The San Francisco call., 1906-10-18
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE

0. NJ. BOYLE
ladies' night Five candidates were
ooligated and three applications are
awaiting action.
Bartenders' League No. Al met for
me first time in its new headquarters.
$50 MeAllister street, last Monday
hlght Nine candidates were obi gated
aha fourteen applications for member
snip were received. Three death claims
asNs oeen paid The league is pros
peFing IN every way
In New York one in nineteen of the
inhabitants is member OF a trades
union; IN England, one in twenty-two:
IN Denmark, one in twenty-seven; in
Germany, one in thirty-one; in France.
one IN nifty; in Austria, one in eighty;
u Italy. one in l25, in Hungary, one in
zso; in Spain. one in sss.
Members of the Jewelry Workers
Union Of Chicago are on strike. The
men asked for shorter hours and it was
refused.
ofhcials of the Chicago Federation of
Labor are endeavoring TO make a deal
whereby they may secure a lease on
the entire building which for years
has been the home of the Open Beard of
trade and in which the union labor
men now occupy the top floor. If sue
eesSful. the ground floor will become
the home of labor meetings and enter
tainments
Miss Katie Bischoff was in the chair
at the last meeting of Mattresses
Union No. 4S. Seven candidates were
obligated and a number of applications
are on the secretaFy's desk awaiting
action The committee in charge of the
ball to be given THANKSGIVING eve is
doing all in its power to make this
affair long to be remembered. The
headquarters at GIG Octavia street will
hereafter be open from to II a. M,
and from 3 to p. m. The union is in
a prosperous condition and all members
are working.
News was received in this city yes
terday that there may be tie-up of the
street-car service in Pittsburg. The
company has been discharging en-
ployes for minor offenses and the union
has taken vote TO strike If the men
are not reinstated. The matter is now
in the hands of the international au-
thorities in Detroit. and upon the de-
cision arrived at there will depend
whether the men go out or not.
Federal Labor Union No. 1890 was
organized at Antioch Monday night by
Organizer 7. Z. Zant of the American
Federation of Labor. Fifty-five char
ter members signed the roll. They are
made up Of the butchers. carpenters
bartenders and various other crafts.
Permanent officers were elected as fol-
lows; President, J. S. Mayberry. vice
president. J. Davis; recording secretary.
J. ". Wilson: financial secretary. Jo-
Seph No1e, treasurer; John c. Gala
CHER; conductor, John Golden; warden.
S c. Clesves.
The committee of ten appointed by
the Labor Council to attend last Sat
urday afternoons meeting of the COM
mittee OF safety in Union SQUARE has
been called together for tonight at the
Labor Councils headquarters to outline
q plan Of action for the council in the
present emergency. It is believed that
the council viii be advised to cooper
ate with the constituted authorities in
an endeavor TO suppress the lawless-
ness now sweeping over the city The
unions viii probably offer enough men
70 assist the police In the effort to rid
the city of thugs and footpads
The Newsboys' Union Of Boston has
attracted the attention of many people
not Identified with trades unionism For
several years the members have been
collecting a fund with which to send
one of their number through Harvard
College. The union collected Sz5671S
as a scholarship fund. President Eliot
attended the meeting and announced
that Meyer Heller, II years of age. was
the winner Of the scholarship. At this
meeting the boys told In their own
peculiar way how the fund had been
created-what sacrifices they had made
20 put certain ten-cent pieces in the
fund. The original idea was to raise
$1,000 The president of the union made
this remarkable address: We tried
hard to get il. but up to the present
time have not succeeded But we are
not disappointed. We have lots of pa
tienee- We expect to raise at least that
sum. and we are going to have more
than $4,000. for instead Of having only
one boy at Harvard we propose to send
one hundred We remember all the
good advice President Eliot has given
US at our meetings. especially what he
said about reading good books. and the
fruits Of our labor you are going TO see
at Harvard in the future" That is a
most remarkable address coming from
a newsboy. Boys imbued with such
ideas are an honor to zny country The
many sacrifices made by the boys to
accumulate such a fund should be
placed in the hands of a Dickens to be
nerpetuated