The San Francisco call., 1906-08-12
EDITED BY O. M. BOYLE.

committee stage in the British House
of Commons and was reported to the
House amid Ministerial cheering. Con-
siderable excitement marked the de-
bate, during which several amendments
opposed by the Government were de-
feated by narrow majorities, in one
case the Government being saved from
defeat by a few Unionist votes. The
bill provides that no act of a trades
union shall be held to be unlawful if
such act is lawful when committed by
an individual 1t sets forth In express
terms the right of peaceful picketing
which has been described as an essen
tial right of strikers, and defines the
law of agency as applied to trades
unions, making it impossible to claim
redress from union funds for any act
unless it is clear that the act was
authorized by the governing body of
the union.
William Kennedy. who claims to be
the nephew of State Senator Plunkett
of New York, went the other day with
party of strike breakers to take the
places of men formerly in the employ
of the Orange County Traction Com
pany of Newburg. n. Y. and was ar
rested on a charge of carrying a loaded.
blackjack while on one of the cars.
The company attempted to run the cars
with the new men but abandoned the
plan. The employees struck on the
question of unionizing, the road All of
them were members of labor organiza-
tions except one, and would not con-
sent to any agreement that gave the
open shop privilege. The strike has
virtually cut off the suburban towns.
The board of directors of the Ma
tional Association of Employing Lfth-
-
of the statements of the Lithograph-
ers' International Protective and Ben
eficial Association that several MEM
bers of the association in New York
City had granted the eight-hour de-
mand Not a single member, it was
said. had broken away. A director
said that the employers expect to
man their shops from the trade schools
and from the ranks of the non-union
men and returning strikers. Presi- |
dent Hamilton of the Lithographers'
Union stated that when the union I
decided on fight for the eight-hour /
workday it calculated all chances /
The employers. he said, could not get
men to run their plants. and would
the eighth hour day. which is here to
stay.
Ten candidates were obligated at
the last meeting OF PoStOffce Clerks /
Union, and the union was reported in
a hourishing condition. 1t is hoped |
that organized labor will have sufi-
cient influence in the next Congress
to insist on a classification bill and
eight-hour day for postofice clerks. |
The officers of the union have all been
reelected.
Ed Andersen was in the chair at
the last meeting of Marine Cooks and
Stewards Association of the Pacific. |
Secretary Steidle reported that the
strike situation was practically un-
changed The Seattle agent reported
shipping fair, with very few men
ashore. The San Pedro agent stated |
that the situation was fair.
The Switchmens Union of North |
America has become affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor. |
This union numbers about 1900
members. with permanent headquar-
ters in Buffalo. This makes three
railroad organizations in the A. +. of
L. The other two are the order of
Railroad Telegraphers and the Broth !
erhood of Railway Expressmen. The |
engineers, firemen, conductors and
brakemen are still holding aloof from
the rest of the labor world.
Paper-makers in the thirty-three |
mills of the International Paper Com
pany in the United States and Can
ada have given notice that they will |
go out on strike unless their working
hours are reduced to eight hours a |
day without reduction in the scale of
wages.