The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

sonai, to secure for you better wages
md better conditions.
The municipality has treated the
United Railroads very fairly, indeed gen
erousiy, and therefore Il feel ju.fified nm
interceding with that company I'm vour
behalf to secure for You such better
wages and better conditions And this
shall certainly do tomorrow night or
Monday morning fmmediafeIx upom IN.
arrival Of Mr.. Calhoun, who alone fx
credited by the resident odieiaI. Of Tn,
company with power TO decide these
questions.
Il write you now on behalf OF the peo-
pie Of San Francisco as well as In your
own interests. and appeal to you not to
take any action In this matter which
would lead TO the tying up OF street
railway traHic until the board OF diree-
tors OF the United Railroad. shall have
taken mp your requests. which win n.
on next Monday, August -.
Assuring you of my sincere sympa-
thy and again requesting you 10 con-
slider the interests OF TIE city and Of an
the people OF san Francisco and tn tax
no radical action tonight, but to YIELD
to the requested delay of a few hours.
am, very truly yours,
E E. sCHMTTZ. Mayor.
The letter was eoldly received. Many
OF the men think they would have done
better two years ago il they had NOT
listened to Sehmitz's advice when he
spoke at the meeting at the Alhambra
Theater and they voted not to strike.
7 would vote for him for Governor
OF the State" said one OF members OF
the executive committee. but he-8s not
governor OF the Carmen's Union"
Others said the Mayor would NOT
be given a hearing If he should at
tempt to address the meeting of the
union in the hall at the corner OF
Twenty-first and Howard streets.
President Cornelius said early in the
day that no one who was not a mem
Der OF the union would be permitted to
speak at the meeting nor to enter the
hall.
over the protest OF the Mayor the
executive committee voted to accent
the committees letter as it had been
drafted. A motion to this effect was
adopted by unanimous vote. This
time there was applause. In the COM
selected Sunday for the strike. as the
car service is less important on that
day. and 1t is within the power OF the
officials OF the company. II they choose
to do so. grant their terms and call
them back TO the cars by noon The
text Of the letter Is as follows:
San Francisco, Aug. 25. 1905.
United Railroads OF San Francisco.
care Of Mr. Thornwell Mullally, assist
ant to the president: Gentlemen-Ws
have the honor to acknowledge receipt
OF your letter of last night 1t comes
to this: that because the granting OF
our two proposals would little dimin-
ish your profits. you wish US to post
pone action until your Mr. Patrick Cali
houn personally atterds a meeting OF
your directorate
AN experience running through a
number of years persuades TO the con-
clusiOn that in matters OF the sort we
have taken up with you. your director
ate merely registers the will OF Mr.
Calhoun. who could as readily express
that will by telegraph, in the present
case. as seated at desk in one OF your
ofaces- He knows with the utmost
nicely the income and expenditures OF
the great San Francisco property n.
has IN charge This was demonstrates
again and again in the lengthy arbitra-
ton to which you and this union were
parties He knows the pay OF our
members in your service. and what