The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
EDITED BY O. M. BOYLE.

Final arrangements have been made
for the proper celebration of Labor
day by the Labor Council. The exer-
cises will be held in the Turn verein
Hall, S53 Turk street. 1t was decided
to request the services of other dele
gates to assist the committee on the
evening of the celebration. and the
following We're chosen;
Tickets and door--G. Frankel, P.
OBrien and j. ]. RYAN.
Bar-A. Sierwieski and Marcel Willie.
Floor-William P. McCabe, Miss Car
rie Farmer, George Whitman. G. NJ.
fey, George Iipman. Annie Burkhardt,
D. Schilling, Mrs Louise La Rue and
William Stansbury-
Floor manager-Will1am III. STAINS
Assistant floor mana ger-Miss Carrie
Farmer.
Reception and arrangements at hall
GailagherM Gsorge B aoraa Bennam
Tracy, ]. H. Hubachek, George Berry,
Minnie Andrews and James p. Bewlan
Finance-Messrs Alexander, Willie,
Ryan, Selo and Miss Farmer.
Press-Messrs. Alexander and Ben
ham.
An excellent programme has been
arranged. Among the speakers will be
Mayor Schmitz, Judge Frank J. Mu-
rasky and George B. Benham. Sew
eral musical numbers are promised in
cluding song by Mrs. T. j. Murphy.
from the best talent in the city. In
addition. Kelleher and the Allen sis
ters will appear in Irish dances.
About 1000 carpenters will be bene-
flied by the raise in the scale from 81
to IS day. This scale has been in
dorsed by the District Council of Car
penters and goes into effect September
II. This date will allow most contract
ors TO complete work which they have
on hand at the old scale. The new
figure is now being paid by many con-
tractors, and in some cases it is even
higher.
The first annual outing and family
reunion of the District Council Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
will be held at Schuetzen Park. San
Rafael, Monday, September 10. The
committees in charge are busy getting
everything In readiness, and they
guarantee a most enjoyable time to all
who shall find time to spend the day
with them.
At the Labor Council Friday night
several hours were taken up in dis
cussing the merits of the jurisdictional
dispute between the plumbers and the
steamhtters. The latter organization
has a charter from the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, but 1T was stated that
several of its members have been
forced to leave their jobs upon pressure
from the plumbers. The council passed
a resolution advising all Its affiliated
unions to give their moral support to
the steamftters.
The executive committee will meet
next Wednesday night instead of Mon
day. Labor day.
The boycott on the Mission Theater
was raised. as the management has de-
cided to employ union help hereafter.
Most of the session of the Cooks
Union No "A was taken up in dis
cussing the carmen's demands upon the
United Railroads. The speakers gen
orally expressed themselves as heartily
ir sympathy with the overworked and
uhderpaid carmen. Some thought their
demands were entirely too modest and
would like to have had them ask for
an eight hour day at S4 resolution
was passed that any member of No. ~
who rode on United Railroads car
while non-union crews were in charge
would be fined So. In addition the res
olution provided a fine of S5 for any
member who would knowingly cook for
any of the breakers being I'M
ported into the city. The financial and
neral support of the Cooks Union was
given unreservedly to the carmen ir
their present trouble.
The new constitution was presented
by the committee having il in charge
and it will appear on the blackboard al
Headquarters for two weeks Members
are asked to study it's provisions sc
that they may vote intelligently wher
it comes up for final passage Septem-
Der 13.
The union broommakers of Michigan
have won a great victory for organ
| ized labor They have compelled the
prison inspectors to cease the manu-
facture of brooms, and the result viii
probably be the complete abolition OF
such convict labor as would be likely