The San Francisco call., 1906-06-19

R. E. Moriarity, ]. K. Ryan and James
Talford; auditing committee-T. D.
Warwick, F. Horsman and ". Wilkie.
The union carpenters have won their
fight for better wages in Greater New
York. The Council of the brotherhood
of Carpenters OF that city has ratified
the agreement arrived at between the
mechanics and the Master Carpenters
Association and the strike is off. The
men went back TO work yesterday. BY
the agreement the master carpenters
Will raise the wages OF the Brooklyn
men from 81 TO $3.50 per day, and the
Manhattan men will be raised from
$3.50 to $3.50 day. The new arrange
ment will take effect in Brooklyn Au-
gust Is, and in Manhattan July l.
Members of Teamsters Union. No. So,
look with much suspicion on the many
tracks being laid in the downtown dis
tricts by the Southern Pacific and other
railroads. It has been a constant fight
for years TO keep spur tracks off the
main .thoroughfares, and il looks very
much TO the teamsters as if the com
panies would take advantage of our re-
cent calamity and do an irreparable
damage to the teaming industry Of the
city. The tracks already laid are max
ll1k A4tE SNlFtlS dAlAAOSA 4Ulp1SodDl6 1OI
trucks and wagons, and the Transfers
Union does not propose 70 stand idly by
and see this injustice, as it is called,
done. Michael Casey has brought the
matter TO the attention OF the Labor
Council and that body will take the
matter UP. It is feared by the teamsters
that some Of these tracks VIII remain
permanently The law and legislative
committee of the council was instructed
p lra -crf,
report as soon as possible. 1t is claimed
that Battery street is rendered almost
impossible, and it is one of the princi-
pal arteries in the business district.
The Milk Wagon Drivers Union, No.
22e, has some trouble with the Bay
State Dairy Company. If the matter is
not settled soon ii is feared that drastic
measures viii be taken by the union.
II is said that the proprietors refuse
TO grant union conditions. The union is
reported to be numerically strong, and
if the above trouble is not settled be-
fore Friday night the matter will be
placed in the hands Of the Labor Coun-
ell.
French employers in all the metallur-
gic trades, which include seventeen of
the most important branches of the in
".
further demands of their employees. At
a recent meeting held in Paris the fol-
lowing agreement was adopted: Con
sidering the present movement on the
part of the workmen not only uneco-
nomic but revolutionary, we, the en-
ployers. have decided that work shall
not be resumed in our establishments
except on these conditions: We refuse
to grant a shorter workday, whether Of
eight or nine hours. We will grant nc
Saturday afternoons of. This per
nicious example is copied from the
United States, and would corrupt our
entire system. We will not admit any
collective representations from work
men regarding time or wages. We will
continue the piece-work system in spite
OF union opposition. Henceforth on the
wages paid a tax of per cent will be
levied for the purpose of forming q
fund for the protection of the employers
against strikes" 1t is estimated that
there is annually paid in this industry
in the republic of France for wages the
sum of 6o,0Oo, 600 and if this per cent
proposition should prevail it would
yield about s1,20o,0o0 yearly.
President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor recent
ly sent the following letter
throughout the country with view
of solidifying the railway expressmer
of the land into one compact organiza-
ton: Fer some time past the Inter
national Brotherhood of Railway Ex-
pressmen, with headquarters in Ian
caster Pa, has been quietly pressing
the work of organization among the
railway expressmen of the United
States and Canada The bitterly hos
tile attitude of the express companies
which seem to be determined to pre-
vent the establishment of an effectiv'
organization among their employees
makes it q difficult proposition for th'
brotherhood, with its limited resources
to handle. Experience has demonstrat
ed that 10 establish small isolated
local divisions here and there subjecti
the members to immediate discharge
and no firm or lasting foothold i
gained. In view of these facts, and il
order that we may cope successfull,
with the unreasonable antagonism o
the express companies, we have re
solved to enlist the, entire machiner.
Of the American Federation Of Labo
in behalf of the movement to establish
upon a permanent and self-sustainin;
basis tie International Brotherhood o
RAILWAY Expressmen. To be entirel,
satisfactory it is important that tn
efforts gf our organizers should be sim
ultdneo1S lnTOuSnohl the tntlIS JuIlS
diction of the American Federation o
Labor You are therefore requested t
get in touch with the railway express
men in your vicinity Immediately witt
view of forming them into local divi
sions of the brotherhood. and also t
get into communication at once will
E. R Greenawalt, 4SS Nevin street
Lancaster, Pa"
Bricklayers' Union No. Z will NEE
Wednesday night in regular session a
$40 Golden Gate avenue. The presi
dent reports that business is brisk
Nominations will be made at this meet
ing and the election will be held tn,
following Wednesday. The annua
picnic will take place Sunday. July /
at Schuetzen Park. San Rafael. Th'
committee of arrangements consists o
the following: Joe Duffey, r. L. Had
ley, George Keeiey, T. Crowley .
Meyerscough and William Trurzer
The committee is publishing a fin,
programme and will give cash prizes