The San Francisco call., 1897-03-20
ENEMIES OF UNION|SM
Were Hauled Over the Goals by
the Labor Council Last
Evening.
Toland's Tramp Bill Denounced.
Colonel Otis Is Not Vented in
the Cabinet

Several matters of Importance were
acted upon by the San Francisco Labor
Council at its meeting last evening. Dele
gate Macarthur reported the proceedings
of the Labor Convention last Sunday.
The condemnation of the citizens COM
mittee for deciding to pay the unemployed
81 day for work on the boulevard was in
dorsed.
The delegate from the Musicians Union
had long complaint to make. He stated
that the union is being greatly annoyed
by the increase and employment OF scab
or nom union bands and orchestras. He
| cited several cases.
The Order of Chosen Friends has hired
such an orchestra for its ball in Odd
Fellows Hall in April. Another is hired
in a restaurant on Market street, neariy
opposite Grant avenue. An orchestra OF
this description is employed in the Palace
Hotel, and still another plays on Saturday
nights in the California Market. The
delegate stated that the latter "pass around
the hat" for what they can get. The
Creamerie orchestra works for its board
and small amount of money, while the
Palace Hotel Chosen Friends musicians
are working for far less than union rates.
The council Sc; on foot movement that
it is believed will cause those who hire
such musicians to see that they will be
benefited by making change.
Assem- blyman Toland's tramp bill came
in for round scoring. On its face it is
ito provide for the employment of the
| needy unemployed and of vagrants under
sentence" The former by. applying to
| Supervisors of counties. where the act
shall be taken advantage OF. will be pro-
vided with work on county roads or on
| the county farm for 35 cents day.
Idle men, designated as tramps and
vagrants, who decline to work for this
amount, upon being sentenced for va
| grancy will be compelled to do the same
work during their terms of sentence for 10
cents day. Upon refusing to work for
10 cents they will be put upon one meal of
bread and water day until they consent
to work. This measure has passed both
houses of the Legislature.
The bill was assaied for making idle
ness, enforced or voluntary, statutory
offense punishable by methods of five
centuries ago; also that it gives scheming
county officials opportunities to enslave
every man who tramps and carries pack
because he is 100 poor to ride, and compel
him to work for the benefit of the county;
and last hut not least, that it lowers the
standard of wages and the dignity OF la
bor The secretary was authorized to
send to Governor Budd the following tsle-
gram:
SAN FRANCISCO LABOR CoUNcIL,l
March 49, 1897.
Governor Budd Sacramento: We oppose As
semby bill 2S5 as reactory and dangerous
to the liberties of citizens. Under pretense of
State charity it establishes q pauper wage,
constitutes mere idleness statutory crime
and prescribes cruel and unnatural punish
ment We respectfully urge that you veto said
bill. ED ROSENBERG,
Secretary San Francisco Building Trades
Council
Colonel H. G. Otis of the Los Angeles
Times also came in for roasting at
the hands of organized labor. Dele
gate Hawkes. of the executive committee
stated that the colonel aspires to be a
Cabinet officer in this administration and
that he wants to be the Assistant Secre-
rary of War. Hawkes. stated that Colonel
Otis has for years been the bitterest of
enemies of organized labor and has even
sent fourteen of his own scab printers to
Tacoma to paper there whose proprietor
was making . fight to reduce printers
wages.
Such . man, he continued, is too dan
gerous to the unions of the United States
to be put 20 near the head of the War
Department. Recognizing this fact the
executive committee had sent the follow