The San Francisco call., 1906-10-25
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE


General President Cornelius P. Shea
the international Brotherhood Of
Transfers will visit this city shortly.
ia letter TO Secretary II. z. Decker
of the Milk Wagon Drivers Union the
toliowing items Of interest to members
Of the organization on this coast ap-
pear:
viii say that Alexander Dijeau has
mo right as q member OF any local
union or the J. 3. Of T until such time
IS he reaches a settlement of his case
with your union. Inform me if your
union has the Dijeau matter under ad-
Flselnent OF reopening the case As
YOU know. we are having some trobtIIe
In Chicago with the seceders / also
n2n under trial for conspiracy growing
49, OF the cases in the last strike in
Ftlcago. My address will be the Sher-
months
As your delegates viii aequaint you.
Albert Young said on the floor of the
convention that so far as he could find
While IN your city there was nothing
wrong with DiJeau but an oversight
N not oepositing SIC from some horse
deal Of course that carried weight
with the convention or at least por-
ton Of the delegates. If il is impossi-
bic 70 reach a satisfactory understand
ing ~ this matter ] shall in the very
near future arrange either TO visit San
francisco or have a representative go
there. Just as soon as ! get through
with my cases intend TO go before the
teamsters of San Francisco and repu-
date the vile accusations made by some
~ nay enemies to the rank and file of
the organization in your. city
Recent reports Of the United States
Bureau Of Labor on wages. hours Of
labor and prices Of food show that the
is Ef of he
general prosperity Of the country. The
figures show the average wageworl1er
lis working shorter hours than ever be-
fore, receiving more per week than
he formerly received. and that the pur
chasing power Of his income has risen.
The figures also show that there has
been a large increase in the number
Of persons employed
The report covers the siXteen-year
period beginning with 1890 and ending
with 1905. The first three years of
this period the workingmen's eondi-
ton was fair. In 1898 the general
/ 3usiness depression set in and the
fwage-earner suffered. The comparison
o[ Improvement may be obtained by
taking the years Of 1894 and 1905. Such
2 comparison shows that the average
wage per hour has increased 21-5 per
cent. while the average hours worked
per week has decreased 3-s per cent
The average wage-earner working
shorter hours. earns 16.7 per cent more
per week than in 1894. and 1913 per cent
more than in 1890. Meantime the av-
craze price Of food increased I2.7 per
cent above 1894. and e.S per cent above
1890
Notwithstanding this increase. the
average wage per hour would purchase
~ per cent more food in 1893 than IN
1894 and ST. per cent more than in
1880 Still more important has been
.he increase in the number employed.
amounting to - per cent over 1894, and
to 4O.9 per cent over 1890. The COM
bined effect Of the increase in the av-
erage wage and in the number en-
ploved was TO increase the total
amount paid ia wages per week by
65.7 per cent above 1894, and 5s.1 per
cent above 1890.
BIacksmiths' Helpers Union No. 91s
held its last meeting at $50 Noe street,
with J. J. Furey in the chair The
members were panied 70 learn OF the
death Of George Anderson, the financial
secretary II was ordered that reso-
Iutions to his memory should be draft
Cd and spread upon the minutes and
copy sent TO the bereaved family. Mr..
Anderson was killed in an accident at
Twenty second and Folsom streets
H-hen the meeting adjourned ii was
dlt Of respect 70 the memory OF an
honored member Of the union. The
charter will be draped in mourning for
thirty days The next meetinS OF
The union viii be on November 3.
csrpenters' Union No ass met in
reeular session last Monday night al
6T7 NcAllister street. President {. A
Templeton presiding. Thirty -hFe can
didsfes were obligated snd hfty-siE
members were admitted by cards The
committee on headquarters asked Tor
further time in which to look for
suitable place for meeting Accident
benefits were paid 10 hve members.
Business was reported good snc most
-rerobers are working. Before adjourn
rnent II was announced that G. A.
O-Prien, 3 member had died
The Labor Council wiIlAmove it's Of
eoe to the new Temple, Fourteenth
md Mission streets. tomorrow.
vas thought that tomorrow meeting
~ the council might be helo IN the
,,ss-~ home. but the meeting VIII be
t.45 IN the hall al 5se Noe street A
,..,,lr from tomorrow night the coun-
- nil invite the delegates 10 It's own
nan for the first time
-1s- workers Union No. 1o-51e. held
rs lsst meeting in the Potrero opera
fTGtlQfflt
- ~-axreI Thfrty-five candidates were
,,5ses+e6 and several applications are
s,,-s5fing action. The union has de-
~s5e5 10 give its annual ball sometime
- December. The committee having
-ts~pe 81 the AFFAIR is as follows; c A
sfss,e~t II " Kruger. H. Wagner, G.
Peck and Henry Woober
The many friends Of Business Agent
swanson will learn with sorrow
+bat he is seriously sick at his home
v-ifh nneumonia- Mr.. Swanson was
4sirer down last Saturday and he Is
now SO low that no visitors are al
lowed
A. +be meeting o. Golden Gate Aux
sI5.rr az. Painters the other evening the
retfrfne president, T. Carney was pre-
eerted with q handsome gold ring
business Agent Smith Of the District
council Of Painters made the presenta-
.ior speech. Carney responded IN a
-,.r-er which showed that he heartily
evnreciatoa the gift. The following Of
rre-s were Installed: Pres dent, f.
rs,hoid. vice president. y. Jacks sec
.,...~.- A (-ooney. sentinel F. Powers.