The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29

Company, whose factory is loated at
Harrison and Twentieth streets. The
dispatch came from the convention. now
sitting in Niagara Falls Of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
The reason assigned was that the firm
in the East had discharged brotherhood
men, More particulars are expected
from the East.
The strike of the fremen on the fer
ries of the Brooklyn Ferry Company
has been settled. A compromise was
reached by which the f1remen, who
originally demanded SIS a month and
afterward reduced the request to $40.
are to receive $3.50 a month for year.
The settlement was effected through the
good offices of the Civic Federation.
Timothy Healy. president Of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Stationary En-
gfneers. represented the men in the
conference.
Nothing definite can be learned of the
reported strike meeting of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, says a
dispatch from Chicago, said to be
scheduled to be held in that city within
day or two. looking toward an equal
ization of wages of engineers employed
on Western roads. 1t was stated that
a call had been issued for a secret
meeting to which the committees from
the various railroads were invited. a
statement issued from First Grand En-
gineer W. B. Prentiss declares the ac-
ton to be without the sanction of the
local body. The rumor is that a gen.
eral move is being planned for an
equalization OF wages and workin &
conditions on all roads west of line
drawn from Winnipeg through Chicag go
to New Orleans. At the present time
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a run of a hundred miles. It is thought
by some well-informed persons that the
three other railway rganizations-the
flremen, the conductors and the train
men-also would be invited to the con-
ference.
The controversy between the team
sters and the machinery workers of
Chicago relative to the setting up of
machinery has been considered at some
length by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor, recently
sitting in Washington. and it has been
decided that President Shea of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters
be directed to instruct properly the
members of his organization relative to
their duty. protest from the inter
national gasf1tters against the issuance
of charter to the steamfitters' associ-
alton was received, but action was de-
ferred until the meeting In Minneapolis,
beginning November IL. Action upon
the applications of the pulp and sui
phite workers for charters was de-
ferFed, and the representatives of the
two interests were advised to make an
effort either to unite in one organiza-
tion or agree upon proper lines of de-
marcation. A general exposition of
union labels was decided upon for next
year and the details were placed in the
hands of Vice President Morris. The
place Of holding the exposition was not
determined 1t was also decided that
the various labor unions which issue
labels should be urged to make an ef-
fort to secure uniformity in labels This
matter will be discussed at the Mime
apolis convention. After devoting con-
siderable time to a discussion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's order directing an ex-
tension of the operation of the eight
hour day the executive council finally
adjourned. No details of the discussion
were given to the public, but 1t is un-
derstood that there was general ex-
change OF felicitations over IT. The
fact that the extension had been re-
quested three years ago was pointed
out as was also the circumstance that
it was not granted until organized
labor showed its power with the ballot.
President Gompers made report be-
lore aQJOuEnU1CnL On ltl6 QucSllOn Oh d
universal label for all of the fnterna-
tfonaI organizations, or for the seal of
the federation a designation A
number of organizations were reported
favorably disposed, but a large num-
Der are opposed to the surrender of
their right to issue their own labels
without any other design. The report
will be submitted to the federation In
the November convention.
hoc 1onfdod 10 avxy
effort to bring about the passage of
laws more generally to abolish child
labor The applications of several
unions to be maintained in the presen-
tation of wage scales to their employers
upon the question OF higher wages was
approved, the organizations to be in
formed that they will be entitled to
benefits from the defense fund should
cessation of work pe necessary. but
that every effort should be made to
avoid a strike IL possible"
Affiliation with the western Fedora
tion of Miners was urged at the recent
session Of the Grand Council of the
Provincial Workmen's Association, in
Halifax, n. s. This association repre-
sents the coal miners OF Nova Scotia.
No definite action was taken.
There shall none come unto the
towne to serve for tnat wages within
q twelvemonth and a day, but we woll
have an harme or a legge of hym, ex-
cept they vol take an othe as we have
doom" This was the declaration of in
dependence made by twenty-one jour-
neymen shoemakers of Wisbech, who
assembled outside mat town in 1888.
It is the first recorded instance of an
actual conflict between the employers
of England and those Journeymen fra
ternities that later developed into
trades unions. Though in many parts
of Europe there had been guilds be-
fore, no evidence is now available of a
previous society composed wholly of
workmen There were what were
termed bachelors companies" pre-
sumed to be journeymen's fraternitfes.
but they merely formed subordinate de-
partments of the masters guilds, by the