The morning call., 1895-01-02
AFTER EMPLOYEES.
Passes Taken Away From
Carmen.
vINING AND HIS RATCHET.
The Market-Street Railroads
Innovation. =.
CHARGES OF BREACH OF FAITH.
Rumor Says the Police VIII Next
Contribute to the Golfers of
the Corporation. :.
OF BREACH OF FAITH.

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E. P. Vlning, the new general manager
of the Market-street Railway system.
seeing to be reformer from base. That
is. to say, he is seeking every available
means of putting .lucreinto the Golfers Of
the corporation over which he presides. -
The hardest and most. unexpected blow.
has: just fallen upon the employees of the
Company themselves. .: = III
They have been deprived of their free
passes, which they have hitherto enjoyed.
No-matter " neither the EN- loye be con-
ductor;% gripman,: motorman, swltchman,
oiler:or a: clerk In: one OF the various offices,
henceforward he will have to pay carfare
or ak. :: ~ y. ~: :>.- Z:
After the men who have run;:the cars
during the day have finished their work
homes as 1t: suits them, though iii ex-
peoted that they will use nickel of their
.scanty wages and ride 10 and from the
carh puse.. T.. =. -.
!: Eyes; we always got our passes renewed
on New Years eve. heretofore, sand a
I.Valencia.street: conductor yesterday in.
speaking of 1.-The matter, :"but this year
gone forth that when we are not actually
engaged " in. running cars we have no
| right to ride on them, no matter how far
the carnouse may be- from: the living
place" *:~ ::.:.:.:.:. ::
...".Do. you live far away from the car
house W was asked" . " r. -.
why, of course" he replied "IliVe.
wit MY family: In a four-r0om fiat over:
the North Beach way: and: the .carhouse
| is et5Nalencia and Tween ty eighth streets,
nearly. SIX miles away. Then, on the other
branches of the road. there are men
/ " no belong TO building associations.
and are paying Tor houses on heinstall-.
B Nlon pf has
EtocatedGin the outskirts of*the Mission, in
/ Eureka Valley and Bernal. Heights. and;
ESQ on. Men employed on: the electric
Zines, the Powell, Haigbt, Hayes, Nc
Allister, Clay street, or the Omnibus lines,
/ who live SO far out must necessarily ride
| to and from the Initial point of their daily
+ labor, W iiicn is a tax of at least So a.month.
when would 60 long way toward paying
ms talments on their homes" -:
:. "DUes there seem to be much dissatis-
| faction with the new order of things 2"
was inquired. ~. - III i:
f.. '.CerIainlv. and for this reason, he an
| swered.: when the big railroad strike.
Was ON last summer, YOU know all:<the
steam lines were.tied. up: W e were work
! ing for the same. company, of course, and.
the: strikers naturally had our sympathy.
| We were waited upon by. delegates and
committees of the.*striking trainmen, and
asked to cooperate. with them. This we
were about to do, when the officials of the
lroad: through their spies, learned of what
was going on, and: we were advised from
headquarters that*if we remained at our
posts of*duty no change would be made in
wages.or hours Of work, and 1t was espe-
cially understood that our passes, as en-
ployees, should continue as long as we held
our places ~. =: :.
"Then. Gu look upon this as a breach of
faith, do you not?" -
-. II don't know what else to call ill.," said.
the CONDUCTOR. .:Ws kept our end of the
agreement intact OF course, We secretly
-contr buted money for the benefit of the
strikers, but:that violatedano pledge what
ever. We stood by the company faithfully
|: when one word almost would have caused
general tie-upof the Market-streetsys-
tenn and caused the loss of .a.large am cunt
/ OF money. :::.-< -: :: -. =.
After rejecting the carman continued !;
81 do not believe that any of our people
| out here would ever have ! done such a
thing, but it is Mr.. ViniDg, the new man
ager fromthe East, who is doing it al. :, = .
~~:t'Willit cause any trouble ?','
mo; /. don't think so. Times are too"
hard now. We must grin and bear it"
was the answer. - ~. :.
An interview with about twenty con-
ducors and gripmen. amounted in sub
stance to the above. .:.:.:: IT. a.:
f. According to the closest estimates from.
clerk on the In side 5000 passes have thus
been revoked, but 1t is quite probable that
1.-The total lis much larger. if:~these men
have 90. pay So per month for riding the.
company will profit to the extent Of $4,000
M onth.. of S108 900 year, which is
consid cradle sum to lopaoff from the wages
of their hard-worked employees.
Since this innovation was made il has
given rise to rhmor that. Mr. .Vining was
going still further and would com pei mem
bers of the police force te,paylheir footing
on the cars of this system. ltspread from
mouth to mouth until every member 0f=the
force had heard of it by o'clock last even:
ing. = - - :
MI. Vining himself was attending New