The San Francisco call., 1906-08-14
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE.

following locals have recently been or
ganized: Birmingham, Ala; Toledo and
GAINESVILLE, o. Our total membership Is
now about 1880 and is steadily in
creasing. Employment fairly steady In
many places.
Carriage Workers, Charles A Beus-
tian-Our strike in Toronto. Canada,
was successful In some instances we
secured the nine-heur day the first
week; other employers held out about
four weeks. All our members are now
employed and the general outlook for
trade is good.
Slate and Tile Roofers. William M.
Clark-Trade conditions are fair in the
East, but the same cannot be said of
the West Several of our members In
San Francisco have been missing since
the disaster. We have sent assistance
to our members there. A cooperative
shop has been started Ia Cleveland, O..
by our members.
Blacksmiths, George J. Werner
Wherever demands have been made by
our m members general advances in wages
and improved working conditions have
been secured. With this years agree
ments we have secured 10 per cent in
crease in wages. We had strikes and
lookouts in Chicago in order TO secure
our agreement All shops have signed
but four, and we expect to have them
lin line soon. New unions have been
formed in Hammond. Ind; Duluth,
Mimi; Salem Mass, and Murphyboro.
III. The general outlook for trade Is
good.
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers.
H. A. Stembaugh-In some localities our
members have secured increases from
90 to % cents and 30 to Is cents an
hour. The following unions have been
organized since the first of the year;
Baltimore, Md; Utica, n. Y; Eau Claire,
Wis: Boston and Waltham, Mass; Syr-
acuse, n. Y; Lawrence, Mass; Oneonta,
~ Y; Duluth, Mimi; Plainfeld, n. j.;
Peru, Ind; Evanston, Ind; Boyne City,
Mich; Rutland, Vt; New Brunswick
and Orange, n. j.; Green Bay, Wis;
Nyack, y. Y; Sheboygan, Mich; Jsffer-
son City, Mo; Lawrence, l. l.; New Or
leans, La; Wheeling, ". Va; Amster-
dam, n. Y: Hot Springs. Ark; Ossin-
ing. y. " Kenosha, Wis, Brooklyn,
schenectady, Poughkeepsie. Troy and
Peekskill, N Y. Employment in most
of these localities is reported steady.
The annual labor famine is now on
in the Northwestern States There
seems to be plenty of men, but many
will not work Employment agencies
say the labor famine is Increased by
the incessant demands of the railroads
for men TO help on construction work.
While the shortage of harvest help In
the vast wheat fields of the Dakotas
and the West will be keenly felt the
real strain will fall upon the Mime
sofa and Wisconsin farmers: 1t is
almost Impossible to secure men for
work on Minnesota farms Tor the
reason that they all want to go farther
West, where big. money" is to be
made. Although the season Is hardly
on. 81 and $3.50 day with board is
freely offered, but there are few takers.
While the railroads secure the bulk OF
the laborers they are unable to hold
them. as many of the men simply hire
in order to secure free transportation
to the West. 1t is very doubtful un-
der the circumstances whether some OF
the roads will be able to finish their
extensions by the time the crops are
ready TO be moved These are bad
days for the professional tramps. They
are not tolerated in the small towns
or the cities, as there is plenty of work
and no excuse for loafng.
What is known as the "51 per cent
agreement" will probably receive It's
ouietus at the coming convention at
Toronto of the United Garment Work
ers of America. This agreement is one
between the above organization and the
vigorously by the locals interested in
this city. The agreement has already
been repudiated by the executive board
Of the Garment Workers and its op-
ponents hereabouts hope TO see it en-
tirely wiped out of existence.
In the past few days the carpenters
of the Pittsburg district have strength
ened their position to a considerable
extent and many of the members have
come forward and proved their loyalty
to the union by Offering to pay an
assessment as high as IS a week II 1t
is necessary to carry on the strike.
A number of the strikers have secured
work out OF Pittsburg and the number
requiring BENEFITS has decreased. The
master builders have by advertising all
over the country collected a number
Of non-u union carpenters, but are far
short of the number they can use. The
master builders will pay only $3.50,
while the striking carpenters insist on
81 q day.
The Chicago Federation of Labor has
ordered the members Of Bakers Union
No. to obey the recent injunction is
sued by the United States Court. II
was secured by the Hueston Bakery
Company of Chicago, forbidding mem
bers of No. 2 from congregating in OF
about places Where the Dread OF tl e
company is sold. It came as the result
OF the enmity between the company
and the union dating back two years
TO the time when the company first
employed non-union help. When the
matter came UP the other day the ex-
ecutive committee OF the Federation
ordered that the Injunction be re-
spected to the letter and that nc
member of the Bakers Union be al
lowed to enter bakeries in which the
bread is sold. The order practically
amounts to a boycott on the products
Of the Hueston Company.
sTEvEDoREs' PAY RAISED.