The San Francisco call., 1906-07-14

their insurance from the companies
holders.
The following officers have been
elected by the Riggers and Stevedores
Union: President, P. D. Harthorn; first
vice president, F. McKenna; second |
vice president, Lawrence Barry; re-
cording and corresponding secretary. |
John H. Dolan. financial secretary, A
C. Holmes; treasurer, Patrick Furlong; |
sergeant-at-srms, jeremiah Hurley |
business agent, John McFeeley; trus-
tees-James Mcdonald, Robert Buck
ley. Thomas Ryan. John T. Creary and |
Maxwell Gibson; delegates to City |
Front Federation-A. c. Holmes, ]. d.
Mahoney and John McFeeley.
Roanoke, Va, has a cooperative sup |
ply company owned and operated by |
union labor, at which nothing but
union-made goods are sold. 1t is said
that considerable patronage comes from
people not connected with the labor |
movement who wish to discourage the |
sweatshop and child labor.
President Grenawalt of the Pennsyl- |
vania State Federation of Labor reports |
that much interest is evinced by the |
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/ itiative and referendum propaganda, |
though that body is on record as op-
posing the eight-hour day.
The Virginia building at the James
town Exposition Will be built exclu- !
sively by union labor. This determi- |
nation was reached without opposition |
at a meeting of the Virginia EXPOSE
tion Commission.
The first salaried negro organizer
ever placed in commission by a labor |
organization is w. c. Thompson of ST. |
Louis. He has been appointed by the |
international Building Laborers Union
with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio.
A novel strike was recently declared |
in Denison, Texas. when several hun
dred unorganized boys who had been I
engaged TO pick berries for the North |
ern markets by one of the largest rais- |
ers OF small fruit in that section re-
fused to continue work unless the or
der issued that all engaged in the work |
should wear muzZles 10 prevent their |
eating the fruit was Cancelled. The or
der was Withdrawn, and the boys re-
turned to work
A decision of much interest to organ
lied labor has Just been rendered in
Boston A suspended member of the |
Bartenders Union persisted in wear
ing the badge of the union after being
warned to desist and demand for the !
return of the button on the part of the |
business agent and organizer of the !
international brotherhood was met with |
refusal. The bartender was hailed into /
court and fined $40, the Judge deciding |
that no man had a right to wear
badge or button of an organization If |
he were not in good standing therein.
The Journeymen Bafbers' Union Of
Pittsburg has the distinction of never |
being involved in a strike. 1t was or
ganized in 1895 and has been on friend
ly terms with the proprietors at all |
times Before the organization of the |
union the BARRIERS were working thir-
teen hours a day. The day has been
shortened one and one-half hours, and /
the membership has grown from eigh- |
teen to 456- The employers and en- |
ployes are now trying TO get a bill /
trough the State Legislature making IL |
necessary for certain sanitary measures |
to be observed in every shop.
At the last meeting of the varnishers'
and Pollshers Union No. 134 IL was re- |
ported that the $50 members were
working and that business prospects
were bright. The 81 assessment from |
each member was voted from the treas /
ury for the Building Trades Temple The |
following officers were elected: Presi- |
dent, L. r. Makree; vice president. |
James Cunningham; treasurer, George |
Collopy; financial secretary, o. Radon; |
recording secretary, William NJ Page: |
trustees, w T. Lansfeld, Joseph Shawl, |
James Klippel; business agent L. r. |
Makree; delegates to. Building Trades
Council, Stephen T. Arnold. c. NJ Haybl. |
Z I AaI1 aTt
George Oaks; delegates to District
Council of Painters, c. NJ. Haybl, L. r. |
Makree, c. Parker, o. Dfetrichsen, T. |
Hurley and George Wetzel
Since the inception of the movement
to increase wages in the mills of New
England early in the year 10000 tex
tile operatives have had their pay ad-
vanced from to IA per cent Of this |
number 10000 work in the cotton mills |
and about $4,000 in the wooden and
worsted plants.
The memorial fund started three
months ago by the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America
for the widow and family Of P. j. Nc |
Guire aggregates $3266.21. Mr. Nc |
Guire was the founder of the brother
hood and prominent in the formation of
the Federation of Labor
The twenty-fourth annual convention
of the National Association of Master |
Plumbers has Just adjourned at Atlantic |
City, n. J. 1t was the largest conven-
tion ever held by the association, 635
delegates answering at rolIcall. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President R. B. Noodle:
vice president, T. A Hill; treasurer. |
William McCoach. William Hass of
Dayton, Ohio, was appointed secretary. |
The next convention will be held in
Louisville, KY. Representatives from
Mexico were present and asked to have
their association become a member of
the National Plumbers Association The
matter was placed in the hands of
committee.