The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-01
FEDERATED TRADES.
Strikers Circulating Snap Photos
of "Scab" holders.
Preparations for Labor Day Celebration-Rs.
ports From Unions -Equalizing Wages
Chinese Made Cigars

At the weekly meeting of the Council OF
Federated Trades newly elected delegates
| presented credentials and were seated, as
| follows:
John J. Fogarty, Boot and Shoe Makers
| White Labor League.
Henry P. Wise, Typographical Union
| No. %.
f. P. McCloskey, Carpenters and join
ers' Union, No. So.
A communication from the Santa Clara
| County Trades Federation stated that Labor
| day would be celebrated by big illumin-
| ated street parade at San Jose. The Farm
ers' Alliance will participate in the celebra-
| ton.
A circular from Toledo, Ohio. called at
tention to the action of the Executive Coun-
ell of the American Federation of Labor in
placing boycott on Lozier & Yost of New
York and the bicycles manufactured by that
firm. The firm was boycotted because
members of the Metal-polishers' Union
! were discharged without cause.
a report from the Executive Committee
stated that various matters referred to that
body had been investigated.
Delegate Grambarth of the Organizing
Committee said that the marine stewards
uOW Hdu ultluD6TS Ill LIS uulOu anu
would soon make application for admission
to the federation.
REPORTS FROM UNIONS.
Reports from unions were next In order,
and the cigar-makers reported that it was
true that ChineSe-made cigars had been
found at certain theater. notwith-
standing the denials of the proprietor of
that place of amusement.
Delegate Grambarth said that when he
made a second visit to the theater the Chi
nese cigars had vanished. The owner after
ward explained to the satisfaction of the
union that he had received by mistake two
boxes of Chlnese-made cigars for white
labor cigars. The owner pledged himself
to sell in the future only Pacific Coast
| white-labor cigars. Many boxes of New
| York tenement-made cigars had been sent
| away from the theater Speaking of the
| crusade against Chinese-made cigars Gram
| barth said that many users of the weed
| failed to make proper inquiries for white
| labor cigars and took any brand offered.
American Bakers Union, No. 81, reported
| the progress being made in carrying on the
| boycott against nj. Davis restaurant. Walter
| Hand, one of the boycotters who were ar
rested for disturbing the peace, was acquitted
| by jury in Police Court 2.
THE GERMAN PRINTERS.
The German Typographical Union re-
| ported that it soon expected to win the fight
against the Abend Post.
Delegate Mullen of the box-sawyers said
| that the retail grocers are doing good work
| IN assisting the boycott against Carrick,
| Williams IL Wright of the San Francisco
| factory.
Delegate Sullivan of the Boot and Shoe
| Makers White Labor League said he knew
| nothing about the removal of more shoe
factories to the East, except what he saw in
| the papers.
Delegate Collins of the Molders' Union
| reported that the nOn-uniOn men In the
foundrles are showing signs of weakness.
| During the week the strikers had photo
| graphed the "scabs'' employed in three foun-
| dries with snap camera These photo
| graphs will be circulated among every union
| in the iron trade in the United States, and
| the non-union molders are much alarmed
During the week three non-uniou men had
been induced to quit work and return East.
The Journeymen co0perS reported trade
| very dull aud considerable trouble in col.
lecting assessments from men employed in
| breweries. They claim to belong to the
| brewery workmen and object to paying dues
| to two unions.
! EQUALIZATION OF WAGES.
| Delegate Dundas said that the retail
clerks proposed to bring about en- equality
of wages in some of the large stores. liz
some of the stores young women are EN-
! ployed as saleswomen at the remarkably
! low wages of 50 so and So week 1t is
! proposed to take steps to have the wages Of
such saleswomen Increased 10 a more just
| figure.
Chairman Grambarth of the Labor Day
| Committee reported that an invitation had
peen mailed to every union In the city tt
I send delegate to act as a member of the
committee. Woodward's Gardens has been
rented for September 9th for $3.50
The Eight-hour Committee reported that
| the city and State authorities are violating
the law by letting contractors work theiI
employees more than eight hours day.
RESOLUTIONS eulogZing Alfred Thurman
the retiring President of the council, were
adorted. The resolutions will be engrossed
framed and presented to Thurman.
| Delegate McCl0skey of the Carpenters
| Union, No. 4S3. was elected member OF
the Executive Committee to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Delegate
| Pushlar.