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VOLUME OIL— NO. 75.
Herrin's Men Are Swept to Defeat by Avalanche of Votes
Republicans Achieve Triumph for Civic Decency by Smashing Boss' Power
Local Postal Telegraphers
Join in the Great Strike
Leaders in the fight hclaecn keymen and their former employers.
The upper picture is of A. W. Copps, deputy national president of
commercial telegraphers, nov in Oakland leading the local strikers.
The lower pictures are of Melville E. Stone and Paul Co&lcs, gen
eral manager and superintendent of the western Jrvisxon, respectively,
of the Associated Press.
Meager Service Being Maintained in Country
by Companies Despite Widespread Walkout
The keymen continued to be the aggressors yesterday in the
struggle with the Western Union and the Postal telegraph compa
nies. They struck many blows in the line of battle that stretched
from San Francisco to New York, but at. night both companies' still
maintained some sort of service.
The San Francisco strike was extended by the walking out of the
Postal operators, about 150 in all. This did not affect the cable serr
vice* to the orient, which, Superintendent Storror says, will not be in
terfered with because the cable operators arc not members, he. as
serts, of the commercial telegraphers' union.
The Western Union insists that out of 211 men in the main offices
'in Oakland 110 remained at work. These* were operators imported
during the last strike, who had not been discharged and who were
the cause of the principal grievance of the union, as it had been
agreed that the company would remove them and take back the old
operators;
The heaviest blow that was struck at the Western Union was in
the fora of a threat from Grand Mas
ter Perham of the order of railway
' telegrapher* that his organization
would absolutely refuse to handle any
commercial messages for the company.
This Is regarded by the strikers as
tantamount to. a strike of the railway
keymen, for they will surely be asked
to handle commercial business. -\u0084\
Information was received today by
Deputy National President Copps that
the Oregon Short Line railroad had dis
charged six railway telegraphers be
cause they had refused to handle West
ern Union messages. According to
Copps, this action of the railroad com
pany 'directly Involves the order of
railway telegraphers in the strike of
: the commercial operators, and in his
i opinion will result in bringing that
; organization into the fight at once.
A resolution was adopted at a mass
meeting of the strikers held in Oakland
asking the members of the typograph
ical union to refuse to handle any mat
ter coming to the o^Bces where they
were employed over the Western Union
or Postal wires. *Tbo resolution will be
presented to Secretary French today
and by him will be placed before, the
printers at once..
The fight 'was, carried into Boston
yesterday. It had not been expected
! that a strike would be called there. All
The San Francisco Call.
the New York 'Associated press oper
ators struck. Pickets were thrown
around the headquarters of the two
corporations in .' New York . and active
proselyting was carried on by the 'un
ionists!
Efforts were "made by the eastern offi
cials to secure the assistance of the
American federation of labor, and Pres
ident Small intimated in a communica
tion to Deputy President Copps in Oak
land that the federation would consent
to an assessment of 10 cents a week on
its entire membership. If this were
done, said Copps, . the financing of the
strike would be assured. .\u25a0. \u25a0 -\u0084"
XONUXIOMSTS IX \u25a0 PULL3IAXS
The officials of the Western Union in
this city and -% Oakland were busy all
day yesterday preparing for the hous
ing of the nonunion operators who will
be employed at the main office in West
Oakland. Two Pullman sleepers and a
dining car have been sidetracked near
the building and during the strike the
nonunion operators 'Will be fed -and
sheltered in them. Guards: were placed
around the building and no one was
allowed to loiter-about unless he had
business withthe compahy..,. - '\
Uncertain service was maintalned r oh
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SAN' FRANGISGO^; WEDI^SD^ '^Q^^^^iiami
Number pflpe^ Conventions
Anti-Herrin.^:.. .;.... ...^^2
Herrin ... ..... v.v.*..:v .v.*. .: *$*~ . ... ... 7
Railroad Machine Elects Only 7
Delegates Out of the 149
Chosen for Gonventioti
Sweeping Victory ''ls^W6m:by;.pi6
Regular % f^publigan Ueague
Over PoliticaJsjrafiers
George A. Van Smith
Herrin is deposed. San Francisco is i free. Her re
publicans yesterday shook off the defiling 'clutch of the
railroad boss. For? the first time; in many .'years the
Southern Pacific boss will have no voice in the selection of
republican candidates for municipal office.
