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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27
Schmitz Regrets
Hostile Stand
Of Strikers.

That there was politics In the strike
meeting on Saturday night is the opin-
ion of the Mayor and his advisers.
They place the responsibility for the
precipitate action of the Carmen's
Union at the door of an outside politi-
cal faction.
The demands of the men were rea-
sonable," the Mayor says, and it is
plain from his conversation lhat he be-
lieves the directors meeting of the
United Railroads. which was called for
this afternoon, would have acceded to
what the platform men asked if the
outside political faction" had not seen
fit to take a hand in the game and
force the strike vote.
Ex-Congressman Livernash is the re-
puted author of the carmen's letter
which was sent to Thornwell Mutually
yesterday morning. When the, Mayor
says that the men have been made the
cal game 1t may be inferred that he
refers to Livernash and his associates.
CARMEN IGNORE MAYOR.
Schmitz feels keenly the evidence Of
his loss of prestige with the carmen.
When it was suggested at the midnight
meeting of the carmen that the Mayor
desired to address them Misses were
heard in the thronged hall The men
would have none of him. They made
1t plain that they were not seeking his
cooperation by kissing his name when
for a telephone call on Sunday morning
which would tell him that he was
wanted at New Club Hall, at the cor
ner of Twenty first and Howard streets,
where the carmen were in session, but
no such message came to the residence
at the corner of Pierce and Vallejo
streets
come to me when any such action was
contemplated. This time they did not.
had to send for Cornelius"
That was the way the Mayor ex-
pressed himself yesterday, and 1t was
easy to see that he did not blame the
men 80 much as he deprecated the ad-
vice of the opposing political manipu-
lators. who, his advisers tell him, have
played their game to win the credit of
settling the difficulties Of the carmen
and getting for them the So and eight
hours.
SCHEME OF INTERLOPERS.
fSueI ana ScnIn1lz were IN conferences
yesterday afternoon, and the strike
was the matter under discussion. AS
they see 1t, the situation is this The
demands Of the men are Just The
company would have granted them.
The glory would have been theirs. 1t
looked easy enough, but the unfore-
seen happened The credit of getting
the increased wage and shorter hours
for the union was too great a thing
to be neglected. The gubernatorial
election is too near for any practical
plotter to let such good thing escape
him. The opposing political faction"
was keenly sensible Of this fact, and
they are credited with having stepped
in day in advance of the Mayor and
his friends and Influenced the men to
call the strike.
1t is taken for granted by both fac
tions that the company will have to
yield to what the men ask IN one way
or another. Schmitz wanted to help
bring that result to pass by postpon-
ing the strike and dealing directly with
Calhoun. The others have tried to win
the coveted credit by forcing the strike.
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Calhoun Accuses Carmen Of Breaking Faith With the Company
President Calhoun Maintains That Carmen
| lave Broken Faith With the Company

