The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16
KELSO COMP ANY
 PROSECUTION Unions Will Garry the Case to the Highest
 Courts.
Labor Council to Help the New Organization of
 TailOrS.
The Strike of the Printers and Othe News of the Labor
 Unions.

The joint committee from the three central labor bodies having the case in charge against the John Kelso Com- pany for violating the Federal eight hour law on the new postoffice site held meeting at 1159 Mission last night. The business agent of the Building Trades, Harry M. Saunders, made a brief report of what progress had been made since the case was first in- stituted about six months ago and pre- sented copy of Judge de Haven's de- cision, which is the first favorable de- cision ever received by a labor body on this law.
 The committee decided to thoroughly prosecute the case and carry it to the court of last resort ii necessary. The law provides a separate penalty for each day on which the law is violated. and as the job has been carefully watched separate charges will be brought for each day. The case will be called on Tuesday, and another meeting of the committee will be held on Tuesday evening to take what fur the faction it deems necessary. Each l4- third of the expenses.
 The matter of the printers strike was then brought up, and each mem Der or the committee pledged himself to do all in his power in his respective union to secure its fullest financial and moral support for the printers.
 The session of the Labor Council was an unusually quiet one and very little business out of the routine was trans acted. A contamination from the Journeymen Tailors' National Union requesting the council to do all in it's power to aid the new union in this city was read, and after some discussion. in which President Ellsworth of the local union offered many valuable sug- gestions, the communication was re- ferred to the organizing committee.
 Delegate Davis of the Musicians Un- ion reported that the forty-niners had engaged non-union band to play at its coming picnic and a resolution was passed warning all members of affil- lated unions to keep away from all picnics where non-union music is play ed or beer without the label is sold. It is expected that the trouble with he Olympia Music Hall will be finally settled next Tuesday.
 Local Union No. 22, Carpenters and
 
 l series of 'revivaP meetings, with President Mccarthy as chief evange- ist. Nothing will be left undone to make the meetings as crisp and bright IS possible; long, dull speeches have been tabooed and every effort Is be- ng made to awaken enthusiasm among he members. Six new members were last night, and Mir. Mccarthy made one of his short speeches on the lew charter
 There were no new developments in he printers strike yesterday, but the trike committee claims to have some hing up it's sleeve" which makes their 1 aces bright and radiant and serves 0 keep up enthusiasm to wonderful 1 egree. Each day in the week some f the strikers are securing employment | 1 what are designated as the flair" fices and yesterday was marked with |
 white stone, as three men were re- uested for one of the offices. They | yere furnished at short notice. The | 1embers of the Typothetae are just as heerful as the strikers, and say that | hey have now entered in upon an era | f independence, and find themselves | erfectly capable of running their of- | ces without the assistance of union | len. At meeting of the bookbinders | ast night $100 was donated to help the | trikers' cause, and loan of $200 more | 5as offered. Many of the men are of | he opinion that the strike will be end q within two weeks at the fllrtheSt i