The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21
Peace Congress
Here Will Have
National Scope
Metcalf, Garfield
and Straus to
Be Speakers

A dispatch from Oscar Straus sec
retary of commerce and labor. sent TO
the chamber OF commerce YESTERDAY
through Isidor Jacobs. announced that
he, with Secretary Garfield OF the in
terror and Secretary Metcalf OF the
navy department. would be In San
Francisco on July %, "a and 25 TO attend
the industrial peace conference Ses-
sions of the conference will be held
on these days and an address by one
OF the cabinet members will be a
feature of each day
AS soon as IL became definitely
known that the three secretaries would
be here for the occasion the following
committee was named by the -concfIia-
conference: Isidor Jacobs. chairman;
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Walter Mac
arthur, Rev. George w. White. Michael
Casey, A w. Scott Jr William p Nc
Cabe, DIR. F. w. Gale. A. c. Holmes,
Norton c. Wells. B.. l.. Cadwalader and
George A. Tracy.
This committee will secure a hall az
once and outline a program for the
conference. Already Christian Science
hall at Scott and Sacramento streets
has been visited with view to its USE
for the gathering.
The coming conference will be the
hrst OF its kind 20 be held in America
It will be national in its scope. Regu-
larly accredited delegates Will be sent
by the chamber Of commerce, the Mer-
chants association the merchants ex-
change, the Potrero Manufacturers and
Producers association. the labor or
CARNATIONS and by eastern organiza-
tions. Prominent business men and la
Dor leaders. including John Mitchell
have promised to attend. The confer
ence will discuss Industrial peace from
various standpoints and will give some
attention to the Japanese question as
related to the labor problem.
According to the present arrange
ment. the local labor and commercial
organizations will send 800 delegates
other organizations from the state 10c
and the east another 100 delegates
making a total of 500.
Invitations to attend will be sent to
the mayors and commercial and labor
bodies of every city in the state
The chamber OF commerce has taken
a deep interest in the plan and has
called a meeting for today at which
plans for the entertainment of the dis
unguishe1 visitors will be made. II
Is proposed TO hold banquet at the
Fairmont hotel such as took place on
April 49, The program of entertain
ment will also include excursions to
points throughout the state.
A leIler mas Deen received from JUS
tice McKenna saying that he will be in
California during the latter part OF
July, but 1t is not known whether he
will be here in time for the confer
ence.
The committee Of arrangements will
meet today TO perfect its plans.
J. X. Jones of the Cancellation COM
mittee said last night that he believed
that the main object of the visit OF
Secretaries Metealf. Garfield and Straus
would be to obtain unbiased informa-
tion in relation to local industrial con-
ditions with view to being able to
cOntrovert the statements being pub
lished in the east detrimental to San
Francisco.
President Cornelius of the carmen's
union said:
'As far as / am concerned I have
but little to say about the coming visit
of the cabinet officers. II the matter
OF the car strike is to be brought be-
fore them it will be done by the Joint
committee from the labor council ths
building trades council and our union
1t has full charge and will handle the
matter"
P. Fl. Mccarthy, president OF the
building trades council. was nOncom.
initial He said: 1T would not be-
come me at this time to say anythins
whatever In regard to the work to be
done here by the cabinet officers"