The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-27
STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Union and Non-union Hen Clash and
Police Use Their Clubs.

Eu4le5 Use LuE.G NluDSs
san Francisco. July 26.-There were
several developments in the local
strikes today. First in Importance
came the decision of Superior Judge
SlOss, who issued an Injunction re-
straining the Cooks & Wsiters' ALI
ance from ptcI-eting men in front Of
nOn-uniCn restaurants for the purpose
OF dlVerting customers. The injunc-
ton absolutely prohibits the strikers
from persuading or inducing persons
in the employ of d restaurant keeper to
leave his employ, from seeking to pre-
vent other persons dealing with him
and the use of the word unfair or
other detamatOry statements calculat-
ed to iHjure his business.
Five Of the principal box makers of
the city suspended operations as the
result Of the transfers strike. About
500 men We're thrown out of employ
menJ- The factories have a large num-
her of orders on hand, but are unable
to secure the delivery of lumber.
The attempt to bring about a meet
ing between the president of the Union
iron works and the machinists who
went out May 20 has resulted in an
agreement for conference tomorrow
afternoon
a number of porters and packers be
came involved in the teamsters' strike
today. Twenty-Five drivers employed
by the Standard Oil company left their
wagons and the bosses ordered porters
and packers to drive the teams. The
men refused and were discharged.
The teamsteTS' controversy is prac-
ticaliy unchanged. a number of nom
union drivers from the country went
&c work as drivers Of heavy draws. The
employers maintained that they viii
Zoe able to secure all the men they re-
quire within q short time. There were
some assertions from the brotherhood
ranks reported, but union men clair.
that this was Offset by The number of
new non-union Transfers who left their
employment.
only two instances of serious trouble
were reported. a clash between union
and 1On-uniCn men took place at the
stables CT MCNab < Smith on Brannan
street. The nOn-uniOn tcamsters We're
preparing to drive out fOF the days
work and there were dozen Of them
on hand. Several policemen were also
there to guard the nOn-uDion men. JUST
as the drivers left the barn a crowd of
go union teamsterS appeared ard i'm
portuned the drivers not to go to work.
These opportunities we're met by re-
1usals and then the men became ag-
gressive. The ranks of he union men
were constantly augmented and in a
short while the crowd had grown to
formidable proportions. The teams
We're halted and attempts were made
70 drag the men from the wagons.
Bricks. rocks and other missiles were
freely thrown, and several persons We're
struck The police then charged with
their clubs and for a time fighting was
general.
one or two of the non-uniou team
sters were badly beaten and ten or
twelve uDiOn men had been knocked
down before the police succeeded in
clearing the street. There were many
bloody faces in evidence.
Another crowd o. union Transfers
4 a n n he 1n1-
ifornia Canneries company on Folsom
streets, between Second and Third, and
attacked the driver who was dragged
into the street and numerically beaten.
While the fight was at its thickest
Captain Of Police George W. Whitman
and a squad Of mounted and foot police
arrived. Captain Whitman Is credited
with having laid out four transfers.
Otler policemen in the squad used their
clubs freely in dispensing Tire crowd