The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-20

name is not already on the list, send it in
at once and let it be printed along with
those who say AYE" unreservedly.
There's large class of jobbers and en-
ployers in different lines of trade where the
competition is so keen that one firm can
scarcely afford to close OH Monday unless
the other houses in the same line do the
same. That's called the contingent list.
1t already numbers some of the largest
employers, but it hasn't grown to the pro-
portions that it will attain in a few days.
when the movement has been thoroughly
discussed.
Most of the banks will close II the other
banks will do likewise, and if the banks
close the insurance offices will not be kent
open Oh Monday. Indeed. several of the
latter will close no matter what action the
banks may take.
Mr.. Alvord of the Bank of California
told a CALL reporter yesterday that he
thought the movement was a good thing.
THE clerks need the holiday" ne said,
land the bankers and proprietOrs in other
lines also need the rest. Yet ! can't
promise you certain that our bank viii
close on Monday, because / don't know
what the others are going to do. We will
probably be governed by the action of the
clearinghouse. If il closes on the Sd 1t
isn't very likely that any of the banks will
be kept Open"
Well. the Clearin house is on the fence
yet One or two of the banks say they
mean to Keep open at all events. If they
sick TO this determination the Clearing
house will not close on the Sd.
Rut there is hnne pVen for the Glaarinr
house. The agitation is young yet. The
two dissenting banks may come to see the
error of their way. When they made up
their minds to work Monday they didn't
realize that by doing so they would de-
priVe couple of thousand clerks of an
extra holiday. They probably just can
vassed the situation in their own banks.
and finding that their men did not care to
express themselves, and thinking that
their action would affect only themselves,
they concluded to work.
But now it seems that the holidays of
all the bank clerks and all the insurance
men depends upon the action of the
clearinghouse, and that, in its last
analysis, the action Of the Clearing -house
depends entirely upon these two banks.
These two will probably reconsider their
position in. the matter, and all will go
we'll.
Else, how will Clerk John Jones be able
to get those three days of trout fishing up
in the mountains? Or how will Adam
Smith be able to take his wife and ba bies
to Willow Camp for three days outing =?
They're all ready to go, you know. Little
Maggie has four clean pinafores laid away
just for the occasion, and probably this
will be Mrs. Smiths only chance this sum-
mer to wear that nice flannel gown che
made for Santa Cruz last summer, and
then couldn't use it because Smith wasn't
allowed a holiday without having his
salary reduced accordingly.
! And there are any number of parties of
young people made up for three days
frolic at the seaside places near by. 1t
wouldn't be right to spoil so many of these
by keeping so many young people In town
just for one day.
The employees are willing enough to stop
work from Saturday to Wednesday, even
when it comes to their having to sacrifice
days pay for the holiday. The latter is
the case with the employees of II. &. l..
Block, the glove manufacturers on San
some street.
When The CALL reporter first preached
the matter to Mr.. Block he said he thought
it couldn't be done. Not but what I'm
willing enough they should have the extra
holiday, but Pm afraid they wouldn't
want to take it. In fact l would rather
close down Saturday afternoon and not
open again till Wednesday, for that would
give me a chance to get off in the country.
but We have lot of employees upstairs
in the factory, and we can't shut down
| just TO please ourselves. They work by
the day, and of course it means to them the
loss of whole days pay to quit work on
the Sd. and SIS is quite an item. you know,
TO workingman with family to support
However. it's new thing to me. ]
hadn't thought Of it before. Ii you'll wait
moment I'll 60 upstairs and see how the
people feel about it,"
just then the foreman came down the
freight elevator to see about another
matter.
Louie" said Mr. Block, "how do the