The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE.


ing secretary and delegate TO the Labor
Council The president. George J. Fer
ris. succeeds 70 these Offices. Philip
Hunter, the mixologist of well known
fame, was elected sergeant at arms.
Business prospects were reported
bright by the officers. Union bartend-
ers can be procured at headquarters.
z27 Ivy avenue. Already many mem
bers have been engaged and are put
ting their places Of employment in
readiness.
At the last meeting of the Retail
Clerks Union No. 432 the following
officers were elected: President, G. NJ.
Lipman; first vice president. S. Fox:
second vice president, S. Selig; record
ing secretary, Charles Lee; financial
secretary, X. McCume; treasurer. W. T.
Eobson. committee was appointed
10 wait on the merchants of the city 10
insist upon the o'clock closing
movement This local viii give a pic
mic in the near future and the follow
ing committee of arrangements was
appointed: ". H. Stansbury. A W
Reid. George Milne. G. Bonn and D. ].
Williams. This committee will bring
in q report al the next meeting.
Bakers Union No. "a will meet Sat
urday evening at 1870 Geary street.
Election OF officers viii take place,
polls opening at ! ?. m. and closing a.
I. The members Of the local gener-
ally are working. The national body
has issued q call 10 all the affiliated
unions throughout the country to as
sist financially the bakery unions OF
San Francisco. The union has a res
taurant at the headquarters where any
member is welcome 20 a meal
Electrical Workers Union No. (in-
side electricians) met last Sunday and
Installed the following officers; Presi-
dent, ". H Urmy; vice president. Sam
uel Curtis; financial secretary, A.
Kempston; recording secretary. A. E
Yoen; inspectors, J. Caldwell and o.
McCann.- Hereafter this union viii
meet on Friday nights at $40 Golden
Gate avenue.
Men employed in the electrical de-
partment Of the United Railroads
Company have filed a request w4-h the
officials for reduction in the number
OF hours 10 constitute a days work
Yesterday a committee from Local
Union No. 151 called on the officials
and presented their request and they
were told that the ma-.er would be
referred TO the board of directors.
Until recently the electricians worked
ten hours a day, but about two weeks
ago they presented request that their
days labor be shortened 10 eight hours.
A compromise resulted, making the
working day nine hours. There is no
unfrien ndliness suggested in the re-
quest and il is believed by those in
terested in il that the matter will be
settled at an early date without diff
cutly. Only a portion OF the members
OF the local Electricians Union are en-
ployes Of the railway company.
No union is doing more practical
work for members who suffered from
the fire than Painters No. 19. Up to
the present time it has erected eighteen
cottages which are occupied by mar
ried members who suffered by the fire.
The union expects 70 put up about
sixty houses altogether on Thirteenth
avenue between Point Lobos and Che
ment. Five old cars have been pur-
chased from the United Railroads and
have been fixed up In a homelike man
ner. Had IL not been for the rapid
rise in the price Of lumber since the
earthquake and fire this union would
have been able TO erect many more
houses with the funds that have been
expended. Something over $4,000 al
ready has been used in this manner
Each house is provided with a stove
The officials OF the city are watching
this departure on the part OF the union
and may adopt It's plan In erecting the
homes FOR refugees which are depend
ent on the municipality.
Because branches l and of the
Amalgamated Society of. Carpenters
and Joiners have reached the member
ship limit. a new branch has been
who VIII guide the affairs OF the new
branch are: President, Thomas Max
well: secretary, Alexander Anderson:
treasurer, Peter Riddle. ". ". Free
land, q prominent member OF the So
ciety, viii also be a member. Next
Monday night a meeting Will be held
in Hamilton Hall and Business Agent
Nelson Of the Building Trades Council
viii preside It is expected that a
large membership viii Immediately be
formed. II the society grows as fast
as Il is at present growing il will not
be long before IL viii be necessary TO
form a fourth branch.
The ST. Louis District Council of Car
penters has declared off the general
strike inaugurated May l. The trouble
was over e scent increase per hour in
the scale. Recently a compromise Of
2h cents an hour was offered by the
union, making the wages 40 cents an
hour. and providing that an increase to
an cents should be made in one year.
TO be in existence for one year from
date Sixteen of the seventy-fiye con-
tractors OF st. Louis have signed such
an agreement. and the strike was thus
called of. The fight against those in
dividual contractors who have not
signed viii be continued as before Be
cause the strike has been declared off.
the strike benefits from the United
Brotherhood OF Carpenters and Joiners
and the dement's from the carpenters OF
that city who were employed will
cease.
There was trouble between the mas
ter plumbers Of Mancie. Ind. and the
Journeymen. beginning last week The
Contractors Association locked out the
men The Journeymen Plumbers argu-
ment was weakened when the union
deserted them, and was
made still weaker when the hod-car-
riers also refused 20 support the
plumbers. Both the Carpenters and
Hod Carriers unions are said to have
been advised by their national officers
that the plumbers contentious were
not sufficiently strong to merit the SUM-
port of the other unions AS a result
only a few jobs under contract were
idle The contractors profess a will
inRness TO meet the journevmen
plumbers in reference to the matters
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