The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-22
CARMEN WILL
HOLD MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
Proposition of the United
Railroads to Be Acted
Upon at That Time
CALHOUN IS RETIcENI
Refuses to Discuss Claims
Presented by Employees
for Higher Wages
CALHOUN is RETICENT
UNIONS ARE FESTIVE
Walters Outline New Scale
to Be Presented to the
Restaurant Men

Tuesday night is the time set
for the meeting of the Garments
union, local 205, to pass upon the
proposition of the United Rail
roads to make a new agreement
based on the terms of employment
established by the board of arbi-
tration. The company's terms,
which President Patrick Calhoun
submitted Friday last, are not
what the men want. Eight hours
and s. is still their slogan.
But the carmen are not alone
among unions in the industrial un-
rest. There is dissatisfaction on
the question of wages and time
among the iron workers, the tele-
phone girls. the bakery en1ploves
and the cooks and walters An oficia
of the carmen's union said yesterday
that while he deprecated the idea of a
strike, if the platform men did go out
on May /. they would not be the only
union taking decisive action on that
day
OTHER UNIONS FESTIVE
There is little possibility of the bak-
ers, cooks or walters striking. The
latter organization has outlined a new
scale, which has not yet been finally
adopted. 1t calls for an increased wage
to the walters working in places where
tips are not given. These men want
$3.50 day. Before the schedule cougd
go into effect or strike be declared.
the scale would have to be approved
by the American federation of labor
and other central labor bodies, to which
the local union owes allegiance.
The bakers have not yet prepared
their scale for submission to their en-
ployers- If it should be offered and is
not exorhitant in its demands, the
raise would be granted and the public
would bear the difference by paying
current rates for smaller loaves of
bread Bakers have way of gradu-
ally reducing the size of the loaf to
| increase their profits and the house
wife is ignorant of the curtailment of
the staff of life.
H H. Young of the Young & Swain
baking company stated last night that
while he had heard rumors to the ef-
feet that the bakers were considering
the submission of new rate, he could
give no definite information on the
matter.
CALHOUN REMAINS SILENT
The interest of the public is fixed
on the carmen's movements, but
neither Richard Cornelius president of
the union. nor Patrick Calhoun will
discuss the situation Cornelius says
that union is a democratic organiza-
tion and that he is simply presiding
officer and is in position to say what
the men may do on Tuesday night.
1t is not probable that the union
would vote to strike at that time. CAL
houn's offer could be rejected, as it
doubtless will be- without causing any
such serious and dreaded af11iction on
the city. The possible rejection of the
corporations offer may lead to new
negotiations.
The carmen realize the hardship to
which the city would be put in event
of strike, yet they feel their demand
for an eight hour day at three dollar
wage is just. They feel that next to
the striking Laundry workers they are
the poorest paid class of workers in the
city.
Patrick Calhoun was seen last night
and refused to discuss the situation
He said that he does not anticipate a
strike. He takes the attitude that
strike is not to come. He would be a
propagandist of that spirit he inti-
mated, and by a sort of mental science
create feeling of Industrial peace.
and thus insure it.