The San Francisco call., 1906-09-19
EDITED BY o M. BOYLE.

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makers and Sawyers' Union business
was reported good and the local in
a prosperous condition. Ten candi-
dates were obligated and several ap-
pAcations are awaiting investigation.
Cooks Union No. a. has decided to
change its headquarters from 429 Ivy
avenue TO 1884 Ellis street, near Pierce.
In about a week the union viii be
located in its new squarters. 1t is
intended to fit the new home up in
elegant style and undoubtedly IL will
be the most pretentious meeting place
yet occupied by the cooks. A two
years lease has been taken.
Mattresses Union No. As met Mon
day afternoon at its headquarters, 619
Octavia street. Two candidates were
obligated and eleven applications for
membership are on the secretary's desk
awaiting action. The committee has
not yet found a suitable hall in which
to hold the dance on Thanksgiving eve.
Much routine business was transacted.
The business agent reported that busi-
ness continues brisk. Ali mattresses
out Of employment are requested to
present themselves at headquarters.
6Is octavia street.
Branch Of the Amalgamated So
ciety OF Carpenters and Joiners met
Monday night at Union hall, Four
teenth and Church. streets. About
thirty candidates were initiated, and
many were admitted on transfer cards.
The following officers were elected:
President, Thomas Maxwell; vice presi-
dent, W. Moss; secretary, Alexander
Anderson; check steward, Alexander
Williamson; money steward, p. H.
Woodrow: treasurer, Peter Riddle;
doorkeeper, J. n. McLachlan; sick
stewards. W. ". Freeland and E. Sun
drell. The next meeting will be held
at the same hall October l.
Machinists throughout the country
have been advised that dispute has
occurred between their fellow crafts
men and the Pope Motor Car Company
OF Toledo, Ohio, and ESQ men are on
strike. Machinists are asked to re-
main away from Toledo until the diff
hculty is Strengthened out
The Central Trades and Labor Union
of St. Louis reopened the case of Fed
eral Union No. 6sS2. by adopting a
resolution asking the executive coun-
ell OF the American Federation OF La
Dor to set a date for rehearing the case.
Several weeks ago the union was pro-
hibited from being received in the
central body in st. Louis upon orders
from Samuel Gompers, president of the
A F. OF L. A report from a commit
tee having the matter in hand was
received at the last meeting of the
central body and 1T was suggested
that that body take an appeal from
President Gompers decision. This was
defeated, but an amendment that the
case be reopened was passed.
An international exposition portray
ing the life of the laborer for the last
1000 years, showing conditions sur
rounding him from the time of feudal
slavery to the present, is contemplated
by the French Parliament
John Burns, the great English labor
leader and president of the Local Gov
ernment Board, speaking recently in
the House Of Commons on the subject
Of the unemployed and the measures
adopted for their relief last winter.
declared that the labor bureaus penal
colonies and farm colonies had been
failures Work. and opportunities, he
said, are what are required, not
charity.
The ESQ members of the Kansas City
Plumbers and Gasfitters' Union No. S
are out on strike for IS a day. They
have been receiving $3.50 day.
The people in and around Vancouver,
B. c., are up in arms fearing a Japa-
nese invasion This would solve the
labor problem for the moment, but.
il is pointed out by the labor leaders
in that region that ultimately It would
make it anything but white mans
country. Canada has just availed it
self of coming in under the treaty of
commerce and navigation between
England and Japan, which provides
that the subjects of both countries or
possessions may enter and reside in
any of the countries or possessions of
the other. In short, Japanese may go
into British Columbia as freely as the
Canadians themselves, which means
that unless the 3Iikado places re-
str1ctions on emigration there will be
a yellow deluge in that direction.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has en-
gagged a large number of strike-break-
ers TO take the places of the section
hands who struck for S1.65 day.
Trains have been ordered to run
slowly over the roadbed in New Jer-
sey owing to the neglected condition
Of the road and partly because it is
feared that attacks may be made on
the trains. Most of the men being
hired by the railroad are Italians.
Their pay is sL45 a day.
Gould's railroad being built between
Salt Lake and San Francisco, the
Western Pacific, is in the PittsbUrg
labor market It is advertising for
machinists, blacksmiths, surveyors, en-
gineers, fremen, laborers and foremen.
other railroads are trying to get large
gangs of men.
UNIONS AID SAN FRANCISCO.