The herald., 1893-07-09
THE VOICE OF LABOR.
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The council of labor held largely at
tended meeting last Wednesday evening"
A number of the unions held elections
last week and a large number OF new
delegates appeared with their creden'
tials and were seated. The following
delegetes were seated for the next term
Z. H. Bishop, Dick Matthews, 3. d.
Porter. ] ohm Hall. H. Lawson. !. Fogar,
D. W. .rKilmer, sChas. Holm, ]. 4. Men
doze, Thos. r. Moran, J. W. Danyer, =.
F. PASSIONS, d. J.. O'Connor, j. A. Val
den. John L. Dean, w. @. B. Randolph,
r. p. Adams, VIM. Garter, Geo. Rehben,
VIM. E. Goodman, w. f.. Paige, A. M.
Green. H. Baswits, Homer X KATE.
Owing to the seating of, new delegates
from the Painters union the office OF
president became vacant and First Vice.
President Martins acceptably filed the
chair.
The printed report OF the recent con-
vention of the Pacific Coast Federation
OF Labor, held at Seattle, WASH, was
received and distributed. f.
& The telegram from Los Angeles invtt-
ing the next convention to meet in this
city, was received too late for action
The next annual session will be held IN
Sacramento.
The next annual convention OF the
Retail Clerks National Protective asso-
citation will be held this month In Nash
vile, Tenn.
A strong effort will be made this
week to organize the brick layers. A
meeting will probably be called Friday
evening to organize this craft.
The committee on press reported that
the HERALD had agreed to give column
and half week for labor notes. The
committee to conduct this column will
be Homer @. Katz, editor in chief; w.
B. Randolph, +. II. Bishop, assistant
editors.
A strong set OF resolutions were adopt
ed to be presented to the city council.
asking that Homer @. Katz be confirmed
as manager of the free labor bureau.
The Council of Labor will meet every
Tuesday evening for some time to come,
owing to o pressure of business.
Nominations for officers for the eneu-
ing term will be held Tuesday evening.
s. P. Mills, national organizer of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, will lecture on the merits OF
organized labor, Thursday evening, July
18th, at 7 80 p. M, in Good Templars'
hall, 20S North Main street. Every me-
chanic and laborer in the city should
attend.
The Carpenters union keeps regis
ter of union carpenters wanting work at
Carlson's cigar store. All idle union
carpenters should register.
The clerks will soon begin an active
campaign for the closing of the main
street stores, and especially on Sunday.
Organized labor should demand to see
the clerks union button when buying
goods. 1t will materially help the
hard working clerks OF this city,
The White Walters union is in -four
ishing condition and growing rapidly.
The members all wear the union but
ton, and trades uEionists should demand
to see it.
A strong article on the benefit OF
trades unions from the pen of d. J.
O'Connor appeared this week in the
Farm and Labor Review. It is one of
the best articles ever written from q
union standpoint.
1t would do the bankers and business
men of this community good to hear
neutrality-suspicious. as they are discussed
in labor circles. The chamber of COM
merce or board Of trade cannot produce
more intelligent set of men, who are
posted upon questions of finance, than
the labor organizations of this city.
The organizing committee will visit
the Butchers union this week, and en-
deavor to secure a delegation to the
Council OF Labor,
An effort will soon be made by the
White Cooks union to replace the Chi
nese help in this city with white labor.
The following are the newly elected
officers OF Painters union No. 206:
President. D. J. O'Connor; vice-presi-
dent, J. E. Sullivan; ward, p. H. Han.
son; conductor, VIM. Henshaw; long
term trustee, s. E. Reede; delegates, ].
D. O'Connor, s. E. Rsede, L. L. She'll,
o. P. Peck.
The report of the free labor bureau
this week will show 199 applications
received and 13l positions secured.