The San Francisco call., 1901-10-04
FEW STRIKERS ABLE TO TAKE UP FORMER WORK.
BUT THE AGREEMENT HOLDS LEADERS COUNSEL patience
Jobs NOT PLENTIFUL
ON THE WATER FRONT
Men Most Wait TIL Movement OF Shipping
Gives Them Employment.

COMPARATIVELY few union men
| N went to work yesterday along the
IA wafer front In spite of the fact
W that the strike is declared off, the
members of the City Front Fed
aratiOn were not, or the nrSt DAY OF the
peace. in urgent demand. More Will 60
to work to-day and as the days pass
/ MANY will secure their old or new posi-
: +ions but they have all learned that it is
much easier to go out on strike than to
get back on payroll.
/ In the course of a few weeks the Pa
| cihc Mail Company will probably be IN d
! nosition to offer work 10 NUMBER or
| Iongshoremen. At present the number Of
! men ON the dock is greatly in excess OF
| the requirements. The City OF sydney
/ and the Peru are the only vessels in port
at present They are receiving freight,
but this work gives employment to but a
| small number of the men regularly estao-
| lished on the dock. A crowd OF union men
assembled at the dock gates yesterday
morning and announced their Willingness
to go to work None were called on, how
ever and little encouragement was Of
| fered for the immediate future.
! The Pacific Mail Company has never
recognized any union either on its ships
or on the dock. They will not discrimi-
nate. however, against union men and
the old hands will get share OF the
A number of union Iongshoremen ap-
dock. They were told that instead OF
| looking for men the army authorities
were discharging laborers. Seven were
paid off yesterday and more will follow
ste1art-street dock, devoted to the busi-
ness Of Williams, Dimond & Co., was an
other unfruitful field for the searcher for
! work. The nOn-uniOn men engaged dur
ing the strike have proved TO be an, an eS- x
retained as long as they wish to stay.
Negroes to Be Discharged.
/ At Howard-street wharf No 8. where
| the Panama Railroad Steamship lines
Enterprise is dischargiDg, no union men
| were engaged yesterday, but it is expect
ed that about forty will be put to work to-
/ day. On this dock the work is not regu-
lar, and those in charge of the loading
ganiZe their nOn-union labOrerS as has
been done on the inclosed docks of other
regular lines For the past few days over
! toying with the freight brought by the
Enterprise. These lOngshOremen will be
paid off and their places taken by the
, men that have been out on strike.
/ On the Oceanic dock there was no de-
mand for labor, Captain Howard having
strike into as able an aggregation of
| freight rUstlers as ever worked along the
water front These men will also be re-
| ta1ned as long as they wish to stay.
| A similar condition of affairs exists on
the docks controlled by the Pacific Coast
Steam mship Company. Captain Wallace
4 quirements of the company's business and
| will decline to discharge any of those able
ana willing to DO the work. This applies
| TO the conpany's steamers as well The
violation of the contracts made with the
| Pacific Coast Steamship Company has
cost the sailors and nremen of this port
one Of their very best friends Andrew
/ Furuseth visited the cOmpany's offices
yesterday for the purpose of finding out
| n Of ri f~Nv.
| those who had been out on strike He
/ was told that for the present there were
make none, but that in the event of va
I cancies occurring they would be filled
from the ranks of applicants without re-
gard to their relations with any labor or
| ganization. Captain Wallace has told the
men at present employed on the docks
and steamers of the company that their
| positions will not be in any way affected
by the settlement of the strike.
Union Men on Lumber Schooners.
The steamship Columbia, which has
1 oeen carrying an enlarged crew during
/ the strike for the purpose of working
i cargo independently of conditions ashore,
| Is loading with her own men. These ex-
i ira men Will probably be paid off at the
end OF the present trip and the work of
1 loading and discharging will be performed
/ by regular 1OngShOremen labor
| The schooner Lizzie Prien yesterday
| commenced discharging her lumber with
| union men. The schooner Jennie Thelin
| went to sea with union crew, but the
| work of diseharging the Alaska Packers
| Association vessels continues with labor
/ engaged during the strike.
| AT Main street a few union men were
engaged and they worked in harmony
| with number of the men taken on dur
| ing the strike. The Helene and Irmgard
| yesterday shipped union crews and the
snip Emily has half union and half non
The British ships Clan Mackenzie. Aus
| tral1a and British General will ali COM
mence dlscharging to-day with union
| help. The Haddon Hall almost 15fs
charged, will finish discharging with. her
Many of the coal teamsters enpased
! during the strike will be retained BERN
| anently. W. G. Stafford has taken I1aclx
of his foreman and three VarJ AIepOl4n S51Sl
| Dunsmuir's and RosenfelFs made no
changes yesterday in their teamsters and
About fifty sailors were shipped during
| the day and more will be engaged as the
| t1ed-up vessels get ready for sea The
! owners Association all morning bnF II
/ VIII be some little time before many of
tne participants IN the strike find them
selves afoat again. The work of the
shipping master is for the present a dead
letter. The sailors are attending to this
| business for themselves and for once
blood money does not enter into the
bargain. --''0 '"'
A Matter of Time.
A number of hosting engineers have
/ returned 70 work, but il will take time
| SAhpJOl0efS, DrlCSe builders.
| Pile drivers and others in similar lines
ma occupation for their trades With
| tne snip cooks and stewards it will also
| be matter of time
| Inc union marine fremen were in evil
dence yesterday at the dock offices of
! the various steamship lines but for the
present but few of them were shipped
/ and that only on the smaller boats As
| the big liners of the Pacific Mail Com
! pany and the Oceanic Steamship Com
| pany come to port number of them will
| find employment. but 1t will be several
weeks before anything like ante-strfke
| conditions will be resumed.