The San Francisco call., 1906-06-01
MANY REFUGEES
sEC|URE: WORK
Red Gross Society Gets
Good Positions for ].
Unemployed.

Preparatory to closing. the. free en-
ployment bureau which has been oper-
ated under the direction of the Ma
tional Red Cross Society, the. following
report was filed with Dr. Edward T..
Devine yesterday from. W. ". STAFF
ford, who has had charge of the
bureau since it was started few days
after the fire. In his report Mr.. Stat
ford encourages the paying of a higher
rate of wages and shows by actual fig
ures that work for all classes is plen-
tifuI throughout the city He says:
SAN FRANCISCO, May % 1906.
d. Edward T Desine San Fran
cisco. .Cai~-Dear Sir. beg to report
to you that the free employment
bureau operated for the National Red
Cross during the four weeks ending
today has registered for employment
3140 males and 491 females. Of these
we have been able 70 furnish employ
ment directly to upward of 100 men
and SO women. In addition TO this
considerably more than. 100 skilled
mechanics were furnished employment
through their respective organizations.
in this city.
Il inclose a list of the regfstrati ton,
male and female, by occupation fol-
lowed previous to the fire In nearly
every instance the men who were
gagged for ordinary unskilled labor.
The ratio of men employed to the num-
Der of men registered in the several
occupations varies but little.
Undoubtedly a great number of the
period Of registration, falling to re.
their employment directly with the
contractor.
OF registration our assistants failed
tain all the facts. We have, how.
ever, definite Information of 1117 mar
ried men supporting 2T40 dependent
members of their families, and during
the entire time we have given pre-.
cedence to those men in filling orders
for employment.
regular business and money as a con-
sequence has been within the reach
OF employers there has been "a great
falling off in the registration, an in
secure employment for themselves
While there is without doubt large
cisco. yet there is but little demand
for any class of labor except the
skillful mechanic and the strong, un-
skilled laborer preceding and accom-
During the. time this office has
been in operation it has been my
policy to encourage as far as possible
the belief that even this great catas-
trophe should not very materially
disturb rates and conditions of labor
4 I great, liner Increase in WAGES would no
other States and deter building, while
a reduction in wages would make the
financial recovery of the retail busi-
ness man practically impossible
Taking into consideration these
facts have decided to close this of
nee, and so far as we are concerned
come together without our assist
ance.
I'm closing I desire to express my
BY the School Department of Of this usise city.
Yours very truly. .1. y sr ra
state Labor Commissioner"
Following is the registration list
by occupations:
Male--Artists 8, art glass 1, actors
2, boys .lgeneraD IS, BARRIERS II, black,
smiths 22,. butchers 36, brewers 8,
basket makers l, bartenders 50, cier-
cal 400 cooks and bakers 179, coorers
carriage makers s.. chemists ?, clock
j. dlshwashers IS. doctors and dentists mt lsfs
gra4ers I, electricians ii. elevator roen
is,e engineers "a, foremen IS, factory
bands eanfsnsfs ss f. 5remen men, IL leg. goldsmiths
horseshoers 2, harnessmakers 8. hat,
ters s, interpreter !, inkmaker l, jani-
tors 26, jewellers 13. lawyer 1, fathers
2, laundry workers 43, laborers 5S7.
locksmiths 3. messengers 6. musicians
6, machinists 143, merchants 63 moth
ing 20, nurses 8, ore sampler 1, porters
IS, painters 81. printers IS, peddler /,
paper hangers epsrs g. plumbers 6o potter
20: ranch hands 8, shoemakers is,
statesmen 1o2, students 80, special po-
lice 2, seamen 9. stone and marble
workers 9, solicitors %. shade hangers
3. surveyor !, tailors SO. teachers 4, |
telegraph operators g. tanners s, team,
sters I'll, upholsterers Is, varnishers
9. wine cellar worker /, watchmen IL,
walters 6S, woodworkers so.
Female-Bookkeepers II. clerks 81,
companion |. compositor /. cooks 54,
factory hands 36, laundry workers Ia |
lodging house workers Z. nilliners 5.
music and arts 4. nothing a. nurses |
21, porter 1, printers 8, saleswomen
Is, seamstresses so, servants 1s8. stem
ographers 16, student 1, tailoring 10 |
teachers 8, telegraphers 5, typewriters
3, mattresses Is. Additional domestics
sent TO Los Angeles 35.
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