The San Francisco call., 1904-03-01
.B0ILERNAkERS'
STRIKE rs OFF
southern Pacific Meets Its
Men Half Way in Their De-
IlaRds for Increase of Pay
SHOP WORK Is. RESI- MED
fractional Fight Among the
Painters Results in Form
ing Of New Organization
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The strike Of the boilermakers on the
Pacific system Of the. Southern Pacific
Company, which was inaugarated
saturday afternoon. and, for. a time.
: was expected. to develop. into. a serious
;: affair. ended suddenly yesterday fore
noon after a conference. at the rail-
road building between q committee
from. the Boilermakers. Union and. II.
. J.: Small. general superintendent: of
T. motor power. Of the company. =. lasted
for an hour and. ended: in a compromises
the exact conditions Of which neither
side would state. It was learned, how
ever; that the company. agreed TO meet
. the men half way in their demands by
granting wage schedule. of 40 cents
an hour. and the latter promised tore
. turn TO work Immediately. Many Of
the: men in the nearby shops, who
could. be hastily notified Of the state
q %ment, reported for work after the noon
. hour, and the others were Instructed. to
go back to work this morning. The
committee from the. union and the
! railroad. representatives will meet again
to-day for the purpose: Of formulating
and signing a new agreement ~.
q: IEhile. H. J. Small was busily en-
gagged with the boilernak kers.. a com
= 157{ttee from the engineers. was await
f1g- TO. confer with him relative to "a
-Tea djustment Of their wage schedule
and other grievances. It was stated
by the representative Of the engineers
.>that no material advance, was being
. sought and. that. the grievances were. Of
mo. particular Importance. ~
NEW FEDERATION is FORMED. :
r At. the meeting. Of the. RUSSELL Brund-
/ age faction. Of .Loral No. r9, Brother
hood of Painters of America. last night,
zt42e members took action in. forming: a
dual s5r gam zafion.o naming it the Pa
ific coast. I. F-edera1io1l: Of Painters,
.FaperhahRars and J9ecora tors, fncor=
norated under the State laws Of Cali
f0rnia This doXers al Territory west;
s Of the Rockies ......
The Russell zFsrJnda-ee faotisn issued
thaifenee to the SBeehan- faction as
FOLLOWS We VII select a cprn{rittee of
three pronifneilt eitize as. they 90 eseiect
q similar plTTAber, these committees TO
elect a a-seventh Who4is TO. be a trades
.1ui0nist olltside of the brotherhood.
Z his committee t. Investigate and try
..-rs 7E5aFcas now FlenlifRg. The decision
IS 70 De blndErlg 70 both. parties: -.
- More than 800 painters signed the
.voll..of the ne y t6deTatiQTc: -.
Z was decided. at this meeting that
She fifth ruaI bail of. the brother
hood y I'll take Tlla ce.at .EiIlfracht Hall:
On. Saturday, even Ing. Apr = g.
r. C@8RPIsNTERs STAND. MOOR
3. Carrerters. Union N6.. 70 So: decided
: at its last meeting not TO be drawn
!. into. tn coltf f61ersy: now going: on be-
tween the. :tWo: ::TivaI factions of the
Painters I-tlion. and. their district
,1col5nc-il. The issue between these two.
bodies .niust be: decided. by the officials.
: of. tlle unions Implicated without the
moral support Of the earpefters. The.
action was tai Ken. in conformity with
instructions froH1. the headquarters OF
the brotherhood of Carpenters. and.
JoiPers OF America. ~ ::....,.. s =
Vacant chairs caused by death. and
: resignation were Alled in the Typo.
graphical Union sunday bY the elec-.
.tlon of W. J.. French as president and
il. NJ Alexander as delegate. to the
Labor Council. Z A vote was TAX en-. on
the. proposition. of the union making a:
purchase of a =cefnetery. lot for the use
Of the. unions members: The commit
lee appointed by the chair to draft.
suitable resolutions. in memory of. the.
last PRESIDENT. w. w. Copeland, viii
report at the next meeting =: -c --c
Contributions. for the Fort. Bragg
striking 1umbermen win: be. received.
hy=J. X. Doyle. Ed Rosenberg, j.. o..
Walsh, William p. Delaney and Fred
erick Ruby. authorized for this. pur-
> pose by. the. San. Francisco: Labor
Council. r., :
- a conference committee from the
Oakland Building Trades. Council and
the Alameda Federated Trades Will be.
. held tomorrow. with the view to set
tling. the. strike now oh between; the
LoRgshoremenis Union and the Lum-
. Der. Clerks, Union ~.