The herald., 1896-04-06
1RGAMlED LABDR'S STAND
n DECLARES ITSELF AS FAv0RINd A
y FREE HARBOk AT SAN PEDRO
~ Usisns Of the City Not to Be Blinded
s. by nsnepoilstic Action Nor Speeisas ArEu-
= nent-Telegrams to Senator White and
IS Representative ncLschIan


IS Representative 1cLachIan
Orsanized labor in Los Angeles is not te
b fooled by specious pleas of Coils p
Huntington. The labor unions of this
city, through their presidents and secre
tar1es. have taken bold stand in favor oi
tAe free harbor at San Pedro, a harbor
whore the people will have some show.
y They have also indicated in words not to
Be mistaken that they are opposed to the
expenditure of the peoples money to i'm.
prove Mr.. Huntington's private harbor at
Santa Monica.
This morning Senator Stephen M. White
tand Hon. James McLachlan, the repre-
sentative of this district in congress, will
receive . telegram of some length and
bearing many signatures. 1t will be signed
hy the president and secretary Of some
eighteen different organizations represent
ing the workingmen of this city and
county.
The body of the telegram with the diff
ferent signatures is given below. 1t in
forms Messrs. White and McLachlan that
the workingmen Of this community are for
San Pedro as the harbor point, first. last
and all the time. There is no mincing of
words. The closing paragraph reads: "San
Pedro or nothing"
The signatures to this petition were OBJ
tanned In a very short space of time. The
ofncers of the various unions understood
the situation, and but little explanation
was required. They had not been be-
guiled by the specious arguments put forth
Jby Mr.. Huntington's organs.
The carpenters at . meeting of their
union, which. by the way is one Of the
largest in the city, had been requested bJ
letter from Judge r. M. Widney to en-
id0rse the double appropriation scheme
They courteously returned Judge Widney's
nd Init otPn Ir,
favor of San Pedro.
Both sides of the question had been pre-
> sented to a majority of the labor leaders
who signed the San Pedro telegram, but
they recognised the hand of Huntington
land were not to be caught.
4 At the meeting of the International Ed
Isheational Labor association yesterday
afternoon the telegram below was unani-
mously indOrsed, without dissenting
voice. after discussion of half an hour.
IE Among those who signed the telegram is
f.J. s. Bareee, secretary of the State Farm
&Los Aneeies county.
VI The regular meeting of tho american
Railway union was held last evening at
IColnefl iof Labor hall. and the telegram
$swas by that body unanimously indorsed.
= Fe@ewine is copy OF the telegram as
Ito the Hon. S. M. White, and the Hon.
James McLachlin, Washington, D. c..
The undersigned in the name OF the vari-
tous departments of labor which they rep
Sresent, would most earnestly urge your
active support of the government aud the
.:s peoples choice for a harbor at San Pedro
szaEid an active opposition to the efforts of
monopoly to secure the improvement of
its harbor by government funds at Santa
Monica. This is matter in which we feel
9 that the labor of this community is inn
:. measurably interested, as labor finds
{tu oro in
= of the communities in which it has it's
. home. We feel sure that the expenditure
II OF government money at San Pedro would
'result both in the direct benefit to the
1 laboring classes while the money was be-
= ing spent, also to such classes by the value
: which the harbor constructed . that place
would be to the community, whiie we do
4 not believe that either advantage would be
I. secured from the expenditure of govern
ment money at Santa Monica, for in that
instance the money there expended would
be paid directly to the only corporation
whose facilities permit it to do the work
on the harbor, and its future benefits would
a result only to that corporation. San Pedro
or nothing.
H Out of q total of twenty-one organized
labor associations in this city. eighteen of
them indorse the sentiments expressed in
:. the foreeoing telegram. Here is the list,
together with their several officers:
Council of Labor-P. Mcnamara, presi-
: dent; r.. +. Holman, secretary; Z. E.
Fisk. ex-president.
CiGarmakers' union-C. W. Stigenwald,
president; H. E. Martens, secretary.
Clerks' union-Edward Booth, president;
James Travis, secretary.
= Cooks union-H. o. Wells, president;
:; G. w. Wiebenhorst, secretary.
Butchers union-Adolph LeBrun, presi-
dent; w. j. Andrews, secretary.
+ Hotel and Restaurant Employees Alli-
j Ance-W. f. Collins, president; W. E.
d Warren, secretary.
:, Barbers' union-Z. Decker, president;
J Fred ]. Moll, IT., secretary.
Lathers' union-A. A. Peterson, secre-
tary.
/, Painters union-R. Wilson, president;
= 4. h. Hetheringtor, recording secretary.
&, Bricklayers' union-D. C. Gurney, vice.
:! president; w. j. Gill. secretary.
Electrical Workers union-A. McFar-
lane. president; F. E. Peters, secretary.
Los Angeles County Labor conference
]. H. McWiliiams. president; C. E. Fisk,
vice-president; e. II. Holman, secretary.
Plumbers union--G. Hutchinson, presi.
dent; j. Bayley, secretary.
& Bakers union-Peter Mirtl, president:
!, l.. Brewer, secretary.
American Railway union-J. L. Rogers,
president; H. J. Quee, secretary.
Carpenters union-Chas. Rice, presi-
( dent; j. Ferris, secretary.
International Educational Labor associ-
+. aton-E. Il. Shafer, secretary.
: }. .. Barbee. secretary for State Farm.
I, ere' alliance, 5000 members in Los An
Qele6 county,