mems Union, the United Railroads consented to make
contract with it Again the 25th day of January
1905, the United Railroads and the Garments Union
of San Francisco entered into contract, which does
not expire until May 1907 This contract declares
81. The object and purposes of this contract and
the intent and spirit thereof establish
permanent peace between the company and its en-
ployes to encourage spirit of mutual confidence, to
prescribe the conditions of employment and to Sc
cure to the public the best possible street railway
service"
The contract further provides for the settlement
of all disputes arising under it and makes special
provision, in article SO, that "any difference as to
the Interpretation of the meaning of any of the
of this contract may be submitted at the re-
quest of either party to board of arbitration con-
sistng of three members, of such members to be
selected by the company by the union and the
two thus selected to choose third"
Agreement Violated
The union asked recognition; the United Railroads
gave it. The union requested contract the United
Railroads made it. This contract so made at the
unions request, exists The United Railroads has
observed it with the utmost good faith and has a
right to expect the Garments Union to do likewise.
The very life of unionism depends upon the good
faith with which unions observe their obligations
1t has been contended that unions should be incor
porated in order that they become legally able but
the very fact that their members cannot be held
legally liable for breach of contract makes it
all the important for them to act that those
dealing with them rely upon their good faith.
The contract, while made with the United Rail
roads was made, as have stated above in the in
teres of permanent peace and in the interest of the
people of the city, in order that its necessary trans
portation should be undsturbed. In ordering the
strike the Garments Union has hagrantly violated its
contract with the United Railroads and the faith it
had pledged through the United Railroads to the
pie of San Francisco
Hope to Resume Service.
As many of you union men, desire to say
that have no fight with unionism. 1t is well known
that | have been friendly to unions; have favored
their recognition and have felt that contract with
union tended give stability to the terms of employ
ment in the public interests. But if unions
and will violate their solemn contracts thus reck-
essly and unfairly the time will soon come when
ployers will not to enter into such contracts
Might does always right, and might may
not always remain on the side.
The action of the Garments Union will undoubt-
edly result in much inconvenience to the public and
in some delay in operation of our lines. We regret
both Unfortunately we placed too much reliance
upon the solemn obligation of the Garments Union.
But we pledge you utmost effort to resume SER
vice at the earliest practicable moment.
PATRICK CALHOUN
San Francisco August 26, 1906.
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To the people of San Francisco:
1t was with profound regret that learned this
morning that the employees of the United Railroads.
who belonged the local Garments Union, had
struck | did not believe that the union would de-
cline to wait twenty-four hours, until l could get
here. l had a right to rely upon its solemn agreet
ment, which does not expire until next May. On the
one side was delay of only twenty-four hours;
the other the reputation of solemn agreement.
had intimation until last Monday that there
was any dissatisfaction existing among plat
form l came here with the best feeling
toward all of the employees of my company and was
prepared to receive their representatives with the
same courtesy and good feeling have always shown
them and would have cheerfully considered any
modification of the contract with the union which
existing circumstances rendered just and wise
would have gone long way to avoid strike Strife
is to be avoided at all times. tieup of a citys
transportation is always serious, but such
this time, when San Francisco is emerging from
the terrible calamity of last spring, is indeed de-
plorable.
Gas Ready Conciiate
1t must be repugnant to every sense of fairness
that courteous request of Neutrality-suspicious. de-
lay on a matter of such serious importance asked
for in good faith could be granted but that the
whole transportation system of the city, its whole
business and economic fe should be tied up and all
the people of San Francisco be compelled to walk
because of refusal to wait a twenty-four
hours for the arrival of the party perhaps most in
terested in the demands made by the men, which
not a week old.
I came out here with the distinct intention of
giving the most friendly and favorable consideration
to our employees requests 1 was even prepared to
make concessions. The men had been friendly to
US and had certainly been kindly disposed toward
them.
Conditions Now Changed.
It was my intention to act on these matters to-
at the directors meeting. The requesed de-
lay of twenty-four hours would probably have
brought about amicable adjustment. This un-
called for this unjust this inconsiderate strike has
put the railroad company and the public in a con-
dition much to be deplored. We will certainly take
up the matter for consideration tomorrow What
we will now do must be determined in the light of
these changed conditions. 1t is one thing to grant'a
favor make concession to a kindly disposed
employe who is still in your employ; it is quite
other thing listen to the request of man who has
Struck himself out of your employment and has
arbitrarily tied up your entire business.
When I came out here / did not believe for an
instant that these would, rather than wait the
twentyfour hours requested deliberately violate the
contract which they entered into with US.
Spirit of the Contract
Three years ago, at the urgent request OF the Car
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Calhoun Is Ready
to Investigate
the Trouble.

