The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-30
FEDERATED TRADES.
Another Earnest Appeal From
the Cigar-Makers.
The True Cause Of the Granite-Cutters' Strike
Good Progress Boycotting Yelling
ton Coal-Ark's Razor.

to the Council of Federated Trades at last
nights meeting and NJ. ScanOn seated as
delegate. Miss Maggie johnson was seated
as a delegate from the ShOe-ftters' Union,
vice Miss Mary Wren. The resignation Of
NJ, Rothschild from the Visiting Committee
was accepted.
Delegate Grambarth reported that the
farther he pushed his investigation into the
cigar trade the more discOuraging he found
it. The Chinese and cheap tenement made
cigars abound on all sides, and the men
who discriminate least against them are the
workingmen. Now, if the laboring classes
will do nothing for u.s." said the delegate in
most earnest appeal. what is the use of
decorating with themP The Cigar-makerS'
Union. as body. has done more to sustain
the cause of labor and for the uplifting of
the laboring classes than almost any other
organization, and yet as a rule the members
of unions will not 60 foot out of their way
to purchase a white Labor cigar. AS the re-
suit the cigar-makers are getting less work
from week to week, and the union is being
reduced in membership. We hope this W i'll
not continue We appeal to the laboring
classes to give us their assistance"
THE ONLY DIFFICULTY.
Delegate Plato Of the BARRIERS League
made similar report. He said the only
difficulty in the way of the o'clock closing
hour is that the working men are the only
ones who get shaved after that hour
Delegates Condor, Ross, Dierkes, Pusch-
Ter and Mckinley were appointed to va
cancles on the Visiting Committee.
The delegate from the CoOperS Union re-
ported that their strike had been settled,
@ af w roh
After more than an hour of debate as to
whether a boycott should be levied on
Lynch's blacksmith shop, the whole ssbject
was laid on the table on the report of the
Executive Committee that Lynch is living
up to his agreement to observe the nine
hour day adopted.
BY unanimous vote Of the council it was
decided to suppress the boycott circulars
issued by the German topographic against
the San Francisco Abend- Post, because they
contain sur against the Jewish race The
council repudiates all race distinctOn-at
least II the case does not extend to the Mon
gOlian race
THE GROCERs' UNION
Several complaints have been made Of
late that the GrOcers' Union is not living up
to the terms of the alliance with the council.
1t was accordingly decided to refer the mat
ter To the Executive Committee, with in
StructiOns to inquire of the grOcers what
to be more active and careful in future to
recommend that the alliance be dissolved.
Delegate Valentine reported that two or
three more non-uniOn mOlders have been
taken out of the fOundries during the past
week The Ship-yardS, he said Were nearly
deserted, and the reason the new cruiser is
not started is because the builders cannot
get SternDoSt laid.
Delegate Durkes, from Carpenters Broth
erhood, No. 3O4, said the union had levied
an assessment of SO per capita on the mem-
berS in support Of the strike for eight hours,
and No. 304 was the first TO pay.
BOYCOTTING BAKERS.
The delegate from the Bakers Union re-
ported that two or three parties engaged
In bOycotting Westerfeld's bakery had been
arrested early last night.
Delegate Finnerty Of the Wellington Boy
colt Committee reported that the National
and Union breweres have consented 10 dis
continue the use of Dunsmuir's coal, also
the Oregon improvement Company. Some
twenty eight of the smaller firms that were
on the list OF consumers haze been won
over.
The Eight-hour Committee reported that
Superintendent of Streets Gilleran had
promised his support in carrying the eight
hour law into effect so far as it lay in his
power on public work. The committee has
applied to the City and County Attorney
and to the Acknowledgement for a legal con-
struction of the eght-hour clause in regard
to the contracts Tor public works.
TO BE ARBITRATED.
Delegate Grambarth repoI ted that the
State Board of Arbitration would hold a
meeting this morning at 10 o'clock to try and
settle the differences between the granite
cutters and proprietors in regard to smok-
ing during working hours. 1t is thought the
strike will be settled.
The statement was very positively made
by several delegates that the real cause of
the granite-cutterS' strike was not the order
against smoking. They say that the build
ers undertook to coerCe the union into
adopting and working under constitution
and bylaws drawn up by themselves, which
was going to grant every point in their favor
as against the union.
The federation adopted the following
resolution in relation TO the stone-cutters'
strike:
Resolved. That, in view OF the fact that we
think the granite-cutteTS' strike Is not entirely
owing TO the rule Of smoking. we, The
Council OF Federated Trades, do hereby indorse
their action.