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To the Public.In view of the fact that the Cooks and Waiters’ Alliance has seen fit to declare a boycott against the Americas Bakery and Restaurant, we desire to call attention of the people of Ilak erafleld and Kern to the facts of the case. So far as the bakery is concerned there is absolutely no ground for It whatever. We have two men employed In the bakery, both white men and old residents here. No Chinese work there at all.In the restaurant we have one Chinese employed in the kitchen. In the dining room we have three persons era ployed, one n»an and two ladies. We employed the Chinaman only when It was simply Impossible to get competent white help. The white union help we bad before were not only Incompetent but Insolent to us. and even ordered us out of our own kitchen. We were not able to conduct our own business at all.Other places are employing Chinese help and all we ask la the same treatment as Is accorded .them, and ettbmlt our case to the public.F. SOHURRA.C. B. GARFIELD.The Cooks’ Side.In the Echo of the Iftth Inst, Messrs. Phurra Garfield, proprietors of the American Bakery and Restaurant, attempt a defense of their position in In. ing Chinese cooks sod deplore the fact that the Cooks' and Waiters’ Alliance has distributed circulars informing the public of this fact.The gentlemen denounce as libelous the report that they are hiring a Chinese crew to cook foi their patrons, and tn the next line try to defend themselves for doing so.Local No. .’MW) haa offered In supply them with a force of union cooks, that are both competent ami rebel lo, hut their olfer was rejectedI'mler the former management the American Bakery and Restaurant for a period of one onr or loore employed none but while help in their kitchen and dining room. When Messrs. Gur f-eld A shnrru took charge ‘i the land-res*, the union and white orew were jH'opmily discharged without warning and tophus d w ilt a I him**e erew of rlt;oks.lt;hu* of tlu n obiti - is, that after to-pea ted trials theyt were miabfc1 tocure satisfactory union help. Taking in i ottsideration the fact that the union now thsit were in charge of their k it -lt;hen at the time they took hold of the business should have been obnoxious and unsatisfactory to them, we did not, nor over will, attempt to deny them the right and privilege of discharging the supie, end no more will be «uiif about tlie (subnet, But did they ever give us an opportunity to replace Hume? We ay emphatically NO. i'lte American Bakery and Restaurant is almost entirely dependent on the people, the white working class of Bakersfield and Kern for their support Is it an injustice to the .proprietors that when the opportunity presents itself, to ask of tliefn that they bin- tIteir help from the classes that give them their support?While it is true and deplorable that ( Itinese are employed in other places, not. one of them have deliberately dis-(barged a union or while erew and re placed them with Chinese, as the Atneri can Bakery and Restaurant has done.The Cooks’ and Waiters’ Alliance is more than in accord with Messrs. Garfield A S hurra that the ultimate verdict of the citizens of Bakersfield and Kern will be a fait one, and in conclusion we will s.iv again that we are prepared at any and all times to furnish the American Bakery and Restaurant with a responsible and competent union crew, wfio’s only fault is that they are not Chinese. Respectfully,COOKS’ AND WAITERS’ALLIANCE. I.lt;K’AL 3WkA Big Lynx.A few days ago R. Hughes, who Isemployed at. the Wible orchard near the city, had an exciting encounter with a huge lynx. The animal was found in a tree and showed fight when Mr. Hughes tackled him. The latter got his gun and called to a Chinese employe of the place to assist him.The animal was quickly brought to bay ntul snot, tie was a large otic ot bis kind and weighed forty pounds. The skin was preserved utt.l Is a valit abb* one.ftClB*ietac01mt'BiT1toendodiipawi8tledTctumiA Paper Changes Handssc(’ J MeDevitt has sold the Hands burg Miner to \V, A. McGinn, the wellknown school teacher. Mr. McDovttt announces that he* will continue to reside in Itamluburg, but will devote hb Unu to oilier interests than the newspaper buslncsn.inifieTttrilo*neabwiUS)rmmtffoQ:11I Pa
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The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Mon, Feb 16, 1903
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Kern C.
CA, USA 20 Sep 2023
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