The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-05
ULTIMA UNI OF
THE TEACHERS
IS ACCEPTED
Merchants Notify the
Auditor.
CONFERENCE OF ATTORNEYS
NO MORE INJUNCTIoNs WILL
BE SERVED.
Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars Now
Available to Pay Eighty-six
Thousand Dollars Worth
of Claims.
CONFERENCE OF ATTORNEYS
NO MORE INJUNCTIoNs WILL
BE SERVED.

Auditor Wells was notified yesterday
that the ultimatum issued by the teach
erS at their meeting held at the Girls
High School Monday afternoon would be
accepted by the merchants and its terms
complied with. This means that the mer-
chants will forego their intention to en-
join the salaries of the teachers for the
balance of the present fiscal year, and
that they will accept the $35 900 availa-
BILE to meet the demands of the School
Department fund prior to the first of
January 1t also means that the teach
ers on their part agree to dismiss all
pending litigation over the distribution
of the $50, 900, and that they will aban-
don all claim to it, so that the merchants
may divide the entire amount among
themselves as they see fit
vital part of this understanding is
that while the teachers reinquish all
claim to the only money now available
for the payment of their back salaries,
they do not by so doing invalidate their
claims against the city. THESE cIalms
will be pressed in some manner not yet
determined This will be a subject for
after consideration.
The claims of the merchants against
the. city aggregate something more than
$50, 000 Now that the teachers have
stepped out of the legal arena there is
now available about $4,000 which can be
applied to the liquidation of these claims.
money is to be distributed is the prob
lem that is now confronting the Auditor
and the attorneys for the merchants.
Yesterday Attorney Frank Powers, rep
resenting the merchant creditors, called
on Auditor Wells and informed him Of
the intention of the merchants to COM
ply with the decision of the teachers. He
then suggested that it was the desire
of his clients to secure possession of the
available S35 900 as soon as possible. The
Auditor expressed a willingness to au-
thorize the payment of the money, and
said he would do so at once if the attor-
ney would point out how it could be done
legally and in manner so that the
rights of the Auditor and the city
would be protected. This was too knotty
a problem to be solved at once, and after
lengthy discussion the Auditor referred
the matter to his attorney with instruc-
lions to confer with Mr. Powers as TO the
best method on which to proceed.
During the conference in the Auditor
the entire sum be paid to some one per-
son to be designated by the merchant
creditors, that person to distribute the
amount pro rata according to the amount
due each of the various creditors He
also suggested that enough of the out
standing claims be selected to make up
the amount of $35 ,000 and that the Aud
itor pay these with the understanding
that the money so paid should be distrib-
uted among all of the creditors. Neither
of these propositions were acceptable
to the Auditor and they were therefore
rejected as impracticable. 1t will prob
ably be several days before the manner
of payment will be decided upon.