The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE

Eli i Ell b i
Walters Union No. so met Wednes-
day night al the headquarters. 11s5
scott street. The secretary was in
s-~ucted TO send letters OF thanks TO
the Building Trades Council the
Brotherhood of Teamsters and to Busi-
ness Agent T. A. Reardon Of the
Steamftters' Union for valuable as
sistance in getting the names and ad-
dresses OF union men who frequent
japanese restaurants. The headouar-
-ers committee reported that it had
found favorable location for new
leadQuarrers. a contract for which
VIII be signed in a few days The sec
retary was instructed TO forward cir
cular letters TO each affiliated union in
The state asking that Judge Murasl<v
be defeated for the of8ee Of Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court. The
delegates TO the local joint executive
board viii be as follows: Regular del
\ eEates, o X. Mcguire. c. D. Laugh
\ II and J. D. kirkpatrick: aIternates.
2. j. Marsh, j. II. Hennessy and Will
am s. Moore. The following have been
added 70 the headquarters committee:
r. L Grimmer, II P. Scott, J. J.
% Brien, O. W. Mcguire, Bert La Rue
and J. y. kirkpatrick. n. J. Helm
stein, q member, was buried Tuesday
after two months sickness in the Ger
nan Hospital The funeral was pri-
vate in Alameda The following sick
committee was appointed TO act for
one week: J. ]. O'Neii, W. c. Davis
and Gus Wefher- A vigorous campaign
is being waged against all japanese
restauranrs in the city and great aid
and assistance given TO the movement
hy the various business agents of the
labor unions Of San Francisco. Some
of the frst-class hotels and restaurants
are violating the agreement and No. 80
is about 10 take vigorous action to
correct this abuse.
Tt was learned AT Building Trades
Council headquarters that the Bruins
wick -Balke-Collender Comapny, which
was telegraphed from the recent Mag
ara Falls convention OF the United
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers as unfair. had agreed TO. pay the
union wages TO its carpenters and yes
terday some sixty men went back TO
work.
Tie New York Central Federated
Union has indorsed a petition which
Photo -Engravers' Union No. has sent
20 Governor Higgins, asking him to
abolish the photo-engraving plant in
Elmira ReformatOry. The petition
sets forth that the teaching bf photo
engraving 10 the inmates is a menace
% the public II gives the case of two
youths who are under Indictment for
forgery. and who. il says learned pho
tO-engraVing after they were sent to
the reformatory. According to the pc
tition. the Secret Service Bureau in
Washington and the Pinkerton Detec-
tive agency in New York are IN sym
pathy with the efforts Of the Photo
Engravers' Union to have this plant
abandoned. The union guarantees
that the State viii suffer no loss by
the removal Of the plant. as the or
ganization stands ready TO purchase
II al any reasonable estimate 7 can
testify" said 2 member Of the Brother
hood Of Carpenters, that the Secret
Service Department in Washington is
in sympathy with the petition. When
criminals who come from the reforma-
tory have learned photo engraving
there they have q dangerous weapon
put IN their hands by which they can
counterfeit bills, and they are men
ace 20 the community. Besides this
they are sometimes employed as strike
breakers. and thus unfairly interfere
with the interests OF law-abiding me-
chanics. This competition should not
exist"
The California delegation to the
Niagara Fails convention Of the United
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Joiners
is returning slowly. BY next week
they al viii have returned and VIII be,
r7ady 10 give 10 the various unions an
70count Of the proceedings. Those
who have arrived claim the convention
was the largest IN the history OF the
brotherhOood. The next biennial con-
'-ention VIII be held in Salt Lake. the
first 10 be held on this side Of the Mis-
sissippL The proposition on the part
~ Ihe Colorado delegates TO establish
home for consumptive carpenters will
be submitted TO a referendum vote
Bakers Unions Nos and 50 OF Bos-
ton were smslgamated last Saturday,
and the consolidated union Is known as
Boston Bakers Union No = The plan
10 bring the unions together in one
body has been under way for some
time. and there was no serious obsta-
Gle in the way. as both belonged to the
same International. and each has had
a definite Jurisdiction. William Horn
~ san Francisco, general organizer.
has been in Boston for several weeks
arran Ring the details Horace C
Schneider Of Chicago, International Of
dcer. delivered the charter and official
ly conducted the consolidation details.
AT the last meeting OF the Garment
Workers Union No. 131 a communica-
tion was read from General President
n. A. Rickert OF the international that
DE would reach this city on tour of
Inspection IN a day or So He viii
probably remain several weeks on the
coast Twenty candidates were obii-
gated al the last meeting.
While blocks and blocks Of streets
~ the city are torn up by the United
Railroads. and have been for months
10 the great annoyance OF pedestrians
end the travelling public. the company
has discharged some 200 OF its track
workers because, the officials Of the
Construction Workers Union aver, they
were union men and were active work
ers in the trade union movement It is
claimed by those IN & position 10 know
that the United Railroads has only a
force Of COO or zoo men. when II could
use 1000. and the wholesale discharge
81 men at this time because they are
active trades uni0nists viii not place the
company in any better position before
this community. Many think they have
suffered sufficiently by the dilatory
tactics Of the corporation. and will in
sist that il be compelled 70 obey the
"a ~ As 10 the tearing I'D Of streets. the