The San Francisco call., 1906-07-27

committee on constitution and bylaws
was appointed: Dauiel Stewart, VIII
liam Meakin and James Riordan. The
special subject to be taken up at Sun
days meeting is the question of
whether or not to parade on Labor day.
The Building Trades Council anrs unces
that there will be less expense attached
to the parade this year than formerly.
1t is expected that the meeting will
be fully attended and late corners will
probably find themselves unable to OBJ
tain seats at the hall, Market and Do
lores streets.
The action of the New York City
Master Plumbers Association in max
ing an agreement with a committee of
local No. 4So of the United National
Association of Plumbers and Gas and
Steam Filters and Helpers, when
Plumbers Union No. refused to be
bound by the ultimatum of the Master
Plumbers Association, was followed a
day or so after by the ratification of
the agreement by local No. $50. AS the
employers had decided not to recognize
Plumbers Union No. If the ultimatum
were disregarded, the action of local
No. 4s0 apparently breaks all relations
between the union and the association.
AS the Contracting Plumbers Associ-
alton, which is in the Building Trades
Employers Association, has an agree
ment with local No. 4S0, the break with
the Master Plumbers Association is
looked upon a serious blow to
Plumbers Union No 3
The last regular meeting of Janitors'
Union No. 10,S67 was largely attended.
Much business was transacted and re-
lief funds for the burned-out members
were distributed 1t was decided to
boycott the Mission Theater II no
satisfactory arrangement is brought
about by the next meeting of the La
Dor Council that body will also be
asked to boycott the place of amuse-
ment
The japanese are quick to acquire
American customs. The latest thing is
an organization formed in North va
kima, Wash, which is simply a labor
union with no affiliations That the
union is in running order was demon
strated when the walking delegate Wis
tied the proprietor Nf the Pacific Hotel
and informed him that il he permitted
a certain Japanese to remain in his en-
ploy as porter the other Japanese en-
ployed about the hotel would be called
out. The proprietor was astonished at
the demand, being ignorant of the ex-
lstenee of union among his Japs He
ordered the business agent from his
presence and sought out the other Jap
anese in his employ. They corroborated
the statement of their walking dele
gate, declaring that they would not
work If the man TO whom they OBJ
Jected remained. They remarked that
he was no good-that he was "sclab."
The man was not discharged and
strike followed.
A complete tie-up of the printing es-
tablishments of the members of the
Chicago -Typothetae is likely to follow
the action Of the Allied Printing Trades
Council in assisting the printers in
their eight-hour day fight. A commit
tee from each of the five international
unions affiliated with the Council has
been appointed, with full power to act
1t is said the stereotypers. photo-en-
gravers and bookbinders have already
received the sanction OF their interna-
tional officers to go on a sympathetic
strike. The printers have offered to
pay the strike benefits of all workmen
called out on their account.
The commandant of the Washington
navy yard, Captain Lentze, has made a
recommendation TO acting Secretary
Newberry that may be of vital impor-
tance TO labor organizations through
out the country, for 1t involves the
right of unions to fix arbitrarily the
maximum product of each workman for
a day. To exploit the full possibilities
at the Washington gun foundry it is
proposed TO do one of two things
either put the men on piecework or to
resort TO what is known in the manu-
featuring world as the premium sys-
tenn" This system is based on the ad-
mission of the right of the union to
say what a workman's maximum out
put shall be for given wage. but it
permits man to do more work if he
chooses, receiving a proportionate in
crease in pay. 1t is urged that the re-
suit is to stimulate the men to greater
production and to afford fair opportu-
nifty TO the ambitious workman.
The labor unions as represented at
the Washington navy yard have asked
for an opportunity to be heard on these
propositions, and acting Secretary
Newberry has assented.