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Ownership Is Discussed by
National Authorities
virtues of Private and Municipal Control Are
Set Forth in an Elaborate Review
NEW YORK, July 14.— The experts
acting for the national civic federation
municipal ownership commission have
completed their reports and a critical
revSevr of the results of their exam
inations in the United States was made
public, today by the commission. This
review is by a committee of four ap
pointed by the commission. Two of
the writers, Walton Clark, vice presi
dent of the United gas Improvement
company of Philadelphia, and Charles
L. Edgar, president of the Edison elec
tric and Illuminating company of Bos
ton, criticise severely the municipal
plants examined, while two other writ
ers. Professor Frank Parsons of Bos
ton, president of the national public
ownership league, and Edward W.
Bemis. superintendent of the Cleveland,
0., water works, find much to favor in
municipal plants which were Investi
gated. Separate reviews of British
rnunicipalization will be made public
later.
The scope of the Inquiry Included the
following:
Franchises of private corporations, pnblie
•npervision f of municipalities, history o
muaictpal ownership, effect of public and pri
vate management upoo political conditions, con
ditions of labor, character of service, price of
•\u25a0en-ice, cost of serrlce. economy of management,
improvement In service t " rt methods and «nnT<<»<«i
results.
The following American plants ver«
visited and examined:
Gas— Public— Wheeling. W. Va.; Richmond,
Va.; Holyoke, Ma«s.; West&ld, Macs.; pri
vate — Atlanta gas light company, Atlanta, Ga.;
City pas company, Norfolk. Va.; United gas
improvement company, Philadelphia, Pa.; Fitch
burg pas and electric company. Fltchburjt,
Mass.: Beverly gas and electric company, Bev
erly. Mass.
TVgter — Public; — Cleveland, Ohio.: Chicago,
111.; Syracuse, N. V.; private — New Haven water
wep&bt. New Haven. Conn.; Indianapolis water
coTCpcny, Indianapolis, Ind.
Electric llfhtins and power — Public — Chicago,
I!!.: Al>Cueny. p».; South Norwalk. Conn.; De
troit, Mich.; Danrers, Mass.; Holyoke, Mass.;
Westield. Mass.; Marblebead, Mass.; Peabody.
Mass.; Tauatoa Mass.; Chicopee, Mass.; North
Attltboro. Mass.; private — Northampton electric
light company, Northampton, Mass.; Fltchburg
sras and electric company, Fitchbunr, Mass.; Sa
lem electric company, Salem, Mass.; Beverly
gas scd electric company. Beverly. Mass.; Gard
ner electric light company, Gardner. Mass.; Ab
\u25a0 -;- •.' «tud Rockland electric light and power
company. Ablsgton, Mass.; Attleboro steam and
electric company. Attleboro, Mass.
CHEAP GAS IX THE SOUTH
Three American gas plants were ex
amined by the investigating committee
find experts. These were at Wheeling,
where the plant is operated by the city,
and Atlanta and Norfolk, where there
is private ownership and operation. In
addition the committee visited the
Philadelphia gas works and the labor
investigators visited the Richmond,
Va.. gas works. As to the price charged
the consumers. It was found to be 75
cents per 1,000 feet net .at Wheeling, $1
net at Atlanta and $1 net at Norfolk, the
municipal plant thus selling at the low
est price. To offset this, however.
Kdgar and Clark point out that in At
lanta there Is free installation of ser
vice, at Norfolk partially free installa
tion, while at Wheeling charge is made
for the service pipe from the curb to
the meter and for the setting of the
meter.
The labor situation at the plants ex
amined is compared to the advantage
of the private plants. Messrs. Edgar
and Clark say:
The general Impression made at Wheeling
ttss that no one about the trorks took any more
interest in his duties than was absolutely neces
nrr to enable him to hold tls Job, and no one.
titter at the works or en the street, ni at aU
interested la getting work done In an efficient
manner. Tbe power of appointment at Wheeling
did cot rest with the superintendent, and there
fore the employes did not have the fear of dis
-fc=rge t>v Lira" ia case they did not perform
their wofk properly. At Norfolk and Atlanta
the certainty of prompt discharge In case they
did not satisfy their immediate superior* In the
operation of the plant acted to make the men
work better tad more efficiently than was the
case at Wheeling.
