The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-05
MAY STRIKE AGAIN
SAN FRANCISCO STREET CAR
MEN RESTLESS.
Claim That United Railroads Are Not
Keeping Faith-Manager Refuses To
Treat with President Cornelius.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 2O.-The
street car men decided, at a largely
attended meeting of the union last
night, not to resort to the extreme
measure of declaring a strike If their
differences with the United Railroads
Company can be settled by more peace
full methods. President Cornelius of the
union said this morning that the slo-
gan of the car mems organization was
peace, and that he and his men were
ready at all times to fight for peace.
The tone of the meeting was one of
Cancellation and today the officers of
the union said they had every rea-
son to believe that their differences
would be arranged satisfactory without
recourse to drastic measures.
The car men contend that the United
Railroads is not living up to the ag-
reement that was reached in the set
Element of the recent strike. In that
agreement the railroad company prom
Used to give its conductors, gripmen and
motormen ten hours work each day
and that work was to be so arranged
by the running time cards of its cars
on the various lines that it could be
performed within twelve hours for the
regular men and within fourteen hours
for the swing men or men who take
cars over the lines during the times
when traffic is heavy. According to
the agreement these schedules of runs
should have been satisfactorily arrang-
ed by June 1 last. The men realized
that the Encouragement of the time
cards to meet the new proposed condi-
lions was difficult problem and sew
eral weeks extra time was allowed the
company in which to make the chan
ges, without any definite protest being
made. On some of the lines satisfac-
tory time cards have been put into eff
feet, but on others, principally the
/ lines running through the Mission dis
trict, it is claimed that the schedules
now in effect some of the men are kept
on duty fifteen and sixteen hours be-
fore they perform their days work OF
ten hours.
d Another grievance of the men is that
the railroads officers refuse to recog-
nize The officers of the union as union
representatives. For several days
! President Chapman of the United Rail-
roads has refused to receive President
| Cornelius of the union as a representa-
! tive of the organization of railroad EN-
ployes. Mr.. Cornelius, as we'll as hold
/ ing his office as president, has been APP
! pointed business manager of the union
and as such he had been directed by
his associates to conduct negotiations
looking toward a Encouragement of the
Objectionable running time cards so as
to give the motormen and conductors
the hours of labor as provided in the
agreement.
/ The meeting last night was the larg-
est that has been held by the union
since the close of the recent strike
Over 200 motormen, gripmen and con-
lAl fy,tT y,,l
Temple. The men in all their addresses
were firm in their demands that the
provisions of the agreement should bt
adhered to strictly by both sides, ye
they expressed confidence that the diff.
ferences could be adjusted without an
other struggle that would tie up the
| car lines of the city.