The regular republican league, led by Daniel A. Ryan,
won a sweeping. victory at the polls. The Herrin machine
was crushed under an avalanche of votes cast by republi
cans determined to free their party and their city of the
blight of Herrinism. '
The Herrin \u25a0„ machine elected seven out of a total of
149 delegates. If these be "combined ;- with fthe six dele
gates elected in the f orty-four^> and fort j^rfifth^ districts,
where there were no r contests^ the - depoiie^railroa^i^liti
cal : czar will Be represented On?, convention ' Jby an un
;lucky ;l3. ; • . :-j: -j \u25a0 \ - : ', * • ' ;' ;* \ >_ : ' , -; ' -. ' \: -;
The regular democratic , committee ticket was suc
cessful in all but one of the 18 assembly districts^ The
Byington-Malibney-Hearst democratic conibinatioii car
ried, the forty-second, which ..will Tesult in giving them
three delegates in a cpnvention of 164.
The regular union labor committee's ticket was
elected virtually in its entirety. On the face of the in
complete returns . available at midnight tlie Casey-
Sweeney independent labpr forces liad elected but 13
delegates out of a total of 198.
RICHARD CORNELIUS ELECTED: DELEGATE
On the face of the returns available at lniclnight the
Caseyites had beaten Tveitmoe;s. ticket; in the thirty
third and had elected one delegate in the thirty-ninth.
Richard Cornelius, president of the? carmen's union, will
be the lone Caseyite from the thirty-ninth.
The total vote of all parties cast yesterda}* will ap
proximate 22,000, or about twice the primary vote of
1906 and substantially the ; vote polled at the 1905 pri
maries. The total ; republican vote will approximate
13,000, union labor 5,300, democratic 3,200.
The victory won by the regular -republican; league
was most significant. Herrin . was the issue. He and his
hired men were driven from the control of -the party the^
have degraded and bereft of its rightful power.; Post
master Arthur- Msk, Frank MaestrettiJ Eddie -Wolf e,
Henry Thompson, all went down bef ofethe votes of out-
Herrin's men won out in twenty-eighth .and
twenty-ninth, both burned districts, and each entitled to
two seats in the convention. Fred Eggers represents
himself and will have to hunt company for his delegates
with the f our Herrinitesjelected from the twenty-eighth
and twenty-ninth. In the forty-fourth ; and forty-fifth'
there were no contests.: Some of the delegates from these
districts have been able to hear the. Southern; Pacific
whistle. That they will not be able to;hear;it in the next
: convention : is assured by the f aci that by very
force of humbefs^they will be compelled to in
the work of freemen. " : ; .::
O^VN DISTRICT DE^EATS^HIM
Herrin was beaten Jn his own district, the
first. ' The railroad boss Avasat the 'polls eaHy aridlvoted
tne ; republican ticket. He Avasnot^ however, accused Tof
having selected tHe Ryan brand of republican ballot.^
\ ' Frank Maestrettk was beaten ; ihthe^thirty-riirith by
a 3 io 1 vdteVVThe ex-T)resident 6f\the;bibjard:of {works coh
h'dentlyj'expected' to; carry the district _bys.a majority of
frbni 800 itoH-l;50po- Hejfailed to "cafT^a^single^ precinct^
waslbeaten;3;t61 i in. hisrhpme precinct^nd:the;alnisK6use
precinct, which! in foirmerd
CQJSTIMJJSp ON PAGE 2, MIDDLE COLUMN- i
Regular Democrats . . . . ~ . . .-: 161
Mahdney Democrats , . . ... 3
\u25a0•> Men who figured prominently in yesterdays election. In the upper left hand corner U a picfarc of
'William F.i Herrin, the genius of . the ' Southern Pacific machine, ivhich was defeated by the reform ving
.of '; the, republican party. In the upper right hand corner is a picture of Daniel A. Ryan, v?ho led the teform
forces. against Herrin. >ln the -[lover left hand comer is a photograph of T. W. Hickey of the victorious
democratic committee. - In' the lower right hafid corner is, a portrait of Postmaster Arthur Fisk* one of the
Herrinistalvdrts- toko -was 'defeated. •
Ryan Praises Men
Who Voted for
Better City
Daniel A. Ryan
Chairman Regular Republican : League.
