Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-23
Forty Thousand Men Need ed Throughout the State and Demands Are Taking Work men Out of Frisco.
The Situation Is PrecariouS for the Stricken City, Yet Labor Agents Are EntiCing With Higher Wages,

California faces labor famine which not only threatens to result det- rimentally to the state at iargt, but which is reaching out ard taking men from the work of rebuilding the city for other employment. Every day la bor contractors arrive in the city from various points in the state ana try to induce the laborers at work here to leave for higher wages. They p!ct- ure the coolness of the country, ani at places have succeeded in inducing men to go with them.
 The demand throughout the state at present is abnormal, anI promises 10 eyCeed the supply tor many months. The railroads are clanortng for labor CTS to be used in prospective work and that already under way. The Wes:- er4 Pacific needs 1000 nrcl, the South c.n Pacific 2000 men the United Rill- roads of San Fralcisc0 over C000 meG, the outside electric lines build ir" ip the Santa CiIrl, San Joaquin aLd Sacramento valleys and Southern California want 2000 men, and switch T eli, warehouse men, ard even clerks.
 TEe rehabilitation of San Franc i=cJ, t5c large raiiNav extensions and iin- Ercvements iii .hC city as the s;a1e, un.. ual hea y crops throughout lhr cndntry diStf.cs, and development work in national and local irrigation projects have unIted IF producing 9 trCmendouS demani for labor.
 Ife 2Tape-g" aer. o' ne san Joa- ,1. T ,4 = ,I. e.. the harvest season, have appointed committees to canvas all available fields for labor. There are S50, 1000 tons of grapes to be gathered, and, by piece work at the wages offered, good work men can earn from s2.25 to S3.50 per day. The 0s ct .cIops along the coast -ino il the s?a,heTn part of the state are extraordinarily heavy this year, and the labor Is most inadequate. San 10 Clara valley lel cIts d prune crop this year twice as hevy a- last. The greatly ne ..a Gi cemanG fC, timber, has caused me r.!!Is IL run righr and day, and has greatly increasd the de- mand for millmen.
 The conditions in San Francisco are far from being comfortable. There are numerous instances of sub-con- b4oSlOIS lnS lIdutS udNluS to throw up their contracts because they cannot secure men. The Build ing Trades Council has sent out re- ports that there is a great shortage of men in the city. There is a de man for approximately 10000 houses to be built in San Francisco. The artisans to do the work are not here It is estimated that $500, ,0OO, 900 will be spent within the next five years in re building San Francisco. This work IS even now in the least advanced stage, being delayed on the account oi lack If labor. Fifteen thousand more iaborers can find ready employment ir the city today
 The wage schedule in San Francisco is high. The minimum wags for rail road wo:k and warehouse work is s2.25. Bricklayers are receiving s7 and sS for an eight-hour day. with 2 minimum wags of s6. Cement work CTS get s5, hodcarrierss4, plasterers S6, stonecutters s475, carpenters s Cabinet-makers s3.50, fathers s6 sEinglersSJ, rainters s4, fresco paint CTS 8. parer-hangers s4, sheet-meta workers s4, gIaziers $4, and station ary engineers s4. There is a tenden cy for the employers to pay additiona wages to the men to reserve their ser vices.