The San Francisco call., 1906-11-21

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! been recording secretary for several
terms and represented the local at the
! international convention in GAINESVILLE |
in 1903, and at the convention in Gal |
weston in 1905 he was chosen first vice |
president of the International. His |
union is proud of his elevation. The |
retail clerks of San Francisco organ
lied a relief association at the time of
/ the late catastrophe, and LIGHT was
chosen chairman. At the conclusion |
of the work of this association. which |
disbursed over $1,000 received from the |
! International organization, the Retail |
Clerks Hall Association was formed
I and LIGHT was made president Besides
being prominent in labor circles, LIGHT |
also has held many other responsible !
/ positions of trust in fraternal organi |
/ cations. He is past president of Bay
City Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden
/ West, and past chief ranger of Court
Golden Gate No. 5, Foresters of Amer
/ ica. Probably no man in the labor
movement has as many friends as LIGHT.
The minstrel show will be one of the
/ best ever given in this city and much
/ interest is being shown by the friends
of the union. 1t is certain that a
ers. The curtain viii rise at Sis
sharp and dancing will begin at 10 |
o'clock. The Knickerbocker Quartet
has been specially engaged. The en- |
tire proceeds will swell the sick benefit
fund. Many tickets have been sold and
all who wish to spend a pleasant even
4 ing should secure tickets before the
house is sold out. Ellis-street cars run
direct to the hall.
A crisis has been reached in the labor
situation of Gary, Ind, and the fight
between the United States Steel Cor
poration. and the labor unions promises
/ to be fought to a finish. The building
trades unions of Hammond and Chicago
will hold a conference in the latter city
and an ultimatum to the corporation
will then be formulated. The cam
paign against the open-shop principle
demanded by the New York officials of
the trust has so far been conducted in
Hammond and Chicago. The president
of the Chicago Associated Building
Trades has issued order that unless
the steel trust consents to the union
izing of Gary. organized labor in this
country and Canada will undertake to
harass it into at least passive COM
pliance with union conditions. If the
trust refuses to unionize the town all
the union men there will be called out
and every union in America will be
notified not to send men to Gary nor TO
work on material intended for use at
Gary. The railway union men will be
asked to refuse to handle freight for
Gary. The freight handlers will be in
structed not to unload freight for the
town and every power of organized
labor, it is asserted, will be utilized to
enforce the order. If these tactics
prove unavailing there is yet left the
sympathetic strike, and all the plants
1Az
the plans outlined by the men having
the matter in hand do not miscarry.
Business Agent o. W. Frederickson
of Carpenters Union No. 426 of Los
Angeles makes the statement that
there are now less than fifty union
carpenters out of employment in that
city and that those who are employed
are receiving so cents an hour and are
granted the Saturday half-holiday.
When the carpenters unions made
demand for so cents an hour and the
Saturday half-holiday a few weeks ago
many contractors refused TO concede
the demand, with the result that about
800 carpenters were thrown out of
work. Since then the men have been
gradually re-employed.
The New England District Lodge of
Boilermakers had been given an
increased jurisdiction and extend
ed power by the new interna-
tional charter which went into ef-
feet November l. The district will
include a large section of Eastern
Canada as well as the New England
States. 1t will have power to order
and settle strikes call upon the inter-
national peremptorily for funds to sup
port trade disputes; in fact it has al
most the identical powers for its juris-
diction that the International executive
board possesses
President ]. B. Fleming was in the
chair at Monday nights meeting of
Painters Union No. 10. NJ. McCarty.
from the Boilermakers' Union, thanked
No. 19 on behalf of the widowed
mother of James Skiff for kindness
neral Of her son. Thirteen candidates
mitted on clearance cards and fourteen
applications were received.
Laundry Workers Union No. 26 met
Monday night at the Labor Council
Temple, Guy F. Thurber presiding.
Twenty-six candidates were initiated
A committee was appointed to revise
the constitution and bylaws. Nomina-
tions will be in order for the meeting
Monday evening. December g. Business
was reported good and all members are
working. Another laundry opened on
Monday, giving employment to about
sixty.
At the last meeting Of Longshore