ELECTRIC PLANTS EXAMINED
Four of the best known American
municipal electric plants, those of Chi
ragro, Detroit, South Norwalk, Conn..
and Allegheny, Pa., were examined by
the commission and the experts. Of
these South Norwalk is the only one
that does commercial lighting. As to
the cost of operation of these plants,
the Chicago plant is cited to chow that
including items for depredation. In
terest, taxes, proportion of salary^
insurance and water, ttjere Is a loss
to the city, based oiv'Elmple interest
on the amount pa.**, of $6.70 per lamp
per year, or a total of $284,202 an
nually, compared with what, the cost
would be If service were taken from
a private company. Computed with
compound interest on tKe amount paid,
the loss Is $11.07 per lamp, or $469,217
per year. These figures are based on
statements submitted by the commis
sion's expert accountants and do not
agree with the estimates of the city
electric department, which show a sav
ing to. the city.
Of Chicago's four municipal electric
plants, three are declared to be of ob
solete type, while the fourth Is not
properly conrtructed for economical
operation. The stations are scattered
through the city without system and
are very poorly located. The plants
use 1,400,000,000 gallons of city water
(minimum) for which no charge is
made. Of the 6.700 lampß in use, 4,180
are of a type which has been generally
discarded throughout the country.
Water systems operated by the mu
nicipalities In Chicago. Cleveland and
Syracuse and by private companies In
Indianapolis and New Haven, were in
vestigated. The investigating engineer
quoted by Edgar and Clark found
that at Chicago facilities for develop
ing water from the present sources
of supply are Insufficient. The sources
of supply at Cleveland were abundant.
At Syracuse a new conduit from Lake
Skaneateles will be needed in the near
future, as the maximum dally capacity
Is exceeded by the maximum dally con
sumption- There is. however, 120.
000,000 gallons of storage.* At
Indianapolis (operated by private com
pany) there Is a more satisfactory state
of affairs, the maximum capacity large
ly exceeding the maximum consump
tion. This is true also of New Haven.
The municipal plants at Chicago and i
Cleveland are found to be deficient as
regards Installation of pressure gauges.
Syracuse . (municipal) and Indianapolis
and New Haven are equipped with
recording: gauges. In Chicago com
plaints of lack of pressure were nu
merous, houses In certain districts be
ing able to Bet water In their upper
etories only at night." In Cleveland
end Syracuse the pressure was, on the
whole, satisfactory. This also applies
to Indianapolis and NewfHaven.
Under the heading "Financial" an
exhaustive review of ttie economic
operations of municipal and private un
dertakings, both In Great. Britain and
the United States, Is given by the re
viewers, who. find that It is admitted
by the advocates of municipalization
that the debts of British cities have
been enormously increased by Its
operations. They say:
We • venture to believe that the loss to the
communities whose municipal Industries we have
Investigated from bad management and lack of
enterprise, resulting In restricted service Of
modern utilities, is many times tbe profit these
cities claim to have reallred from their Rip
Van Winkle methods of serving the public.
It is not worth while to discuss the effect on
tte finances of American cities of the municipal
operations of the Industries that we have here in
vestigated. Properly audited they hare. . with
one or two exceptions, lost money, . and their
plants are all Inadequate to good service and
tare, with tie exception «C the water plan U,
little more than a scrap value In view of the
present state of the arts. What effect could
such poor efforts as we have witnessed have on
public wealth or public comfort? It cannot fall
to be bad.
FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
In favoring' municipal ownership
Professor Parsons declares that In
most discussions of the subject too
much attention Is given to the purely
financial side of the question. He
says: "Dollars and cents are not to be
neglected, but life, liberty. Justice, vlr T
tue and Intelligence— the whole char
acter product and social product of our
institutions— are of greater moment
than their money product."
Broadly speaking, recognising that there are
exceptions to all rules, the facts snow that
municipal plants tend -to make lower prices to
ordinary consumers than private plants in the
same country working under similar conditions
and they do not grant electric rebates or other
favors by secret agreement with large users, as
la sot infrequently the case with the larger
companies. In the comparatively -few cases
where municipal systems do not make low
charges the public still gets the benefits that
under private operation go to the stock holders,
for the profits of the public plants are used to
Improve the service, pay off the capital, relieve
taxation or accomplish some other public pur
pose. Municipal plants are found as a rule to
cave a lower capitalization than private plants,'
both la relation to output and In relation to
assets.
It does not appear that Philadelphia ever had
real public ownership of the gas works. She
Lad government ownership of gaa works. But
government ownership Is not public ownership
unless the people own the government. Philadel
phia, had the paper title to the - gas works, but
the people did not own or control them because
they did not own the city government. Tbe
councils were full of the agents and allies of the
private street railway, telephone, gas and elec
tric light Interests and they purposely misman
aged the gas works, allowed them to be filled
with supernumeraries and let them get out of
repair by refusing year after year to appropri
ate, even out of the receipt* of the plant itself,
the money necessary to keep it In order, so that
they might have an apparently good excuse for
executing a lease of the works to themselves.
