Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-07-31
BIG STRIKE In
San FRANCISCO
Transfers Fight Brings
Traffic to StandStiII
TWELVE THOUSAND AFFECTED
They Claim That II Is a Fight for
General Recognition Of Labor
Unions

San Francisco. July 31-The labor
trouble in this city reached a crisis
yesterday Maratime traffic and labor
along shore are nearly at standstill,
and industries are almost totally par
alyzed.
The order for a general walkout of
the City Front Federation. which COM
prises IA unionsand organizations. with
fun membership Of about $4,000, was
made effective yesterday morning.
Three thousand OF these men are
employed 40 sen or IN other cities. and
the strike order does not apply to them
until they return to San Francisco.
Twelve thousand men oheyod the or
dor yesterday.
The CITY Front Federation IA COM
posed Of the following ORGANIZATIONS
Sailors Union of the Pacific. four local
unions Of longshoremen. marine fire.
men. brotherhood OF teamsters, shiI
and steamboat lolnors, porters, pack
ers, warehousemen. ship clerks pill,
drivers and bridge builders. holstinl
engineers, steam and hot water filters
and coal teamsters.
When the order to wallgout went into
effect all the biz shipping companies
with one exception. were left without
a union man. by a special agreement
entered into some time ago hotweei
the Pacific Coast Steamship company
and the Firemcn's union. firemen re
NAMED on iht vessels Of that company
II Is claimed by the officers OF al
tho organizations involved that tn
strike Is not purely an expression o
/ sympathy with the union OF teamsters
or any other body OF workers who ar
in dispute with their employers. bu
Is o taking up Of the gauntlet throw
down by the employers association
Ia other words. the City Front Fedora
/ tion Is determined 10 defend the prin
/ Ciple OF unionism. which the associat
ed employers have announced their in
/ tention TO crash out Both sides seen
determined to carry the fight on. ant
Ell efforts on the part Of the mayo
and others to bring about q concilla
tory settlement have this far prove'
unavaiing. Il is reported, unauthori
tatlvely. that several Of the large
wholesale houses will close down unit
the strike is settled. Walter Goh
president Of the labor council, said to
day:
This is the greatest strike in tn
history OF the state. It's effects vii
be far reaching; the city and state vii
suffer untold damages. but the respon
sibillty for It is all with the employ
ers. They have discharged men rlgh
and left for adhering to union princi
pies and in taking mp the battle. tn
affiliated trades arc merely lighting 70
their rights"
There is every prospect that man.
other unions will be drawn into IN
fight. in which case the business OF IN
city viii be completely tied up. Thl
coal handlers may refuse 20 handle thI
fuel supply OF the city, or the driver
Of oil wagons TO deliver oil 20 manu-
facturers who use that product for fuel
The coal supply Of the city will las
but two weeks with ordinary consump
tion. but with economy 1t may be mad
to last a few weeks longer. shoull
the coal and oil supply be cut of, tn
lighting company will be compelled u
close down and the city will be lei
IN darkness after night fall.
Several disturbances occurred yes
terday. and the first really serious fgh
since the trouble commenced took plac
between a party Of strikers and tw
colored drivers imported from the in
! terror The colored men state the
were attacked and fired into the strik
ers I'm self defense. One man. a strik
or who happened 10 be crossing N
street near the scene Of the troubl
was slightly injured. The non-unio
men were arrested but were release
on bail.