The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-12
FRACTIONAL WAR
IN LABOR PARTY
Bold Scheme to Displace
j. S. Parry From
Leadership.
Fight Places Mayor Elect
Schmitz in Awkward
Predicament.

There Is war in the camp of the Union
Labor party. One factions is clamoring
for the overthrow of ]. S. Parry, chair
man of the executive committee of tie
new party. Night before last under the
guise Of proceeding to reorganize the COM
mittee bold dash was made to supplant
Parry Of the Piledrivers Union by the
election of William Delaney of the
Machinists' Union The supporters of
Delaney in the committee assert that the
raid was successful and that Delaney lis
it, On the other hand the Parryites
maintain that the proceeding was void
and that their man Parry is still the
point to prolonged and bitter strife:
George F. Aubertine of the BARRIERS
Union Is in the same boat with Parry.
of the Hackmens Union secretary. The
faction which claims that the reorganiza-
ton was regular and valid elected as vice
chairman Timothy Ryan of the Brother
hood OF Transfers, and as treasurer John
McKeon Of the Rlggers and Stevedores'
Union.
Parry Close to Schmitz.
The executive committee consists Of
was chairman Of the body during the late
municipal campaign and who insists that
he holds the championship now, is COM
schmits. apf It is we'll vel Known fact that
Schmitz in the fight was never out of
Parry's sight unless he was in hailing dis
members of the Republican Primary
League, and in the rooms Of the league
Ruef and Parry adjusted the wires for
Schmitz's nomination by the Labor party
In fact Schmitz was waited on by a COM
mittee and agreed to accept the nomin-
alton before the convention was called
into existence. Ruef's scheme to obtain
for Schmitz the Endorsement of the Re
publican Municipal Convention was not
carried out. but the plan to elect Schmitz
without such Endorsement was readily
adopted by Ruef and Parry, and proved
successful.
BY the turning down of Parry several
who have not had opportunity to get
next to Schmitz hope to approach the pie
counter OF. the next administration and
help themselves and their friends to
choice slices. 1t Is common rumor that
several executive committeeman have
made promises of patronage. and it now
make good.
Embarrassing for Mayor
Mayor-elect Schmitz is likely to be
placed in a very embarrassing position
between the two factions. He may decide
to recognize both in the award of patron
age to party workers, but he will doubt
| less first employ all the tact and diplo-
macy that he possesses to bring about
| reconciliation in the camp. The outbreak
of hostilities took place just. at the time
that the committee was considering plans
for putting a labor ticket in the field at
| San Jose, with the hope OF capturing the
works at the spring election in that town.
1t is highly probable that the work Of
| extending the organization to other local.
| ties will be suspended pending the war
over the distribution of San Francisco
patronage.
Rallying to Mrs. Kincaid's Support.
The hint thrown out recently by Mayor
| elect Schmitz that the Board of Educa :
| ton ought to be reorganized by the ex-
| clusion of women has alarmed the friends
| of Mrs. Kincaid.
| The Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
/ Af 6nr1f nnll
all universities, has adopted the following
resolutions:
/ Whereas 1t is just and expedient that a
woman should be member of the San Fran
cisco Board OF Education; and
| Whereas, The thoughtful and economical
work of Mrs. Mary w. Kincaid has proven
profitable to the school children and to the
citizens Of San Francisco, now. therefore be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Cali
forria Branch of the Association of Collegiate
Aluinnae. that Mrs. Kincaid should be re-
appointed a equally competent should
! be appointed to the San Francisco Board of
| Education, and we hereby respectfully petit
ton the honorable, the Mayor-elect of San
! Francisco, to this end.