The San Francisco call., 1906-08-28
UNION s BULLETINS
SCORE CALHOUN.
State That President of
the Road Ignored Men
Upon His Arrival

: hatever moves may be made by the
cafmens Union in the present crisis
W. not be taken impetuously nor
. WltnouI due consideration by the con-
. ference committee which President
cornelius appointed last week and
winch now meets in prolonged ses-
Slons at the headquarters, S35 Webster
street The committee consists of Cor
nelius and eight others selected from
me large executive committee OF the
,: The members OF the conference COM
ntttee are; S Quinn, F. l. Francis,
george W Lane, J. H Eudy, W. J.
Mccarthy. ". G. Leflngwell. J. a Lopp
and c. Cordes.
- Il is the intention OF the Garments
Union TO conduct its side Of the strike
n formal manner as far as informing
the press and public on the situation
Is; concerned. At noon yesterday the
practice OF issuing statements pre-
. .senting the strikers case was inaugur-
sted and Bulletin No. l. was issued
from the headquarters at SIS Webster
street
TAKE FLING AT CALHOUN.
This communication was an arraign-
ment Of President Calhoun OF the
=. United Railroads for not conferring
with representatives Of the union upon
his arrival Sunday night instead Of ad-
. dressing a letter 10 the people. The
=. bulletin reads:
BULLETIN NO. L
Headquarters Division No. 2O5. A A OF
: and E r z Of A, Noon. Monday,
August p. 1906
To the People Of san Francisco:
The president OF the United Rail-
= roads OF San Francisco arrived in this
city yesterday afternoon, On the pre-
ceding night our union said this TO his
% corporation:
your president, you say, will be in
this city Sunday evening. Very Well:
Let him Il you are, as we hope 70 ma
you. deeply concerned lest YOU incon-
venience the people. meet with his fell
low directors Sunday night That
= course may be a triae inconvenient 70
he and they and you. we feel. VIII con-
Sider unimpOrtant when weighed
against the Inconvenience OF the en-
@. tire city. We shall 90 our Tull snare
10 help on the resumption OF traffic.
We shall hold ourselves in readiness 10
return 70 work immediately on accept
snce OF our prop0sals-before Mr.. Cal
e houn arrives, should you arrange with
him by telegraph or should you take
no action until he has arrived then
whenever he and you, acting together
The matter Of being eonsiderate is
now in your hands. Your cars may
readily be in operation before noon Of
81 sunday II you say the word surely
with Mr. Calhoun in san Francisco on
q. Sunday evening there can be no excuse
short OF Willful inaction on your part
Il they are not running Monday morn
ing"
DEVoTEs TIME TO LETTER.
Notwithstanding our reasonable sug-
directors did not meet yesterday. That
was not because Mr- Calhoun was ex-
1To1l5 have been suficient for reaching
= an agreement with Us was devoted 10
the writing Of z bitter. q truculent,
threatening letter-in part sorrowing
that the public must be inconvenienced,
IN part intimatfng that his corporatio
would prOlOng the inconvenience OF
. the public indefinitely rather than be
?. =. While Mr.. Calhoun was preparing his
o. lengthy letter we were doing precise
- ly as we had promised 70 do-that is 70
saw we were holding ourselves in rea-
diness 70 return to work on hearing the
signal from the United Railroads. And
, throughout the night we continued 70
hold ourselves IN READINESS; hoping
for e reasonable conclusion OF our DIFF
ferences with Mr- Calhoun's company.
Our waiting aTai-eo noIhlng. 1ne IN
i-terest OF Mr.. Calhoun il the public con-
ventence was exhausted apparently in
= the composition OF the letter announc-
ing IL
We regret that the cars are not in
operation this morning, as they might
well have been. We remain wiling 70
o. return 70 them the moment Mr Cal
houn is so disposed Our men are ready.
Let the corporation act
Amalgamsted Association OF Street
p and Electric RailEvay employees OF
America Division No. 205-
By r CORNELIUS, President
= H BOWLING. Secretary
TALK OF STRIKs-BREAKERS.
Bulletin No. 2" was devoted TO q
further exposition Of the carmen's atti-
tude on returning 70 work and was in
substance an answer 10 Calhoun S
De-: statement concerning the resumption
OF work with 1000 imported carmen, II
that should be necessary. II repeated
the declaration that the union men
were ready 10 return 70 work immedi-
stely upon the granting OF their de-
naands by the United Railroads The
following IS the statement:
BULLETIN 10. ?.
= HEADQUARTERS Division No. 2o5. A A
OF 4 and E r E. Of A, p. N, Au-
To he Peopie Of San Francisco:
Representatives OF the press require
this union 70 express itself on the fol-
lowing language quoted BY reputable
morning newspaper as the words OF
Mr Patrick Calhoun, president OF the
United Railroads
Il shall run these roads II have 10
bring 1000 men here TO do IT. I was
amazed when I received intelligence
that the men had broken their solemn
agreement with the coapany.
We shall not hold these Woros
against Mr.. Calhoun unless ne repeats
thern on growing calm MI Calhoun Is
angry because we are urging that we
American work hours When man is
snRrv. he sometimes says more than ne
means We like Mr.. Calhoun personal
". and we shall withhold criticism OF
= what he has said about strfke-breakers
nrffi MS own sober second thought
snail have come into play
ATTITUDE on CONTRACT.
As for our solemn agreement with
+be company" we quote from the let
ter which we addressed 70 the United
railroads on Saturday night:
we never promised TO work Tor you
AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE
TRF 18th OK. APRIL We are break
ire no contract, solemn or otherwise
Wien he declined 10 go on doing work
we never promiseo 70 GO -fJ az TassS 3sS XXI
N5W ksKIST.
40 YOU think you can Justly. read
- o,rr 1905 agreement double labor
multiplied nerve strain, extiTaFagant ira
rents. climbing prices Tor nearly eEery-
.ts-~ We have 70 buy and hold Us
hound BY all these conditions. UN-
DREANED OF IN 1902, wilnoot any any
.sIfe~affon OF YOUR OBLIGATIONS TC
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