The record-union., 1891-09-21
FEDERATED TRADES.
Delegates to the Pacific Coast Fedora
ton Convention.
Progress of the IronmoIders' strua.
gle at San Francisco-Boycott
on Eastern Beer.

The Federated Trades Council held a
meeting Saturday evening at Federation
Hall. Owing to the illness of President
Hantzman, the Vice-President presided.
The following delegates were selected
to attend the convention which is to be
held in San francisco shortly, for the
purpose of forming Pacific Coast Fed
Grafton: w. Tibbits, Otto Bell and Rich
ard Caverly.
The Carbuilders' Union reported that it
was now thoroughly organized, with
seventy-nine members, and that its fu-
ture seemed quite bright.
Owing to the growth of the local fedora
ton and the consequent need of larger
meeting place, u committee was APP
pointed to look about for new and more
commodious meeting hail.
1t was stated in the meeting that the
boycott against certain eastern beers sold
here has not been removed, all assertions
to the contrary.
1t was announced that on Wednesday
evening the carpenters will have an open
meeting at Federation Hall, to which all
laboring men and their friends are in
vited
The following communication was re-
ceived from the Ironmolders' Union of
San Francisco:
''BrotherS: As an evidence that the
bosses are becoming tired of their scabS
and do not propose TO be any longer bled
by them, but on the other hand have cut
the scabS' wages and propose to put every
sort OF restriction on them, i will
quote the compulsory notice posted on
the Union Iron Works gate:
:" Notice.-Applicants for employment
in these works are hereby nolitied that
they will only be employed subject to the
conditions applying TO accident insur-
| ance. The rates are as follows and will
be deducted from each employe for each
month or less than a month: Employees
receiving s. per day and over, so cents
per month; employees receiving g 90 70
- per day, 40 cents per month; employees
receiving S2 % per day, 90 cents per
month"; employees receiving 81 per day
and under, so cents per month; ap-
prentices in third and fourth years. 25
cents per month; apprentices in first and
second years, no charge
"By the above you will see that the rate
to be deducted is on an average 47L cents
per month, as that firm employs about
l,000 persons it will be seen that $40 per
month. Or s., 700 per year is deducted from
the employees wages. This same sort of
scheme is in vogue in the Risdon Iron
Works and the Scabs are more dissatiS-
losing work in large quantities, and the
bosses are as much disguised with the
scabS as the scabs are with the bosses.
| During the week one scab has left the
| Union Iron Works, and another from
the Fulton, and from what we hear
others are waiting for chance to go
away but are prevented by the close
guard kept by the police. It has been
reported at this office by one who should
know that a number of scabs have been
told that their services win not be re-
quired much longer. 1t is also reported
that an official of one of the principal
shops has resigned because he was over
ruled in his opinion that peace should be
made with the union, and he did not
propose to risk his capital any more in
what he termed useless opposition to the
union. So you can see the outlook is
encouraging. Yours fraternally,
"JoHN l.. CoLLINsu