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Show mm im to IN $m FMNGSC Carmen in Coast' City, Threatening a Walkout, Ask Clergyman to Intercede ; Willi Company for Them; Strike of Telephone Employees Is Threatened. It is San Francisco now that is threatened with labor troubles. The 1800 carmen in the California metropolis voted last night on the proposition to strike. ;. They determined deter-mined finally to 'await an effort at arbitration, in which a priest will represent the men. The employees want $3 a day. A definite answer from the telephone company is expected ex-pected by its workmen today. If their demands are re- fused, the union men say they will declare a strike at once, j They, too, ask an increase in wages. j . I all operators that hare served an ap, ' prenticeship. The Tote by which the demands were adopted last night was unanimous and a committee was select ed to present them to the eompany today. to-day. - The operators will meet again Thursday Thurs-day night to vote on a strike should the eompany refuse to accede to their demands. The strike of the men employed In the trades went Into effect this morning. morn-ing. It is estimated that S00O men are out. In twenty-seven shops where the agreement for an eight-hour day has been signed work, ts . going on, while ' twenty-two owners has refused, to sign and in these shops the machines axe stiu. ; , 'w,ri , SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 1 ABOUT EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE CARMEN'S UNION MET AT THE CENTRAL THEATER AT 1:35 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING TO VOTE UPON THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER -THERE SHOULD BE INDUSTRIAL IN-DUSTRIAL PEACE OR INDUSTRIAL STRIFE IN THIS CITY. THE REFUSAL OF THE MANAGEMENT MANAGE-MENT OF THE UNITED RAILROADS RAIL-ROADS IN THIS CITY TO CONCEDE THE DEMANDS OF THE UNION OF S3' FOR A DAY OF EIGHT HOURS, WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, AND ALSO A PROPOSITION TO SUBSTITUTE SUBSTI-TUTE THE- SCALE - OF WAGES ADOPTED BY THE OAKLAND LJNES, WHICH IT WAS THOUGHT BY SOME MIGHT BE FAVORED BY THE MEN. It was finally decided by vote to leave the settlement of the question to the executive committee and Father P. C. Yorke, who represented the men on the recent arbitration committee. This committee is to report to the men at a mass meeting whih will be held next Saturday night. This leaves the question of a strike open until that date, after the report or the committee has been received. San Francisco will also have a big telephone strike unless the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company com-pany accedes today to demands adopt- ed at a meeting of the operators' union last night. These demands includ a flat rate for |