Philadelphia did not have real public ownership
of gas, but one of the worst forms of private
ownership— ownership by political grafters. In
the pay of corporations but masquerading as pub
lic servants. •
Bemis opens his detailed review of
the experts' reports with an analysis
of the charges for water, he finding the
rates to be more favorable to the con
sumer In the municipal plants, with
especial commendation for the low
meter rates at Cleveland. He also de
clares that In spite of great reductions
of rates in Syracuse on going from pri
vate to municipal ownership, and the
phenomenally low charges for all resi
dence consumers under the present
meter system in Cleveland and. the
moderate charges also in Chicago, the
financial results of municipal owner
ship, from the standpoint of the com
munity and the tax payer, are far bet
ter In the three municipal plants than
in the case of the two private, com
panies studied.
The following table gives the death
ratp from typhoid per 100.000 of the
population in the five cities studied for
the past two years:
TYPHOID DEATH RATE
City— 1905 1006 Average.
New Haven 42.8 52.0 47>4
Indianapolis 30.2 54.2 32.2
Chicago 16.5 IS.I 17.3
Syracuse 17.1 9.2 13.2
Cleveland 14.9 , 20.2 17.6
Bemis* review of the Philadelphia
gas situation is in marked contrast to
that of Edgar and Clark. Bemis also
quotes Dr. Rowe as authority oh the
subject, to show that when direct
municipal operation began. December
31, ISSS, the plant had been entirely
paid for out of profits, with, the ex
ception of $1,802,948. After including
the expenses of collection, maintenance
of street lamps, etc, borne by other
city departments, the net cash turned
into the city treasury during the years
1888-1897, inclusive, was $2,937,713.56.
To this should be added the amount
spent for extensions of the works,
mains and services, which is easily
computed from Professor Rowe's data
at $4,344,816.92. This would make a
total of apparent profit during the 11
years of municipal operation of $7,282.
036.48. Since this profit was computed,
after including the operating expenses,
and the expenditures for repairs of 8
cents to 10 cents per 1,000 feet a year,
the depreciation could not have eaten
up any large part of this apparent
profit.
The price of gas was reduced from
$1.50 to $1 at the close of 1893. At 1
first there were deficits, . but these
rapidly declined. According to Pro
fessor Rowe, there was a net profit
during the 11 months of city operation
in 1897 of $123,915.06, after paying the
expenses incurred on account of gas in
ROANOKE QUIET AFTER
A NIGHT OF RIOTING
Several Men Who Attacked
Greeks Are Lodged
in Prison _
ROANOKE, Va., July 14. — Roanoke Is
quiet today after four hours of rioting
last night when a mob wrecked nine
Greek restaurants, three Greek shoe
shining stands and two Syrian shops.
The riot was caused by a dispute about
5 cents between a Greek employed in
the Belmont Greek restaurant on Salem
avenue, and an American who went
there to buy a sandwich.
Seven places were wrecked on Salem
avenue, three on Jefferson street, one
on Nelson street and one on Railroad
avenue. Five men have been arrested
and lodged in jail and one of them has
been released on $250 bail for his ap
pearance at the hearing next Tuesday.
None of the Greeks are under arrest.
The Greek restaurants ; were being - re
paired today. The proprietors have
employed 'counsel to look after their
Interests and have already called . the
attention of the Greek consul In this
country to, the affair. * •
\u25a0While the disturbance was -In prog
ress last night. Mayor Joel Cutchin,
who was In the street imploring the
crowds to disperse, was struck on the
legs and severely bruised by ".rocka.
Flying stones also struck * Police Jus
tice K. R. Bryan, Police Sergeant Over
street and Policemen Manning, ' King
and Evans and Chief Engineer John
Waggoner of the fire department. Wag
goner is on crutches today. .."\u25a0-
Tbe fire department was called out
to turn a stream of water on the crowd, :
and when the hose was turned on there
were cries of "Cut the ; hose!" One
man . stuck a knife . In the hose, but
was driven off by the big stream: that
played on him.
