The San Francisco call., 1904-11-23

not asking for paternal charity. If there
we want it return for our daily labor, and
will take care of the distribution. The way
to gain that is not by the supplication of the
political superstition but by the building up OF
your treasures and the organizations Of your
trades that you Will not be dependent upon
charity in your old age
CONSIDER GRIEVANCES.
All the afternoon, with the exception
Of a little time devoted to deciding that
the convention shall not sit to-day on
account Of an excursion of the dele
gates to Vallejo and to also omit all
sessions on Thanksgiving day, was
given to listening to and discussing the
report of the grievance committee.
This committee considers the disa-
greements that arise among the unions.
A long and hot debate took place over
the report of the committee on the diff
ficulty between the Brotherhood of
Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders
and the Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, but in the end the report was
adopted A proposition by Delegate
Gilthorpe Of the Boilermakers and Iron
Ship Builders to commit to a commit
tee of three was defeated. So also was
the attempt to censure the executive
council in this matter
During discussion on another report
Delegate Schwartz asserted that the
woodworkers had tried to take $1,000
men from the mill carpenters. The dis
putes were many, but the reports of the
grievance committee were generally ap-
proved.
Friday morning the consideration of
report by the grievance committee,
suggesting a plan by which the differ
ences between the brewery workers, en-
gineers, fremen and teamsters can be
adjusted. will come before the conven-
ton as a special order. The essential
parts of this report, one Of the most
important that was submitted, are as
follows:
We recommend that all agreements and de-
cisions heretofore made by or at the instance OF
the American Federation Of Labor between the
brewery workmen. engineers, nreme1 anu
teamsters be and hereby substltuteo oy
working agreement upon the following basis;
/. All brewery employees now members OF
the United Brewery Workmen's Union may re,
main such provided that such members of said
United Brewery Workmen's Union as are now
employed as engineers, hremen OF teamsteIs tei
NAV withdraw from that organization and JOIN
their respective unions representing these crafts
without prejudice or discrimination on the part
'ii'IfI Hereafter the Tinted Brewery workmen's
Union shall not admit to membership any en-
gfneer fireman or teamSter but snail reIer All
applicants members Of these trades, to the re-
spective organizations OF these trades now ar
fliated with the American Federation OF Labor
where such ORGANIZATIONS exist.
g. All engineers, fremen and teamsters en-
ployed in breweries shall conform to the laws
and rules and regulations made by that organ
ization of which the majority Of the members
OF the respective crafts employed In each brew
cry members. ,..A
4 Whenever a majority OF men employed
as engineers nremen teamsters in any brew
erv are members OF the respective unions OF
these crafts, the organization or organizations
representing such majority shall appoint
committee to act conformity with the United
Brewery Workmen's Union in any negotiations
which NAV arise with the employers, provided
thai the United Brewery Workmen shall have
eoual representation with all other organtza-
tions In Joint conference.
g. Failure to comply with the provisions OF
this agreement within a period of six months
after the date Of adjournment of this conven-
tion shall work a revocation of the charter OF
the organization organizatins so falling.
An apology was made yesterday aft
ernoon by Delegate Berger to John
Mitchell in the convention on account
of the now famous leafet that figured
in the debate on Monday. The apology
was accepted by Mitchell.