given . us better laws, shortened the hours of
labor, with better pay, and occasionally as
sisted in electing Mayors, as you did in San
Francisco. (Cheers.) The trade union stands
lor progression and the uplifting of the labor
ing man.
from an unwilling King by a progressive peo
ple. This was followed by the guilds ,and in
their turn came the co-operative groups.
These developed in time into the unions of the
trades which we have to-day. (Applause.)
President of the American Federation of Labor
Criticizes Exclusion Law* •
In closing the speaker alluded to the
battle of the coal miners In the anthra
cite regions and made a strong appeal
to union men to support these men in
their struggle for subsistence. He then
referred to the political aspect of trade
unionism and urged that the cause of the
labor union should ever be kept free from
the influence of partisan politics. No
union man could find salvation in casting
his vote one day and neglecting his union
for the balance of the year. What was
needed was not the ? unity of labor in
San Francisco or California, but the
unity of the labor of the entire country.
Upon the shoulders of the workers of t tie
land devolved the battle for the liberty
01 the masses. The working classes could
gain freedom only by uniting together in
a common cause.- 1 The peroration was ex
cellently spoken and at the close ' of hl3
BATTLE OF COAL-MimBRS.
There are some who would open the '. doors
of our country to admit hordes so
that they might overwhelm the worklngmen
of the land. The people of California do not
know to what degree they have been bunkoed
in Congress by this so-called exclusion legis
lation. The exclusionists had to fight strenu
ously and battle even against your Repre
sentatives In order to show them the cat hid
den In the measure Just passed. Tou have a
law that talks exclusion but does not exclude.
There are few who know • what the law pro
vides, ' but there are many who know what it
does not provide. It is a crazy patchwork af
fair that can accomplish little good and yet do
incalculable harm.
You ask, why do you strike? Why, there
are times when men would be traitors and
cowards did they not strike. Strikes should
be avoided If possible, but I tell you there are
some things worse than strikes and among
them is a debased manhood. We don't want
to strike, but we realize that those who are
best prepared to strike have the least occa
sion to Indulge In that Questionable luxury.
Wo don't want to strike, bu* there are times
when It Is absolutely necessary to do so. Eng
land is always ready to strike and does so
when necessary. A union that Is not prepared
to strike when the time arrives reminds me of
the regiment in the Cast that passed a reso
lution to disband as soon at tho war with
Spain broke out. (Applause.) Tou had a strike
here some time ago. It might have been avoid
ed had the employers displayed good common
sense and a decent regard for the welfare of
their employes. (Cheers.) We would by law
or common consent eliminate strikes from the
incidents of our daily life. We want to avert
strikes, but so long ai our modern industrial
system prevails we mint resort to them onca
in a- while. • Had you not struck here last sum
mer there is no telling to what degrading
depths the Employers' Association might have
driven the worklngmen of California. ' Where
/strikes do not prevail you will find the most
degraded type of workirigmen. They do not
strike in China. (Laughter). There are many
who would like to Chlnaize the American work
ingman and who have tried it, too. Long
hours and low wages go hand In hand together,
and if the two are a type of an ideal civiliza
tion then China stands at the head.
.WHY MEN STRIKE.
As a matter of fact, the effort of the human
family of our time, intellectually and indus
trially, is in the direction of organization. The
manufactures and all kinds of Industry are di
rected by a few minds. If these corporations
find It profitable to centralize their Interests,
how much more important is It for the work
ingmen of the country to organize in their own
defense. What is an organization of doctors in
a medical society but a trade union? Haven't
our friends of the law a union? They call It
a bar association because it sounds better. (Ap
plause.) In a court of Justice the Judge acting
as walking delegate of the lawyers' union
would not ask the attorney for his working
card but for his diploma .because that sounds
nicer. If he did not have that card he could
not work In that Justice shop. (Laughter.) The
principle of trade unionism is founded upon
hunger — hunger for better home and surround
ings, hunger to do right, hunger for a better
and purer life, hunger for more and more.
There is no limit to the demand of the working
man for more. We shall want more to-morrow,
more next year, and when the tolling masses of
the country get that they will still want more —
more Justice, more of the rights which they
now demand in vain. It will be the aim of
unionism to satisfy people in this regard, and
It will succeed In its object. Why expend all
the bitterness and curses upon the producing
masses when they ask for more, when those
who have hundreds of millions are • asking for
the earth? Why should we stand by those who
pray for us five minutes one day and prey upon
us during the balance of the week? (Laugh
ter.) With the sense'of ancient suffering, the
principle of unionism lives In the hearts of the
tollers of the land, and no amount of perse
cution will wipe out the movement. We have
made too many eleht-hour workmen for them
to allow their organization to be destroyed.
(Applause.)
CARMEN ARRIVE IN HALL.
The arrival of the Carmen's Union, 1000
strongr, with a brass band, interrupted
the speaker at this juncture. The band
marched into the gallery to the tune of
"Red, White and Blue." The carmen
were cheered, and when Mayor Schmitz
took a seat on the stages- a trenfendous
cheer arose. The tumult for some'min
utes, was deafening and when order was
restored Chairman Macarthur' proposed
three cheers for the carmen of San
Francisco and they were given with a
will. Gompers then resumed his address
with the statement that he never could
talk to beat the band. He then resumed:
provements that are to come, we will not be
surprised when they appear. There Is no
finality; it 1b one continuous struggle of the
human race to overcome obstacles and to solve
problems. As we get more grit and ability to
tight we will have less occasion to use -these
qualities. With a stern determination to make
the burdens of life lighter, the cause of union
ism inarches on. (Applause.) We do not work
with blares of trumpets nor do we issue high
sounding platitudes to advertise ourselves.
Executive Council Consid
ers Carpenters' Fight.
THE SAN FBAISCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1902. »
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