The San Francisco call., 1906-10-05
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE

EDITED BY
The Chicago Postal telegraphers 7
have voted 20 strike. and are await
New York There seems TO be gen
eral plan Of the telegraphers TO prepare
for a strike which viii involve $4,000 1
employees OF the Postal Company and /
perhaps the Western Union operators. (
Before any strike orders are issued, 4
however, every means viii be ex
hausted by the international in New
York
Without dissenting vote the wis 4
consin Association OF Master Bakers, /
recently in session in Milwaukee, 4
adopted a resolution for q ten-hour
working day for all journeymen bak-
ers. either union or non-union. One
OF the delegates declared that il was
becoming impossible 10 induce young
men 70 learn the bakers trade on
account OF the uncertain hours Of
labor. They think they VIII be slaves, I
and consequently learn some other
trade" said the delegate. After IL was
shown that the hours OF work for bsk-
and the benefit Of q uniform days work
70 be obtained through the increased
efficiency OF the workmen. the vote
was taken. and the resolution was
unanimously adopted. This binds all
members OF the Wisconsin Bakers As
ISOLATION not 10 permit their employees.
unless on extraordinary occasions, to
work more than ten out OF the twenty
four hours.
The Switchmens Union OF Salt Lake
has asked for higher wages and fewer
hours Of work Representatives Of the
union waited upon officials OF all rail-
roads in that city and presented their
claims This move IS general through
out the country west Of Pittsburg.
The unions wish their wage schedule
10 be raised 10 ~ cents per hour for
night foremen and IS cents per hour
for helpers, making their wage average
S5.o4 for foremen and s456 per day for
switchmen. No discrimination is asked
between day and night work, eight
hours 70 constitute z shift. Switch
men now work twelve, hours per day.
and under the present scale night fore
men receive 80 cents per hour. day
foremen. 81 cents per hour; night help
ers- go cents and day helpers, . cents.
The wage scale on a twelve-hour basis
is s. 3s6. s3.72. s3.60 and 1886 respec-
lively The mon say that while their
wages have advanced 13 per cent
in the past ten years the cost OF living
has increased 81 per eene
At the last meeting OF the PAYERS
Union, No. IS, the following officers
were elected. President. Michael Glynn. I
vice president. Francis Murphy; secre-
tarv. r ". Leary; treasurer Thomas
McGrath; sergeant-at-arms. James
Lynch. delegate 10 Labor Council. /
Michael McGrath. trustees. Patrick
Golden James GIL and Patrick Nc
GreaL one candidate was obligated
and one application IS on file. The
new wage scale Of IS a-day VIII take
effect october Is.
Canmakers' and Machine Hands
Union viii 80 into permanent orga MIA +
tion az next Sundays meeting in Sheet
Metal Workers Hail. Market street.
near Dolores The meeting VIII be
called promptly at o'clock At the
last meeting twenty members signed
the roll
The Brotherhood Of Railway Brake
men has dedicated a handsome mon
ument 70 the memory Of E s. WIKI
inson- one OF the founders of the order.
and for a number OF years its grand
master, at Galesburg, III
MIX Wagon Drivers Union No. 22s
net at the hail, al Haight street.
Wednesday night One candidate was
Obligated and six applications are on
the secretary's desk awaiting action.
The quarterly reports showed that the
sllnion was in healthy condition hnan-
ciallT. After the routine business was
completed the union adjourned and the
Mix Wagon Drivers Benevolent and
Building Association was called to or
der The following directors were
elected: President. n. F. shannon;
vice president. J. J. Rusk; secretary
treasurer. NJ z. Decker; directors. Will
George Neiborger and E crocard-
The last meeting OF Sugar Workers
Union No 1888 met at the Potrero
Opera-house. Some slight difHculties
which came up were satisfactorily ad-
5usted. The union has decided to give
q ball in November. Due notice OF the
time and place viii be made.
new international labor organIza-
tion. composed Of railroad building me
chanics and TO be known as the Broth
erhoOd Of Railroad Building Mechanics,
was launched IN Boston the other day
The Boston and Maine Railroad men
IN that vicinity have been organized
under the plan
The Boston Typothetae lost another
prominent member the other day. The
Foreign Languages Press signed the
union eight-hour agreement and asked
for its old hands TO be returned 10 il.
II claimed that il was a losing propo-
sitIon TO have a crew OF incompetent
printers
referendum vote IS now being
taken by the members of the Inter
sationai Brotherhood Of Steam Shovel
and Dredgemen on a proposition to in
crease the death benefit 10 $1,000 on
yearly premium Of SO.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
recently made public some interesting
railroad statistics for the year ending
June 80. 1905 The reported number
Of persons on the payrOlls Of the rail-
ways IN this country on that date was
lsEzlss. an average Of 6s7 employees
rer 800 miles Of road. The number of
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