The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

Workers Union No. Isl Clinemen) and
officials of the United Railroads yester-
day bore no results, and the committee
which has been conducting the nego-
tiations with the railway company will
report this afternoon at a special meet
ing Of the union. For eight months the
union has been negotiating for an
eight-hour day, the men at present
working ten hours. The company is
willing TO give the men nine hours
work, but owing to the unusually haz-
ardOus nature of the labor the men
feel that they are entitled to the stand
ard eight-hour day, especially as all
other companies and corporations in
the city have given men doing the same
kind of work the shorter day When
the report Of the committee is made
today the union will decide upon the
course which is to be pursued in en-
forcing its demands.
The merchant tailors of Fillmore and
adjoining streets have voluntarily come
to an agreement to close their stores
at 6 o'clock every day except Saturday.
This is in accordance with the sugges-
ton OF the retail clerks The clerks
appreciate this action on the part of
the merchant tailors and hope to have
but little trouble with other branches
of business. Every effort Will be made
by the clerks to enforce the o'clock
closing movement before applying for
assistance to the central labor bodies.
At the Building Trades Council meet
ing Thursday night the hall was crowd
ed with delegates from the affiliated
unions. Arrangements were made for
the executive board to meet every Tues
day evening in the offices of the State
Building Trades Council, 824 Laguna
street All delegates are notified to be
in attendance. The committee of ar
rangements for the Labor day celebra-
tion viii meet on Saturday evening in
the same Office, and members of the
committee are instructed by the council
TO be in attendance. The council en-
gagged Eagles Hall, Market street, near
Valencia, for the council to meet in
until its own headquarters are COM
pleted.
Representatives of Plumbers and Gas
and Steam Filters Union No. 442 en-
tered general denial OF the charges
fled against the union. The delegates
showed conclusively that the union had
no intention to, nor did it, violate the
laws of the Building Trades Council,
since the laws of the Building Trades
Council. as they claimed, were at that
time suspended and went into operation
only on July q. The plumbers repre-
sentatives declared that the union never
entertained an idea of violating any
law of the Building Trades Council,
but stood at all times ready to defend
the councils laws, and requested that
the union and its members be not pun
ished or humiliated for something II
did not do. The council decided by
unanimous vote on the showing made
by the plumbers representatives TO dis
miss the charges filed against the union
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So per day of eight hours for the mem
bers Of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas and
Steam Filters Union
P. II. Mccarthy, president OF the
council. made a lengthy report on the
proposed headquarters. The council
now owns the site for such headquar-
ters. Mr.. Mccarthy on behalf of the
council having paid for the same on the
10th instant, and it was decided TO pro-
ceed as rapidly as possible with the
erection of the building. Mr.. McCar-
thy's report was received with ap-
plause.
The council by unanimous vote re-
quested all members Of affiliated unions
70 register on or before July % of this
month. The registration Office is at
the Mission High School. Eighteenth
and Dolores streets. Members will
please take notice. The Office is open
evenings.
The following officers were placed in
nomination to serve for the ensuing
term: For president, P. H. Mccarthy;
vice president, Thomas T. Parkinson;
recording and corresponding secretary
o. A. Tveitmoe; financial secretary,
Henry Thieler; treasurer, John E. Nc
l2ougald; sergeant at arms, W. II. Har-
vey; business agents, Charles A Mel
son, II. d. Bieg and J. ]. Swanson;
trustees, A. z. Yoell, w. A. Cole: or
ganizing committee, ]. ]. Corbett,
George D. Keely. w. G. Walsh, H. Neid-
Iinger, Thomas Doyle; law and legisla-
tive committee, Z. l. Nolan, F. P. Mich
0las, T. Cristal, A. E. Yoell, w. H. Van
Horn, H. Cartensen.
The sixteenth annual convention of
The National Union of Operative Pot
ters has just adjourned at Akron.
Ohio. The organization began with
4 membership of 500, and now it en-
braces almost every worker in the pot
terry trade in this country and Canada
Three women delegates were in at