The San Francisco call., 1897-03-08
The new MARBLE
CUTTERS UNION
Nine Hours Work Will
Be the Days Labor
Hereafter.
The California Travertine Com.
pany Is Declared a
scab.
Workmen Sands tone. Cutters Will Be
Asked Tonight to Withdraw
From City Hall Work.

The California Marble Cutters and Fin :
ishers' Union met yesterday at 101911
Market street to discuss and adopt the by
laws and rules and regulahons as well as
consider the affairs of their new organiza-
ton.
The main features of the constitution
and bylaws that were adopted are: That
the initiation fee shall be $40 after the
next Sunday meeting and that ali men,
bers shall be citizens of the United States
or applicants tor naturalization papers.
Others applying for membership shall be
assessed $50 instead of $40. The monthly
dues were set at % cents.
Nine hours work was decided upon
and four years connection with the trade
was demanded as necessary qualltlca-
tion for mem bership
John I. McCann and ]. J. Harrigan
were appointed with full power 10 have
the bylaws printed.
So as TO let all the marble workers of
this City know of the new union the fol-
lowing committee was appointed to call
upon them during tAe week: Thomas
Quinn. e. Kanueken, Patrick Carroll.
James Mccarthy, Andrew Malatesta, A.
L. Siegler. Thomas Quinn, Con Mccarthy,
John Sweeney and Joseph Rocco.
The work being done by the California
Travertine Company in the rotunda of
the new City Hall was declared to be a
scab job. being performed by unskilled
and non-union labor, also for working
men over eight hours a day in public
works.
M. j. Flaherty and John t. McCann
We're appointed as a committee 10 attend
the meeting Of the sandstone cutters to-
night, asking them 10 withdraw their
workmen from the City Hall, where they
are at work for the California Travertlne
Company.
a. L. Siezer and ]. J. Harrigan were ap-
pointed to confer with the City Hall Com
mission to- investigate into the marble
work at the new hall.
Delegate John T, McCann 10 the Build
ing Trades Council eported that the dele
gate from the union had been duly seated.
He said:
THE delegates reported to the council
the action OF the union In regard to the
action OF same on the work being con-
structed in the lower floor of the rotunda
of the new City Hail, this union claiming
that the work is not done in a workman
like manner; that it is being performed
by unskil.ed labor and that the law is
violated; that said contractors are work.
ing their men nine hours day as against
the law OF construction on public work; ;
that the union men working on the same
work on the same building conform with
the law in working eight hours a day.
THE delegates also reported that the
council referred to the association the
resolutions passed by the Carpenters
Union, relating 20 resolutions adopted at
a mass-meeting held in Metropolitan
ferring to labor laws refused to be passed
by the Legislature and omitted from re-
port of the meeting, as published i'll The
SAN FRANCISCO CALL.
The council referred the matter to the
different trades represented, to be finally
acted upon at the next meeting OF the
council.
"The delegates also reported that the
action taken by them on outside and for
eign work and material on public work
were approved by the council"
The union instructed that the delegates
to the Trades Council take no action n
the war of the newspapers.