The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12
" AR IN THE LABOR COUNCIL A Revival of Old Fac tional Fights Threat
 ened. Efforts Will Be Made to "Turn Down" the Old Leaders
 and Advisers. The Printers Are Anticipating Some Trouble in Local Book and
 Job Offices.

The old spirit of rivalry in the San Francisco Labor Council seems about to be revived, and last nights meeting was the stormiest one helo ID many months, but the members or the various factions say that this Is only the beginning, and 1t will be continued until the present ruling power IS turned down."
 The trouble started over an invita- tion received from the Western Miners Association to send delegates to laoor convention, to be held under the aus pices of that body in Salt Lake City on May 10. The matter of sending dele gates was hardly under consideration, as the council is financially unable to take any such action, but the invitation afforded good opportunity for the two factions to display themselves to ad- vantage. Mr. Rosenberg of the Sailors Union spoke first. He was in favor Of not only refusing the request for dele gates, but of putting the council on record as opposed to the holding of the convention, as he claimed to have in- formation from inside sources that it was the object of this convention to break the power of the American Fed eration of Labor in the West.
 Delegate Robbins of the Typographi- cal Union immediately seized on this as an opportunity to oppose Rosenberg. or in fact, anything that the sailor favored. He accordingly moved that the resolution be simply filed. and nothing more said about it. This start ed the ball rolling with full force, and for an hour and a half the delegates kept things going in the warmast man. ner, arguing back and forth on the question or anything else that might suggest itself. When the vote was finally taken it showed that Rosen- berg's side had won out by small ma jority.
 In speaking of the matter afterward MT. Robbins said that he was not op- posed to the action taken so much as he was to the side which had come out victorious There is one crowd, " he said, who have been running this council too long, and if they are let alone they will simply kill it. l op- posed that motion more because Rosen- berg made it than for any other req son, and I will continue to oppose any thing that he or any of his clique at tempt to carry through. If the at tendance had been a little better l would have carried the day, as ma jority of the delegates realize that a change is needed here, and the sooner it is made the better
 The delegates from the unions repre- sented reported trade matters generally as quiet and work fairly good. The printers are anticipating a little trou- ble in enforcing the nine-hour work day in book and job offices. The new schedule of time is to go into effect on the 4th of April. but protests have been received from about fifty of the larg- est offices in the city, backed by the claim that they cannot afford to make this change. Arbitration committees have been appointed from both sides. but the chances of an amicable settle ment at present look very slim, as the printers have no authority to make any concessions to the proprietors on this particular question, unless a slight ex- tension of time. The new international law forbids any printer working over nine hours per day, but gives each local union the option of selecting the time to enforce the new rule, provided it be not later than June 1. 1898.
 The iron holders have had little trouble at the Pacific Rolling Mills, but the dissatisfied workmen have not as yet deemed 1t necessary to call in the assistance of the union, and the mills are now what is termed an "open chn