The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-21
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE

a referendum vote The promoters of
the idea suggest that each member pay
81 a year to build q home for old. de-
crepit and invalid BARRIERS who are not
able TO provide for themselves. and TO
allow a pension of SO to the wife OF
each married man. such pension to
take effect upon the member entering
the home. and TO remain in force while
he is an inmate of the home In case
of his death his widow is to draw
the pension as long as she remains a
widow. There are 81, 500 members in
the international organization. 1t is
figured that the home could be financed
for lib cents week q member.
Counting on the entire membership
approving the plan, there would be a
yearly income of s4s,sDe The building
sum for an endowment fund 1t prob
ably would take two years in which
to complete the structure, and in that
time the endowment fund would be
sss.4o plus the $4,000. This would
be on hand when the first journeyman
was admitted.
Secretary Joseph r. Belly of the To-
cal BARRIERS union is heartily in sym
pafhy with the movement and will do
all in his power TO help the project
along He says the home was dis
cussed at the Louisville convention He
believes that the coming Minneapolis
convention viii take up the subject in
earnest and push it 10 completion.
Belly says the Organization is strong
enough 10 finance such an institution
and that il is but question Of a few
snug harbor in which TO house their
sick and disabled.
The Broommakers' Union at its last
meeting discussed the proposed law to
prevent convict-made goods from COM
ing into this State. In this the mem
bers see CLEAN of hope. As soon as
the Hunt bill passes the Senate ii will
give the friends of the movement in
this State q comparatively easy task in
barring out convict made brooms and
brushes California for years has been
the dumping ground for these goods
from the Joliet penitentiary and other
penal institutions Of Illinois. Because
OF these iuaportations and the Chinese
factories in San Francisco and vicinity
the Broommakers Union has languish-
ed II is expected that the law and
Legislative committee Of the Labor
Council will attend to this matter as
soon as the Legislature meets and
what the broommakers' organization
can do 10 help the bill along certainly
viii be done
The Journeymen Plumbers Union of
Sacramento at a recent meeting de-
cided TO insist on an increase in wages
and have a haif-holi6ay on Saturdays.
The following letter has been addressed
to each of the master plumbers of the
capital city Being unable to secure
a reply as to the action taken by the
Master Plumbers Association in re-
gard to an increase in nFages. the
5ourneynen plumbers Of Sacramento
have decided that beginning march /.
1907, the wages Of all journ eymen shall
be $3.50 a day and half holiday on
Saturdays and that all Juniors wages
shall be So day and 3 hal.-holiday
on Saturdays
&C. a. HAHN. Recording Secretary"
The iumbermen OF San Pedro have
voluntarily raised the wages of the
longshoremen and yardmen- Heretofore
the men were all paid a fat rate of 30
cents an hour. Now the wages will
be so cents. 321z cents and 35 cents an
hour. the rate being determined by the
efficiency of the employee. Many OF the
union men have accepted these in
creases and have gone back to work
The New York Master Carpenters
Association has begun negotiations
with the Greater New York District
Council OF Carpenters for the renewal