The San Francisco call., 1906-09-06
Decides to
Declare Off
The Strike
Conference of Joint
Employees Ends
Struggle.

The joint conference of the employees
of the United Railroads Company late
yesterday afternoon indorsed the ac-
tion of the carmen on the previous
evening and officially declared the
strike Off
The conference represented all the
union employees of the United Rail-
roads. all of whom were out on strike.
having either been out before the car
mems strike, or gone out in sympathy
with them.
A meeting of the conference was
held yesterday morning and a deputa-
tion was appointed to visit President
Calhoun and obtain definite state
ment from him as to the terms of
arbitration. William McCabe repre-
senting the committee, applied az CAL
houn's office for an appointment for
the committee, and was met by a
statement that until the men had re-
Sirned to work and were again his
employees. he would have nothing to
say to them. The committee which
consisted of II. L. Worthington. chair
man, of the Electrical Workers; Rich
ard Cornelius. of the Garments Union;
w. p. McCabe, Of the San Francisco
Labor Council; w. c. Fuller. of the
Railway Construction Workers. and
Charles Strycker. of the Iron Workers.
returned to the Labor Council build
I
conference to be held later in the
afternoon
In the meantime. hearing that the
carmen were incensed over the re-
fusal of President Calhoun to trea:
with their committee. the United Rail-
roads made preparations to run out a
car at nightfall. The union men no.
titled their picket leader. Mcdonald
and the men were called out to again
watch for movement of the company
in starting the cars.
The members of the joint conference
when they assembled at the afternoon
meeting, thought that their efforts
toward effecting a settlement would be
of no avail. When the conference was
called to order by Chairman Worthing-
ton a majority of the delegates were
in favor of continuing the strike until
the United Railroads should consent to
treat with the allied unions.
Speeches eondemning the carmen for
their arbitrary resolution of the night
before were made and some of the dele
gates declared that they would be will
ing to starve rather than give in. Then
cooler counsel began to prevail Chair
man Worthington justified the action OF
the carmen after the stand taken by
President Mahon of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail
way Employees, and said that had the
men not given IN ana declared Tor arbf-
tration they would have had to fight
every. other street railway union in
the country. Other members of the
conference spoke in favor of a settle
ment by arbitration and the delegates
began to see the advantage of an early
settlement.
1t was finally decided to call the
strike off. and the Garments Union was
notified to send it's men back to work
as soon as possible. In the resolution
which indorsed the action of the car
men in declaring for arbitration and
ordering the men to go back to work
condition was embraced calling upon
the United Railroads to meet the men
in arbitration within two weeks. This
resolution undoubtedly means that un-
less the company treats with it's en-
ployes within the time specified they
will be called out again.