The San Francisco call., 1906-08-29
Common Cause to Be Made by All Strikers
+ arley on Way With
Strike Breakers.

Eight hundred strike breakers are
coming to San Francisco to take the
PAGES OF the striking carmen A tele-
eEain from New York announces that
. Two SIecial trains left there on Sunday
;W'tS James Farley. gun fighter, anti
}inionist and strike breaker, in COM
,faapa. President Patrick Calhoun Of
'ls'e United Railroads does not deny
Enat he has contracted for the men.
.they arc coming on special trains and
ere expected TO arrive by Saturday.
4 he men are travelling under guard.
Sear Of Farley's neutenants are on
each car and any attempt of the union
70 Proselyre among them viii be met
ny a display Of force. Farley has
national reputation as a leader. He
Aas fought many a bitter and bloody
battle against union labor. Sometimes
he has been successful and sometimes
he has failed, but every strife in which
ne has taken part has been a desperate
one.
His arrival is awaited with some
anxiety. The carmen have promised to
assist in keeping the present strike un-
~ stained by blood. Whether they will
be able to control 1900 men. now stand
ing idle upon the streets. is a question
Every precaution has been taken by
the company TO get the strike breakers
here as quickly as possible. Great
= quantities Of cooked food have been
placed on the trains, and, il is said,
5000 bottles OF beer ere on hand TO
stave of thirst. The greatest precau-
tions were taken to keep the plans OF
the company secret. The men were
taken from New York to Jersey City
in a special ferry-boat and boarded
Lehigh Valley train. 1t is expected
that other cetachments viii follow.
President Calhoun declares that he
did not contract TO bring single man
j.. here until the men walked out. He ad-
mits that he would rather have his old
employ but If he cannot get them
he will take the best he can get.
The officers Of the union co not re-
gard the threatened invasion seriously.
They declare that II the company could
. have gotten men in Eastern cities they
would have done so before now New
ertheless, there is a feeling Of uncer-
tainty among the rank and file None
wants TO engage in a physical struggle,
but the tempers Of the men are be-
coming irritated by the unruhed de-
termination OF the company.
IF il is so easy for the United Rail
roads TO get strike breakers, why
haven't they broken the hnemen's
striker" one of the platform men asked
There are plenty Of our boys in the
East who would like TO return here
and they wouldn't mind being brought
out at the expense Of Calhoun an
. other significantly suggested
During Monday and Tuesday of this
week 200 men Joined the Carmen's
Union and Secretary Bowling finds his
time well taken up in issuing working
cards and union badges
AS protection against violence, as
well as to keep tab on the number OF
men that are taken into the car houses,
Qlckets have been posted at all points
which might be utilized by the COM
paay for this purpose. The pickets
some Of them still in the uniform of
the company. wear small white badges
Upon which is printed the word picket
and the name Of the union These
men report twice a day to the head
quarters detailing everything that has
transpired that might directly or in
directly. bear upon the strike.
So far there has been little to report.
There has been no attempt TO move
any OF the cars or to take non-union
men into the car house. At the Fill
lnOre.street house there has been some
disorder occasioned by small boys, who
seize upon the occasion as an excuse for
making noise. Up to the present the
uolice have had no difficulty in suppress
ing them. The same trouble has been ex-
perienced at Twenty-ninth and Mission
streets In all these outbreaks the
carmen have assisted in restoring order.
A malicious attempt was made yes
terday afternoon TO disable the Geary-
street system by driving a railroad
spike into the slot at a point about
fifty yards west Of Fillmore An in
hound car struck the obstacle, but as
it-.was running at slow speed at the
time no damage was done. With the
aid Of crowbar the spike was re-
moved and the service continued.
Just after leaving Steiner street the