The San Francisco call., 1906-08-28
Stike-Breakers Ready to Go to Work on the Cars
CORPORATIO ION MAY
OPERATE TRAINS.
Considers Plan to Run
Electric Motors Under
Protection of Guards

PTOteCuOn or GUARDS
you can accept todays decision of
the directors Of the United Railroads
as final SO far as President Calhoun
and his business associates are con-
cerned. They are already preparing
to resume the car servise and will
take the initiative probably tomorrow
or Friday.
This announcement was made by one
of the prominent officials of the rail
road company last evening Immediately
after the directors of the road had
given out their statement to the public
and made known their letters to Mayor
Schnnitz and President Cornelius OF
official reiterated the previous state
ment of President Calhoun that cars
would be run even If the company had
to import men TO man them.
FARLEY WITHIN CALL.
1t is no longer secret that John
Farley, the famous strike breaker. is
within easy call of San Francisco with
large force of men who are engaged
TO enter the city at given time and
start the cars OF the United Railroads
on various lines. In all probability the
first cars will be run on Devisadero or
Fillmore street, for the plan of the
company is to resume business in a
section of the city where the least
prejudice against the company prevails.
All the cars will be under guard of
Farley's men, the majority of whom
were here during the last strike and
are familiar with the local conditions.
Approaching the need of a downtown
service, that is one which will afford
means for workin gmen to reach their
places of employment in the morning
and return TO their homes in the even
ing, General Manager Chapman has
| been figuring on running special trains
intervals between sunrise and sunset
MAY USE MOTOR TRAINS.
/ His plan is TO use the electric motors
recently imported from the East for
/ hauling debris trains in the lower por-
I tion of the city. The company has
! seven of these motors, which are cap
able of pulling half dozen or more
] of the big electric cars of the type used
on the San Mateo line. These can be
trailed after the big motors and afford
I a relief to the tired toilers who are
/ now walking miles and miles each day
I through the ruined city TO their places
/ of labor.
/ The idea of operating trains instead
/ of single cars is that they can be bet
f, ter protected by guards The trains
will reach Fillmore and Deyisadero
/ streets by way of one more of the
side thoroughfares, and at Fillmore
street they will connect with crosstown
/ trains Once having assured them
selves of the safety of these trains,
4 the officials of the road expect 10 op-
crate cars over other lines and grad
/ uaIly resume the regular schedules
on all the lines of the United Railroads
system
ELECTRICIANS BROUGHT IN.
1 IN N
( Francisco 200 men. mostly electricians,
who were brought here from the East
i in anticipation of any further trouble
with the linemen- 1t is claimed by the
! railroad officials that these men Will be
among the first to be placed on the
cars as motormen. while men for the
rear platforms will be selected from
/ the force that is at the command of
i Farley The latter is said TO have 700
men in all at his disposal and of the
/ number 400 are in different towns of
/ California awaiting instructions 70
come TO San Francisco.
Asked yesterday IL the company had
any means of determining what pro-
portion of the members of the union who
are out on the strike were away from
their posts against their will, an official
/ of the road said that to the best
/ knowledge OF the company there We're
very few.
I'VE regret to say" said he. that
our inquiries for information on this
subject revealed the fact that there
| were very few men who had any re-
gret at going out Sunday morn
! ing Usually a large number of the
men Join in the strike, but more out OF
| fear of incurring the enmity OF their
lassociates than a desire to quit In
ferent This fact we attributed TO sew
eral circumstances.
CALHOUN MAPS OUT PLAN. :
I'm the first place, we doubt il the
men would have struck had it not been
for the influences that were directed
toward them. It is well known TO the
railroad men and ourselves that it was
not the original plan of President Cor
nelius to present formal demand for
| increased wages and shorter hours.
He intended his first communication to
be in the nature of a request and so
couched it. But as the proposition for
advanced wages began to be discussed
by the 1000 employees of the road and
patrons of the lines expressed sym
pathy with them in their efforts to get
an advance, Cornelius suddenly changed
his request into formal demand anc
the trouble was prectpitated.
TT was patent to the officials of the
road that public sympathy was largely
with the men, and this widespread In
fluenca would no doubt have carried
considerable weight in the effofts OF
the carmen TO get the advance had
i they gone about it in what we consider
a fairer way. But we believe that pub
i lie sympathy has changed because OF
Cornelius hasty action.
political influences figured largely
in this affair and the end of the trouble
will probably be revelation of this
fact President Calhoun is well advised
of the situation and is already decided
on the course he will pursue. Politica
influences will not swerve him. His
men will be given chance TO return
to work, but President Calhoun has de-
cIared that he will not be coeTced ir
ren1aciup them In their old positions.