The San Francisco call., 1906-08-03
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE.

lney expect an answer to their de-
mands by next Monday.
Officials of the Boxmakers' and Saw
yers Union state that the Standard and
Mercantile factories have granted the
wage increase from $3.50 to SO and
from SO 10 $3.50 per day They waived
the slNty-day notice and the new wage
is now in effect. Il is thought that
other factories viii soon follow in the
footsteps of the above .wo.
The Stablemen's Union will meet this
evening at All Haight street. when
matters of great moment to the mem
bers viii be discussed. It has been de-
eided to reduce the initiation fee TO
$3.50 for a short time
At a recent meeting of Glovemakers'
Union No. Il, the following officers
were chosen: President, T J. Ma
honey; vice president L. s. Orcutt:
secretary treasurer. Mrs. c. A Darby:
recording secretary, C. H. Saman:
guide, j. H. Spiller; guardian, Mrs. T.
J. Mahoney: sentinel, Mrs A. Mcleod /;
trustee. Mrs. T. J. Mahoney; organist,
Miss A. Mcleod; executive committee
A Valentine, NJ Newhouse E Schat-
zle. H. Myers and L. s. Orcutt: auditing
committee-C- Busick. A. Roster and H.
Myers; delegates to Labor Council-C
Brewer and A. Valentine
There is much agitation in France
toward obtaining an eight-hour work
day without diminishing the present
wages. The disputes affect nearly
every branch Of industry and are tax
ing place in many parts of the coun-
try. In Paris alone nearly 100. 900 men
are said to be affected.
An all-round increase of so cents per
day has been secured by the Wood
Carvers' Union in New York and is to
remain in force until the middle of
1908 The members work eight hours
day and have half holiday on Sat
urday.
The Musicians National Convention
held recently at Boston adopted reso-
lutions instructing its members every
where, whether buying civilian cloth
ing or uniforms, to demand and take
only such as bear the union label
The following item Of interest is
taken from Pittsburg paper:
Through the national Office at New
York. Business Agent L. r Thomas Of
the Pittsburg Patternmakers' Associa-
non has received a check from National
President James Wilson for SHIPS.
representing As per cent Of the dona-
tion made by the Pittsburg Pattern
makers TO their brethren in San Fran
cisco. similar return of donations is
being made by the San Francisco or
ganization 10 every union all over the
country that contributed to their re-
lief. The San Francisco members. in
returning thanks for the liberality of
their brethren elsewhere. state that the
55 per cent which they retained was
ample, not only to provide for the ma
terial relief Of their families. but with
what they had on hand TO furnish
tool insurance. SO far as known this
Is the first instance on record of the
return of funds donated TO relief
fund" The local patternmakers are
TO be congratulated for their action in
this matter. but Cement Workers
Union can go them one better That
organization returned every check
which the warm hearted unionists Of
the East sent to them, and ii amounted
almost to the grand sum OF $4,000.
The street railway men Of New Bed
ford, Mass, have struck for fat wage
scale Of 25 cents an hour. The com
pany wants five years Of service before
II is willing TO concede the 25-cent rate
This the union men have rejected The
State Board of Cancellation and Arbi-
tration made an unsuccessful attempt
to bring about settlement.
The pottery employees of Lincoln. Cal,
have won their strike. the company
conceding the demands. Those strikers
who have not left the town have gone
back TO work.
Several hundred men in the shops of
the Mexican Central Railroad at Aguas
Calientes have gone out because they
were not paid the wages OF the Ameri-
cans in the shops. The natives of that
country want no favoritism shown to
foreigners. The reason assigned by the
of the road for the differ
ence in pay is that the Americans are
more efficient and worth more.
The Carpenters Union of Butte. Mont,
is erecting a three-story temple at
most imposing buildings erected by or
ganized labor in the West
The car repairers in New Orleans and
other Louisiana points are on strike.
Vice President and General Manager
Fay of the Hartman lines in Texas and
Louisiana proposes to run the car shops
on the open-shop basis. The strike is
entailing a heavy loss on the New Or
leans merchants.
The label of the CIgarmakers' Union
has been counterfeited once more A
special agent of the union went to In
on information he received
and found that cigars in boxes were
bearing counterfeit labels. Action will
be brought in Pennsylvania, where the
cigars were made. It is not known how
many of these labels have been issued,
but IL is known who the cigar manufac-
turer is and he will be proceeded
a gainst Immediately The label used by
the International Cigarmakers' Union
was adopted in September, 1880, and
since then has been carefully guarded
Upon several occasions counterfeits of
the label have been discovered.