The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09

toward arbitration was taken through |
the action of the Bricklayers' Union in !
deciding that its members could not |
work on buildings on which non-union
plumbers We're employed. The mem |
bers OF Painters Union were about to
take like action. 1t was only a ques-
tion of time when other unions would !
have followed suit. and under these
conditions the employing plumvers de-
cided to agree to arbitration.
In the present campaign to organ
ize the clerks in Chicago the unfair
list has been eliminated, and in it's
place fair list is being PUBLISHED |
Each month list is to be printed Civ
ing the names Of merchants W. en-
ploy union clerks, and efforts TO in
crease the patronage of such stores are
to be made.
Since the successful strike Of the
grand opera chorus girls in New York
some time ago their union has been
growing rapidly 1t is a branch of the
Actors National Protective Union. /
chartered by the American Federation
OF Labor. Its membership includes
German, French, English and Italian
singers.
The latest fad in labor circles is
union-made baseball bats and shoes
bearing the union label.
The millmen in the Occur d'Alene
district have at last obtained an eight
hour day. A dispatch states thai the
large mining companies of the famous
4uaho district have commenced to op-
crate under the new conditions and
that four companies have also inaugtl-
rated the eight-hour day in their mills. /
q reduction of four hours. The. hours
Of other outside men have been re-
duced from ten to nine, the wage scale
being So and $3.50 a day Five thou
sand miners and millmen are affected
by the change.
With the granting OF the efght-hour
day. said 8 member of the miners
union, all differences which existed
between the miners and their employ
ers in this district have been adjusted
Harmony now prevails throughout the
entire district, and the indications are
that there viii be no more labor trou-
bles here
case which is attracting great in
tereSt especially among union labor
men. came up recently before the Unit
Cd states Commissioner in Boston when
William H. Ellis. navy yard contract
or after q hearing on charges Of hav-
n violated the eight-hour law on
United States Grand Jury on $1,000 bail
Typographical Union No. 81 has been
donated for the relief of those mem
oers who suffered by the great fire the
sum Of s25.2s5.40. During the past
month the committee In charge dis
bursed SS56I50. II was distributed for
furniture. clothing. rent. medical ar
tendance in hospital transportation
and in siKtY-feuF cases cash was
given The committee had on hand at
It's last report. July Is. s753e.3o.
The executive committee recon-
mends that r. A James, an old mem
Der or the union. be transferred to the
veteran list The committee also rec
ommends that the union lend the
Labor Council $4,000. TO be used IN the
erection Of the labor temple.
By the action of the directors Of the
Boston Consolidated Gas Company. 500
or more employees. chosen Irrespective
of position or earning capacity. but on
account Of capability, fafthfufness and
temperance. viii be made beneficis riaS
in the earnings of the company and
will receive at the close OF the wear
ending June 80, 1907. per cent OF the
amount Of their wages out OF the sur-
plus earnings OF the company If the
plan works. as the directors are san
guine IL viii. the employees will in time
have an opportunity to become direc
tors.
The International Machinists. r-n;o,
has decided to back the members of
Pittsburg Lodge No. 4s1 in their fight
with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James O'Connell, president of the In
ternational Association of Machinists
and A. l. Stark, special business agent
OF District 29 of the international
Union, have been in conference at Bal
timore with some Of the high officials
Of Ia ri
The machinists, 1t is said have been
granted the reinstatement OF the presi
dent of the local. George Hampton.
whose discharge by the master me-
ehanic brought on the strike, but the
company IS not willing to remove Mas
ter Mechanic Prendergast. which the
men demand. since they found it neces-
sary to go on strike.
Five OF the principal mines OF Butte.
Mont. constituting the properties of
the Boston and Montana Company.
have been closed down because OF a
strike al the companv's smelter at
Great Falls The strike was ordered
by the Mil and Smeltermen's Union
Of the latter city. The number of men
affected is 5000. The strike was or
dered because OF the discharge of Ger
tain union men.
AT the last meeting Of Boxmakers'
and Sawyers' Union No. 152 several
new members were admitted. The en-
tire membership has returned 10 work
under the following scale: Boxmak-
ers SO. helpers $3.50. sawyers. $3.50;
all working nine hours.
The scarcity Of labor throughout
the country is being felt even in the
Dakotas Harvest hands are in such
demand in that section that many are
demanding and receiving $3.50 per
day for work in tile fields. This is
the largest sum ever paid in that sec
ton for similar work.
Thirty-six new members were taken
in at the last meeting Of Carpenters
Union No. 4S3, twenty-four by inti-
alton and the remainder by clearance
cards Louis Deibel. c. H Tubbs and
frederick Small were elected trustees.