The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-02
CARPENTERS ON WELLIN.
They Protest Against His Appoint
ment by Mayor Sutro as Elec-
ton Com missioner.

According to the action taken last night
by Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America No. 4S3, which is the largest
union carpenters organization in the City,
P. n. Weilin, whom Mayor Sutro has ap-
pointed on the Election Commission, is a
persona non grata to organized labor.
The indignation of the members of this
union was deep and loud, and all the more
SO because Mayor Sutro had given as his
reason for appointing Wellin instead OF
James D. Phelan that Mr.. Phelan had the
misfortune of being capitalist, while Mr..
Wellin, in the Mayors estimation, was a
proper representative of labor. Brother
hood 4S3 would several hundred times
rather see Mr.. Phelan on that commission.
There was only one thing for the union
to do however, and that it did-namely,
formulate strong protest against Wellin's
appointment, which will be sent to the
Mayor at once.
The feeling of the brotherhood respect
ing Wellin is voiced by Guy Lathrop, who
said:
The Mayor must have been greatly misled In
this matter. Why, Wellin never has been a
representative of labor. He has always been a
third-rate Democratic politician, and nothing
else. Surely Mr.. Sutro would not have to go
very far to find a man TO represent the labor
II
ing Wellin. The idea OF choosing Wellin in
stead of Mr.. Phelan, out of Difference to the
workingmen of the Cityl We wish he had re-
Yersed his choice.
Yes, it is true that Wellin was at one time a
member of Brotherhood No. 22-he was once
its president and also represented it as a dele
gate to the National Council-but when he
found he could not swing his union around as
he wanted to he left it. He is not member of
organized labor now at all, He has always
been just what 1 saba third-rate Democratic
During Mr. Ellert's administration Wellin
tried to get the appointment of superintendent
OF construction at the new City Hall. Pll give
Mr.. Ellert credit for this-he went around and
made inquiries and when he found out what
kind of a man Pat Wellin was he refused to ap-
point him.
The protest states in just so many words
that Wellin is politician and not work
ingman, and informs the Mayor that his
selection will be questioned by all the or
gained labor of the City. A general sys-
tematic effort will at once be Inaugurated
to convince the Mayor of his error.
Officers were elected last night as follows:
President, e. r. Johnson; ce-president,
Louis Meter; recording secretary, w.
Bertrum; financial secretary, Guy La
throp; treasurer, w. II. Hutchinson; dele
gates to the District Council-C. f. Schadt,
r. B. Ingle, NJ. Doyal.
The statement published in a contem-
porary that notices for carpenters are
numerous and conspicuous in Oakland is
pronounced false. There are more men
there, it is said, than work for them to do.
Brotherhood 304 Germany chose Fred
Mueller president, John Felix vice-presi-
dent, Amos Danfelzer recording secre-
tary, William Gilge financial secretary
and Henry Buck treasurer at its meeting
last night.
National Organizer Joseph Valentine of
the Iron-molders Union of North America,
and who is also its first vice-president, has
Just returned from an organizing trip, and
has been selected by the local union, No.
1874, to represent it as its delegate at the
convention, which is to meet at Chicago
July 10.
Altogether there will be about 800 dele
gates at this convention" said Mr.. Valen-
tine last night, land it will last about three
weeks, with headquarters at the Revere
House. This is the first convention in five
years, and it is the result of popular vote
of the unions all over this country and
Canada. Besides myself from this City
there will be one delegate from Sacramento
and one from Los Angeles to represent this
State.
"The matters to be discussed are the pro-
posed adoption of an idle benefit, a
loan benefit, superannuate benefit
or pension, an international sick benefit,
and graduated death beneit-that is
that the longer man has been continu.
ously in the union the larger should be
the death benefit paid. All the benefits
we have now are local sick benefit and a
national death benefit
Martin Fox of Cincinnati is the inter-
national president of the iron-molders.
Mr.. Valentine manages to get home to
San Francisco twice year. He says bust
ness is fast picking nm in the Fast