The San Francisco call., 1906-07-03
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE.

day members will vote on an important
question submitted by the general
office for referendum vote. The 6nan-
cial secretary has offices at $50 Meal
lister street and his hours are from
to 3.
There Will be a distribution of $4,000
by the District Council of Sheet Metal
Workers to the locals affiliated. The
money was sent out by unions of the
International Some 600 members. of
Nos l04 and 279 suffered by the fire,
and they viii receive attention by the
relief committee The names of the
committee are: J. Crane Frank Hen
derson, James J. Denely. J. r. Kropp,
John O'Brien, L. de Luchi. N. Russo.
T. Behrend II. 3. Rush j. Leary,
George Engel and Thomas Garrison.
At the last meeting of Millwrights'
Union, No. 766. the following officers
were chosen: President, G. w. Martin;
vice presidents, J. Barngrower and L.
c. Waters; recording secretary, L. c.
Luce; financial secretary II. F. Spauld-
ing; treasurer, J. H. Hanley; con-
ductor w. H. Van Horn; warden, J. w.
Miller Jr.; auditor, j. B. Wilson; dele
gates to District Council, George Mar
shall and ". H. Van Horn; delegates
70 the Building Trades Council, ]. P
Miller and W. H. Van Horn; alternate,
G. Barngrower
The executive board of the Garments
Union, No. 205, met last Saturday night
and a proposition was submitted by
the Oakland division for a joint out
ing and family reunion at Idora Park
Oakland, the profits to go to No. 2O5
The committee from Oakland division
meets tonight to make more definite
arrangements. The board will recon-
mend TO the union that il assist in the
erection OF the proposed Labor Council
Temple. General complaint was made
to the board that many of the sched-
ules have too long dinner reliefs.
President Roosevelt. it is understood.
is seriously considering the advisability
Of granting labor representation upon
the Interstate Commerce Commission
II the membership of that body is in
creased to seven. The man talked
about is President z. E. Clark of the
order of Railway Conductors of AM
erica. Mr.. Clark took a prominent
part in the settlement of the differ
ences between the coal miners and
operators in 1903, being on the com
mittee as an appointee of the Presi-
dent.
over 1000 attended the Bricklayers'
Park, San Rafael. The happy throng
spent the day in dancing and many
were attracted by the games Finan-
cially il was one of the greatest sue
cesses Of the local
Painters Union No. 10 held it's reg
ular weekly meeting On Saturday af-
ternoon at the hail corner Twenty
second and Folsom stress, A E Smith
in the chair. The following officers
were elected and installed: President,
J. B. Flemming; vice president, w l.
Reed warden, L. J. Thomas; conductor
J. Gorf; business agents, T. c. Lynch
and "A ]. Morrison; executive board
A F. Smith and William Moreiock
At the next meeting the proposition of
the assessment for the proposed Build
ing Trades Temple will be discussed.
Plasterers' Union No. Sc will hold its
next meeting Friday night at Sympo-
SUM Hall. Twenty second and Mission
streets. Matters of great Importance
viii be under discussion. and all mem
bers should be present
A mass meeting under the auspices
of the State Federation of Labor will
be held next Sunday at the corner of
Market street and Van Ness avenue
The meeting is called for the purpose
- D.
Market and Van Ness. are not over
looked so far as adornment is con-
cerned when the city is rebuilt
The statement that the United Rail-
roads has not enough men to man it's
cars is disputed by officials of the Car
mems Union. Under the present cir
cumstances the cable cars are practi-
cally useless. AS soon as more cars
are forthcoming the union will have
men to man them.
There was a strike on in East st.
Louis the other day. and. strange to
say, no labor union was involved. The
trouble was not over wages or hours
In a fireworks factory a score or more
of the female help were ordered to
work overtime on Sunday Having re-
ligious scruples about working on the
Sabbath, the girls refused when they
were told not to show up on the fol-
lowing Monday. Other girls were en-
ployed, but none could be found to do
the work, so the factory had to capitu-
late. Henceforth Sunday will not be
desecrated in that factory, and the
girls are receiving the congratulations
Of the townspeople.
The Central Trades and Labor Union
Of st. Louis recently rejected the ap-
pllCdllOu u the Carpenters Union Tor
membership in that body.
The machinists' strike in Indianapo-
lis is causing much trouble to the po-
lice of the city. The National Metal
Trades Association, with headquarters
in Cincinnati. has been sending in
strike breakers in large numbers.
Transportation is furnished these men.
and they bind themselves TO give THE
association charge OF their tools and
effects until they have worked out the
amount of their Indebtedness. Some of
the men claimed they were not told
that strike was on and wanted to
quit, but the employers are holding
their tools, as they claim, under con-
tract Mayor Bookwalter has taken a |
hand in the difficulty, and some way is
to be found to get back the tools for
the dissatisfied strike breakers.
The National Plumbers Association.
which was in session last week at At
lantic City, N. J., was addressed by
John Furman of this city. He claimed
that "the plumbers had averted an ad-
ditional catastrophe in this city after
the earthquake by rapidly rushing the |
sanitary work which was to be done |