The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE

which ss5o,oo0 came from the per cap
ita OF the afiliated locals. In 1905 there
were 4Sl cities in which the members
enjoyed the eight-hour day. 1t is the
second most powerful organization be
-onging TO the American Federation,
the United Mine Workers leading.
The Carriage and Wagon Workers
Union Of Washington, D. c., which has
been on strike for nearly five months
for an increase in wages, reports that
the organization was determined in its
demands and would continue the strike
until those demands were acceded to
by the employers 1t is stated by
the members of the union who are
employed that they are contributing
one-third of their earnings for the
support of the idle men, and that the
strikers are receiving financial aid from
other organizations and are in posi-
tion to continue the strike indefinitely.
Painters Union of Los Angeles in
three weeks admitted thirty-four mem
bers. The union now numbers over
500 and is one of the stanch locals
of the southern metropolis.
Business Agent Oscar w. Frederick
son of Carpenters Union No. 426 of
Los Angeles recently installed ofti-
GERS of a new union organized in Mon
rovia. The new union is numbered $40.
The jurisdictional dispute between
the stationary engineers and station
ary fremen's unions and the United
Brewery Workers over the control OF
flremen and engineers employed in the
breweries is one of the most important
questions under consideration at the
convention, now in session in Toronto,
Of the international Brewery Workers.
The subject has been up before sew
eral conventions of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, but straight out
decision has never been rendered. AT
the Pittsburg convention it was left
to the central bodies to decide. The
brewery workers. however, have not
been permitted to organize along in
dustrial lines and they claim they will
keep the fight up until they are granted
the jurisdiction over the engineers and
iremen in breweries.
At this convention the union is COM
memorating it's twentieth anniversary.
There are nearly 200 delegates in at
tendance. The organization is in ex-
.cellent condition. gain of over 5000
members having been made in the last
two years. The treasury is we'll filled.
1t is proposed to do away with conven-
tions hereafter, except when they are
demanded by the membership by
referendum vote.
The following officers were elected
at the last meeting of Ship and Ma
rine Blacksmiths' Union No. 16s: Pres
ident J. H. McNally; vice president. j.
". McCabe; recording secretary, Theo-
dore Sandeman; financial secretary,
James ]. McTiernan; conductor, Will
liam Sandman; organizer, Daniel Sui
livan. Trustees-A Growney, James
T-xfS Ev-sA or7d 4cfr Ia ms zfar7 w.
ecutive committee-Louis Deering. j.
Kennedy and R. Harcourt. Delegates
to the Iron Trades Council--G. Sande-
man, J. McNulty and c. Poulton. Del
egates to Labor Council-Joseph
Heeney and Daniel Dewar.
The total membership of Carpenters
Union No. p is now reported to be
1925 and it is growing by. leaps and
bounds at each weekly meeting. At
the last meeting 1z6 were added to the
roster, and the receipts amounted to
S17Oo. 1t was reported that there were
a number of carpenters out of employ
ment owing to scarcity of building
material. It seems that the carpenters
can turn the lumber into structures
faster than 1t can be hauled to San
Francisco.
John F. Tobin, for seven years gen.
eral president of the international Boot
and Shoe Workers Union in the United
States and Canada, according to a re-
port from Bpockton, Mass, has been
defeated for reelection by Thomas B.
Hickey. business agent of the Brock
ton Lasters' Union. The election of
Hickey, it is thought, Will be of great
Significance to the shoe Industry
throughout the country, and the man
ufacturers are awaiting the result with
keen interest. One of the planks in
the Hickey platform is. I'VE will win or
been TO settle disputes by arbitration.
Many days are being consumed in
getting a sufficient number of jurymen
to try Cornelius p. Shea, president of
the Brotherhood Of Teamsters. in Judge
Bells court in Chicago.
The printers strike for the eight
hour day has practically been won. OF
the $4,000 members only about 1000
have not received the conditions for
which they have been striving. The
printers have spent considerably over
81 100000 to gain this victory over the
they would spend ten times that
amount The assessment has been
again reduced and after October ! only
per cent will be required.
!
Sam p. veach, chairman of the Order
of Railway Conductors, has been in
Los Angeles for several days for the
purpose of adjusting some differences
which have arisen in the southern part
of the State over the enforcement of
rules promulgated by the officials of
the Southern Pacific. 1t is said that
many dismissals have recently been
made for violations of these minor
rules, and the bitterest enmity' has
grown up against Superintendent In
gram. other complaints emanating
! from the commissary department.
trivial in character. were also called to
the attention of Mr.. Veach.
The resolution calling for an eight
hour day, which was discussed at the
recent convention in Toronto by the
i garment workers, was amended before
adoption to cover not only the. overall
and shirt industry. but the entire gar
ment working trade. 1t was not, how
ever. made compulsory at any partic-