The San Francisco call., 1906-10-26
EDITED BY o. M. ROW

0. NJ. BOYLE
E Fisher. Kansas city Life building.
Kansas City, Mo.
on the twenty-sixth day of the trial
Dl cornelius P. Shea, president of the
.nlernational Brotherhood of Team
eeIs' IN Chicago, 1879 veniremen had
cepted.
The breaking of a two years agree
lieht between employers and the Anal
sainated Glass Workers Union No
= stated by both parties to be the
eause OF the prolonged strike in Chi
Saso- Ihe employers state that the
production OF their factories was cut
down 25 per cent within three months
aIter they signed the agreement, and
sney had to reduce the mems wages
me right to limit the number of ap-
prentces, it is said, also caused much
III feeling. The employers now threat
en- 10 take their plants to some small
Nlllage II the men will not return for
the lower wage. As most of the 500
members are scattered throughout the
country IN other factories. the en-
ployers are compelled TO employ in
ierlor help or else close down.
sailors Union of the Pacific met in
regular session the other night with
r. Scharrenberg in the chair. The sec
retary reported that shipping was fair.
The election of delegate to the / s.
y of A convention was proceeded with.
me Tacoma agent stated that shipping
was fair The Seattle agent wrote
that shipping was fair. but the strike
situation was unchanged. The Port
townsend agent reported that the gen
erai situation was quiet. The Aber-
oeen agent stated that shipping and
prospects were fair. The Portland
agent wrote that shipping was good
and that there were not many men
ashore The Eureka agent reported
that shipping was good, but prospects
were uncertain. The San Pedro agent
stated that shipping and prospects were
fair The Honolulu agent wrote that
shipping and prospects were medium
and that no members were ashore.
The Brotherhood of Silver Workers,
an independent national labor organi-
zation. and the Sterling Silver Finish
ers' Union, two locals in New York
City, have gone on strike, throwing out
over 500 men. The men want a nine
hour day instead of ten. This is the
busiest season of the year in the sill
verware business. and like other crafts
in the country, there is dearth of me-
chanics.
The Portland striking grain handlers
Wednesday afternoon rejected the final
proposals made by the exporters. The
prospects are that the peace confer
ences have come to an end. It is said
that hostilities will again be resumed.
The employers are planning to arm
the strike breakers with Winchesters
and grave fears are entertained that
breaches ot the peace will be frequent.
The Federal Government. as defender
of the law passed by Congress in 1890.
making it a criminal onense for labor
ers or mechanics to be required or per-
mitted 10 work more than eight hours
q day on Government contract. has
put on trial William H. Ellis, one of
the most pro'oinent contractors of Bos-
ton. The 81 y 5 that on June Is he
caused men ~ his employ to work
more than eight hours in the construc-
tion of a pier at the navy yard. Great
interest is taken in this case by or
ganized labor as it is the first of its
kind to come to trial
The Bricklayers' and Masons' Union
Of Boston recently ordered a strike of
men employed by a contractor because
that contractor was doing work on
building where non-union men were en-
RdStQ- lu6 MdSSdCuuSGIIS supreme
Court has ruled that this sympathetic
strike was not warranted, and has al
lowed an injunction against the union
restraining its members from combin-
ing against the employ-r to stand. The
court says In our opinion organized
labor's right of coercion and compul-
sion is limited to persons with whom
the organization. has a trade dispute"
There are 100000 members afiliated
with the Illinois State Federation of
Labor. now in session. These are di-
vided into 120 local organizations,
twenty-five central bodies and three
State organizations
The establishment Of BARRIERS home
in Denver to cost 100000 has been
indorsed by the Colorado convention
Of the Journeymen BARRIERS Interna-
tionsl Union. which is in session in
Denver. Delegates to the convention
pledged themselves to support the
movement. There is now available in
the reserve fund $4,000 that can be
used for the purpose of building the
home To raise the remainder of the
100000 il is very likely that every
member of the international organiza-
tion viii be assessed ST. There are
something like $4,000 members of the
union.
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