The San Francisco call., 1907-06-19
UNION Transfers AND
PAINTERS AID CARMEN
Assessments Are Levied on
Members to Get Funds
for the Strikers
CHIEFS ARE ELECTED
Trades Bodies Choose Men
to Guide Locals In the
Ensuing Term
CHIEFS ARE ELECTED

<1aIcMIns> Painters union No.
GSLITs s.2s llceMslD le at meeting in
SFSE0s4z Waltons pavilion
M o d a night,
which was attended by more than 500
members. voted TO collect a weekly as
sessment OF SO cents from each member
during the continuance OF the local
strikes for the benefit OF the unions
affected. The sum of $1,000 was drawn
from the treasury with which to pay
the first assessment. The union de-
cided to parade on Labor day. the
! following nominations were made for
Offices, that are filled semiannualiy: A
z. Smith (incumbent) and Nicholas
/ Smith. for president; Phil Kelly, vice
| president; John Foley and P. Kiley,
trustee; W. G. Walsh, Joseph Doney,
Alfred Barry and Frank Scollin, busi-
ness agent; Harry Wilson, ". l. Reed,
Al Parks, NJ Fasting and H Kelly,
I executive board. There were 21 nomi-
nations for delegates to the building
trades council and 81 nominations for
] representa- tives to the district council.
ne election will be held at o'clock
! p. N.
Seven hundred and sixty-tvo votes
/ were cast Monday night at the cleo
! ton held by the steam laundry work
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F. Thurber, president; George Black,
vice president; Carrie Farmer (incum-
| bent), secretary; Harry Godsill, treas
urer; Charles Linegar and George
Macklin, sergeants at arms; Robert
Z. Ewing, business agent; Albert j.
/ Brown. trustee. The counting OF the
votes for committees was postponed
until Sunday afternoon.
The laundries are sending orders to
/ the headquarters of the union for more
/ help. The demand is being attended
/ TO. s fast as suitable persons are Sc
cured.
The retail clerks association has
elected n. E. LIGHT president, Charles
Lee vice president and ]. Williams
treasurer. 1t has taken a lease for an
other year of the premises at 1922
Steiner street and before the lease ex-
pires the association will secure large
premises for the meetings Of the retail
clerks associations OF this city and
other organizations.
The retail shoe clerks on last Mon
day decided TO postpone all proposed
social events until after the settlement
OF the Garments strike. The next meet
ing of this organization will be sum
moned one for the purpose OF consid-
ering matters of special interest 10
each member.
At the meeting held Monday night
by bar tenders local No. Al, W. NJ.
Battersby presiding, IL applicants for
membership were admitted and 10 ap-
plications were referred to the COM
mittee on candidates. The meeting was
addressed by a committee from the
cooks union. The local indorsed A
Balslow for an International office. It
also declared itself in favor OF p. u
zf &c a,
for an office in the international body
At the last meeting of the brother
hood of teamsters. in K. of r. B. hall.
the members were assessed 81 each
a week for period of four months in
aid of the unions on strike. This will
produce $4,000 month, as the team
sters' unions donation.
The telephone operators held a spe-
cial meeting yesterday afternoon and
were addressed by President Leonard
of inemen's local No. 151, who assured
them that despite all threats to take
away the charter the men would stand
by their determination to support the
girls.
A statement was made to the effect
that ~ of the girls imported from the
( interior complained of overwork and
made a demand on the telephone COM
pany TO send them home again.
Last night an entertainment and ball
was given in Cotillon hall in aid of the
telephone girls. There was an attend
ance of about 1000 persons. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Vocal solo Mr.: whitelar. Miss Clare Welsh.
acconpanist; Irish jig dancing Miss Clara
Coyne. the Misses Mildred ana Edna Kelleher
and Joseph KelIeher; vocal solo. Miss Ef6e
Thomas Burns and Harry Butterworth. the
Black Face comedians; singing and dancing
Finn, Miss Ida O'Neill, accompanist; vocal solo
Miss Martha Jenson Miss Ida ONeill, accom-
vocal SOLO Miss Jenevere Doyle Miss Ida
o'Neill, accompanist.
/ Milkmen's union No. 423 has made
it's first weekly payment of s400 to the
/ fund for striking carmen. The follow
/ ing nave been elected officers: Thomas
Atkinson, president; Charles Helbing,
vice president; E. J. Daley. recording
! secretary: J. G. Fallon, financial secre-
tary: F. N. Pendergast. treasurer; Fred
Manchester, warden; Z. H Jones. con-
ductor: g. Goodman, trustee: W. H.
Bemis. J. Frinscin and e. Frederick
! son, auditors; c. Helb;ng. J. @. Fulton,
! T. Hearst. A. J. Brown, Thomas o Brien,
| ". Seagrave E. Kerker, F. Mcnamara
J. Dougherty and j. Bell, delegates to
the district council OF carpenters: w
H. Bemis e. Frederickson. a. j. Brown,
Thomas O'Brien. A. Bergman. Thomas
/ Farmer, J. Johnson, T. Mcguire. J. At
kinson, J. Frinscin and F. M. MeNam
ara, delegates TO the building trades
council; J. Frinscin, delegate to the
progressive planning mill convention and
Thomas Brown, delegate to organized
labor.
The committee on Labor day for the
allied printing trades met last night
10 arrange the details for the parade.
The reports presented showed that at
least 1000 would be in the division un-
der the marshalship of Andrew j. Gal
lagher OF the photo engraVers' union.
A uniform badge was adopted. Ar
rapgements we're made for carriages
for the women of the several unions
The subject of 2 float was discussed.
The matter viii be taken up at a fu-
ture meeting.