The San Francisco call., 1907-02-27
CARMEN QUIT TO
SEEK POSITIONS
WITH MORE PAY
Five Score Turn in Badges
and Hundreds More
Will Follow
TERN AWARD UNJUST
Father Yorke's Minority Re-
port to Be Read at
Today's Meeting
MEN CANNOT STRIKE
VIII Abide by Decision Un-
til May, When Con-
tract Expires

One hundred carmen have left the
employ of the United Railroads. and
IL is announced that several hundred
others viii turn in their badges and
seek employment elsewhere, prompted
by the unfavOrabIe award of the board
OF arbitration. which Will withhold
from them the eIght-hOur day and
makes but a slight increase in their
wages.
The United Railroads is thus
brought face 10 face with condition
which may prove more serious than a
more generous award to the men would
have been.
The formal announcement of the
award Of the board was postponed
again yesterday and the statement was
made that both the majority and mi
nority opinions would be fled this
morning. There is, however a possi-
bility Of even more delay. The post
ponements Of the last two days have
been for the purpose OF giving Father
Yorke an opportunity to complete his
dissenting opinion. This, it is under
stood, viii be a lengthy document. and
its reading at the meeting of the board
this morning may give rise to further
argument
Il shall want to see Father Yorke's
opinion before it is filed" Chief Justice
Beatty said yesterday. Z understand
II VIII take some time to read it. and
it may occasion some further discus
sion"
DECLARE AWARD UNJUST
The majority opinion was written by
the Chief Justice and is concurred in by
Major Frank Mclaughlin. It's terms
have been published in part in The
call The fact that it is scceptab BILE to
the arbitrator Of the railroads. and is
at vide. "a auance with the views Of
Father Yorke. who represents the car
men. may be taken as evidence that it
is favorable TO the company
The carmen who have heard Of the
adverse award. in which nearly every
one Of their contentious is controvert-
ed. are inclined to the opinion that il
is unjust. Discomfort has been aggra-
waited among the ranks of the union
by the Information concerning the re-
suit Of the arbitration. and Irrespective
Of the Justice or injustice of the ma
jority decision, the award will not
make for peace.
NO STRIKE At PRESENT
There win he no strike at this time
said President Richard Cornelius yes
terday afternoon. The men will ac-
cept the terms of the award, whatever
they may be. and abide by them until
the lst of May, at which time the con-
tract expires.
AT the same time, several hundred
men viii leave the employ of the COM
psny as soon as the matter is settled.
The union. union, will be bound by
the terms Of this award That will
not prevent the men who can earn
more money in a hundred other occu-
pations from quietly leaving the en-
ploy of the United Railroads
LIKE COMPANY ARGUMENTS
The men look upon the majority
opinion and award of the board as a
rather remarkable document. as il is
said 10 embody IN large measure the
arguments of the company as they
were presented to the board. General
~ speaking. the writer seems to have
been more sensitive to the property
rights Of the corporation and to have
considered that the alienation of
class Of underpaid and overworked men
was remote to the legal aspect of arbi-
tration.
The carmen say that the day of
agreements and arbitration is over as
far as they are concerned. Some time
ago It was announced that the COM
pany would not enter into another
contract with the men. Now the men
say that they have found contracts and
arbitration to be fruitless. and at the
expiration of the present agreement on