The morning call., 1895-01-26
about ten hours work, and the number of

about ten hours work, and the number of
committeeman has been largely aug
mented. Chairman Sells of the committee
expects 5000 names by next Monday.
Walter Joyce, chairman of the meeting
took no part in the discussion of the rate
of wages, but invited free expression of
OPINION on the subject. eve desire to
inform Mayor Sutro what we expect" he
said, "and we shall expect. the State to act
more literally with US than would pri-
vate employer. We are part of the State,
and it is for you to say what we shall ask. Z"
D. Patrick urged the necessity OF fixing
the rate, saying that some men he had APP
preached would not sign the petition until
rate was fixed.
ssBy amending this petition to include
the signatures of persons who are not out
of employment" said P. Ross Martin,
''and fixing stated rate of wages that you
wish the State to pay out of whatever ap-
preparation may be made, you will get the
expression of the people of San Francisco.
This is what you want and that is the way
you will accomplish something. Demand
what you think is right.
''Statistics show that labor produces $40
a day to the producer. He gets about one
! fifth of it. You do not want to demand
| the whole $40, but fair proportion"
| Il
rate. eve might as well ask for that, as
we will get it as quick as ST."
eve had better be content with 81 a
day. said George w. Sells, chairman of
| the soliciting committee. 1--WE want to go
to the Legislature with a demand that
will be sanctioned by Mayor Sutro in the
appointment of a committee. Two dollars
| for eight hours labor is all we will get.
There is a vast amount of work to be done
by the State in public improvements,
| which will husband the waters and place
| lands in condition to be occupied by the
workingmen as homes. If we ask fair
wage the Legislature may be made to see
the feasibility and Importance of an
| appropriation for State work"
| Thomas Roberts thought So so not too
much. eff you get that you will not aver
age more than 50 when you come to figure
out your days of employment.
! J. Warfield argued for the 81 80 rate. He
said the United States goes to Europe to
borrow the gold that is dug out OF the
mountains in America, and the wage
earners might as well have full share
of it.
| r. Lewis asked that the meeting do not
commit itself to demand; that would not
| be granted. eff we ask too much we are
| likely to get nothing"
F. A. Sademon expressed the idea that,
| though beggars are not choosers, it would
| be we'll to remember That this IS not peg
ging committee, but committee of
choosers, and they should choose to demand
81 so day.
There were other speeches for and
against, but the So so rate was adopted by a
majority sufficient to satisfy the opposition.
A motion to appoint a committee of five to
draft resolutions to be presented to to-
days meeting for approval and submission
to the Board of Freeholders on the subject
of the city charter was lost. That matter
will be considered separately and not in
conjunction with the work of the present
meetings, which are held exclusively for
the purpose of seeking aid for the unem-
ployed.
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS The vast number of unemployed
men and women now out of employment is
the direct result of the monopolization OF ma
chinery and natural resources; and whereas,
the various data necessary to the substantial
ton of this truth can be had with but little
effort; and whereas no one can be regarded
as being either good person or good citizen
who, instead of ascertaining these facts, insti-
tutes q crusade against the unemployed gov
erned not by knowledge and prudence, but by
ignorance and prejudice; therefore be 1T
RESOLVED, That the unemployed OF San Fran
cifco, in mass-meeting assembled, do hereby
| denounce Sacramento's "Vigilante Committee
| of One Hundred in its brutal behavior
| toward the unemployed of that city.
The meeting adjourned till 2 P. NJ.
to-day.