The San Francisco call., 1906-08-31
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE.

EDITED BY {
Painters Union No. Is met at Elm
traeht Hall, Twelfth street, near Fol-
som, Monday night and initiated sew
enteen candidates and received TWEEN
ty-hVe applications for membership.
The attendance was small owing TO
the tie-up Of the cars. The auxiliary
painters have decided TO march imme-
olately after No. 10 in the big Labor
Gay parade. Marshal J. 3. Fleming
states that lsoe painters will be in line
Contracts have been signed up by
the union brewers and drivers and the
association for its members in San
Francisco and throughout the State
The contract runs from August is,
1906. 10 May IS, 1907. The conditions
are the same as last year:
At a meeting Of Retait Clerks" As
ISOLATION Local 432 held on Tuesday
night il was reported that a Iew stores.
on Fillmore street and two on Van
Ness avenue were Keeping open until a
late hour every night and on Sundays
until or 3 .. m. After some discus
sion the following resolution. was
sdopted: &c.
Resolved. That the working hours Of
the Retail Clerks Protective Associa-'
tion as now in force shall remain un-
changed--namels, a niRe-ha haItr day.
worked. between the hours of S a. m.
ano ?; m. every day. except Satur- /
day, with Sunday as A day of rest:
A committee of ten. was appointed
70 deal with the stores. Violating this
schedule Of hours; also to conduct a
campaign Of education on the subject
The Brotherhood Of Teamsters or San.
Francisco. will hold a special meeting
on sunday. September ?. at, >. p. m, ii
the New Club Hall, corner of twenty
first and Howard streets, 10 adopt a
schedule of wages, the same to take ef
feet at the expiration of rtheir present
agreement. October l. The. union viii
also consider the purchasing of a site
for q hal and headquarters, the. eKecH-
tive committee having already secured
options.
AT a meetingtof Walters: Union. no
80 held on Wednesday night it was de-
cided to place the funds of the local
IN two banks; one 'saYin gs.. and one
commercial Fifteen candidates were
obligated and twelve applications for
membership received. The 'shert-hour
watch inaugurated in violation of the
new wage scale in one Of the large
houses has been abolished. and the
schedule viii be Strictly enforced.
The NJ. and NJ. is the only unfair house
"a the city at the present time
After conferences lasting over two
weeks the Fisclfbeck Soap works has
agreed TO comply with UNION condi--
tions. The scale will give the men an
advance in their daily wage of: - and
SO cents. The firm of Newell Company
has also signed the new scale. Secre-
tary McCake of the Labor Council has
had the matter in charge. and IL IS
owing IN great measure to his efforts
that the men have received the raise
A shortage in the number of miners
is reported from West Virginia.: COM
petent authority reports. that State
could utilize $4,000 additional: miners:
Railroads entering Pittsburg are in,
sore straits for men TO man their
trains. Some of them have. raised the.
age limit established for new employees
some years ago, while others are aban-,
doning il altogether. The tremendous
increase in freight business finds them
ali short handed. The Western roads
are draining the Eastern market OF all.
available men te help move the phe-
nomenal crops Advertise enfs are ap-
pearing in most Eastern. .napers for
men 10 Ill positions as: 'bpakeren and
conductors, wages are being adTanred
and every effort made TO. Increase the
working forces before the: heavy IRISH
OF fall freight business capees a. com
plete blockade. =. .
Resolutions were recentlw uhani-
mously adopted by the Boston: Central
Labor Union protesting against the Sc
lection Of Labor day for a naval re-
view which was characterized as IAN ad-
vertising display OF the latest improved
methods for killing our fellow human
beings on a day which should be devoted
to the purposes of peace" President
Roosevelt has been asked to change
the day upon which the review is to
take place.
The fight of the Bakers Union of
Toronto is in a fair way of settlement.
Seven OF the Jewish shops have signed.
the union agreement and the men have
returned to their work. This makes
thirty firms that have agreed 70 union
conditions -Four firms are still holding
out. but it is thought that they too viii
shortly ask for the unions conditions
This is how our great-grandfather
were paid IN the good old times: The
average daily wages in the United
states for the period OF 1925 to 1880
were: Agricultural laborers, so cents;
hlscksmiths. sL12; carpenters. sl-07.
clockn akers, sl.2s; nill operators. SIS
cents harnessmakers. sl13; iaborers.
- cents; painters. sl.25; printers. sl.25;
ship and boat builders. $40; shoe
makers. sI.0e; wooien mill operators.
"a cents.
Electrical Workers onion, No. Gin
side olectricians) received eleven mem
bers by transfer cards at its last meet
ing and four applications for member
ship are on the secretary's desk. The
union RENTED $50 TO the electricians OF
Los Angeles because normal conditions
prevail here and the union did not need
the money. II was returned with
thanks. Resolutions were introduced
declaring saturday a half holiday. A
fne Of IS viii be imposed on any mem
Der not appearing in the parade The
aids 10 Marshal ". H Ermy are i.
f. Haskell J. A. de Yecmon, Samuel
curtis and r. c. Loomis. The union has
purchased a ticket for the Shell Mound
exercises Tor every member. The meet
ing next Friday win be a special called
meeting and some important amend
nents to the bylaws win be intro
dEced.