The San Francisco call., 1907-01-24

70 increase the salary Of DR.. J. NJ.
Toner 10 $40 a month. Trade was re-
ported good. with all the members at
work.
President Cornelius was in the chair
at the regular meeting OF Garments
Union No. 206 on Tuesday night In
Labor Council Temple Thirty-three
members were initiated during the
past week. Considerable discussion
took place over the annoyances caused
by passengers belonging TO the Strap
hangers League" who refuse to pay
their fares unless given seats The po-
sition Of the carmen as outlined at
the meeting was that they were en-
ployed 70 collect fares from all pas
sengers who board their cars whether
or not they get seats. They feel that
they are being made TO suffer for the
delinquencies OF their employers Any
conductor who does not collect fares
from all passengers will be subject
70 dismissal. AS the platform men are
IN no way responsible for the lament
able lack OF car service throughout
the city their objections to the meth
DDS OF the strap p-hangers" were voiced
Ia no uncertain manner at the meeting
In connection with General Funston's
charge that the building trades OF
this city were obstructing the rebuild
ing OF San Francisco. the speech made
by Secretary o. A. Tveitmoe OF the
Building Trades Council at the Stock
ton convention OF the State Building
Trades Council seems to set forth the
other side OF the question. The fol-
lowing excerpt from this speech shows
that the building trades are endeavor-
ing 70 aid and not obstruct the re-
building OF the city:
There never has been presented a more stu
pendous task 10 man since the creation OF the
world than the rebuilding OF San Francisco ~snd
the major portion OF that heavy burden viii fan
upon the Building Trades Council, its affiliated
unions and their members We are called upon
70 replace buildings covering an area Of eight
square miles at a cost that viii exceed one
billion dollars. The requisite number of ef-
problem with which any labor organization or
any other association has ever 1Ren confronted
and competent lasorers 70 meet the demand and
T Il also must be endeavOr TO guard against
any glut or overcrowding in the labor market
Efforts have been made TO bring thousands OF
labOrers and mechanics TO San Francisco from
the Eastern States. the European countries and
Australia. II they should come II would require
very little time TO create the greatest hardship
and misery in San Francisco. Thousands OF
wages would find themselves idle walking the
streets, and by their presence adding 20 the
! fbe sfsenafion and idiepess So FAR tie Build
I ing Trades Council OF San Francisco aud the
/ have been able 10 cope successfully with the
/ fndusrrv. not only Of san Francisco. but OF ali
/ the other Industrial centers Of the State.
Recording Secretary Crosby Of Fur
niture Handlers Union No. ] requests
all members to be present at the meet
/ ing Of the local tomorrow night at the
4 han, 2589 Market street
It Is reported from Terre Haute that
the hoisting engineers, firemen and
blacksniths at the Indiana mines have
gone to the international convention Of
the United Mine Workers with a peti-
tion for a separate charter. This Pres
ident John Mitchell refused last Octo-
Der. They intend to raise the old ques-
tion OF their right TO make their own
/ contracts with the operators. It is said
that they viii contend that the char
acter Of their work is so different from
that Of the men underground that the
United Mine Workers committees on
wage scales cannot handle the ques-
ton. Their numbers are relatively so
small at each mine that they are not
sent as delegates to scale conventions
and really have no voice in fixing the
terms OF their labor. Several years ago
the hosting engineers had a union, but
President Mitchell fought them through
the American Federation OF Labor
which body decided against them and
in favor OF the unihcation policy which
Mitchell at one time wanted to have
! applied even TO the stablemen who
cared for the mine mules. The top
men, as the engineers, hremen and
blacksmiths are called, believe that the
coal diggers favor their request
The referendum vote for interna-
tional officers for the Brewery Work
mems Union has Just been announced as
/ follows: Recording secretary and
1 treasurer, Adam Huebner OF New York;
corresponding secretary. Louis Kemper
OF Cincinnati; financial secretary, Jo-
seph Proebstle OF Toronto; editor Of
the Braeur Zeitung. Gustav Mostler:
executive board-Edward Ward Of
/ Boston. John Kugler Of Newark, N. j.
Joseph Schaefer OF Philadelphia, Frank
Mayor Of Detroit. william Vorsatz Of
Chicago, Joseph Cries Of Kansas City
Anthony Burghardt OF San Antonio,
Tex; Frank Murie OF San Francisco,
and william Bassler. Henry Staff John
Hollerback and Albert Colnot Of Gin
cinnau
A case OF Importance to labor union
lists as a precedent has been decided in
Massachusetts,. The court held that
labor organization had the right 10 en-
]
who refused to strike in accordance
with the decision OF the union The
case grew out OF a strike against Will
cutt & CO. OF Boston. This firm brought
suit against the officers OF the union
alleging that they had intimidated GER
tain members OF the union who did not
go out when the strike was ordered by
threatening to levy heavy fines against
them. Judge Gaskill held that, while
IL was not lawful for officers Of a
union to visit members who were at
work and endeavor to force them to
desist by threatening to fine them, IL
was within their power to levy such
fines as the unions laws prescribe
against men who did not obey the call
to Quit work. On this ruling the bill
against the union officers was dis
missed.
strike OF lawyers has been declared
in Italy, IN accordance with the Tex
ample OF labor unions. The grievance
is against recent legal reforms promul-
gated by the Minister OF Justice.
bill OF Importance 10 trades union
fists has been presented TO the Cana
dian Parliament by Minister OF Labor