KIDNAPS HIS DAUGHTER
REJC O, July 14.— Returning suddenly
from Tonopah last evening,, after,- a
separation caused by family troubles
John Gassoway .pretended to ask for
forgiveness of his wife and in keeping
with tbe, jollity of the occasion asked
to be : allowed to take their 2 year
old daughter to the theater.: He left
with the child and '• \u25a0 failed to ? return."
The wife received^ a : telegram that* her
husband was in Sacramento with ; the
girl and she left on the ' first train •: in
pursuit. \u25a0 . :; .'.' . -.' ' ----- :\u25a0'\u25a0
TIJDK : gSAK JfKAKCGfeCQ 1C MONDAY,, j JTJIjY 15, fl9(m
TRIAL OF HAYWOOD IS
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Evidence xls Practically All
* In and Both Sides
Rest Cases
DISCREDIT ORCHARD
Defense. Will Try to Show
That Ancestor; Was a
Criminal Maniac
BOISE, Idaho, July 14.— The end of
the trial of "William D. Haywood, sec
retary and treasurer of . tho western
federation of miners, charged with con
spiracy to murder and murder,' is now
within measurable distance. : The case
will enter Its tenth week tomorrow be
fore Judge Fremont "Wood, in ths dis
trict court of Ada county. ;
Both sides-have rested and the re
buttal has commenced. Evidence has
been* introduced in support of the
charge brought by the state of Idaho
that a conspiracy existed among high
officials of the western federation of
miners to Intimidate all persons who
ran counter to the purposes of union
labor with a view to establishing mem
bers of organized bodies of working
men as masters of the situation, thus
commencing a political ; and industrial
reorganization which, having its Initia
tive in the west, should spread with ir
restible force throughout every section
of the country. Evidence has been In
troduced- to show that In pursuance of
this conspiracy 18 men were murdered.
In defense of the man Immediately
concerned and of the officers of the
western federation of miners, who are
charged with participation In the plans,
for murder, evidence has" been intro
duced to show that another and counter
conspiracy existed among employers
of labor in the west, looking to the
annihilation of the western federation
of miners in particular, because the
federation represented the, cause of or
ganized labor.
Evidence has been introduced to
show that in furtherance of , the con
spiracy among actual employers and
capitalists 18 innocent mpn were killed,
the constitution of th^ United States
was violated and the conspiracy cul
minated in the state of Idaho becom
ing a party to an attempt to oompass
the death of the leaders of the western
federation of miners.
DISCREDIT ORCHARD'S STORT
The state of Idaho has produced
Harry Orchard, who* swears , that he
is the actual murderer of 18 men. He
swears that. he was employed by 'Wil
liam D. Haywood, Charles Moyer, the
president, and others of the western
federation, to murder for a price. The
western federation of miners has pro
duced a witness to contradict the tes
timony of the self-confessed^murderer
and other witnesses to show that If he
murdered, he murdered because he was
employed by detectives In the employ
of the owners of mines and wealthy
citizens of Colorado to commit crimes
that might be laid to the door of the
western federation.
The state of Idaho, through its rep
resentative counsel/will answer, to the
jury within ' the next two weeks- that
Orchard's story Is true and that there
did exist a widespread conspiracy, to
terrorize. \u25a0'.:'- - ""' \u25a0\u25a0' '- '\u25a0 : '.' \u25a0:\u25a0.•.:'"\u25a0"'.
\u25a0 The western federation of miners,
through its attorneys, will argue . that
Orchard is a perjurer • for reward— the
reward being Immunity from punish
ment for the murder of former Gov
ernor Steunenberg, and that a con
spiracy now exists on the part of the
mine owners and employers of- labor
to discredit the western federation of
miners, even though Haywood, Moyer
and Pettibone should hang in pursuance
of their plans. Two arguments on each
side will be made.
McGEE IS ARRESTED
At the end of the first day of rebut
tal, a warrant was issued for Dr. I. L.
McGee, who swore that he saw Or
chard In north Idaho at a time when
Orchard swore he was in Denver. Mc-
Gee Is a prominent man living in the
northern part of the state.
McGee was arrested in Spokane to
night. He waived' extradition and is
expected to arrive in Boise some? time
tomorrow. A deputy sheriff of Spokane
will accompany him.
The defense claims to have discov
ered new evidence to show that Or
chard's maternal grandfather was a*
maniac on the subject of crim^ and
that he formerly lived In Canada, and
there are other intimations of possible
delay.
Judge "Wood, however, has" intimated
to counsel that the case must be con
cluded. He points out that by limits
ing the scope of examinations of wit
nesses on both sides. the hearing might
have been much shortened,' but that he
was desirous of giving every opportu
nity to counsel to develop their j case.
