The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30
EDITED BY 0. M. BOYLE

EDITED BY
A cablegram received yesterday
from Delegate DEVON at the Niagara
Fails convention of the United Broth
erhoOd of Carpenters and Joiners
states that the convention had ordered
that the sSOee relief fund appropriated
for the Building Trades Council
Temple must be returned TO the Dis
trict Council Of Carpenters for the
reason that the money had not been
donated for that purpose.
William d. Huber, general presi- I
dent; A II. Schwartz Of Pittsburg, and
james ". Maine. OF Stapleton. n. Y.
were nominated for general president
Of the brotherhood; general secretary,
Prank Duffy Of New York; general
treasurer. Thomas a. Neale of Chicago; !
general executive board (sixth dis
Strict)-P. II. Mccarthy of San Fran
SEQ and F. c. WhaIer Of Los Angeles.
~ election viii be by vote of the
Unions. The convention of 1908 viii
be. held in Salt Lake.
Carpenters Union 10. 1882 viii meet
al 677 AIcAllister street next Friday
night This is a regular quarterly
meetings and members must have their
due books stamped by the trustees.
Fines for non-attendance will be i'm
posed Hereafter No. 1882 viii meet
sat Ca hfcAllister street every Friday
night. Twenty five candidates were
initiated and twelve members were
admitted by travelling cards.
:: san Francisco Printing Pressmen's
Union 10. p viii meet tomorrow
night in Master Plumbers Hail, Page
ahd Cough streets. The final report /
Of the relief committee viii be re-
ceived. Other business Of Importance
2 "a /
members are requested TO be present
The District Council of Carpenters
viii hold an important meeting TINS
afternoon at . o'clock at the han, go
Golden Gate avenue The meeting is
called 20 take action in reference 10
the trouble Of the millmen. Every
delegate is expected TO be present, as
the matters TO come UP viii be far
reaching.
General President John F. Tobin /
of the international Boot ana Shoe
workers Union and Francis J. Clarke, /
president Of the Massachusetts branch /
~ the American Federation OF Labor /
/, ave dled formal protests against the
votes cast by the Brockton, Mass, !
T.astere' Union. the local Of which /
Thomas B. Hickey is member Ihey
alege that reports have reacheo
them from apparently reliable sources
that men voting at the Brockton /
T.asters' polling place We're improperly /
fnterfered with and that influence was /
brought TO bear on some of them IN
q way that should invalidate their bal
lots. These charges viii be lnNesu-
gated Mr. Hickey favors the inEes-
tigation. He says: You can say thal
we court the closest lnFest tlg4lioll q
10 any alleged iilegality Of our vote
refused from the start TO be a can
didate unless everything was con-
d,rcfed fairly and above board
v5otlldn't submit TO what Tobln dlo
two years 90 and go into factoFg \
aid have the votes counted there-
T-here are threats already made that
tire matter may have TO be taken INTO
-,e- courts for final settlement II Is I
claimed by the friends Of Hickey that
n me votes Of Brockton be thrown out
be win still have a substantial ma
jorlty.
Preparatory TO the assembling oI
The American Federation of Labor IL
srirneanolis the executive council,
which has lust adjourned in Washlns-
ron u. C. transacted some very lmpoI-
rant business. IN addition 10 that al
ready published in this column, one OF
the most important matters consul /
e~es nv the council was a proposition /
~ q maximum figure at once. Presl-
don't compers was authorized to appoint
orsrra rizers for the American Federation 1
81. labor in order to strengthen the 4
movement throughout the country. To
DO this successfully he has been author
lied to exDend the full sum OF the
f,nds of the federation" To add fur
fl,er "a the forces OF organized labor. /
President Csompers was authorized 10
notify the affiliated unions throughout
the country to begin an active season
of recruiting their ranks. This action, |
81 Is believed. will have an important
bearing on the fight the labor organiza-
tions are about 10 make in the poiiticai
field.
The Flint Glass Workers Associa- /
fion. which three years ago withdrew
from the American Federation OF La I
nor because Of A jurisdictional dispute
il ha6 with the Glass Bottle Blowers I
Association OF America, has mace an
effort 10 regain its lost position In the I
fase~atfon The decision Of the execu- t
tive council was that the association OF
bottle blowers had jurisdiction over
all glass bottle workers and that IN
order to avert further conflict the nlnt
glass workers should cOnfine them
selves TO that decision
The council decided TO notify the
United Trades and Labor Council OF
a charter to the ood-worklng mill I
v-rights Of that place. The mlliWrlgnts
had been suspended from membership
bv. the Brotherhood Of Carpenters De-
cause, it was alleged, they had failed 70
fulfill their obligations to that BODY
The central body IN Buffalo viii be IN
formed that it has no right 70 issue
charters under such circumstances,
and. further. that the millwrights must
be denied admission 10 the central BODY
untir they again affiliate with the
Brotherhood
At the last meeting OF Walters
Union il was decided TO make strenu-
Gus efforts to place all members who
are eligible on the register One OF the
conditions Of membership in the union
Is that a man shall become voter as
soon as the law allows. Members OF
foreign birth are compelled 10 take out
citizen papers as soon as possible. The
union believes that every one should
take sufficient interest in the Govern
ment under which he lives to prepare
himself for the responsibility OF citi-
zenship and take an active part IN
politics