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For The Call's Index of News of the Diy See Page 2, Column 1 VOLUME CL— NO. 157. The Call, the Industrial Crisis and the Public. IN an industrial crisis such as now confronts San Francisco tHe press; is a, factor of indisputable importancei The attto the people of the.city will know what is going on, must influence in large measure the outcome of the struggle tha^ outcome^ For this reason The Call now declares without hesitation its news and editorial:pblicy touching this momentous conflict. , : San Francisco is now practically without a inumcipal government K^ decency of official conduct by fear and thr eat of indictment: Its. chief of police is in the^ pressor of crime accused of crime. Government ally the conditions could^not: be wprse^ noimuchbet^rV/ Two of the most essential: pubHc utilitie^ and the telephone monopoly, are tied up, the one wholly and the other ma de^e a spoonful of brains— where does the public get off? fh >\u25a0 / - '^ : l:-W^-\ V The Call holds no brief for the carmen nor for the United Railroads; it makes no choice aslbetween the telephone operators and to telephone company. But it does deem itself and is proud to be the organ and the representative of the third party to these for their stock holders; the public, which gave' the carmen and the telephone operators, an oppo^ and strongest of all, theprincipals in interest in this crisis, never has a voice in such affairs until the issue has been .joined. Ultimately it decides:! : Ks judgment is : ' : • .% ; V- : : . ' , ' v , \ In order that the judgment of the pubUc— the great third party which gave theprivileges/^^ the facts. The Call will supply them, fearlessly and fully. This newspaper will report with absolute fairness] anihe^details of the conflicts now wag suppress 1 nothing, color nothing, exaggerate nothing. Editorially and otherwise it will use its ultimate resources, as it ;has done before; speedil^i to bring about peace, to get streetcars^ quickly to restore the telephone service to its accustomed state of usefulness. In its news columns The Call will give the' hews. of i^ Those columns are Mr. Cornelius, if you have anything to say to the people you may reach them through T he 1 Call, and it does not matter how many columns of pages you w Call will print anything you will sign, i ' ':\u25a0£ ' WW^H \u25a0: : '^'WS:Pfi- *S :^ !tt?Sl-llrS^^?K/fMS -\u25a0 • Mr. Calhoun, if you have anything to sayto the; people you niay. reach, them through Thej^Call, and it^does not matter how many columns or pages you may require. The Call will print Telephone managers and telephone operators, "Hie Call opens its columns to you both. It|wiil|print , anything. that either of you will- sign. * . ' : -"- - : And to you, the public— The Call is your medium^ and j^^^ strife. It is and wUI continue to be the medium through; which you may fi^^ of them is to blame and which must yield. \u25a0:..'r:' : :-^--^- : V '^§M-^ : - : -'".'•'\u25a0.:.;:[ \r' :^&M :: l :^:Mh :^- : Civic League Takes Steps to End All Pending Strikes. Disputes May Be Submitted to an Arbitration Board. Governor Gillett Says the State Militia will Be Sent to San Francisco if Required. OS ANGELES, May o.— The military authorities of the state are prepared I for any emergency which may arise as a result of the street \rail way strike: in San Francisco. Governor Gillett is in constant comnium'cationtwith Ad jutant General Lauck, who has arranged to get prompt reports from the seat of trouble. He more than intimated that if troops were needed^ a'sujticieiithum ber will be in readiness for prompt action. • The governor said to The Call correspondent tonight: r I^S ''The adjutant general knows what to do and will do/just the right tiling: I hope there Willbe no serious trouble, but if it comes, we} : will l)e prepared for it Whatever happens, the dignity of the^law will be upheld and violence wiiivbeiiiiet by prompt action. If the San Francisco authorities find-that theyJ are^not ;able to cope with the' situation, they will be supported by the "whole power" of- the state, if need be, and if' that is not sufficient' there iseven^a stronger power. I\do not wish, to be understood as threatening or hinting at a threat, but we are keep ing in touch Avith the- situation in San Francisco, and are informa tion as to what is taking place. _."li:- <lp not 'know how 'long I shall remain in Los Angeles, but ;if r I: am needed in the north I shall leave for there immediately . I get the word/ I want to be near, enough to the scene to be able to learn 'definitely just what the conditions are, in order that . I? may' know, how to take intelligent actfon " .. Calhoun Defies the Carmen and Plans to