The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-10
Pacific Gas and Electric Off
cial Denies Interference
With Service, While La
Dor Chief Declares Sta
tons at Folsom and Deer
Creek Are Shut Down
GEARY LINE RUNS
WITHOUT A TIEUP
Committee From the Union
Council Confers With
Mayor Rolph-President
Beaver Says That College
Students Who Took Jobs
Have Proved Incompetent

The San Francisco Labor council.
after three hours in an executive ses-
sion,. decided last night to instruct the
members of all unions affiliated with it
not TO take jobs vacated by members
of the Light and Power council. which
has called the strike on the Pacific Gas
and Electric company. This action.
while not indorsing the strike, meets
the request made by President Arthur
Beaver Of the Light and Power council.
The Geary street car line was oper-
ated without a single tieup yesterday,
according TO Superintendent Thomas
Cashin. Reports that the lights went
out IN various portions of the city in
the night were circulated freely, but
the company officials declared that this
is not unusual when bad weather pre-
walls
COMMITTEE VISITS MAYOR
Mayor Rolph was visited yesterday
by committee from the California
Light and Power council and put in
possession of the councils side of the
strike among the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric company employees. The mayor
efter the conference said that he did
rot feel in position TO disclose the de-
atails or the meeting and would prefer
Mat any statement made public should
come from the members of the COM
mittee.
Il had heard from the other side"
explained the mayor. referring to the
visit on the first day of the strike from
Vice President and General Manager
Britton and Manager Holberton of the
gas company, and thought it proper
that I should hear also from the coun-
I'll. With that in view / asked for in
formation and was visited yesterday by
the committee consisting of A. Beaver,
W. s. Junkin. E. A. Brown and NJ. j.
Mcclure
LINE PRINCIPAL CONCERN
These gentlemen put me in posses
sion Of the facts so far as they relate
TO the operation of the Geary street
railway and the lights of the city,
which are my principal concern"
Vice President Britton still insists
that none of his employees are armed.
and also declares that the company
has no intention of importing strike
breakers. He said yesterday that the
company has more than enough men
on its application list to equip, with
fun crews. all of it's plants
President Beaver of the Light and
Power council insists just as emphatic
ally that the council has positive in
formation that some of it's employees
are armed. At the union headquarters
there was a rumor current to the ef-
feet that the company is importing g
300 strike breakers from the east
SLEEP IN POWER HOUSES
Those men who have been put to
work In the places vacated by the
strikers are sleeping inside the power
houses. substations and other build
ings of the company All the places
are picketed by the unions involved.
Two men are constantly on watch at
the offices of the company.
In Oakland the strikers are jubiIant
because OF difficulties they say are
being experienced by the Stanford and
Berkeley student strike breakers. The
machine at station A in Oakland was
burned out because an incompetent
student operator was in charge, said
Mr.. Beaver
The lights in Berkeley are very
poor, and viii grow worse he added.
At Chico, Fl. b. Hereford. general
manager of the Chico division, yester-
day donned worlingmen's clothes and
helped make the gas used in that city.
The fire which partially destroyed the
plant was caused by a cap blowing
off of a stand pipe and the gas igniting.
The company clears the strikers OF
blame