| The/ result of the; primary elec
tion.' / shows -that the. citizens of
San "Francisco are .'interested
actively in the restoration of : civic
government, rlt shows that .when
the citizensjare; given a chance to
respond to a ;call for good i gov
ernment they are moVe than will
ing to "do' so. —
The; victory - is; a most decisive
one . over \u25a0 railroad - political -domi
nation and : boss control. i-The
success: is 'not due to.- the leaders
of Ihe l movement or; tlieir efforts,
but to -an enlightened and de*"
cent; citi zeii ship. The ; r fight * w_as
made /without compromise \u25a0 or
concession; to what is j commonly
caried; the v ofganizatibn. The:reg
ular^ republican \u25a0\u25a0 league i refused • to
accept. any i majority. of an organi
zation; ticket.in any. district,.how
eyerv;largeithe^maJQrity might be/
itiplaceclvj^indepeiident-v citizens
upon; its tickets-^-citizen's free \u25a0-• of
Continued on Page 2, Column 3 •
/'The Spoilers," Rex Beach's great
which has a peculiar interest to
Californians, ' begins serial publication
next Sunday in - m -^ :iin
The Sunday Call
Regular Union Labor 185
Casey.... 13
MeNabßand
Run' Convention
of Democrats
. The democratic comity convention
will r be controlled by the JfcAab fac
tion of. the 'party, the recalcitrants, l£d
by ' Lefrls •F. Byincton. D. I. ' Mn honey
and others, having received a crushing
deCeat^yesterday during the fight which
brought ont" a stronger democratic vote
that eTer before appeared at a primary.
The Mahoneyltea vrlM have three scats
at the convention, owing: to the popii-
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Impertinent Question No. 12
Which En'ioy Life More, Men or Women-v/hy?
For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques
tion—and the briefer the better — The Call will pay
FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers
The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
\u25a0-.winning "answers will be printed next Wednesday
and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
your answer short and address it to
f IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE CALL.
\u25a0Prize Ansivers to "When Are You Happiest?"
;;; $0 - prize ._to_E.- A- Yr'ellman. SanU Croz. Cal.
When I wake up and find it isn't so. •
• Jlprize to S.'Splcer," 2333 Cedar street. Borielej. Cal.
When the man who; tried to do me and did it is being done.V
:'. ?l prize to 0.,J1. Brcre-n,.2H0 Pine street, city. .
.Onthe night before, the morning after.
$1 prize- to Clare Winter, So 3 Broadway. Oakland. Ca!.
. - just before the- alarm cloctc goes orL
? ?l : pri» t» A. J. Brana^an, ; ICS Chattanooga street, riir,
;':Whcn you 'realize that life is only a joke and forget that it is of the
-.. practical kind and is . on you.
- $1 \u25a0 prJze • to R.O. .Mason, KS Ashbnry street, etiy.
... It's *a" draw between, sleeping and eating.
'PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Gasey Defeated in
All Except One
Tbe union labor county committee
defeated Michael Casey yesterday in
IT of the IS assembly districts, but the
antiadmlnlstration leader polled a iarse
vote and in several districts the mar-
S'n assinst him was so llsht that his
opponents dared not strike a balance
until the last ballot was counted. Ac«
cordins to the returns the convention
will be made up of ISS supporters of
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