The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-29
THE LABOR COUNCIL.
Its Attitude on the Street Cleaning
Matter - Some Unions Report
Better Times.

Better Times.
At the Labor Council last night the dele
gates representing the horseshoers', cleo
trical workers and machinists' unions re-
ported that the demand for their classes of
work seemed to be better. Business is
picking up" said the representative of the
electrical workers. land men are in de.
mand in our business
Secretary Burman stated that the fire
had burned out about dozen members of
the furniture-workers and DESTROYED their
tools. Their union would supply them
with new sets of tools, however, because
it has an insurance feature which takes
| care of that.
| Upon report from the legislative COM
mlttee resolutions were adopted protesting
against the efforts of the Half million Club
| to induce people to come to California I'M
til it had taken measures to secure work
| for the host of unemployed already here.
| Delegate Craig of the A. r. u. made a
motion that the Finance Committee of the
Board of Supervisors be requested to de-
vote to the relief of the fire sufferers the
| $1,000 which it is intended to devote to the
| Fourth of July celebration. 1t was car
ried unanimously.
Delegate Knox of the A. R. o. then
| brought up the STRENGTHENING question.
He said the Labor Council had been mis-
| represented as favoring the work being
done through the Merchants Association
at 81 10 per day for ten hours work. He
therefore desired that the council place it's
true position upon record by formal COR
rection from the secretary.
| This furnished an opportunity for acting
| President Macarthur to give the council
some seasonable advice. He said that the
| council had made mistake in indorsing
the protest of the Wage workers Union
before that organization had affiliated with
the council. "The principle involved in
! its protest was all right, but it was a mis-
| take to recognize any body of organized
labor that does not affiliate with the coun-
Gill;" observed Mr.. Macarthur. He also took
occasion to correct an apparent tendency
of the council to lump on the press
whenever the least reason for doing so
seemed to exist.
| quest the publication of the following so as
! to put the coucil before the public in its
right light.
! Editor of the San Francisco Calt-DEAR SIR:
| Kindly allow the Labor Council the privilege
of explaining its attitude respecting the street
mons are not, as stated, members of this couu-
| Gil, and therefore could not appear for it be-
! fore the Board of Supervisors.
We are not in favor of the work being done
by the Merchants Association as it has been in
| the past. We are in favor of it's being done
under the direct supervision of the Superin-
tendent Of Streets by day labor at minimum
| wage OF So per day.
Z. P. BURMAN, Secretary.
President Walter Joyce of the Wage
workers Union explains that his organiza-
| ton was not represented before the Board
of Supervisors at all in the STRENGTHENING
matter, as he and Mr.. Farquhar of the
committee chosen to represent it were un-
able to be present. Denis Kearney and
| Walter Greenwood, he said, are not mem
bers of his union and were not authorized
to speak for it. He thought it a shame
| that men should have to work ten hours
| for 81.
It was stated that President McGlynn OF
| the council is very sick, and Messrs Fin
| erty, Johnston, Burman and Macarthur
! were appointed a committee to visit him.