The San Francisco call., 1906-12-28
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE

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working day from nine hours to eight
and half. The men asked for an in
crease of Is per cent, but the agree
ment which has been signed gives COM
plete satisfaction.
A salesladies' union will be organized
IN this city Immediately after the
holldays by First Vice President Max
T. LIGHT. There will be over 100 char
Ter members The local will be afili-
ated with the International Retail
Clerks Protective Association.
In January convention of much sig
nitcance Will be held in Pittsburg,
when members of all the unions con-
nected with the metal trades in that
district will meet to discuss the means
OF obtaining the increased wages which
were denied by the employers last
spring. The call for the meeting ex-
plains the feelings and purposes of the
thousands of union men who will be
represented. 1t runs, in part, as fol-
lows:
The conditions existing in the ma
chlnery trades in and around Pittsburg
are OF such a nature that 1t needs, no
lengthy statement at our hands in or
oer TO convince those engaged therein
OF the absolute necessity of a closer
combination" The unions which will
be represented at the convention cover
the following branches of the craft:
Bollermakers. blacksmiths pattern
makers, molders, machinists metal pol
ishers. brass workers, stationary en-
gineers and stationary firemen.
Pursuant to the constitution Of the
International Retail Clerks Protective
Association, nominations are now in
order for the general officers of that
body. Prominent among those named
for the election is Max E. Licht to sue
ceed himself as first vice president.
LIGHT has demonstrated that he is the
right man for the place. He has organ
lied several unions and has more to
organize in the near future. He will
soon form a local of the hardware
clerks of Oakland The local in San
Rafael, he reports. is doing nicely, TAX
ing in members at each meeting.
United Glass Workers Union held
its semi-annual election Wednesday
night at Sheet Metal Workers Hall
with the following result: President,
+. Sullivan; vice president. "A. A. Lewis;
financial secretary. r. French; treas
urer, j. c Swinford; recording and cor
responding secretary, Thomas c. Hun
ter; warden. f. Long: auditing commit
tee. d. Dinniene. George Bridges and
J. J. cam deleSaCeS TO Building Trades
Council, W. Flag,er. z. Korbus F. Sui
livan and ]. c. Swinford Frank Sui
livan was chosen to represent the local
at the Stockton convention of the State
Building Trades Council, which will
convene on January IA.
In an address before tie national
child labor convention held at Cincin-
natl J. H. Morgan. chief inspector of
the workshops and factories of Ohio.
recommended a uniform child labor
law, which was received with enthusi-
asm by the delegates in attendance.
Morgan's proposed law embraces the
following points:
That no child under IA years OF age
shall be employed under any condition:
that boys under 16 and girls under 18
shall not be employed after at night
any occupation that is dangerous to
life, injurious 10 health or likely to
deprave morals; that minors under Is
years of age shall not be employed for
more than eight hours in one day nor
for more than flfty-five hours in one
week
The printers OF Oakland have formed
an organization known as the Frank
lin Association OF Alameda County and
have filed articles Of incorporation.
The association Is composed Of print
ers working at the various offices In
Oakland, thirty-five having subscribed
a share each at $40. The purpose of
the organization, as stated IN the In
corpora ton, is to work for the benefit
of the general printing and allied
trades Of the county. One Of the pur-
poses is also stated to be the operating
of a printing, binding, lithographing
and engraving plant. It is incorpo-
rated for a term of fifty ears. with
capital stock of $4,000. T original
board of directors consists of L. Os-
borne, A. ]. Reed, w. v. Harrington,
w H Irving, P. ]. Ryan. r. S. Kitch
ener and c. w. Carruth of Oakland and
J. S. Mcdowell of Alameda and Z. w.
Richardson of Berkeley.
Representatives Of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen are In session In New
York City this week to discuss demands
of the men for increases in pay. Grand
Chief P. H Morrison of the brother
hood is attending the meetin. The
roads with which the trainmen are ne
gotiating are the Lackawanna, the
New Jersey Central, the Lehigh Val
and the Long Island and Staten Island
railroads. Three thousand conductors,
brakemen and yardmen are interested
in the outcome of the conference.
The International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants Union of North Amer
lea is to establish general headquarters
before long in Indianapolis. Indian
apolis is the center for more national
and international labor bodies than
any other city In the United States.
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