The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-14
MEAT COMPANY ISSUES
ELABORATE PROSPECTUS
Plans for killing Cattle on Ranches
and Shipping Them to Market
in Cold Storage.

HlanS lOr Killing Cattle on RancneS
and Shipping Them to Market
in Cold Storage.
The Cooperative Meat Company,
which is about to be started in this
city by the union butchers, gives in its
prospectus the following:
The meat used by the Cooperative Meat
company is slaughtered in abattoirs on the
pig stock ranches in the South and is shipped
mere IN cold storage cars. The stock is not
driven a long distance and crowded into cars
and hauled hundreds of miles without food or
water. Stock handled in this manner filled
with fear and fever and are often bruised so
are tender. juicy and wholesome. Our pork is
grain fed. perfectly delicious and is not ham
died by Chinese.
With the object of preventing the
stock from being gobbled up by any
one man the sale of shares is limited
to one to each individual.
Already several unions have voted
TO contribute $40, which is the price
OF a single share. Last night the
Llthographers' and Hackmens unions
subscribed for one share each.
Rather than provoke a conflict in
which there would likely be a walk
out or a strike, the Poultry and Game
Dealers Union at it's last meeting
agreed to hold a conference with the
Poultry Dealers Association for the
regulating Of working hours, making
a days labor consist of nine hours on
all days of the week
The result of this conference was the
posting Of the blue card" announcing
that all poultry markets would in the
future be conducted on the open
shop" principle.
j. w. Bell will have the honor of
representing the Electrical Workers
Union as its delegate at the American
Federation of Labor.
President George of the Citizens
Alliance says the association is not in
any manner responsible for the action
Of the firm of Goldberg, Bowen & CO.
In reducing the wages of its stable
men. He says:
Goldberg & Bowen are not members NJ the
carriage and Stable Owners Association and
were taking care of their own horses When
sc s the nrm paid it rather than have trouble
with the Statements Union and to save the
expense ana disturbance of engaging in the
nght between the union and the owners When
the owners won their open shop fight Goldberg
q PoWen reduced the wage of their own ac-
cord. The Citizens Alliance and the Carriage
and Stable Owners Association had nothing to
40 with it. The only interest the Alliance has
taken in the affairs of this firm is the assist
ahce given by our legal department in secur-
ing the injunction against the Stablemen's
Union restraining them from boycotting and
plcketlng the firms places of business
Carriage Blacksmiths' Union No. SO
installed the following officers last
night: President, c. H. Siskron; vice
president, D. T. Norbert; recording sec
rotary, w. Sharp; finance secretary, ].
Schaumloppel; guard, William Egling;
sentinel, Charles Helms; organizer, c.
H. Siskron; trustees, H C. Brown, j.
Chavelo, T. Erahn; executive commit
tee, E. Mcdonald, P. j. Sullivan, D. T.
Norbert; delegates to Labor Council,
c. H. Siskron and P. T. Sullivan
The special committee appointed by
the Cigarmakers' Union to prosecute
the cause Of the union against Police
Commissioner Drinkhouse reported
back to the agitating committee that
unless Mayor Schmitz sent for the
members Of the committee it would
urge him to continue the investigation
on the lines originally laid down by
the committee