Operate Lines. Says He Will Ignore Union in the Fiituf^ Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, in an interview with a Call reporter yesterday said: "This -strike has been fomented by interests in the city which I have known all along have i : been hostile to me. Rudolph Spreckels and his crowd have brought on the graft investigation by trie grand jury at this time to destroy my influence with the public \u2666>\u25a0 — : ''"*'" ' ' ' : ' ' \u25a0"''- -'\u25a0' \u25a0" "''\u25a0 \u25a0 _«j The stories 'that are published 'ln the morning papers. of the evidence taken before the grand Jury are monstrous • and are calculated to injure my stand ing in the community. . "It fs 'plain enough to- any- one who ". reads the papers .that there Is a con spiracy against me which has brought all its energy to* bear at; this . tlniel '. Suddenly the graft prosecution' devotes Itself to these charges of graft "l am going; to run 'the cars of- the United Railroads. I have made no de mand for protection to the - police de partment of San Francisco other than the public demand in the statements I have given to the press, but I intend \u25a0 to run the cars.. "The city is "" f acing *a serious "strike. f This is not . merely; a|flght\i>etweexi; th'e. United Railroads 'and the localjdiyision . of th« carmen's -union.' When, things j The San Francisco Call. have come to, such a pass that a preda tory union by its reckless actcan^throt-' tie the life of a city the condition has become 'serious. I am not^ making; a fight against unionismr There may be good unions and bad unions.-,' Bu- all relations between the ' local : division lot the carmen's union and : my •:. company! haye 1 been ended permanently and . for ever. • ' .', _ r _ • ; '\u25a0•{, \u25a0; : >_ X- \u25a0 •\u25a0\u25a0.',; ". "This means 'permanent n6nrecogni- ( tion of this union. Before I came west I knew.» that a strike / was to, beTcalled and I told : the \ executive committee : of the _ amalgamated association • of .street railway employes of America at a' meet ing in Detroit, at! which Cornelius was present, that if this division declared a strike I, would permanently, sever ail "connection; between* it and . my ''• com Comtlnued on Page 4, Column 6 S^N FRANGISCO^ :]NIOyi)^\SMAY: 6, i1907f Call's Suggestion I Indorsed by Saloonmen. Not Be©lspensed During; Strike^ *,'The_ ;siig:grestlon ihade 'by The 'Call thatvMayor= Schmitzf order, the, saloonsi to] close V during: the car strike has 'met .wlth..the approval of .the'- public, and the J hearty indorsement fof fa large jeie-' ment arnong^ \u25a0 t l 1 ?'. :salooninen, 4 them selves. c - p r oposaU. to'^close l l he' sa* loons was based Yon ~ the' f act ' thatTthere* never was a riot iii which whisky "did not ';.\u25a0 figrure/ , VMany.^in-fl'uentiai-.iliqub'r dealers .. .stated . yesterday that "they would v welcome; an ; order! from the mayor, that' would ' keep ail " the saloons of :the. city: closed until;industriai; peace had^b'een: restored:^ V. 1 V. ':.; -.;'\u25a0. -' y \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 j Harry.P. Flannefy,, proprietor of i the Richelieu /salocri, 1 at {ilarketf and *Geafy streets, ; was I' in^tiearty" accord kwith^'the sug-se'stion.'v-': *"\u25a0'/'^'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0S ' ; '\u25a0"'*\u25a0':' '+?}''; V^ '"\u25a0' \ ."The v. Call forestalled^ xne,", 'he .said, | "in '; my intention -io* suggest r to} Mayor ; Sch'mltz i that Hhe \u25a0 saloons of Uhe; city i be cio'sedipending^the* settlement 1 ;' of £ the Continued on Pace S> Bottom ; Col. 3 Krehard^orrahus^Opinion fef Calfapun^ main >6Bjcct^f>Mr. ; ?;PatfickV Calhoun is to reduce the wage scale of San; Francisco below wjiat the conditions of SanvFran cisco demand. We do not believe .that the people of San Francisco \u25a0 think that the /carmen are worth less than the laborers' in 'the; streets.; Cars on the San Francisco Lines Today. President , Calhoun Asks. Men .-to ?Msm at Present Wage Though the grip of i the strikes will -. be on the; th roat tighter even than it was yes terday,^ glirnmer;of hbp>e was^thrown on the generarsitu^ committee of the ;Civic league, which is bendn^ the( telephone and the mihor/strikes, to ; result in the resumption of w T / t V N?t a streetcar will be irunjin S w '^Francfcco^ operation of the cars twill{be made i§ as m the situation./ The league :/ commit^ and possible i bloodshed {until time could jbejhad' to arrange, Mf^possiljle^ the United Railroads and the carmen, : and - President Patrick ? Galhoun * responded {with an [ order directing that no at , tempt to :operate bars be made today, as- had been at .first intended, a . ; Further than this^Galhouh^issued a notice; published{last