The San Francisco call., 1906-11-29

clauon was incorporated for $4,000
me foilowing unions furnished the
ready money for the enterprise. Car
men $1,000. Typographical $4,000. Brew
ers $500. Bakers $1,000. Gas Workers
$4,000.
While this excellent showing. both
financial and fraternal. is deeply grati-
Tying TO US we look forward to the
time when we viii own not only the
building but the land for our head
quarters and thus establish a home
worthy of the largest central body
west of the Rocky Mountains.
For the committee of the council
having the business part Of the enter
prise In charge there should be words
OF highest praise and commendation,
and for the arrangement of this even
ing's celebration much credit is due.
In our .home-for the first time un-
DER our own roof-we may renew our
efforts for the advancement of the
working people and to increase the
power and prestige OF the San Fran
cisco Labor Council"
After the literary exercises had been
concluded dancing was indulged in for
several hours. Refreshments were
served
The employees of the California Pa
- -sAAAAc dt <1nllDCA are on Strike Tor
an eight-hour day. This action was
taken after several interviews between
q committee of the union employees and
Manager Brown of the company. The
union offered TO submit the eight-hour
day proposition TO arbitration. This
the manager is reported to have re-
fused and stated that he would never
recognize the union. Golden West
Lodge No. 144 held, a meeting Sunday
in 7od not -
Monday morning unless the manage
ment would make some concessions
Brown would not do this and the 40
employees refused TO go to work Mon
day. The mill has heretofore been run
with two shifts. the day force working
eleven hours and the night force thir-
teen hours. the shifts alternating every
two weeks.
Building Material Transfers
Union was organized recently in San
Jose by Organizer Alexander Dijeau
The union starts with $50 charter
members, and its number is 279 The
following officers We're elected: Presi-
dent, Frank Koers: vice president, H
Greenfield; financial secretary. Ira T
Fox; recording secretary. P. Roe: war
den, T. McGlynn; conductor, S Hub
bard; business agent, E. l. Presidon
The election dispute in the Inter-
national Boot and Shoe Workers Union
is becoming so complicated that il is
possible that the full bench of the
Supreme Court of Boston may consid r
the case After listening for three
hours to the arguments or counsel
Judge Morton has been asked to report
the case on the facts to the full court.
This suggestion was made in order to
expedite the final disposition of the
dispute. The attorney for Thomas B
Hickey thought that an agreement
should be filed in the case by Messrs
Tobin and Lovely TO take no action
under the special election called for
December s. so that the situation
should not be changed pending a de-
cision by the full court The attorney
for Mr.. Tobin did not think that a
stipulation that would be effective to
that end could be filed by his clients.
but Judge Morton thought that if he
should report the case to the full
bench, rather than decide it himself.
an agreement TO that end should be
made
In olden times martyrs went rejoic-
ing to the stake for their faith. 1t re-
mains for a tonsorial artist to be sent
10 the guardhouse in these latter days
for bis union principles. While the
barber languishes in the military
prison for his unionism the bewfis-
kered military man goes unshorn.
Jack McConnaghan, recruit in the
barracks a Columbus. o., being bar
Der, he was turned out to shave his
comrades He did not balk at this
But when the customer placed a nickel
down for the shave and ten cents for
a haircut this son of Gaul became his
own walking delegate and went on a
I'll
mander was notified and he said IT
was, Shave or guardhouse. McCon-
naghan elected the latter, for he said
he could be a good union man In the
guardhouse as well as anywhere else.
But" said the soldier, IF 1 shave
under the scale ia be damned by all
my craftsmen"
Labor Commissioner NJ ]. Mcleod of
Michigan is preparing an amendment
10 the laws governing the employment
Of women and girls. The employment
Of girls under 2I years of age during
the night in factories and stores is
prohibited, and il is proposed to make
this apply to all women. The Com
missioner will try also to limit the
hours of labor per week for women
and girls to sixty in stores as well as
factories. In this he has in mind espe-
cially women clerks in stores or small
places where early closing is seldom
found.
The thirty-four carpenters brother
hood unions and amalgamated branch
es OF the Greater Boston district have
notified the employers through the Dis
trict Council of Carpenters that on and
after May next the union minimum
wage will be 45 cents an hour. and no
man will work on Saturday afternoons
any time during the year.
Competition in trade in the East
Side, New York City. has brought down
wages, and with the lowering of wages
has sprung up several labor unions. |
The umbrella-makers were the last to
organize, and they are the first to
strike. About sixty shops, employing |
5OO are affected The strikers want
besides higher wages recognition of the
union. The union has the support OF
the United Trades, a central organiza-
tion of the East Side labor organiza-
tions.
Senator Albert j. Beveridge of In |
diana promises to bring in a child labor |
bill on the opening day of the incoming