The morning call., 1895-02-14
COMING FROM DEL MONTE
The Insurance Underwriters Complete
Their Labors for the
Present.
The Subject VIII Be Taken Up for
Consideration Again on
Monday.

HOTEL DEL MONTE, Feb. 13.-The labors
of the members of the Board of Fire I'm
derwriters of the Pacific in special meet
ing were concluded this evening after
late session. Nearly all the delegates will
return to San Francisco tomorrow, though
several will remain day to enjoy the
sights about this place. The members
acted in perfect harmony and kept up
strict attendance. A. G. Voss and Major
Charles Christensen were compelled to re-
turn to San Francisco this morning, as
Voss goes East and Christensen was called
home by the delicate condition of his wife.
I. Cutie and Robert Dickson left this after
noon on urgent business calls, but all the
departing delegates left proxies.
The work of the insurance men in re-
vising the constitution and adopting rules
has taken two full days, three sessions each
day. Sessions lasted longer even than the
agreed time. The cumbersome and vol
luminous constitution of the old Pacific In
surance Union was further cut down from
what had been prepared short time ago.
1t has been greatly simplified and modern
lied and the rules followed the course of
the constitution.
rules. At the end of the labors it was
found that great slashing had been done
throughout and so many changes in the
phraseology that it will take week before
the constitution and rules can be under
stood.
Harmony prevails among all members
here, and if they constituted the entire
force of agents in San Francisco there
would be no fear of a cut-rate war; The
board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific
would in such case be as strong a body
as could exist between forty live energetic
men, all hungry for business, but while it
is all plea SAINT here and the work of the
meeting has taken great deal of thought
away from San Francisco, there is linger-
ing fear by some that Magill, Duval Turner,
and Potter, the non-union agents, will have
sufficient influence to precipitate such
cut in rates that will start war, with the
result that disruption will overtake the
organization. This fear was increased by
the news that non-union agents to-day an
nounced cut of 40 per cent in San Jose.
Managers and agents here had no sooner
sent word to representatives in San Fran
cisco to meet the cut han further irritating
news was received from Salt Lake that
Magill and his non-union allies had made
similar cut in rates there, with the fur
ther extraordinary guarantee that none of
the policies issued would be cancelled
These items of news caused the agents here
to rush the business of the meeting, so as
leave tomorrow morning for San Fran
cisco, whereas, ordinarily, they would have
given another day to deliberations.
The fact that Magill has such strong
companies to back him up is what makes
the rest desirous of having him join the
new board. Magill, Duval, Turner and
Potter will be again invited to join the
new organization, but it is not believed he
will do so unless the constitution and rules
are again amended so as to allow him the
number of agents he desires. For instance,
he represents two companies. He de-
mands one agent for each company in
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, or six in
all in that limited territory.
Other agents object to one man having
so many representatives.. 1t is believed
that Magill will enter a new board if other
agents concede this and two or three other
points. Magill's companies have perfect
confidence in him and will back him up
even to making a loss, if they believe he is
right in the position.
Thirty insurance agents will reach San
Francisco at 10:40 A. NJ. tomorrow, deter
-ained to either settle the trouble and
bring in the four outsiders or to prepare
for red-hot war. If war ensues there will
be little use for the new organization until
the war is over, and the work OF the past