The San Francisco call., 1906-08-11

olt that The Call was the only morn
P@psf which properly displayed the
an OF the councils committee to
f2~Se tne homeless. The other papers.
- SAID tucked" il away in obscure
eo1AeFs' de thought The Call deserved
S-,sS . = [eolt Tor the manner in which it
ieA9teu khe news and thought il right
t2 Slnste. II out for deserved praise.
PRESIDENT Hagerty appointed Messrs
benham, johnson and Mathfewson
COMMITTEES 10 go before the coming
p9llucal conventions and insist in the
name. OF organized labor Of the State
tnat the following resolution upon the
A-oll ~ conan question be made a plank in
each platform:
recognizing the important necessity
o. preserving the people of our State
rom competition with Mongolian labor
we declare for the strict maintenance
OF the Chinese exclusion act without
moolneation OF any kind. and for the
extension OF that act so as to exclude
japanese and Koreans; further. we
pleoge our candidates to work and vote
Tor the passage of a bill which shall
enect this latter object"
Cnarles Melrose's Tesigna ton from
tae organizing. committee was accepted
The wage scale OF the Soap. Soda and
candle Workers Union was referred to
the executive committee.
The Cemetery Employees Union de-
clareG' its purpose TO ask for an eight
hour Gay for its members.
The JoUrneymen Tailors' Union gave
NOTICE that IL intended TO declare its
attention OF levying q boycott on Lyons
the. tailor, because or his failure to live
Up 60 his agreement with the union
a communication from the executive
coLnclf o. the American Federation of
1-aaor was read asking for campaign
FUNDS wiki which to enter the po-
ltieal Geld this fall.
Jne- cloakmakers reported that busi-
ness Is brisk, that all members were
" working and more could be employed
y they are available.
a, delegate from Electrical Workers
no. l91 stated that business was good
most cf the members who refused TO
work for the United Railroads having
round employment with other corpora
irons On. an eight-hour basis.
The delegate from the Upholsterers'
UniOn reported that his union was con-
Lenpiating asking a 50-cent raise in
The daily wage in q short time.
Secretary McCabe was granted a two
weeks vacation. TO begin Tuesday.
After much discussion IL was de-
cioed 80 retain the committee on hous-
ing the homeless.
Strong resolutions were adopted by
the council sympathizing with the off,
cials Of the Western Federation Of
Miners. who are under arrest for the
murder Of former Governor Steunen-
berg and asking the Judge having the
matter in hand 10 release the prisoners
OF bonds.
There VIII be three sections to the
train which VIII convey Gas Work
ers Onion No $50 and its friends 10
the annual picnic and family reunion
tomorrow 70 Schuetzen Park, San Jose.
The trains viii leave Third and Town
send streets and the first section will
not stop at Valencia-street station. The
others viii The following is the ar
raugemcnts committee: II. S. Cleve-
land. p Y Kearnes, J. J. Breslin. A F.
Coleman. G. W Bell. Joseph F. Reilly,
J. s. Fisher. Joseph LaWless. Thomas
O'Connor. Frank O'Brien, Henry Sena,
c. Ellis and Ed. Moran.
A telegram from Chicago. dated Au-
sssst:l0, says;
Alexander Dijeau has been exoner-
tioral brotherhood Of Teamsters and
has been seated as third vice president
The MIX wagon Drivers Union OF
th.s- city preferred serious charges
aESin Dijeau, but the above dispatch
shows that IN the judgment Of the con-
ventioQ the charges were groundless. Z
Cooks Union No. A held its weekly
meeting on Thursday night at the head
quarters at 429 Ivy avenue. -Four can
dldates were initiated and ten applica-
ticns were placed on file. The union
ioCcrsed the 6 o'clock closing move
luent of the retail clerks OF the city.
Tho hoycorts on NJ Hart and Dixon &
LUpd. Fillmore-street merchants, were
also indorsed. The Office at Cincinnati
has requested the union to forward
list OF all former members now located
in nearby cities. with q view Of organ
iziER them into new unions. The total
me nbership Of the union at present is
almost 500. only $50 having been trans
fcrred OF dropped from the rolls since
The dre.
Business Agent Thomas Aylward OF
Walters Union No. 30 states that 120
va ge scale and are now giving union
coalitions Organized labor and It's
many friends are asked to see that the
zTa4ter wears the current monthly
v0rking button when serving them
Truck drivers who handle the prod
rec from Long Island are asking for
:. ore rsy for carting caulif1ower. They
want Is cents barrel They now get
lZtz cents for hauling it 10 Manhattan
and Brooklyn.
TO settle all doubt as TO the terms
Uuder which a charter to the steam
filters was granted by the American
Federation: Of Labor. the following
cnciaJ notice is published as the de-
ctsion Of the executive council:
Upon the application OF the Interna-
llonal Association Of steam and Hot
water Filters and Helpers for a CHAR
ter, the following in compliance with
the reconlmendatiOns Of the Pittsburs
COW vention was decided:
Resolved. That the charter formerly
feld by the international Association /
81 Steam and Hot Water Filters ana
Hel5crs OF America be reissued upon
the seme conditions that the original
charter was issued 10 the above named
association.
The following are the conditions:
g. That the United Association or
: rogrreymen Plumbers. Gas Filters,
steam Filters and steam fltters hep
ers' may retain all steam filters with
Dbt any interference on the part OF
80 Ql:r- association.
= That each Of your trades be per-
mittEd TO govern and control all or It's I
own affairs with perfect freedom OF
ASTON IN so far as they DO in no wise
affect OF conflict with the freedom OF
FiaarfH' ~ the other trade.