Now, however, the situation Is differ
ent and further delay would be an In
justice to the state, while -the con
tinued confinement of the jury would
Imperil the case. .
INDICTED MEN. AT LARGE
The tnost novel feature of the case
is the confession of the .witness "Wil
liam Dewey, who yesterday swore that
he participated in the riots in the Coeur
d'Alenes when two V. men were killed.
In making., this confsslon- Dewey laid
himself "open to arrest. . ;,~\ .: ';V
Among the men now In Boise as wit
nesses for the defense is William Davis,
who was - ; indicted by the '; grand Jury
Of Shoshone county . as a leader in the
same. riot. He.has been in-the stafc
of Idaho for 30 days and no effort has
been made to.' ac on the indictment. ,
It; is pointed ; out I that: the Bunker
Hill and , Sullivan affair occurred eight
years ago and that -. It might be < ex
tremely hard to make a charge of mur
der hold. The county went ; : to great
expense at the time of the outbreak to
prosecute those accused. One man was
convicted,; but \u25a0 i afterward j : pardoned.:
Some ten or, a dozen indictments .were
found and it is said that; names! of more
than 200 : of ; the* participants T in^ thel riot
are known 7 to the; authorities sand 'that
many of them have been residents 'of
the. state of Idaho/ since the occur
rences.
Seattle, and Return $27.50
Account ,of ?the "Woodmen 'of the
World Convention at Seattle, Southern
Pacific * will 7 nell tickets \u25a0at f above \u25a0\u25a0 rate
to Seattle 3 on July 20 for* 8:20" p.'?m.
train leavings Ferry Depot;, that* date.
Stopovers allowed l on return .trip, which
must be completed .by; August 18. •
CLUB » PLANS : PICNIC
' The County \u25a0 Leltrim . social '\u25a0\u25a0 club ; at its
last meeting "named .'a/ committee"" to
take charge of the preparations; for its
forthcoming ; /\u25a0 picnic , \u25a0 xo~-?~- be ? '.! held Sin
Schuetzen park.l San 'Rafael; July f 2l.^lt
will :bevthel seventeenth; annual touting
of the club ' and {the T committee promises
to make ' it' the'mostyehjoyable ;yet' held.'
The j committee gis * composed rofi P. C.
Morton,' 'W. i Magulre,"; M.' J.'* Moran/i: P.
McKeon. : P.- J.- Meehan.':;'; H:*-J Delgnan,
James -*. MortoniV; C; ' McDermott, ' John
Meehan,; M.Ts Bohan; ; ; D. 1 >' J.'y O'Hara; TJ.
Woods;? P.";= Cullen,' F. Conlan,' i.W.i Mul
doon,; John ;. Short, r- S. McGurk,'; J. . Clif
ford;' M.i Donohoe, .William ' Smith and
P. Gllbride. T; -~
8 coniponcnt in^ good beer is sood f\
I But be sure it is pure, else harm will be mixed i
I with its healthfulness. I
I Beer aged insufficiently causes biliousness. That is i
fj why all Schlitz beer is aged for months in our If
f% f\ f\ If y% /^» ' \u25a0 *«?*y\ /v fM f> ' * "- vt%
Beer that's impure — not cleanly, not filtered, not |1
properly sterilized— should be avoided. ||
That^^^^i^ to 1
Ask for the ßrewery Bottling. incurs aKcnint^ nnnhr fl
Common beer is sometimes substituted for Sclilitz. J M
To avoid bsing -imposed upon, see that the ' cork or crown is branded ' ' than We Spend H
mam l&W aSh^cß #lHwfkHir wEa*?^ wfmf^rit sP9
ebncerningLab6rUnions|
Encouraged by the
4 thade3J^°^couwciu> success of opera
. "s^jS^grt^t? I*^1 *^ tions of the loan
Qt *£B£H&* ! *^ fund plan "S. which
was established six months ago by the
cigar makers' union .of Minneapolis,
the Journal; of that city says the or
ganization has decided to go a step
further in the way of looking after
Its membership in- a pecuniary way.
"When, the system of loaning money
to \u25a0 members j was first \u25a0 begun \u25a0 some mis
givings were entertained as to its suc
cess, and some thought it might work
to the detriment of the organization.
That " these f ears ' were unwarranted
has been; shown conclusively, and so
well pleased are all . concerned that
when : a plan to ; establish a banking
system on a small scale, to be oper
ated .' under the direction of the union,
was presented to the'unlon last Thurs
day evening at the regular meeting
the members were enthusiastic over
the Jdea. -.
