The San Francisco call., 1906-11-10

were from bricklayers, plumbers, plas-
terers, cement workers. carpenters,
stone masons and other crafts. Many
unions sent in communications con-
demning the local bricklayers for the
animus displayed against the officers
OF the council and it may yet be neces-
sary to discipline the union which de-
nouneed its officers.
The Allied Provision Trades Council
VIII meet next Tuesday night at the
cooks headquarters, 1884 Ellis street.
All delegates should be present, as
much business OF Importance will be
transacted.
night at 1884 Ellis street, with Presi-
dent Charles Fleischmann in the chair
Seven candidates were initiated and
several applications for membership re-
ceived. A delegation from the BARRIERS
Union was admitted and asked the as
sistance of the cooks in the two boy
colts, one at 1852 Fillmore street and
the other at 1915 Point Lobos avenue.
vice President Frank Holt has left for
FL Verano Springs for a few weeks
stay IN order to recuperate. Robert
Thompson, an old member, is about to
undergo an operation at the Jefferson
Hospital. Nominations for officers will
be made at the meeting on November
q House rules have been indorsed by
the union. Members will find that the
headquarters will always be pleasant
place for meeting friends and should
be freely patronized.
Following in the footsteps of the
Building Trades Council of this city,
the Building Trades Council of Butte
mas decided not to indorse any de-
mands for higher wages from any
union at present. This action has
settled the dispute between the con-
tractors and building mechanics. so far
as that council is concerned. Several
unions in Butte tried to raise their
scale, but the council would not
aeouiesce. Because the unions could
not get the Endorsement of the coun-
ell, the men in the various crafts re-
sumed work this week at the old
figure.
It was thought by the striking ma
chinists on the Santa Fe that the di-
rectors at their recent meeting would
have taken some action toward ending
the strike. but such was not the case.
This idea was encouraged by the re-
cent meeting in Boston of the stock
holders. when il was intimated that
the strike should be ended. 1t is sur
done
month TO end the strike. The en-
gineers. it is said. will interfere in be-
half of the machinists. They insist
that frst-class machinists be put to
work on the engines to keep them
in proper repair
The conference in Pittsburg between
the Glass Bottle Blowers Association
and the American Flint Glass Workers
nj Of Io4
ter to the American Federation of
Labor has ended in a disagreement
The Glass Bottle Blowers asked iuris-
diction over the flints in that particular
branch. The matter will probably be
brought before the Minneapolis con-
vention of the American Federation
of Labor for final settlement
President w. D. Mahon and c. o.
Pratt, representing the Street Garments s
Union of Pittsburg, stated that the
final settlement of the dispute be-
tween the company and the employees
rests with the president of the COM
pany, to whom the testimony of both
sides has been referred.
While the International Iron Mold
ers' Union has recently achieved a
number of victories in the contests it is
carrying on in various sections of the
country against the National Foundry
mems Association, the organization of
the employers, there are 5000 men
still out on strike in thirty cities. Each
of these strikers is receiving 81 a week
strike benefits, a total weekly expendi-
ture of s21 900 from the international
treasury. The funds to carry on the
contest are provided through weekly
membership dues of 35 cents for forty
eight weeks and so cents for the re-
naming four weeks. Eighty per cent
Of the receipts go into the international
terasury. providing a weekly income of
$4,000. more than sufficient to meet all
strike demands.
The Amalgamated Society of Carpen-
ters and Joiners will give an entertain
ment and ball in Pioneer Hall, 925
Golden Gate avenue, on November 80.
The committee in charge is doing all
in it's power to make the affair
success.
Branch No. of the Amalgamated
Society of Carpenters and Joiners was
instituted last Tuesday evening at
Union-square Hall, Fourteenth and
Church streets, with Robert Miller as
president and James Caldwell as Sec
retary. The society has been making
rapid strides in this city during the
past SGdA-
Structural iron workers employed on
new buildings in the course of erec-
tion by the United States Steel Com
pany at Joliet and South Chicago have
gone on strike in an effort to unionize
the company's new town at Gary, Ind
The United States Steel Company has
declared in favor Of the open shop
and the iron workers now employed at
Gary are receiving such high wages
that they refuse to organize. The
strikes at Joliet and South Chicago
were then ordered by the proper au-
thorities in the belief that II the sub
sidiary plants of the steel company
were crippled the men at Gary would
be compelled to join the union. About
ESQ men are out.
Oficials of the Switchmen's Union
OF North America in Chicago announce
that raise in wages has been granted
This means that an increase of cents
an hour has been accepted. Both sides