Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-08
TO MAKE STRIKE
FIGHT TO FINISH
San FranCiScanS Promise Aid,
Even If 1t Takes Ten
Years to Win
TENTS COMING FOR A CITY
Spring Tells of Provisions of the
City'S Proposed Ordinance
to Stop PiCketing
TENTS COMING FOR A CITY

Unlimited financial support until the
strike is won, even If it takes ten years
is the promise local union men re-
ceived last evening from organized la
Dor of California through j. A. Kelly
president of the Central Trades coun-
ell of San Francisco; Andrew j. Gal.
lagher, secretary of the same organiza-
ton, and o. II. Whitmore, secretary OF
the California State Building Trades
council, at a mass meeting held in la
Dor temple.
The San Francisco labor leaders
came to Los Angeles yesterday to as
sist in any way possible the Local
strikers. All day labor headquarters
were beseged by strikers eager to talk
with the northern men and to learn
San Franciscos attitude toward the
local situation. When the representa-
tives from that city made their ad-
dresses last evening, promising more
than was hoped for, the local union
lists expressed confidence that they will
win.
THE TENT CITY
The establishment of a tent city
within q few miles of Los Angeles,
where strikers will move with their
families for the summer months, and
which will be supported by organized
labor, is planned. This question was
not taken up last evening, but Stuart
Reid, international organizer and
leader in the local fight, announced
that the tents would be here early
next week and that as soon as they
arrived camp would be pitched and
occupied
The auditorium of the Labor tenn
pie was filled to overfowing last even
ing, not only by strikers themselves,
but by members OF their families and
II n. Il g I.
local trades council, was chairman of
the evening and the first speaker he
introduced was Andrew j. Gallagher of
San Francisco.
The northern man outlined the local
strike situation from its inception, and
compared it with the one successfully
carried through by the unions in San
Francisco in 1902. He urged the So
cialists, as a party, to stand with the
unions in the local fight if it gets into
politics.
President Kelly, in speaking of the
support which the local strikers might
expect from the north, said;
WHAT KELLY SAYS
"The fight must be kept up, and we
of the north realize it. We will fur
nish the munitions of war; you will do
the fighting. Do not think of giving in.
Stand together. We will send you
money and provisions In unlimited
quantities, so have no fear of hunger
and starvation. We will find enough
money to finance this fight to a vic
torious finish if 1t lasts ten years. And
we won't have to furnish it all, either.
From every union in the United States
you may expect contributions to con-
tinue this strike.
In a measure, State Secretary Whit
mores speech was along the same
lines, and he promised support, not
only from the bay cities, but from the
state in general.
Fred J. Spring, attorney for the
strikers, made a short talk, principally
in regard to the ordinance before the
council in regard to picketing. He ex-
pressed himself as being confident that
the ordinance would not pass, but said
that if it did, he believed that by exer-
cising the referendum its provisions
would be set aside by the people Of
Los Angeles.
Members of the Employers and
Founders association denied yesterday
that they were being inconvenienced
now by the strike. They asserted that
they are operating all their plants
without difficulty.