- : For some time the experiment of
operating : "union" banks has : been on
trial, f in a; small 'way. "Shop ; banks"
have been : conducted - under the super
vision of members; of the union as ;lnr
dlvlduals, and j the manner in -which the
system has worked Itself out has .led
its promoters to j induce the cigar
'makers' 'union to take hold of the
project,' 1 establish a _ ; fund. and. do a
banking ; business on* a small ; scale:
This the, union has ; decided to do. and
the board which has had \u25a0 charge of
the . loan will look- after the . banking
end of the -business.
\u25a0; ;\u25a0 There 1 lhas been' a < change in clear
ance \u25a0 cards ito belssued to.metnbers'of
the 5 unions "of; thel- painters, decorators
and : paper, hangers of America. Tln the
past unions have had a separate 1 form
of clearance card ... which . has been Va
source .. of annoyance to the members
and -to y all -\u25a0 officials called upon 'X to
handle, such; matters. To reduce .the
trouble \u25a0 to •a ; minimum ' the . general
executive board has decided to abolish
this ; old : form and : insert a number! of
clearance % cards ?in ' each membership
book.\, Bach will \u25a0 be ' attached to a stub,
upon i which , the 1 secretary, issuing : the
card will insert the number, of; his local
and v the 1 standing - : of ? the I member ?, re
ceiving vlt.;v lt. ; The ; new system "will. 1 in
most ; instances, "_. Induce ; .the traveling
member to secure his card leav
ing.:. The "'\u25a0 stubs-ywiHo.be r valuable ;in
making iup" v a y list i. of i the members ; and
will . facilitate : the : preparation of claims
for.~ benefits.
To Germany j belongs the v distinction
of what : : is : probably i the longest strike
on . piecord.^ vAt v j Solingen, t ~ in > Rhenish
Sheffield; famous for its cutlery, a boy
cott s was- declared \u25a0 37 -i years \ ago-7-that
is, ; ln;1870-— against the i firm' of Obllger
& ;Co'.'r: which had. refused , to
the^Bystem (of \pleceworK. :i.The 3flrm
hurled I- defiance = . at . ; ; the - : trade •, union, 1
filled ciits^workshops fi,wlth~ nonunion
menyand-isoSfrom-ithatr time > forward
things went ' on • until \ a! few. weeks ; ago;
when I the! trade! unionj managed^ to^ ab
sorb; most* of S the nonunions men-? in v a
f ederation.lwhlch ; at 'once ; called all the
men ; out i from i the j flrm\which; had '\u25a0 al
most I forgotten^ that - it 1 was
Then^ Messrs.^ Obllger S capitulated = and
agreed : to t allow] piecework ; and ; . toY pay,
a ' "war" indemnity." \u25a0\u25a0, Now there : Is
peace. " ..., \ < \;.,
/ In the r. department c' of ..• the: Pas; do
Calais p and"? Alsne.\? France,^. 6o,oo0 ,', per-,
sons areiemployedln^ the tulle factories;
and '. two-thirds : of « them"; are^/women j and
girls* i£, OVerj half {the |person»f employed^
In i the jLweavingl and £pf ,f silk
are iWomemahdlchildren^AThe, employ-,
ment : of • all \ these women a&d ' cbildrvA
ha 3 driven men out of the business on
account of, the reduction of wages and
has materially deteriorated the artistic
character of the sllk.v ;
The tendency in the east among la
6or leaders at this time is along the
line of conciliatory action instead of
strikes, with all the privations and an
noyances that follow. One of the
cities that, has lately adopted this idea
Is /Pittsburgh «Pa. According >to the
Press of that city the building situa
tion is reported as .improving. '-The
formation of a new -structural trades
alliance, which has for its basis; arbi
tration and not the arbitrary calling of
strikes on every little pretext, has in
spired •; the contractors and capitalists
with \u25a0 a little more confidence, and . It is
said that a number of buildings/ which
have ; been held back on account of • the
conditions existing »in the labor mar
ket, will 'now. be pushed forward. -
Under the old structural trades : alli
ance* if any trade had > a grievance and
the contractors refused to remedy It,
alii the trades were called; out, In sym
pathy. As a rear or fancied grievance
existed ' most of the .time building ; was
greatly retarded. A number of build
ing. :'operatlons; were; stopped on ac
count of-. disagreements among trie un
ions in: regard | to which one 'should
have jurisdiction : over; a ; certain^ kind
of work. The employment of nonunion
nien ; caused -sympathy strikes among
the members 'of unions in other trades.
