The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
LABOR ON THE FOURTH,
Council Invited to a Working.
mems Picnic Across
the Bay.
Also Asked to Countenance a Pro.
CeSsion of the Unemployed
In This City.

The Fourth of July proved to be the
supreme topic at the Labor Council last
night.
No sooner was the meeting called to
order than its discussion was precipitated
by an invitation to participate in a general
workingmen's celebration at Blair's Park
across the bay. And this invitation was
Immediately followed by another to join in
a demonstration of distress in this City.
The only decisive action the council took
was to instruct the sending of communi-
cation to the Fourth of July committee
condemning it for its attitude toward union
musicians.
The invitation from Oakland was voiced
by ex-A ssemblyman a. Bretz, who with
MeSsrs. Shrive and Roberts constituted a
committee of three.
Mr.. Bretz was very caustic in his criti-
clsm OF those whom he called the pluto
Gratis of Oakland (he sometimes used
harder namesl, and stated that the work
lngmen OF Oakland, whether organized or
not, had taken the same position toward
the general Fourth of July parade there as
had the trades unions of this CITY relative
to the San Francisco parade. In fact, they
had gone one step further, because thev
had concluded to have n distinctively indie
pendent turnout in the shape of dancing
the
park pavilion. H. n. Shreye added even
more force to Mr.. Bretr's words by hoping
that organized labor of San Francisco
would see its way clear to help the work
ingmen of Alameda County to show their
patriotism independently of the plug-hat
brigade" Mr.. Shrieve is a member of the
A. r. q.
1t was announced that the Alameda Peo-
pies party county committee would have
meeting to-day to arrange for a big DEM
onstratlon In conjunction with the work
ingmen. ut is time said Mr.. Bretz.
''that those who are robbed and enslaved
by the money power should draw the
line"
P. Ross Martin then invited the council
to join parade of poverty which he said
the unemployed of the City are getting mn.
lie gave the information that meetings
had been held on City Hall avenue and al
lis Turk street, well attended, and an
nounced big gathering on the Mint steps
for tonight another on the Waterfront
tomorrow and still another meeting for
Monday, to be at i15 Turk street. The
idea, he explained, was to have all the I'M
employed of the City turn out in rags and
show their condition by marching on Mar
ket street.
Both propositions were discussed in ex-
ecutive session with the result that they
are referred to the different unions, which
may take such action as they see fit.
Delegate Schubert of the Musicians
Union reported the trouble with the
Fourth of July committee as being de-
sire on the part of the committee to cut
prices from SIS to So. Upon the iRforma-
ton being received that the committee had
decided TO hire only non-union men a
motion was carried to have letter of con-
demnation sent
protest OF street employees against any
further letting of street-sweeping contracts,
whether to the Merchants Association or
anything else, was read by w. Greenwood,
representing the employees. He said a
meeting had been held during the after