Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-31
MAMMOTH STRIKE
AT GOLDEN GATE
City Front Federation Orders
General "Walk Out"
IT INVOLVES $4,000 MEN

Effect Will Be to Cause a Temporary
Paralysis of Shipping Business at
San Francisco, Such as Has Never
Heretofore Been known.
SAN Francisco, July 30-The labor
troubles in this city reached their cul-
mination late last night when the City
Front Federation ordered a general
strike on the dock of San Francisco,
Oakland, Mission Rock and Port Costa,
to go into effect this morning. The eff
feet will be to cause temporary paraly'
sis of the shipping business of San
Fancisco, such as has not been known
| before.
The meeting of the federation was a
long one and there was much heated ar
gument, but when the resolution came
to a vote every delegate present voted
in favor of the strike. The following
unions were represented, comprising all
the workers on the water front:
Sailors union of the Pacific, four To-
cal unions of longshoremen, marine
fremen, Brotherhood of Teamsters, ship
and steamboat ioiners, porters, packers,
and bridge builders, hosting engineers,
steam and hot water filters and coal
teamsters
Cessation of All Labor.
Their action, which is a direct out.
come of the lockout of the teamsters,
will have for it's immediate effect the
cessation of all labor in and around the
great docks of the city about San Fran.
cisco bay. The Sand Teamsters union
and the Oakland Teamsters union also
ordered strike. This will make to.
tai of over %, 600 union workmen who
have stopped their labor since the mid
die Of May last, divided as follows:
City Frent Federation, comprising ii
organizations, $4,000 men; machinists
walters, 1,5OO Sand Teamsters, 600;
Oakland Teamsters, 1000. Total num-
ber of men out %, 600.
The tie-up will be complete if the
plans of the labor unions are successful.
They hope to step the loading, and even
to prevent the moving of ships that are
now almost ready for departure. Unless
the proprietors and managers are able
to secure sufficient non union help to
load and manage their vessels, the
strike will practically mean the closing
OF the port and the suspension of bust
ness in the VII EOlesale and manufactur-
ing sections of San Francisco and Oak.
land.
When the news of the action of the
Federation was sent to the various
headquarters of the unions interested,
it was greeted with tumultuous cheer
ing, showing that all of the organiza-
tlons were in accord with the strike
order.
Prepared to Meet Strike.
Members of the Employers associa-
ton state that they have fully consid.
cred the result of the strike and are pre-
pared to meet it. The industrial con-
ciAatton committee of the Municipal
league made strenuous efforts yesterday
to avert the threatened strike, but with
out avail. Two meetings were held in
the mayors Office. At the second meet
ing statement from the Employers
associations attorneys embodied in
report by Mayor Phelan was read and
approved by the committee as the best
it had to offer to the dissatisfied work
men.
No concessions to the strikers and
other union men interested were con.
tanned in it at the meetings of the City
Front Federation unions and the re.
port did not receive serious considera-
ton.
The City Front Federation has issued
statement in which it reviews the sit
uatlon and states that the strike was
not ordered until all honorable means
of effecting settlement had been tried
in vain.