".These bad • conditions .created r in ,a
large extent by the ; arbitrary • actions
of -the unions began to recoil on \u25a0< their
own heads. '^ A great many, of the mem
bers of the .various ; organizations .were
unable to find work. : American federa
tion ;of I labor organizers were called
Into the f field, , who \u25a0 at . once '•\u25a0 saw ; what
was causing : the I trouble \u25a0 and ' set about
tot remedy: it; as; far as; possible.^ The
creation of a new .central ; body ' to take
the place of the old structural trades
alliance was the result of- their labors.
ii German copper > . workers on strike
have" had ; a stroke of luck which rarely
falls to any ; body ; of men in -such cir
cumstances. \ It Is stated ' In : Berlin that
the S banking-house of ;Offenbach?{re
cently ". received from '\u25a0: a ; person /whose
name Is not' to be divulged a check for
?250,000,K,with^ an> instrucdon /. that it
was to" be placed at the disposal of the
selected" representatives of the copper
workers on strike, and to be managed
for : the beneflt? of S the men In \u25a0 their
struggle.
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\u25a0 It is : asserted that Montreal, Can.."; is
perhaps the v only; city ,in the- dominion
that Jias; local unions afllliated with the
trades '"council i and -J theirj; international
union '"whose V members : are : entirely ; of
the! Jewish? faith and whose: meetings
are conducted In -Tlddlsb.'These
are * the - bakers, capmakers
and : two T garment workers', local unions,
and all are in a prosperous condition.
I -\^4 conference; at^Bwansea, England, 1
between the ; unions in; the
steel trader and: the « employers resulted
in an * eight ;.- hour iworklng : day ;.belngr
conced ed ; also ; other 3 concessions I were
granted.^byj means of ;< wbJeh, the .; lower
paid? 1 , men X will • i not < suffer ', in ;\u25a0 pocket
through r s the i reduction;, of <: hours. This
decislonTaffectsi 3,000 * men." )" It '„ will .pro--'
vide work 1 , for^ 1,500 men additional. '
i\,The boot and shoe workers will open
theirs convention £ in^the v Labor;, temple,
Toronto,Tonf Augrust3l2. : v" The ; conven
tion! wlllllast*forjnine(days;^C^Baines,
|the |? ihteraaUohalJ secretary,i treasurer.
Is ito ! make ' the 1 necessary arrangements
__..._ - AMUSEMENTS
VAN NESS THEATER
Van Ness and Grore— Phone Market 300.
SECOND AND LAST WEEK
MATS. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY
CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS
ETHEL;
BARRYMORE
In Her Greatest Success, the Fantastic Comedy.
CAPTAIN JINKS
BY CLYDE FITCH. -
NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT,
EZRA KENDALL
, ELLIS ST. NEAR FILLMORE.
Absolutely Clacs "A" Theater Building.
Matinees Today and Every V*T
HIGH GRADE VAUDEVILLE
BENJAMIN CHAPIN as ABRAHAM LIN-
COLN In the Powerful One Act Play. "IN THE
WHITE HOUSE": WILLARD SIMMS and Co.
In the Diverting Comedietta. "FLINDERS' FUR-
NISHED FLAT"; MCLLER. CHUNN and MUL-
LER, Famous Hoop Rollers; ANITA BART-
LING; JACK WILSON CO.; ROSB and JEAN-
NETTE; BERT and BERTHA GRANT; New
i Orpheum Motion Pictures, and last week and
great hit of BERNAR, the King of Marionettes.
. PRlCES— Evenings, 10c. 25c. 50c. 75e; Box
Seats, $1. Matinees (except Sundays aad holi-
days), 10c, 23c. 50c."
PHONE WEST 6000
WIQ\VAM THEATER
Mission St. .near 21st. — Phone Market 2SS4.
THIS .WEEK — THE . GREAT EVENT
Western ' States Vaudeville Association
ROADSHOW
ALL SPECIAL FEATURE ACTS.
HL V V. FITZGERALD,
In his ''One '\u25a0 Man ". Drama." : Twenty eerm !a-
- -V- . .' ; stantaneoua changes.
