The herald., 1896-08-16

contractors ana starts OH with MEM
bership of about forty. The following
are the officers: T. S. Rowe, president;
John A. Lloyd. secretary and treasurer,
James Hammersley, vice president; ex-
ecutive boards. l.. Colburn, A. H. Mil
Ter, Luther Johns. Thomas Storie, f. A.
BEEN, F. S. Rouen and Chas. 1. Ersus.
THE BRICK-MAKERS' UNION.
The Brick-makers' union met for the
second time last night at Council of La
Dor hall, which was crowded with work.
ers of this trade, representing all nation
alttfes, including sprinkling of colored
men. This union is now on firm basis
and will be represented at the Council Of
Labor Wednesday evening next.
LABOR NOTES.
The Musical association has changed
its headquarters to Eureka hall, 242
South Main street.
There will be another meeting Of the
organizing committees of the Council
of Labor and Building Trades Council
on Monday evening at Mt. Zion Baptist
church on the corner of Rose and Sec
ond streets tomorrow evening.
The carpenters union continue to re-
ceive applications for membership, and
are weekly initiating new members.
The Phoenix Republican says that
Los Angeles County Council of Labor
has issued a circular appealing to their
fellow workmen in Southern California
and Arizona to boycott the Los Angeles
Times. owing to certain deeds of that
paper calculated to disrupt labor or
ganizations."
The state convention of typographical
unions has been in session at Fresno the
past week. Los Angeles union has been
represented by Joseph Phillis.
The Los Angeles Times, the arch enc
my of labor and silver, "a paper that uses
a larger vocabulary of vile epithets to
hurl at honest toilers than any other in
the nation, is now circulating the
story that silver miners are subsi-
dizing the western and southern press
by buying space with mining stock
Some rural paper published in Missouri
is quoted as authority. There is nothing
in 1t. IF these papers were purchasable
Hanna's gold would have been accepted
in exchange for principles" rather than
deprecated mining stock. Every paper
in the market howls for the gold stand
ard, while those that stand with the peo-
pie do SO from principle only.-Phoenix,
AriZ., Gazette.
At the last regular meeting Of the
Building Trades Council on Friday
evening last, two newly formed unions
joined the council. Notwithstanding the
ukase of the American league.
These new unions We're the electricians
and the brickmakers, quite a number of
the latter union being colored men.
Both unions had elected delegates to the
council who We're seated.
The electricians union meets every
Saturday evening at Painters hall. e051s
South Main street. This union is COM
posed of inside electricians.
The brickmakers' union bids fair to
be one of the strongest unions in this
city 1t meets at Council OF Labor hall
every Saturday evening.
The Crystal Stream laundry employees
have adopted fifty eight hours for a
weeks work, through amicable ar
rangements with the proprietor. For
all overwork time they will receive ex-
ira pay. Robert Parker. an old time
printer of Los Angeles. is the laundry
proprietor and was for years an employe
Of The Herald. Bob is all right.
The League of American Wheelmen
will hold an open race meet at Agricul-
tural park on Labor day. The entries
for this meet for amateurs can make
application TO H. +. Martens, 100 West
First street, Zech's cigar store. Nalua-
BILE prizes will be awarded. The list of
prizes will be published al an early date
in the daily papers and the Labor
World.
The bakers union voted to turn out as
a body on Labor day a the last regular
meeting. The question of uniform Will
be taken up at the next regular meeting
! next Saturday evening.
( The union printers of this city will be
| pleased to learn that new directory
company has been formed for the pur-
| pose of publishing city directory. X
Y, Mcbride and several other business
men of this city form the new company
The printing of the directory has always
been a source of dissatisfaction to the
union printers of Los Angeles, caused
by the disposition shown by the present
directory company to patroni5e non
union offices. as was the case this year,
the Los Angeles union being compelled
to give bonus of 5000 III order to place
the work in a union Office. The name oi
Mr. Mcbride is sufficient guarantee
that all work done by the new company
will be performed by union men.