The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01
.NAI..END IN RACE " AR
 Trouble. Over Soldiers Uniforms Still On.
 WoRkINGMEN V {: ' K. l ARE INDIGNANT l' WARMLY COMMEND THE STAND
 ... TAKEN BY THE CALL.
 Building Trades Council Will Keep Up the Agitation Until the [. :. .' Matter Is Satisfactorily E: =-... =. = Settled. " :.. :.. :
WARMLY COMMEND THE STAND <: .*@. TAKEN BY THE CALL. @...

q. . ': - :.-r' 60 g. - -. p The meeting. of. the Building Trades Council las: night was a particularly in teresttng one the major portion of the time being given to the discussion of the many phases: which the controversy over Chinesa made = uniforms .*h has taken. Throughout the course of the. evening" as the various delegates rose, the. stand ta- ken by The. Call ont the matter was warm ly commended as. being compatible with the best interests of the laboring classes. 5 Many men who have been. prominent in the labor movement for years look upon the matter as having. a deeper signifi- canoe than appears on the surface. and prophecy. a race war if the. matter is not speedily and satisfactorily settled. In :. fact: the first step in: this direction was taken by the council last night, when a committee, consisting of P. H. Mccarthy, ". M. Page and A. IF. Coburn, was ap- pointed to. arrange for a monster anti Chinese demonstration in the form of a mass meeting. and parade. The commit tee was given unlimited powers and will be. allowed to use it's own Judgment. F. As an. n.offset to various statements that the trouble has been settled with satiS- faction to all parties the following reso- lutions were unanimously adopted: ..' .: l. Whereas, for sometime past the matter of the
 
 Conmfssary Department by Chinese has en- gagged the attention of the people of San Fran i fornia delegation and War Department, sent by Labor Commissioner. F1tZSeraldt the facts concerning the employment of Chinese were plainly. clearly and conclusivetv set forth, pre- senting indisputable evidence of the strength and truth of the charges; and whereas, in. a denial of these crarPes. upon the investigation instituted by the secretary of War, Captain Long, quartermaster in charge, in a telegram addressed to Quartermaster-Ge General Luding- ton willfully rnisstated facts and justified his position by false statement while the daily press contained information from time to time. stating the location and names of Chinese con- tractors who were openly engaged in the per formance of these contracts; and whereas, while this information was In the possession of the entire public. with the exception of those who blinded themselves to the facts for selfish reasons and motives, the matter re- ceived extraordinary attention by the termi- nation of the life of one of the Chinese coftrac- tors at the hands of his jealous countrymen for undertaking others in the manufacture of clothing to be worn by the soldiers Of the sioner Fitzgerald continued his investigation, from time to time publishing the names and places of the Chinese contractors where the work still continued. Captain Long engaged the offices of the. resident of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Board of Trade to sustain his false position, and place the stamp of approval upon his work as quarter master in charge, using that most powerful which at one once capital @ and i patronage" to the end that these gentlemen subscribed their names to telegram again
 
 Department, to. the effect that they of their own personal knowledge knew of the cancel lation of certain contracts by Captain Long. where Chinese had been employed, and when at the request of members of this council they were asked to reveal the same, admitted that Captain Long the fount from which this knowledge flowed and that they could not name them; and whereas, solution of the matter Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald agreed to undertake the enforcement of the contracts, provided he was furnished with a detailed statement of the same, and placed this propo- sitfon in the hands of the president of the Board of Trade-the same pressure has again been used to intimidate the weak selfish and knaVish business interests Of San Francisco by forcing an approval of the combined busi- ness associations of the city, in order that a deaf ear might be turned to an official whom they knew would VI true to the work; there
 Resolved That we place the: stamp of ap- proyal upon and extend our unqualified in- dorsement to fhe efforts of Labor .:Comrlis- sioner Fitzgerald. knowing the course he has pursued to be in the interest of right and justice and in behalf of the working people and the people at large. and that the facts presented by him are absolutely true-Captain Long; the president of the Chamber of Com rferce and Board of Trade, the Manufacturers and Producers Association. and all others pe- cuniarly interested, to the contrary notwith- standing. . Resolved, That we denounce the actions of the aforesaid commercial bodies of San Fran cisco as dishonest. selfish and stulthying, and tending to seek the: favor and enjoy the pa tronage of the United States Commissary De-