The San Francisco call., 1896-08-01
FOR FREE SPEECH.
The Labor Council Severely Cen
sures the Police Author.
tiles.
Talk of a Bakers Strike or Boycott
Over a Ncn-Union Shop.
New Officers.

The San Francisco Labor Council held q
specially interesting meeting last night at
Federation Hall, 1859 Mission street. The
attendance was nearly double as large as
usual, for the reason that a semi-snnual
election was held and several matters of
importance to labor unions were on the
list for discussion.
Delegate T. T. Burns from the Cigar
makers Union moved that letter be ad-
dressed to all labor unions in San Fran
cisco through the daily press, inviting
them to participate with the Labor Coun-
Gil IN the celebration of Labor day. An
amendment to the effect that eacn union
be invited by letter from the secretary
was made, but Delegate Macarthur sug-
gested that the committee of arrangements
was competent to attend to the Labor day
matter. The council had decided the
question, so he SAID, at previous meeting
1t was eventually decided to instruct the
committee to invite labor unions to par
ticipate.
On motion of Delegate Burns the arrest
of socialist Sunday night for speaking
on the street was referred to the law and
legislative committee. This action on the
part of the police authorities was regarded
as a suppression of free speech. The COM
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Free speech is an inalienable right
granted every American citizen in the un-
trammeled exercise of which rests the safety OF
our institutions, particularly at periods such
as the present when the public mind is agi-
tated by impending changes in the funda-
mental law OF the Nation; and whereas, the
police of San Francisco have arrested q public
speaker, Mark Letter, in the streets OF this
City, without law and in violation of every
principle of liberty and justice; and whereas,
the said person has been tried and convicted
on the frivolous. pretext OF "obstructing the
street" and fined the sum of So by Judge
Joachimsen, therefore we, the San Francisco
La Dor Council, in regular session assem- bled,
denounce the action of the police and court as
gross arrogation OF authority and a subver-
sion of the exclusive right of the people to
make law TO the function of the executive and
judicial officers; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we call upon all citizens,
without regard to creed, color or party, to re-
sent these encroachments as a menace to
liberty, and the fist and most effective step
toward depriving the citizens OF the dearly
bought and inestimable privilege of selfgov-
ernment.
Discussion of the proposed charter was
postponed for one week.
Communications were received from the
Municipal Reform League and the Mer-
chants Association offering assistance to
the council in considering the charter.
H. Blumer, D. 1t. Poole, ID. J. Darr and
E. G. L. Hoeber were seated in the coun-
Gil as delegates from Typographical Union
No. q for the ensuing year. The other
delegates of this union are w. G. Acker-
man, 7. F. Foley, G. E. Hawkes. and
George L. Taylor.
The folio wing delegates were elected to
serve for the next six months as officers of
the council:
President, 7. F. Burns; vice-president, J.
Hill; recording and corresponding secretary,
Ed Rosenberg; financial secretary, j. Walters;
treasurer, w. C. Ackerman; sergeant-at- arms,
Thomas ffnnerty.
Law and Legislative committee-A. Furuseth,
T. F. Burns w. Macarthur. c. E. Hawkes., ].
Hill, Thomas Hurd.
Trustees-W. Macarthur, P. Weston and D.
Rulffs.
Executive committee-N. F. Burns, w. Mac
arthur. ]. Hill. h. Stockton, ]. Goodman, c.
Batterman, George Swable.
Organizing committee-Char1es Batterman,
T. F. Burns, C. E. Hawkes. NJ. Wistos, A. Furu-
seth, w. Macarthur, George Swable.
A delegate from the Bakers Union re-
ported that Daley & Davis. proprietors of
the New England bakeries on Hayes, De-
visadero and Sixth streets, were employ
ing non-union men exclusively. The |
Bakers Union had endeavored to induce
Daily & Davis to employ union men or to
unionize their bakeshops, but without
success. The delegate asked that COM
mittee be appointed by the Labor Council |
to confer with Daley & Davis and report |
the result of the meeting to the Bakers |
Union this evening. The council in |
structed its executive committee to attend |
to the matter