Sonar's Cat and Dog;. Pantomime
IMPERIAL COMEDY, FOUR; ARMENTO; ROSS
and VACK. German Commedlans: THOS. MEE-
GAN and CO.; TYSON.NEENALL tad TY3O.N,
Slnjrers, Dancers. OthaTNoUble Acts. Latest
Motion Pictures. SeaU 10c, 20c, 30c. Mat-
j Inee Dally. J V \u25a0;.: '\u25a0'' .." ' ; • \u25a0
I^Bar Don
R^i^^ iP^B^ ' ? Tb« DotM Doctor
i^^B^ 766-768 Qiy Street
With' knowledje tahertrtd throcga ae-ren
jeneratlona, cures all allmeota that tae'to-
•; man sy itia .'\u25a0 Is ~ ssbjeet -" to, ky means of
Tees md carefoDy selected Herb*. Ooo-
•nltatton dally. - y'~
W/T. BESS, Notary; Public
2053 SUTTER STREET.
At \u25a0 Residence, 1 46 0 ; Page - Street. - Be-
;?: : .;:i /,^tw«en^*;and^B,P.'M.'. ;\u25a0
WSSKLY PALI*, $1 YEAft
AMUSEMENTS j
Market and Seventh Sts. Phone Market 331.
Saa Francisco's Safest Playhouse.
TONIGHT.
ALL THIS WEEK.
Tint Tlm# in This City or George B. White's
Original Prodnctlon of the Incomparable
Musical Corned/ Success.
MAM'SELLE 'AWKINS
With a Company of Forty Clever Performers. •
THE ONLY MUSICAL SHOW IN TOWN. AND
A REAL ONE AT THAT.
Special Summer Prices — 23c. 50c and 73c
Next— The Chinese Musical Success,
THE ISLE OF BAMBOO
HAIfA7AR™ ER i
==== rtLvnLjlll FeL West 6035
Absolntely Class "A" Structure.
CORNER SUTTER AND BTEINER STS.
Belaaco & Mayer. . : . : Owners and Managers
TONIGHT
AND ALL WEEK
Mr. Herbert Kelcey and Miss Effie Shannon
Supported by tbe Alcazar Stock Co. ,
In Clyde Fitch's ' Society Drama,
THE MOTH AND THE FLAME
Matinees Saturday and Sunday
Prices— Evenings 23c to $1; Matinees 25c to 30c
Next Week— A Coat of Many Colors
COMING SOON
DENIS O'SULLIVAN, the Idah Actor
CENTRAL THEATER
ERNEST E. HOWZLL, Proprietor and Mana*»r.
Market and Eighth Streets. Phone Market 777.
TONIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK,-
Herschel May all
As XES33 JAMES in th« Graatast Mtlodsuna
of Use Seston,
The James Boys in Missouri
Eeautlral Stage Effects and ThrtTHna; AcUoa
r Every Minute.
MATTXEBS SATURDAY AND BXWDAY.
PRICES— ISc, 250 and 500
Free Bu*es to and from Central Toeatar.
THE CALIFORNIA PRQ.MOTIOIi CQHMITIIE »
(ORGANIZED 1903)
PROMOTION: The act of prrxnotta*; i -
Tiscemtat; OXOCBAQEarENT.— Century Dl«- >
tlonary. • \ \u25a0
Th* Caltfonda Promotiaa «ommltt«« , ha* tor
Its object th* PEOiIOTINa ot CalKaniU a« \u25a0 a \u25a0>,
whola.
'.'lt has aotatax to mO.
Iti enerKiet ut devoted to foatertn? an Gtmc* :
that have ta« ADTANCEMENT of CallforaU v .
It ftr*« ' relUbl* taformatloo on *v«rT snhjsct
eoaaacted with th« tadostrtoa of California.
It gives ENCOCRAOBAIXNT to ta« aatabUaa-
ment of new mdnstxlM aad lnvitaa daalrahla
tmmlzratlon. .\u25a0jbjßwmmbsi
It ii not aa employment agoey, altboosh tx
jives Information regarding labor condition*.
v-It praaeats the opportoattle* and n««da la all
fields of business and professional activity.
:Tb« committee Is supported ky popular s soY
script ten aad makes no charjrea for any service
rendered. • \u25a0 \u25a0 B J^MHlw*s>sßajaaf' I
Affiliated with the committee are 180 com-
mercial organizations of ' the state, • with aI *
membership of orer 20,000. \u25a0 \u25a0 i - \u25a0 j
; - Meetings are : held semtanattatly la different '
parts of Calif omla. .where matters of stat* la- t
terestare discussed. tmmiWJOK*pmoVVkm4ja
Headquarters of the committee ar» maintained i
ia San Traadaco ia CallfomU boiMin«. Caioa {
BQoare. -- }J3tHKm&UBBBmBBBKtm
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