The San Francisco call., 1906-08-22
BOTH SAY STRIKE
GAN Be AVOIDED.
Mullally and Cornelius
Agree That Trouble
Is Not a Certainty
AWAIT CALHOUN

Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, will arrive here next
fact will be the answer Of the local of
ficfals to the request of the Garments
Union that some answer to it's petition
for wage of IS for eight hours work
be made today. The union will be in
formed that Mr. Calhoun alone is au-
thorized to consider its petition and.the
necessity Of awaiting his arrival before
taking further action will be pointed
out. Just how the union will receive
this answer. which. plainly. contains no
discussion Of the merits of the petition.
is subject to speculation.
Thornwell Mutually, assistant to Mr..
Calhoun, and President Cornelius of the
union are agreed that a general strike
may be averted, but how, neither states.
However, an exhibition of what may be
In store for the city took place at the
barn at Fillmore and Turk streets last
evening. While guardsmen. huge re-
volvers strapped cowboylike to their
belts, stood around to see that too many
overt acts were not committed. strike
sympathizers across the street hurled
rocks at the barn windows and only
ceased after one of their number hcd
been arrested While this demonstra-
tion has no direct bearing on the re-
quest of the motormen and the con-
ductors that they be paid So for an
eight-hour day, it demonstrates the
temper that will prevail should such
strike occur.
CORNELIUS EXPLAINS.
But the fact is that while such a
strike is not beyond the possibilities, 1T
will not come for some time, and then
| only after all other means to the de-
sired end have been exhausted and the
! international organization at Detroit
! has sanctioned. if 1T WILL what appears
at this time to be the inclination of the
local body to repudiate the agreement
entered into with the railway company,
binding itself to fixed scale of wages
and hours until May. 1 next. A most
important explanation as to the position
| of the motormen and the conductors in
| their effort to secure SO for an eight
| hour day was made yesterday by Presf-
dent Cornelius. This is the way he out
lined the condition:
MEN MEET THIS EVENING.
Tomorrow night there will be a
meeting of the leaders of the union at
S35 Webster street for the purpose of
discussing the request the men have
submitted for the consideration of the
company Any conclusion that may be
reached at this meeting cannot be en-
forced by the local body. Before 1t
moves 1t must have the sanction of the
international association, of which Mr..
Mahon is president. with headquarters
at Detroit. I do not know that there
will be any strike, and before there is
the sanction OF the International asso-
citation must be secured. Without such
sanction any strike would be outside
the pale of unionism. So 1t Is that time
alone can develop the situation TO a
fnality one way or the other. While 1t
is true that the international associa-
ton has already been informed in a
measure of conditions that have caused
the men to make their request for
shorter hours and more pay. 1t will be
Informed more fully after the meeting
tomorrow night. Then upon it's de-
cision rests our further action in the
premises.
And spirit even more calm than this
prevails on the part of the officials of
the United Railroads. In response to
the request that an answer of some
kind be sent to the headquarters of the
local union today, officials of the road
now in the city will inform the union
that President Calhoun will be here
by next Sunday and that soon as he
arrives the petition for an increase in
the wage and a decrease in the hours
will be taken up. no one in the city at
this time being authorized to make a
definite answer. Just what effect this
will have on the union cannot be fore
told but 1t is generally believed that
the union will await Mr.. Calhoun's ar
rival before proceeding further along
the line it has hewn for the future
MULLALLY MAKES DENIAL.
AS to the reports that the company
is stocking it's car barns with muni-