night in all the carbarns of • the road, offering, to back allf old (^ fmined^upon*^ called. This notice contained;a?clause to the effect that all vcarmen who^didv; not -retufnvatlthis / time-were to .consider themselves dis ~ Biit/ftlie ;efforts of bring^a^ end'Avith the car strike alone;- Thecommittee -has taken^a Kaiid: as •the^representative -of the citizens 1 of, San Fran- cisco, bntlievgfbund: that the /citi^hs are thergreate^t^s such conditions .the ; labor \u25a0 orgahi-4 zations and the - public service: cor porations.'have; noWrlght to disregard . the - demands -of \u2666 tlie': public that : a ' set tlement ;b"e • effected \u25a0: at once. The Civic* ; . league was* formed I recently primarily for the : purpose of: bringing •-influence to bear in 'matters .of i this very: kind, f rom r a v nonpartlsanV. and ;," nonpolitlcai standpoint; and, patterned after similar organizations ; in>* eastern : cities/ It .is cVmp'os^d >;. 0f ... representatives . 'of / : 'the \u25a0 principal ,' cornniercial^and ". Improvement associations | and* the branches " !of*trade,Ticommerce[andfindustry. : i .' " i^ ',-,_?\u25a0\u25a0?-\u25a0\u25a0*.>-'- *:-j\\p~~i.'*-'' -r-'"'.: - <,• \u25a0 . \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-> ' \u25a0 '-:,': ;In a^letter.drawn^by^ the Civic league committee, > : composed' : .'of -"! C. I Welis l : lsidorJacobs,';Frank.,'V\*. Marvin A. AY. Scott Jr. and, Robert A. Roos; and S2nt;to:Pres^dentyPatrick;Calhouff ! ofJ|the".^Unlted -'Railroads, President Henry ; T. ; : Scott"- of - the "Pacific 'States telephone company,! President Cornelias* of the carmen's" union, and Secretary William the - labor! • council' representing.^ the:*, telephone /operators' union,* yesterday 'afternoon , ; a? general , scheme of ] arbitration «\was ' suggested! and its -adoption: by. all four was urged j In \u0084the l ?'name- of . the' citizens;? of . San Francisco.^*** •;;/;"; ; '': "\u25a0\u25a0 '.\\ \u25a0'\u25a0 "'' j ;. This is^to^be'followedVtoday^by' slml- j larf proposals' to* tKei iron! workers and | their .'employers -and i,to i other j.organiza^' tions now on 'strike and their; employ- ! ~ ; 'n.—^-- ;v-~ -\u25a0\u25a0& — i i_ j I H.WLJ 1 jjji* i iffP ers. ', Already Atheicommittee^ has .re ;?.\u25a0/*-* t-/ -j !.«Li.<-!--.jli.>ii.; ff.»-«:;i-J"'i ,— \u0084;;•- -'\u25a0: ceived,'promiscsyofia'ithorough;consld icration'of.this ;plan-» from iCornellus'and McCabe;;itiha3)beens granted a hearing bylJPresidentiCalhoun.^which^atrJeast ;giveS^^^^^^^^^^|accede to • the !||g|«ggalfi^Sa^ JHe Will £un£ar 8 J ;Mf r going: to run Cihe ca?s - i/of^theMJnited^Railroads. I have made no demand for protection to tHe^itpolice^: department^ of San Francisco other than thp public demand in the statement I have given to: the press, but I intend to run die cars." 'arbitration plan, andean; answer will :be fo^thcVmhig : today/fr^om •President^ Scott of 'the ft elephone cbmpVny.vwho'vwas* out ocTthe *clt"y .-yesterday.' "A meeting :with , the '"contending ."factions * in '" the' iron [ ..workers', strike has been for \ today. i--~Jy X -:- ..',.:•\u25a0. ;-: : ' • •""..' * a l '. v •iThe, plan Withe members 6t the com-. | mlttee'.l.Sj.to'i have} all Tsub i mitted Ho "a" permanent 'board' of arbi> tration, \"fand"-;-to*Vhave^.work' resumed ', pending £< /thls< .'._" board's action, - un | der...: a J promise*, .that ;_ whatever I award JisTinadGi shall ' be:acceptedVwitlii | out'; fiirther- trouble by ail- concerned. The] arbitration Aboard .which "the:.'cbm j.mlttee*^sujrscsts"i is^ oner'already -; in/cx i i3tenc«?,\ v - \ot : : the /executive co mm I ttee ;- of -eleven members ".'of I federated •walerlconirnitteej'.whic'h- w*as -- -- --\-:r: .; \u25a0• -- • , /-^/ :'/>\u25a0' ; '•"\u25a0 - - ;-: of- the>twehty-fivc additional in ; the/greait^bcauty" contest, with ne\y pKotos *6f*wihners of {the first three places/. next 'Sunday in - PRIGE FIVE CENTS. | appointed to" fully investigate. the water ; situation.., and; ls, a -thorb"ughly r repre- I sentatlve - body.— ~ - ; | . The/.wateV. * committee consists of 1 Colenei ;"W. H. Heiieiv U., 1 S. ;A.;^retired: I "Walter^ llacarthur, . editor of the ' Coaa V Seamen's Journal: Michael Casey of the I labor/ council. . former Mayor James D. 1 J Phelari, Dr. Hartland Law ; A. ' H. Vati.' chairman of the merchants* associa tion;; C.K. ;Mclntosh of the clearance house, Isldarl Jacobs ot .the Potrero"; : commercial arid manufacturers', asso |elation;"Judge W.B. Cope.* president '"oc" I the bar association;. . C. H.'Sehtley. t president of, the chamber, of commerce, '< ! and H .. \u25a0 ; Wefnstockr president of „• tlie Commonwealth .cluby . T he; : special / committee of /the civic . T ; Continued on Pnge 2," Column I