The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-31
SHIPPING TIED Up
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Labor Troubles Have Reached
Crisis in That City.
THOUSANDS OF MEN OUT
UNIONS FIGHTING FOR LIFE OF
ORGANIZED LABOR.
THOUSANDS OF MEN OUT

San Francisco, July 30.-The labor
trouble in this city reached a crisis to-
day and as a result maritime traffic
and labor along shore are almost at a
standstiu and industry is almost total
" paralyzed.
The order for a general waIk-out of
the City Front Federation was made
effective this morning. The City Front
Federation comprises fourteen unions
and organizations, with a full member
skip of about $4,000. Three thousand of
these men are employed at sea or in
other cities, and the strike order does
not apply to them until they return to
San Francisco. Twelve thousand men
Obeyed the order today.
The City Front Federation is com
posed of the following unions: Sailors
Union of the Pacific, four local unions
OF lOngshOremen, Marine FiTemen,
Brotherhood of Transfers, Ship and
Steamboat JOiners, POTters, Packers,
WarehOusemen Ship Clerks, Pile d. V
ers and Bridge Builders, Hosting En-
gtneeTs, Steam and Hot Water Filters
and Coal Transfers.
When the order to walk out went
into effect all the big shipping cOmpa-
MES. with one exception, were left
without a union man. By a special
agreement entered into some time ago
z
company and the Firemen's union,
firemen remained on the vessels of that
corporation. Three cOasting steamers,
a ship and a schooner were the only
vessels that went to sea
1t is claimed by the officers of all
the organizations involved Jhat the
strike is not purely an expression OF
sympathy with the union teamsterS or
anv other body of workers who are IN
DISPUTE with their employers, but IS a
taking up of the gauntlet thrown down
by the Employers association In other
words. the City Front Fedora ton IS De
terrnined TO defend the principle OF
uDfCnism which the associated employ
ers have announced their intention to
crush out.
Both Sides Determined.
Both sides seem determined to carry
the fight on, and ali efforts on the part
OF the mayor and others to bring about
a conciliatOry settlement have thus far
proved unavailing. 1t is reported un-
authOratively that several of the larger
wholesale houses viii close down until
the strike is settled. Walter Goff,
president of the Labor Council, said to-
day:
history of the state It's effects viii be
most far-reac ching. and the city and
state viii suffer untold damage, but the
reGponsibillty Tor Il Is All WIN the en-
movers They have discharged men
rieht and left for adhering 20 union
PRINCIPLES. and in taking up the battle
the afFiliated-trades are merely lighting
for their rights
we did not want this trouble ana
did what we could TO avert IT, but the
eu7DIovers were obstinate and forced
rs to accept the issue Now tnat the
strike is upon us we viii fgnt Il out
we viii win, because our side IS FiSht.
Our victory viii mean the success or
the union principle the defeat OF the
eroDlovers' attempt to say that en-
pIoyees shall not organize or take Steps
10 protect their labor
There is every prospect that many
other unions win be drawn INTO me
6gbt. in which case the business OF Slie
CITY will be completely tied up ne
coaI handlers may refuse to oandie the
f,taI supply of the city or the DRIVERS
- oil wagons to deliver oil TO manuIec-
t,,rers who use that product TOT Luel-
rTbe coal supply of the city VIII iass
- 80, weeks longer. Should the coal
- IN s7Ipply be cut off the lighting
e-v1,,,anies viii be compelled 20 close
5ov-n and the city viii be le1t III DARK
ness after nightfalL
One Serious Fight
Several disturbances occurred today.
and the first really serious fight since
tbs trouble commenced took place be
tween a prrty OF strikers and two col
ored drivers imported from the interior.
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