The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

ire LauuQTy w OrkerS' Union OF Ald-
media County has made a demand for
an eight-hour day and has met with a
refusal by the proprietors. In all
probability there will be a strike next
week II the shorter workday is not
granted The laundry workers In the
county named are well organized
The first session of the regular quar-
terly conference of the executive coun-
Gil OF the American Federation OF La
Dor was held in Washington, D. -, last
week. The sessions will continue for
about two weeks. President Gompers
has promised to settle the dispute be-
tween the plumbers and gasftters at
this conference. and the proceedings
win be WATCHED closely.
Vice President Louis Weyand of the
International Boilermakers and Iron
snip Builders Association. has returned
70 Cleveland after q visit to Chicago,
and Is sanguine that the present strike
against the American Shipbuilding
Company win be a success. The
Chicago men have q nine-hour day
now, said Weyand, but, like their
Cleveland brethren, they are bound to
see uniform scale on the Great Lakes,
and they are ready TO make great sac
rifces 20 achieve a triumph. They are
confident OF ultimate success. and are
prepared for a long siege"
The labor situation in Deadwood. S.
D. remains unchanged, but is mild
compared to that existing at present in
many Western mining camps. The
miners out OF work number about 500.
They made demand for an eight-hour
day. Mining is not altogether at a
standstil There was no demand made
for more wages. A number Of compa-
nies conceded the shorter workday, and
these are in operation, as are mines in
certain sections Of the hills where there
are no labor organizations
The Woman's Union Label League OF
Eureka Is doing a good work to fur
ther the use OF union made goods II
has been decided to hold open meetings
on The second Tuesdays in the month.
to which the public is invited. An at
tractive programme will be rendered
and everything done to interest women
IN the Importance OF buying union made
products. The league expects 70 have
between 1000 and 1900 members by the
end OF the year. Many Eureka firms
have been persuaded TO handle union
goods through the efforts of the league.
The managing committee OF the
1AAcAG cALaNC0 OOIAClg OA dIRCnLGIb dIQ
Joiners for the district OF San Fran
cisco is as follows: President. Charles
A Nelson; secretary, @. H Thompson;
treasurer. Thomas MAXWELL; trustees,
David Bell and John Hood
The new scale Of the Steam Laundry
Workers Union will go into effect next
Monday. II the proprietors DO not meet
the demands there probably viii be q
strike. The union will hold two or
three meetings before Monday, and the
members hope that the difficulty may
be settled without resorting to drastic
measures. The international has in
dorsed the new agreement and will pay
strike benefits If necessary. The Labor
Council has Endorsed the new working
rules. A special meeting was held last
night at Dolores Hall
There is q movement on foot 20 es-
tablish a weekly labor paper IN Oakland.
The Central Labor Council of Alameda
County is said TO be behind the project
Such paper should be welcomed by
the many trades unionists across the
bay.
Up TO the present time the United
Railroads has not complied with the
findings OF the late board OF arbitration.
While the Geary-street and California
street lines have paid the men the
back pay awarded them. not one cent
has yet been paid by the United Rail-
roads. Members OF Garments Union
No 205 are becoming somewhat restive
under the circumstances and murmur-
ings of discomfort are heard through
out the system. A full month has
elapsed since the award was made by
the board and the men think that the
company has had ample time In which
to comply with the decision
President Gompers will make the
principal address at a mass meeting OF
union machinists in Pittsburg during
the second week in April The ma
chinists In the vicinity of Pittsburg
have been making many converts to
unionism In the past few months. and
organized labor generally is being
IN Western Pennsylvania.
The demands incorporated IN the new
scale OF the Pittsburg Streetcar En-
ployes Union, which VIII go into effect
May L, have received the Endorsement
OF the parent organization IN Detroit
A series of conferences with the Pitts
burg Railways Company. looking to an
amicable understanding and the sign
ing OF the new agreement has taken
place. 1t Is expected that by tomorrow
the fnal report VIII be made to the