The San Francisco call., 1896-04-22
WITH THE LABOR UNIONS
The BARRIERS to Open an Ag.
gressive War Upon Their
Enemies.

An enthusiastic meeting of the BARRIERS
Association of San Francisco was held Mon.
day night. 1t was decided to ask ministers
OF all denominations to take up the cudgel
against shaving on Sunday, and preach
sermons in support of the observance OF
the Sabbath day. 1t is believed that if the
Supreme Court will not uphold the anti
Sunday shaving law, the ministers of the
gospel may assist the BARRIERS by institut-
ing moral boycott upon the practice. F.
Hodges, in discussing the Supreme Court s
decision, made this point. The law was
declared to be unconstitutional, because
1T was class legislation. Mr.. Hodges asked
why the local ordinance prohi biting the
washing and ironing of clothes in laun-
| dries after 10 o'clock at night was not also
declared to be unconstitutional, because
it was class legislation, when that ordi.
nance was before the Supreme Court sew
eral years ago. The Supreme Court OF
New York has upheld the Sunday shaving
law Of that State.
Notices will be sent to all the BARRIERS in
the City to close their shops at O'Clock
on all week nights excepting Saturday.
This order will be strictly enforced on and
after July l. Any shops violating this
order will be boycotted by the Trades
Alliance and other unions with which this
union is affiliated. Boycotts will be placed
upon all shops kept open after II O'Clock
on Sundays.
A perpetual boycott was placed upon the
BARRIERS College," at 1915 Howard street.
1t was asserted that the man who runs
the place charges $40 for teaching the
trade in eight weeks; also that all the
graduates" turned out of the college so
far are the worst kind of face-scrapers
imaginable.
The BARRIERS are going into politics in
earnest, so it was decided. They are de-
termined to elect men to Office who will
make laws that will afford them some pro-
lection, and from what can be learned
about 2000 will swing into line on such an
issue. The scent barber-shops came in
for goodly share of condemnation and
active steps will be taken to drive them
out of the City.
The Barriers Association of California
met last night and was addressed by It.
Burns of the Labor Council. He advised
that the several BARRIERS unions consoli-
date and make united fight for closing
the shops at II o'clock Sundays Within
the past week 500 signatures have been
procured from boss and journeymen men,
berS who will not patroEize BARRIERS sup
ply-shops that furnish supplies tc the
scent snops. 1t was stated that while the
1O-cent shops are the most affected by the
5-cent shops their bosses and men are the
least interested In the reform movement
The Boss BARRIERS Protective Association
met last night and initiated fifty new
members. 1t was decided to hold mass.
meeting of the craft within two weeks to
take action upon the Scent shops the
BARRIERS college," the Sunday-closing
question and other matters of importance.
The recent decision of the Supreme Court
was condemned.
AT meeting of the Amalgamated
Woodworkers' Union last evening report
was made that Charles ]. Bruschke. the
recognized enemy of trades unions. was
importing cheap workmen from the State
of Washington.