The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-01
In NO UNCERTAIN Tone
Labor Cries Out Against the
Bosses.
DE YOUNG IN BAD DOOR.
The Nickel-in-the-Slot Ban Finds vsry Few
Union Hen to Support
Him

1
There is no possibility Of mistake aboui
| that.
! The newsboys are not the only toilers iu
| San Francisco who have been impressed by
| the nickel-in-the machine placed in
front of the Chronicle building to enrich tile
proprietor at the expense OF those dependent
On work for bread.
The vote of the unions is not machine
vote. No man can put nickel in the slot
| among union men and pull out ballot
marked in favor of Mike de Young.
II any doubling Thomas thinks that the
vote Of trades union can be bought let him
approach any of the executive ofiee He
viii not repeat the experiment.
Their first principle is independ ence-the
sturdy position that the members are not in
politics. There is probably not a single
union In San Francisco to-day whose vote
could be delivered over TO any combination
OF politicians or pl edged to the support of
any candidate.
But as straws show which way the wind
blows, so there is no difficulty in obtaining
assurance that a tremendous vote will be
cast by the members of the unions against
the legislative ticket which Kelly and Grim
Minis have scraped up for the purnOse Of
eiectlng NJ. II. de Young 10 the United
States Senate.
The following are some expressions Of
opinion by individual members of local
unions, most Of whom are well known and
influential in their organizations. Their
names are suppressed for the obvious rea-
son that they do not desire to become en-
0roiled with their fellow-members or with
the political bosses.
Perhaps the most outspoken of those in
terviewed was member of Newsboys'
Union No 19i. He is not a boy, however
a "a " M
be cast for the Kelly and Crlmmins legis-
latiye ticket nor for any man who is friendly
10 the senatorial aspirations of NJ. II. de
Young
Vote for Mikel" he said. 'Not much.
We've had two rows with him already
within this year about the price Of papers,
not to speak about the Observation-Disclosures
business. He owns the Post, you know,
and We know all about the combination
with tie Report to put up the price of
evening papers on the newsboys. We think
we know who planned that Job. We are
going TO elect new president in place of
Chip Cam, who quit last week and went
out OF the union. There are stories that he
was bought out, but that is nothing. There
are 20j of US, and though only five are
voters they Will vote against every man
that IS pledged 10 Mike de Young for United
States Senator"
Tho Painters Union. branches Nos 140,
10 aud 256, have an Office on TAYLOR street.
near Market. and the organization is a very
strong one, numbering go members. All
oil them are Intelligent men, perfectly able
10 read and master all the intrlcacies of the
ticket, and the following statement by a
member will make IL clear that the Kelly
CTimmins-De Young legislative ticket will
md very little support among the
painters He said:
Kelly and Crimmins' Assembly and
Senate crowd viii be lucky If they poll
twenty-five out Of GOO votes in this union.
OF course DO formal resolutions have been
adopted and our union is not In politics,
but know what l am talking about.
MY opinion Is that what is hurting De
Young more than anything else in this city
is the fact that the Chronicle building was
largely pat up By non-union labor: that so
much OF the work was done in the East-aIl
the non-uni0n carpenter work and hard
wood work for instance. About all that
was done here was to set il up.
III nay opinion De Young Is by no means
the sort OF man to be sent to the United
States Senate. / 40 not regard MIN as
friendly TO labor generally. He never was
The boys will remember The nickel-in-the-
SLOT business aud the newsboyS strike on he
Post and Report. They will always know
that De Young concOcted that scheme"
The Musicians Union has its headquar-
tiers at 80 Fourth street aud comprises fully
$50 voters.
A prominent member said to a CALL re-
porter yesterday: The union is not in
politics and no one has a right TO drag IL
into politics or pledge the union for or
against any one. But for ms own part |
feel at liberty to say that | am opposed TO
the entire Republican legislative ticket
the whole business.
Il am SO opposed on the grounds that
from what l observe and on Information
received the candidates for the Senate and
Assembly on that ticket are sworn and
bound for a certain candidate for United
States Senator whom / think is untitled for
the position and would be disgrace to the
State.
Il Will also say that / know of one csndi-
date for State Senator who | am sure would
never have been chosen were It not that lie
IS close 10 aud subseTvient to the Kelly
Crimmins-De Young crowd. He has been
strutting around OF late flashing gold-pieees,
while have known the time when he had
not a dime in bis pocket 1t is reported
that he has been allowed $1,000 to win his
| dlstrict-by stufhng, suppose, OK making
| barroOm fight.
Il don't like such methods. Why, know
one case Of respectable young lawyer,
| against whom the meanest kind of a fight
! has been made 10 the interest of Graham q
man pledged to De Young and otherwise
unsuitable for public appointment
There are great many members of this
union. Republicans too, who will not vote
for any legislative candidate on the Repub-
llcaD ticket on that very ground. They VIII
not vote for any one who will stand in with
Kelly, Crimmins aud De Young. They be-
lieye. from the attitude that the Chronicle
and Post have taken in this fight that De
Young IS the man who is 10 get the benefit
OF the nominations.
81 am satisfied if the State sends to the
United States Senate FELTON, or Estee or any
good man, but not man with an unsavOry
record like De Young. have been thirty
two years IN California and want to see the
dignity Of the State preserved.
Il think that nine-tenths Of the mem
bers OF the Musicians Union of San Fran
cisco are iaw-abiding citizens interested in
the welfare OF the State, on which their
bread depends. Some may vote the Repub-
lican, some the Democratic national ticket
but it is safe TO say that the vote for Kelly
Crimmlns' crowd will not amount to a row
of pins among them. That is my candid
opinion"
The most formidable labor organization
arrayed against the Kelly Crimmins-De
Young combination Is probably the Build
ing Trades Council, which has its quarters
on Taylor street, near Market. The coun-
Gil comprises in all fifteen unions, with a
total voting strength Of between 300 and
5000. 1t is very doubtful if the Kelly and
Crimmins ticket will be supported by fifty
of these voters.
The council includes the following among
other unions: The carpenters Qhreo
branches, furniture workers, wood-earyers
plasterers, plumbers Qhree branches),
steamfitters. gasftters. stonecutters, sand
stone-cutters, granite-cutters and stair
builders
The vice-president of the council said to
CALL reporter yesterday: "The Building
Trades Council is not in politics., but indi-
yidually the members have pretty strong
opinion, and think / can safely say that
out OF our 300 or 5000 votes the Kelly and
Crimmins candidates will not get over
Twenty-Five or thirty. They will certainly
not get over bali hundred. The Building
Trades Council members have no use for
DE Young or the Kelly and Crlmmins
crowd-none at all. Our men are opposed
to political bossism. Tie reason Is that
they are all thinking men. Any mechanic
who Is skillful enough to take his part In