The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
ROLLING MILLS
SHAKEN UP,
General Manager Keeney
Handed in His Res
ignation.
ECONOMY THE MOTTO.
Several Heads of Departments
Chopped Off Suddenly for
Consolidation.
MANY LEAKS IN MATERIAL.
Employees Largely Interested in the
Atlas Iron Works Next Door.
MANY LEAKS IN MATERIAL.
Employees Largely Interested in the
Atlas Iron Works Next Door.
Hash VS.. Scrapiron.

Shortly after D. Q. Mills arrived from
the East there was shaking up of the
The Pacific Rolling Mills Company that
set the Potrero agog with excitement.
Heads of departments were chopped off
consultations of departments were made,
and expenses were vigorously pruned
down.
General Manager Charles NJ. Keeney re-
signed last week, and Superintendent Pat
rick Noble was required to do the General
Managers work as well as his own. The
impression prevailed last night that Mr.
Mobiles head would adorn the waste basket
of economy in day or two.
Yesterday morning Master Mechanic
Bedford a. Tinglev and his assistant
Henry Wynne were dropped from the pay
roll and given permission to roam over the
earth at their own sweet will.
The thunderbolt came suddenly upon
these two. Bright and early yesterday
morning Edward Coleman, president of
the Rolling-mills Company, appeared at
the works and turned their pictures to the
wall. Messrs. Tingley and Wynne there
upon put on their coats and hats, shed
their overalls, drew their pay and walked
out of the place with a bold and manly
front.
1t is understood that Keeneys resigna-
ton was handed in in pursuance of hint
loud enough for blind horse to hear.
Other removals are to follow, and there
is much trepidation on the Potrero clam
flats
The Pacific Rolling-mills are owned by
D. o. Mills, the Parrott estate, Edward
Coleman ard others. Mr.. Coleman is
president and William P. Sullivan Jr. is
secretary. The Parrott estate is repre-
sented on the board of directors by Mr..
Payson, who resides in San Mateo.
For months past it has been an open
secret that things were not going on as
well as they should at the mills. While
the work done was of the best quality the
profits were of a very uncertain quality
and, in fact, of unknown quantity. There
is much reticence on this point, but it is
on the street that the amount OF the
profits, if there were any at all, was not
large enough to please the owners.
Most OF the iron work-some say all
that was secured by the Pacific Company
was given to the Atlas Iron Works, next
door, while the rolling mills did all the
steel work. Patrick Noble is President of
the Atlas, and this fact is said to have
been a fortunate one for the Atlas; but
some of the Pacific Rolling-m Com
pany people did not think it was very
fortunate thing for the Pacific.
1t was whispered about that because of
the large blocks of shares held by many of
the Pacific Rolling mills employees, the
Atlas, like Mr.. Reilley, proprietor of the
famous hotel, was doing quite we'll indeed,
thank you, sir, but that the Pacific, she
were not feeling so well, thank you, sir.
The owners were also said to have been
dissatisfied with the manner in which the
storerooms were kept. There was no sys-
tenn in them. There were five or six men
in charge who seemed to be accountable
to no one but themselves. 1t is under
stood to be the intention to place general
storekeeper in charge of the storerooms
who will be held responsible. 1t is re-
ported also that there have been large
leakeages of material, and this matter will
be thoroughly investigated.
1t is understood that the downtown of.
fee will be dispensed with and that thus a
considerable saving will be effected
Hash as well as scrapiron figures in the
general shakeup. Gateley of the Potrero
Hotel thinks he ought to get the patron
age of the employees, but, on the contrary,
1t all goes to T. Richards boarding house.
Richards is known as the Kerry Dutch
man. he has the cream of the business
and Is said to have an able ally
In Foreman Poulson of the laborers'
department. In fact, the Gateley
faction says that Poulson commands
mis- men to chew the Kerry Dutchman's
corned beef and cabbage in preference to
the luscious belly bacon of the Gateley
establishment. Mr.. Gate!ey is said to have
been kicking for quite long while; but
he is sadly handicapped by having only
one meat leg, the other being of wood.
His friends are jubilant over the shak-
ing up and predict that under the new ad-
ministration the Gattley table will groan
with the weight of good things and OF
boarders.