The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-20
CARMEN SPEAK
THEIR MINDS
Some Scathing Resolutions
Against the Examiner
Adopted.
They Will Not Longer Support
the Paper Because of Its
Policy.
A Big Meeting to Rejoice Over
the Defeat of Braunhart'S
Bill.

WHEREAS, The San Francisco Exam
liner has every occasion possibi e
shown its hostility to the Street Rail
road Employees of San Francisco, par
ticuIarIy in its advocacy of the Braun
hart ga cent streetcar fare bill, be it
therefore
RESOLVED, That we depounce the
course of the San Francisco Examiner
for the stand it has taken against in
our fight against this ubiquitous meas
ure. And in view of the Examiners
persistent efforts to create strife be-
tween labor and capital, be it furth T
RESOLVED, That we condemn such
methods of journalism being detri-
mental to the interests of the entire
community, and we call upon all our
cOwOrkers to discontinue their sub
scr1ptions to the Examiner. And be it
further
RESOLVED, That we, the employees of
the various street-railroads within the
City and County of San Francis co, II ereby
deem it to our interests not to patron
ize the stores OF any merchant in said
City and County whose adj vertisements
appear exclusively in the Examiner.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these res
olutions be Furnished to the press.
W. c. COOK, 1913 Noe street,
FRANK BELL. 81 Austin avenue,
P. j. MANNING, 32O5 Clay street,
G. a. GRIMES, 1904 O'Farreu street,
L. 5. HARDY, 292 California avenue.
Such was the sentiment most emphatic
ally expressed last night by 70U streetcar
conductors and gripmen.
They had come from all parts of the
City through the storm and alter their
days work to rejoice at the defeat OF the
bill for the reduction of car fares and to
denounce the Examiner as their worst
enemy.
They represented the 5000 street-railroad
employees OF the City, the most numerous
single class OF men at work in San Fran
cisco to-day.
Tney were assembled in Mission Parlor
Hall, IN Seventeenth street near Valencia
not as excited sentimentallsts, but as cool,
thoughtful, sober-mInded workingmen,
and as such conducted themselves.
The strength OF The feeling against the
course of the Examiner and the entire
unanimity with which It was repeatedly
expressed, left no doubt as to the complete
contempt in which the street-railroad men
OF San Francisco now hold tat paper.
The meeting was presided over by w.
{. Carpenter. In short address he e1-
planned the purpose for which IL was held.
But every one present knew that. So did
the others still at work on the cars and
those who were too tired from their long
days labors to brave the rough weather
simply to add their voices to sentiment
that all hold as one man.
The delegation had Just returned from
Sacramento triumphant. 1t had gone up
to the State capital less than two weeks
before TO oppose bill that seemed almost
certain to pass because of lack of organ
lied opposition to it.
Z. J. Manning, a gTipman or me Powell
md Jackson-stTe system ana mem Der
OF the Ielege Ion, was one of the first
spea lers of the evening.
He told of the work the delegates had
done among the Senators in showing the
petition signed by 5000 street-railroad en-
ployes WHO would personally suffer from
a reduction of wages were carfares re-
duced. He declared that with only two
exceptions the Senators who finally voted
against the bill had been convinced of its
unfairness by the statement OF the case
presented by the railroad mems dele
cation. The two exceptions were Sena-
tors who from principle voted against the
bill because 1t originated with Braunhart.
LAS to the Examiner" said Mr.. Man
ming, I'VE all know how 1t has treated us.
n o matter what the care and caution of a
grlpman, II some one has run in front of
car and been hurt the Examiner has in
variably laid the blame on the gripman
and has repeatedly distorted and exagger-
ated the facts in order to make out another
case against the Vining system. No mat
. ter 4 hundred people have come forward
as witnesses to prove that the accident
was beyond human power and skill 10
avert, the Examiner has followed it's same
course regardless OF truth or justice.
I'm the last q Y mir or
has done more than all other causes COM
blned 10 iniure the growth and prosp erity
of San Francisco by continually trying to
cater to and stir up strife between abor
and capital. 1t has appealed to the anar-
chlstlc elements to create a feeling OF dis
satisfaction and discord, hoping in that
way TO be in with the masses. 1t mas
catered to the lowest elements in society
by its policy and by its published articles.
The Examiner has proved that ii is
not friend OF the railroad men of San
francisco; that it is not the friend OF
labor for all its pratings. Ii should not
be considered our friend and 1t is not
And We can best show our feelings against
II by Withdrawing our subscri ptions and
by urging upon our workers that they
DO the same"
Others spoke. There were G. A. Grimes
OF the Sutter-street line, Franz Bell of the
CalifOrnia-street line, Z. II. Hardy Of the
San Mateo electric line, J. G. Sawtell o +
the Third and kentucky-street line. Chair
man w. c. Carpenter of the Fillmore
street line. w. 9. Cook of Division A of
the Market-street system, who WAS so
NEW TO-DAY.
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