Patrick Calhoun. president of the
United Railroads. arrived IN San
Francisco from Chicago, accompanied
by his wife, two daughters and two
sons. at $50 yesterday afternoon. Cal
houn was met at the Oakland mole by
Thornwell Mutually and Chief Electri-
clan Davis of the company, and es-
eorted in an automobiIe to the resi-
dence of Mutually. 1926 Webster street.
where the party intends to stay for a
month.
When seen on the ferry boat en-
route to this city Calhoun was more
in a mood TO interview than TO be in
terviewed. Before he would answer
any questions he put several Of his
own.
What is the sentiment OF the peopIe7
What do they think about the carmen
breaking the existing agreement?
Granted that the cost Of living has
increased, what would have been the
action OF the men If, through some
circumstance, the cost OF living had
suddenly diminished"
These rhetorical questions may epit-
omize the first impression which Call
houn wished 1t to be understood he had
received OF the situation. After his
questions had been answered he said:
If the men had waited forty-eight
hours or until the directorate OF the
company 4dQ QdQ IlIue 10 meet ana
consider the demands. / certainly would
feel differently disposed toward the
men,"
According to Calhoun, his visit here
was planned some time before he was
aware that there was to be troubls
with his employees. He was averse TO
discussing the situation on the boat.
but stated that he would give out a
written statement later In the evening.
He said that there was to be no change
in the time set for the directors meet
ing Monday at 2 p. m. In the cornpany's
offices, Oak and Brodertck streets.
When asked conserving the attitude
in the East toward San Francisco, Cal
houn declared positively that dnanciers
conversant with the general situation
in this city were most optimistic for
Its future. Confidence In San Fran
cisco was the Wall street sentiment.
he asserted, but added that the lay
mind was not so universally sanguine
According to the president Of the street
car combine the labor disputes in this
city are injuring IL in the minds of
Eastern capitalists.
In regard to the strike OF the track
workers and electricians Calhoun stat
ed that 1t would be considered along
with the more important walkout OF
the platform men.
while I'm here I shall certainly
look into everything" he said.
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1t is said that the Czar of Russia
receives from his subjects through the
post no fewer than 100 petitions every
day of his life. The majority OF these
documents before reaching the mon
archs hands are examined by a conf
Dental secretary.
The discovery of anthracite coal in
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27
MEN HARANGUE CROWD.

large building owned by the United
Railroads and situated across the street
from the car barn. The strike breakers
mounted the roof a couple Of times and
expressed their opinion of the carmen.
The latter were always ready to retort,
but before the situation became serious
the blue guardians OF the peace
warned the strike-breakers to get
under cover and they did.
Among the first OF the enterprising
ones to fit up butcher carts and bread
wagons as stages were number of
the carmen. Bright and early yester-
day morning these strikers got busy
and secured several wagons and horses.
They were operating all day along on
Golden Gate avenue. the Mission and
Potrero districts, and some of them
even ventured as far as Golden Gate
Park in search of loose change
These carmen admitted that they did
a land-office business. They managed
to get an early start and thereby Sc
cured the cream of the traffic. They
are not worrying about the strike, for
they have been able to profit by the
unpleasantness they are partly re-
sponsible for.
BREAK WATCHMAN's NOSE.
William Harrison. a watchman en-
ployed by the San Francisco Gas and
Electric Company. was treated at the
Central Emergency Hospital by Dr. c.
B. Pinkham yesterday afternoon. Har-
rison suffered from a broken nose and
numerous contusions and abrasions. He
claimed he was beaten by sympathizers
Of the Carmen's Union.
According to the injured man, he
was listening to a discussion of the
strike situation at Eddy and Fillmore
streets about o'clock, when some one
addressed him as a "scab" Before he
could deny the allegation he was
pounced upon by several men whom
/ he claimed were strikers. When he
emerged from the brawl he was much
battered.
An alarm was sounded, and a squad
Of policemen broke up the crowd.
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.SIWASHES CANNOT
CONVERT HITS
INTO RUNS.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26.-Seattle
played poorly today, both at the bat
and in the field, and lost to Fresno by
the score OF to 0. The team made
FIVE errors The players landed on
Fitzgerald for ten hits. but they were
SO widely scattered that they never
resulted in runs. The score:
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27

Canada was announced by the Minister
of Mines in the Legislature o. Ontario.
The report is that extensive beds of
anthracite exist on the Hudson Bay
slope in the neighborhood of Albany
River, which forms the dividing line
between Ontario and the Northwest
Territory.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27

Tfe-Up of San Francisco Car Lines Pre-
vents Sunday Outings.
SAN MATEO. Aug. 26.--Much adverse
comment upon the United Railroads
and strikers alike was expressed here
today because of the tie-up. Beside in
conveniencing working people, the
strike spoiled many picnics. One Of
the main features of San Mateo Sunday
life was the large crowds of picnickers
that came here from San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27
SUMMARY

Three-base hit--Casey. Two-base hits--Casey,
Croll, Doyle. Sacrifice hits-Eagan. Cartwright.
First base on errors-Fresno B. Left on bases
Fresno IL, Seattle & Bases balls-On Gar
vim 2, of Fitzgerald 2. Struck out-By Garvin
4 by Fitzgerald 1. Double plays-Fitzgerald to
Cartwright; Casey to Eagan to Cartwright; Cart
wright to Eagan. Wild pitches-Garvin (2). Hit
BY pitched ball--McLaughlin. Time Of game
$780, Umpire-Perrine.
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ORDINANCE IN THE WAY.

