The San Francisco call., 1901-10-30

II was oistinctively an aggregation Of
hardy sons Of toll that greeted the
Union Labor candidates in Metropoli-
II tan Hall last evening. That the work.
ers, who filled the hall to overfowing.
were most earnest in their support of the
labor ticket and all that unto it amer
tains was. evidenced by the tremendous
applause each telling point made by the
various speakers evoked.
1t was just such mass-meeting of par
tisans as would lead the student of eco
nomcs to the conclusion that a newly
born party. born as the Union Labor
party was born, is q highly significant
event fraught with danger to the old-Ilne
organizations.
The Wells supporters in the audience
saw in the spirited enthusiasm of this
labor gathering signs of hopeless defeat,
while those who are aiding in the cleo
ton Of Tobin realized that unless Repub-
licans and Democrats combined on the
latter the election of Eugene E. Schmitz
and his following of labor candidates
seems to be an absolute certainty.
1t was $40 o'clock when Chairman de
Succa. followed by Andrew Furuseth.
Michael Casey and some twenty labor
candidates appeared on the platform. The
delegation was given a rousing reception,
IN which men and women Joined with a
VIII. Mr. de Succa was briefly intro
ouceo as the president Of the evening.
De Succa made a brief address of ac-
cepIance and introduced Andrew Furu-
seth as the first speaker of the evening.
When turuseth advanced some one yelled
Tor three cheers for the nOblest Roman
Of them all" These were given with a
viii and Furuseth began his address with
the statement that the crowd before him
was the old strike crowd. During the
strike meetings We're held to protest
against industrial absolutiSm. Those held
during the present campaign were a pro-
lest against political abSolutism- Resum-
ing he said:
Platform Written in Blood.
The platform of the Union Labor party is
written in the blood of workingmen drawn by
the policemens clubs during the strike. In
1892 the right Of labor to organize for its own
defense was contested and the result was the
birth of the Merchants Association Then
political absolutism. 1t brought about conGi-
tiOns which rendered CoXey's army, walking
across alkali deserts TO civilization possible.
The Employers Association controlled the
city during the strike. They dominated the
Mayor and police, and broke heads wherever it
siOner Newhall with the request that he bring
the strike to an end. He referred US TO the
Phelan did not do anything, but I do say he
accomplished nothing.
Some one -hissed at this whereupon
Furuseth told the delinquent to do that
on election day, as 1t would be much bet
ter" Furuseth then resorted to dema-
heaped abuse upon the Employers As
sociatiOn, which he lkened to the Vene-
tian Council Of Ten. He thought that if
the Ia boring men did not clean out the
stable and give the city Of San Fran
cisco a new form Of government they de-
served to wear the shackles of industrial
slavery with which banded capital is
seeking to adOrn their shoulders, accord
ing to him.
Furuseth then called attention to the
attitude of The Call toward labor during
the strike. He declared that its editorials
He Ikened the Employers Association to
Call editorials and prepared them for the
arguinary feast in which the vampire
was to gorge itself with blood. In closing
Furuseth said:
We have come here to ask you to help us to
avert another not improbable strike. There are
mary Of the Employers Association who are
not satisfied and who are trying to precipitate
another strike in order that they might enslave
the commonwealth to change existing condi-
tiOns, and by a new form Of government cor
rect degrading abuses. It is for you to thrust
aside the vampire which menaces you and it
Is for you TO declare by your votes your abhor-
renee Of the conditions which have for so long
time weighed you down.
Casey Criticizes Police.
Michael Casey next took the floor
amid cries of Good boy, Mikei'' Bully
boy" and the like. Casey proceeded to
say that the workingman who did not
vote the labor ticket straight was sadly