The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12

Laborers' Protective Union No. ss44
met Sunday evening at Sheet Metal
Workers Hall Thirty-two candidates
were obligated, and many applications
are awaiting action. President John
Murphy gave the new members some
wholesome advice along trade union
lines. He also took occasion to con-,
gratulste the members On their sol
dierly bearing on Labor day and paid
high tribute 10 the discipline MAIN
tsined bF the captains and aids. The
treasurer. Patrick Tierney. rendered his
report showing that the finances of
the union were in first-class condition.
Business Agent William Meakin re-
ported trade conditions very satisfac-
tory. and that all the members were
working The following resolution was
unanimously passed:
Resolved. That the Laborers Pro-
tective Union No. S944, in regular
meeting assembled. does hereby express
- our thanks for and commend the action
Of the Board of Public Works and the
O'Shaughnessy for cleaning the public
streets along the line of march of the
Labor day parade Of the Building
Trades Council such action showing
better than words tnat the Board OF
Public Works and the superintendent
have the interests of the public at
heart and that each is the sincere
friend Of the union man; and
lutions be sent TO the Board of Public
Works and also given to the press.
The District Council of Carpenters
Will meet tonight at Dolores Hall, cor
ner OF Dolores and Sixteenth streets.
All delegates are requested to be pres
ent Heretofore the council has been
meeting at $40 Golden Gate avenue.
The council viii now remain at Dolores
Hall until the Building Trades Temple
is con,rIetAa
BARRIERS Union No. I4s will not meet
until next Monday night, but the ex-
eeutive board viii be in session this
evening at s35 Webster street. Much
business of importance will be trans
acted, as the general body has had no
meeting Tor two weeks owing to the
holidays.
The conductors and motormen of the
street-car service in Baltimore have
formed a union OF the Anal lgamated
Association Of Street and Electric
Railway Employees of America and
boast a membership Of over 7o0s
Painters Union No. 1e met Monday
night al Eintracht Hall and initiated
twenty-seven candidates. admitted four
on travelling cards and received twenty
applications This union is growing in
numbers very rapidly. having added
month of August, and September bids
fair TO outstrip that number. The cot
taEes are being erected as fast as pos
sible and are being occupied as fast as
completed There have been so far
forty-7ve families accommodated
About so per cent Of the membership
was in line on LABOR day. Owing to
the lack of car facilities the IS fine for
non-attendsnce has been remltted-
fixed the wages Of laborers working
for the municipality at 50 day of
eight hours The motion passed unani-
mously requesting the city engineer, in
making his estimates for 1907, TO figure
on 81 day for men and $4.40 for
teams.
Branch OF the Anal Igarated So
ciety Of Carpenters and Joiners was
organizes Monday night in Union Hall
Fourteenth and Church streets. BUSH
ness Agent Charles A Nelson acted as
chairman The branch has over 100
. names on its charter rolls, and the
secretary reports that there are some
thing like 200 applications awaiting
action. At the next meeting the branch
viii indorse the new wage scale.
The Journeymen Plumbers OF WASH
ington, p. c.. who have been locked
out by the master plumbers for over
settled by arbitration. Each side has
chosen two lawyers and the fifth mem
Der of the board viii be chosen this
week. While the master plumbers have
lost an immense sum by this difficulty,
the fourneymen figure that they have
lost s175.ee0. What 70 do with the nom
union plumbers when the board brings
in its findings is bothering the en-
ployers. An effort will be made. it is
said. 70 have the non union men taken
into the union.
At the last meeting of Journeymen
Marble Cutters and Finishers Union
No. 90. resolutions were adopted in
memory OF T. + Kinucan. the late sec
retsry The deceased was a stanch
union man and was favorably known
BY a large circle of trades unionists.
II was decided to drape the charter OF
the union in mourning for thirty days.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
in order 10 help out the contractors
engaged in building the Western Pa
ciac Railroad between Salt, Lake and
san Francisco. who are urgently in
need OF 5000 more men. have taken
novel means 70 have labor brought
into that field. The road has sent out
70 al its agents blank forms OF p let
ter Of Introduction to the railroad con-
tractors which they are instructed 10
issue 70 al applicants for work. These
letters are practically a guarantee OF
employment At headquarters of the con-
tractors in Oakland and Oroviile, this
state The men thus corralled by
the agents have to ny their own way
70 the headquarters. but transportation
is offered Throughout the West at non1-''
inai rates Ia addition 10 paying 81
and s2a5 per day for common labor
ers. and $3.50 per day for teamsters, the
contractors offer to carry the men free
80 the verieus field camps and board
them Al s5.25 per week The work viii
last from year and half 10 two
years.
Thirteen persons were more or less
injured by the explosion Of a bomb
which started the Labor day parade
ia St Louis At last accounts two
were reported as likely 10 die. The
bomb was exploded as a signal for the
procession to proceed. The bomb rose
10 a height OF some twenty feet and
fell few feet from where Il had been
set on. II made a terrific report,
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