The board Of directors of the United
Railroads will meet this afternoon to
take up the consideration of the strike
situation and decide what steps are to
be taken.
There is city ordinance which re-
quires motorman to spend seven days
on the front platform before he can be
given car to run. This will make it
impossible for the company to put all
the cars in operation at once, even if 1t
had sufficient number of men on the
ground who had had experience in
other cities. The company has large
number OF inspectors who were motor
men and these could be used as in
structors of the strike breaking motor
men, But the process would be a slow
one unless the company could prevail
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road was willing to pay.
Calhoun, too, has observed the short
age in the San Francisco labor market
and he gives IT out that he will be
rather public benefactor in bringing
his men from the East to work where
laborers are needed.
They will bring their families with
them and they will add to your popu-
lation," says the railroads president
MEN HARANGUE CROWD.
All day long the doors of the car
barns were closed and no car moved.
II was amazed" Calhoun said yester-
day, when I received the telegram tell
ing me that our men had broken their
solemn agreement"
Making infammatory speeches from
the drivers seat Of a hired hack four
men drove around the city in the after
noon. They stopped in front OF each of
the car barns and harangued the men
who congregated on the sidewalk.
IF a trolley wire is cut, don't tell
the policeman. If the rails are torn up,
don't let them mend them." detained
the man on the hack. But the crowd
smiled and took ii good-naturedly. The
strenuous temper Of strike days, with
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May Import an Army Of Strike Breakers
PIcNIcs Are SPOILED.

upon the city to abrogate the ordi-
nance.
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Rice Crop of the Philippines.
The production OF rice in the Philip
pine Islands in the crop year 1904-05 IL
estimated, upon the basis OF an inves-
tigation made by the Bureau OF Agri-
culture Of those islands. TO be 1881
7s2 bushels, unhulled. This crop was
100000 bushels less than the produc-
tion of 1902-03, as given by the Philip
pine census, and was about equal to
the crops OF Texas and Louisiana in
1904
The area planted in rice in 1905 ex-
ceeded the area in 1902 by nearly
100000 acres.
The quantity of rice imported into
the Philippine Islands during the year
ending June 80, 1905, was 563,2s2,34s
pounds cleaned, of which all but 4 OF
1 per cent came from the southern
coast Of Asia.-Washington Star.
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OTHER LINES CROWDED.

Calhoun takes pains to emphasize
the point that the men have been guilty
of breaking their agreement. made two
years ago, in not first submitting the
difficulty to arbitration, as was pro-
vided in that compact. He says that
it was his expectation to examine into
the cost OF living here and the reason
ableness of the carmen's demands. but
now he has no soft word to turn away
the wrath of the strikers. They have
struck and violated their compact, he
says, and consequently. they can no
longer look for concessions. is his at
titude.
The Geary and California street cars
were crowded inside and out all day
yesterday. The salmon pink cable cars
which have been put on the Califor-
MIA street line carried passengers on
the roof in spite of the efforts of the
company to prevent it. On Market
street every imaginable sort of con-
veyance was impressed into service,
and owners OF wagons reaped rich
harvest at 10 cents passenger for
short hauls and 25 cents to the more
distant parts of the Mission and Rich
mond districts.
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yesterday. Do what they could, the
hack orators got little encouragement.
They found it necessary to stop at the
corner saloon to keep up their belliger-
ent spirit.
MAYOR FEELS AGGRIEyED.
II am making no extraordinary
preparations to preserve the peace
said the Mayor. I'm case the COM
pany makes an attempt to run the
cars, I presume the same measures to
prevent riot will be taken which were
used at the last street railroad strike.
At that time the men organized what
was known as a peace committee and
placed members of their union on each
of the cars to prevent acts of violence
being committed by their sympathizers.
1t has been against the policy of the
city to put policemen on the cars"
The Mayor feels keenly the manner
in which the carmen refused to con-
slider the letter. which he sent them.
He feels that IAN enemy hath done
this" and he is confident that the
calling of a strike on Sunday morn
ing was due to the political ambitions
of a rival faction which would claim
for itself the merit of winning for the
carmen the benefits they seek from
the company. In this connection it is
rumored that the author of the docu-
ment adopted at the carmen's meeting
was ex-Congressman Livernash.
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