The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
LAUNDRY WORKERS
MAY DECIDE TO END
LONG STRIKE TODAY
Members Will Meet This
Afternoon and Discuss
Compromise Plan
ENGINEERS NOMINATE
Court of Ancient Order Of
Foresters Declares Ban
on United Railroads

~uyrMrp The indications
(Tf1pfs 1.s2s l(coIEclIS yesterday were that
DSszSzC5o the laundry work
ers at the meeting
to be held this afternoon in Dolores hall
would adopt the compromise proposition
submitted to the officers OF the union
by the Cancellation committee 1t Is no
longer a question of wages between
employees and employers, for that part
of the controversy is considered as
good as settled. 1t is now only q ques-
ton of hours. The workers stand out
for eight hours. The Owners asso-
citation by it's compromise proposition
will grant this at the expiration of 80
months, the eight hour rule to prevail
during the last six months Of three
year contract. After the first year
there. is to be a reduction of work
hours per week by graduation. Many
Of the individual members, who have
been out nearly 10 weeks, expressed
themselves as satisfied with the new
proposition. The conciliation commit
tee is using its influence to bring about
settlement and unless something un-
expected occurs before this AFTERNOON
the agreement as proposed will be rati-
fed and the strike called off.
Local No. SO OF the hoisting and
portable engineers, international union
OF steam engineers, at its last meeting
nominated the following candidates for
offices to be filled during the ensuing
term: For president, ]. ]. Kingston,
w. jenkins, j. Carley; for vice presi-
dent, p. ]. Noughton; for financial sec
retary. J. A McCann; for recording
secretary, j. Rosblum, r. Tailor; for
treasurer. w. Miller; for trustee, FL.
Witte; for auditors, J. RosbluIn, r.
Miller, C. E. Hardy; for conductor, r.
Wilson; for delegates TO the building
trades council ]. J. Kingston, j. A.
Mccain, J. Rosblum, H. Witte; for
delegates to the city front federation,
r. Tailor, r. Miller, ]. Breen, o. Wer-
ner; for California state advisory board.
r. Tailor, j. ]. Kingston. ]. Rosblum;
for business agent, J. ]. Kingston. G.
G. Hood, C. A. Markley.
Court wierysdale No. 1903, Ancient
Order of Foresters, at its last meeting
adopted a resolution to fine any of it's
members SO if they were found riding
on cars operated by nonunion men.
There is to be a special meeting this
afternoon at 1888 Mission street of the
street railway construction workers
union. ]. Lynch, president is to dis
cuss the matter of working for the
United Railroads.
The allied printing trades council
has organized a joint labor day COM
mittee with George A. Tracy as chair
man, Seth Baulsir secretary and Will
liam ]. French treasurer. 1t has been
decided that the division In which the
allied printing trades is to appear is
to have three bands, that each member
must wear a uniform badge, that
transportation shall be provided for fe-
male members and that the several
unions shall decide as to Uniform, If
any Is adopted. Andrew ]. Gallagher.
vice president of the international
photo engravers union, was chosen
marshal of the division. The commit
tee will hold another meeting Tuesday,
June Is.
The following is given as the rea-
sons why the stationary firemen are
still out of the engine rooms of the
United Railroads, California street rail-
road and the Geary street road:
The union discovered that the COM
panies would not live up to the award
of the board of arbitration, but insisted
on paying the same wages as before
the arbitration. A committee waited
on the United Railroads and the reply
was that not only would the arbitra-
tion scale be paid, but that the hours
would be heightened and the pay cut
down. The first effort in that line was
the laying off of one of the three
shifts a day, thereby requiring the
other two to do the work. and In that
manner lengthening the hours. This
union has struck three times and the
time before this obtained the eight
hour rule"
Sixty-seven fremen are on strike.
The following compose the commit
tee named by President Bell Of the San
Francisco labor council to represent
that body at the conference OF the car
mems union, with committee of the
building trades council this morning:
M. Casey, William McCabe. G. B. Ben