The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
WAR TO DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYERS HmN. PARE FOR UNIONS.
Army of Men Held Resdy-Jrheusnn1o
 Waiting to Take Pdnce of Str1k- CTS A1ready Under
 Contract.

Organized into an alliance, each fn~ divfduaI under a surety bond of e500 to $5. 900 not to act counter to the Cit- izen's Alliance. the employers of labor in San Francisco are prepared to make the greatest fight that has ever been waged In any State against the .sclosed shop" Idea of California labor unfops. writes San Francisco correspondeHe of The Chicago Evening Post. Colo moil and much lawlessness during the last year over this same proposition. but in Colorado the mine owners had different conditions to meet.
 Tn San Francisco there is union labor Mayor, who dominates the police force, and when the clash between tho employers and the labor unions c0mee.' and the indications are that It will be on in full force within month. tho fight will be the bitterest and most determined of any contest that has taken place.
 The business clement. the employers, have been preparing for the contest for a year or more. Labor has been steel- ing itself for the charge for months! Emissaries of the employers alliance have been going through the East for a month or more contracting for men, individually, to go to California to take the places of the union men who are expected to go on strike when the manufacturers and other employ- CTS refuse to sign new agreements with labor unions providing for q "closed shop"
 Agreements Expire January 1.
 With the exception of the street rafl- ways the working agreements between the unions and employers in every trade expire on or before January l. The agreement of the street railway employees runs to May i, 1905. The first of the union agreements to expire is that of the teamsters with the Team Owners Association.
 That agreement expires within q few days. There are about 1000 men em- ployed as teamsters in San Francisco who are members of the unions. Next will come the Cooks Unions agree ments. and about the same time ex- pire the agreements with the Walters Unions. involving 5000 men and wo- men.
 In both of these instances 1t is un- derstood that the employers who are members of the alliance will refuse to make new agreements which do not recognize the "open shop" Whether or not this will result in a strike Is not
 
 for such an action. and men are already on the way to California to take the places of the uniop men if they go out. Others are under contract to respond to teiegraphic instructions to go to San Francisco.
 Have Secured 1s,00o Mens Herbert V. Ready. of the firm of Mur- ry & Ready. has been most active in trx.< Irx-lA selves in readiness to come to San Francisco at any time strike is called. MT. Ready. who has just returned from trip through the East. had the fol- lowing to say in regard to his work and plans:
 since leaving San Francisco October 10 have placed advertisements in newspapers of Salt Lake City. Denver. Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis. Chicago and New York. An swers to these are sent direct to our office in San Francisco. Besides using the newspapers in this way have made contracts with applicants myself.
 We have secured to date about 1S,- 900 men who are reliable and under q contract with us. Answers to the ads come into the home ofiice at the rate of 500 day, and we have no trouble in securing all classes of skill- cd labor. with the exception of plaster CTS. who seem to be well organized.
 The California law requires that men brought into the State or taken from one point to another in the State must be informed of the nature of the work they are expected to do and thor oughly understand the conditions. In order to comply with this law and make our transactions legal every man is required to sign an agreement sim- liar to the following:
 I this day agree to work for John Jones, San Francisco, Cal. as baker. at wages $70 month. It has been fully explained to me by Murray & Ready of the labor dispute at San Francisco. Cal, which Is called a strike or lock- out. I receive transportation from Murray & Ready and agree to go to San Francisco and work for J. Jones, Failing to do so. know I hold myself subject to the law, receiving transpor- tation under false representations.
 Signed. -.
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