The San Francisco call., 1906-09-05
STRIKE MARS THE
MERRYMAK|NG.
City's Plight Uppermost
in Mind During the
Labor Day Festivity
ADDRESSES MADE


merriiy en- until late hour. 1t
was gala occasion and the
evening 5r5nmed with pleasure,
ye. through i all the dances and
the music and the oratory, the thought
Of the carmen's strike and the hope for
an immediate settlement were ever up
p rnost- The speakers discussed the
the dancers. men and weTen. went over
the situation mentally during the maze
Of the waltz ard Jwo-step, despite
every eTeTt 10 forget
r a Alexander, delegate to the La
tor Council and chairman ef the eeFn=
nittee on Labor day celebration. IntFo=
dueed Harry Knox. ex-prssiaent OF the
State Federation Of Labor. as the chair
man OF the evening. vice William r.
present al the opening ef the pre-
gramne- Knox spoke on the value of
I-aboT day and the benefts that eFgan-
lied labor has brought 10 the world
crganized labor is preparing new fer
one Of the gFfatess fEhts in its his
tory" he said. -and il viii stand sheul-
Ter te shoulder. no matter what hap
pens Organized iabur g5i. succeed In
the present strike. no matter what OBJ
stacles GENE in the wsy- Let Calhoun
meet the carmen half way and eur pres
ent difficulties will pe over Had ne
gone half as far as the carmen we
would net be walking home tonight
BEsHAM BLAMEs BOTH.
1t is a shame declared ex-P President
Of the Labor Council George 3. Ben
ham. who was the next speaker. 1T is a
shame that saB0 or more carmen and
few stockholders az the United Rails
roads have placed the city in such
position that every liRe of work is
7c- nd r-1
carmen, and President Calhoun get to-
gether and do business quick or the
people VIII get together themselves
and do business by taking away the
street railway franchises and running
the car lines themselves WAY do we
not have twenty mass meetings temer-
row night and demand ef these people
the service which they had no right
10 take away from us.
Benhzm spoke strongly on the de-
msnd for municipal ownership Of semi
public institutions. He cried for i'm
mediate action aga ust the influx Of
Japanese and kindred peoples int ths
United states. The influx of Japanese
into our country during the last year
has been appalling. he said. We have
been able 10 stop the immigration of
the Chinese 70 q certain extent. but we
seem helpless against the Japanese
They are stepping into places Of skilled
labor and bringing down the wages eff
the workuen- They do not live as we
do, their morals are not ours They 90
Us only harm. Organized laber asks
the people 10 popuiaFtze the cry for
legislation against this fatal influx of
japanese Q are able 10 legislate
now: il may be TOO late by and by.
We can accomplish Rew By law what
years hence must be done by war.
Iegislate.f is the cry of the working
man. and legIslate quickly
SCORES PRESIDENT CALHOUN.
William p HageTty. president of the
Labor Council. discussed the position
CT the body he represents toward the
demand of werkingmen for higher
wages Right after the IRE the Labor
Council met and declared that wages
should not be raised because OF the
large amount OF work 10 be done and
the scarcity OF men TO do II. he said
The werkingman ~as willing to abide
by this decision Then came the evil
OF landlerdism that is sweeping San
Francisco. We were fareed TO pay out
rageous rents or move We had 10 pay
and so we asked capital fer higher
wages. In every case. except that of
the United Railroads, this request was
granted
The carmen are absolutely right in
all OF their demands The fact that
licE plc dEt4aS 1f-u1t al dEpdIct11 uiS
courtesy in not needing the request of
Mayor Schmitz 10 wait another day is
not their fault They had 10 take ad-
vantage of their position because they
knew the hght was coming. The
streetcsr men asked less than they
should receive.
Judge Frank J. 1furasky spoke elo-
uuently on the march of labor UP the
LADDER of progress He told OF ancient
slave days when the Pyramids were
built Of stones hauled miles by human
beings in harness, of Rome when the
Iaborer shFsHk nnder the crack Of
the lash and OF later days when the
yorkiHgman was tolerated as free but
despised as a meniai- He spoke Of the
gradual rising Of labor, OF the frs.
unions in France and their develop
meRt into the magnificent bodies of
today
Clarence z. Dinley sang two tenor
solos. responding 10 sncores- Mrs f.
J. AIurphyis soprano voice charmed the
audience IN two selections. kelIeher-s
Irish dancing and the dances of the two
little Alien sisters were entertaining
as of old Following the programme
dalcing held sway.