The San Francisco call., 1896-05-02
Determined to Enforce the New
Working Card System
at Once.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Ready to Start the Ball in Motion
All Over the City on Monday
Morning.

The business agents and the grievance
committee of the Building Trades Coun-
Gil started out yesterday morning upon the
lines laid down by the council to enforce a
strict observance of the working card.
A fair attendance was present at head
quarters, LIS Turk street, considering that
but short notice of the first meeting had
been given. The forenoon's work con-
sisted of perfecting plans for enforcing the
union rules, wages and the eight hours a
day principle.
1t was decided to lay out the City into a
dozen or more districts and appoint large
committees with chairman for each.
The chairman of each committee Will be
furnished with credentials from the coan-
Gil and he will have the same authority to
strike an unfair job" as one of the busi-
ness agents. This movement will be diff
ferent from all previous actions, as the
strike committees will consist almost
wholly of the unemployed of all the unions
in the building trades. 1t will be the duty
OF the committees to visit every job in
their districts and make detailed report
to the grievance committee as to the
standing. OF each, whether union, non-
union or mixed; the names of the con-
tractors and the owners; also the names
OF all non-union men at work and of union
men who refuse or fail to obey an order 20
strike. Opportunity will be given non-
union men to join the unions of their
crafts. Considerable time was spent in
laying out the districts.
J. Mccartney called the meeting to or
der IN the afternoon, explained the objects
OF the movement and gave the instruc-
tions. He said that the chairman of every
committee must place their men so as to
cover every district. He said that books
would be kept showing the names of all
men called off jobs also the names of the
unemployed. The object OF the latter
book is that the idle men may be regis
tered in order that the council may assist
theA in securing employment when the
opportunities present themselves. Those
members of unions who refuse to comply
with the orders of the delegates or COM
mitteemen will be disciplined by their
unions and the council.
Messrs. MeanweL Neegard, Taylor and
Dunn were elected as secretaries. j. Nc
Cartney was made chairman.
Business Agent r. T. McIvor made a
full explanation of the objects of the meet
ing. He said that many believed that the
card was farce and would never be en-
forced.
The following chairmen and districts
were named:
Sixth street, south of Market, to the water
front, d. W. Sporough chairman.
Sixth TO Thirteenth and Channel, Charles
Doyle chairman
Thirteenth to Twentieth and Valencia to the
Union Iron Works, = Babcock chairman.
Twentieth to Twenty-ffth, east of Valencia,
- Bell chairman.
Twenty-ifth to Thirty first, east of Valencia.
Thirteenth to Twentieth. Valencia to Mar
ket. Williams Bowling chairman.
Twentieth to Thirtieth Valencia to Douglas
Market and Kearny to the water front, 7.
Maloney chairman.
Kearny, Market and Van Ness avenue 10
North Beach, Z. II. Windser chairman.
Van Ness avenue, Baker, Ridley and Geary
streets, Theo Hansen chairman.
Van Ness avenue to Baker street, from Geary
north, I. E. Zant chairman.
Ridley to Twentieth, from Valencia west, -
Freeman chairman.
Twentieth to Thirtieth. Valencia west, - Nc
Coy chairman.
Frederick, Baker and Turk streets and First
avenue, - DeVillers chairman.
Baker and Turk streets and First avenue to
Pacific street, r. 7. McIvor chairman.
Richmond District, - Hughes chairman.
South San Francisco, C. F. Schadt chairman.
| Several chairmen will be appointed at
| the meeting this morning. On account oil
the shortness of the time it was decided
that no jobs should be struck yesterday OF
to-day, but that the committees, which
shall consist of from ten to forty men
shall simply canvass their districts to-day
and report.