The San Francisco call., 1907-01-01

uiScuSSlOH -Ol the PROBABILITY oL lllO LII
nation of State Labor party at the
convention becomes more widespread.
It is an open secret that most of the
labor leaders of this city and, Oakland
are heartily in favor of the project and
that the delegates from this city and
across the bay will be almost unani-
nous in support of the plan. Local
leaders in the movement to engage in
the political field have received assur-
ances from the southern part of the
State that delegates from that section
will indorse the project and those well
Informed in labor circles believe that
the new party will be formally launched
l'at the coming ng<convention. The idea is
to conduct the. proposed party on;tradeS
union principles strictly. This innova-
tion Is not confined TO California, as
movements having for their. object the
formation of labor union parties are
already under way in; Illinois, :Penp-
sylvania and other States
The. Allied Provision Trades Coun-
I Gil held an adjourned meeting last Sat
urday night at 1884 Ellis" street The
following report of the committee to
revise the .colors of the monthly work.
ing buttons was concurred in; For the
month of January the color will be
black on lavender; February; black on
green; April. red ON white May;
black on. pink; June. silver: on dark
blue; July, silver on black: August
black on buff; September, black on
orange. October, black on silver; No
vember, black on gray; December, black
ON poppy. 1t is to be observed
that. the colors for; January and
February are the same as those pre-
viously adopted for the year 1905 for
those months. but which were not used
by any union during the year. and
which, according to information re-
eeived by said committee. have been
ordered from the manufacturers; hence
the committee has considered 1t proper
to readopt said colors for January and
February of 1907. The committee has
also ordered from the manufacturer 100
sample sheets of facsimiles of the
colors here proposed, which the COM
mittee recommends to be forwarded to
every union in this city using the
monthly working button
Delegate Wahl of Bakers Union No.
"a was instructed TO introduce a reso~
luton at the coming convention of the
State Federation of Labor to fndorse
the colors named above for the month
ly working button and to request all
unions throughout the State using a
button to adopt the same. A committee
on constitution, consisting of one MEM
Der from each affiliated union, was ap-
| pointed and will meet at 1884 Ellis
street Tuesday evening, January Is, at
| $50 o'clock. The next meeting of the
/ council will take place January % at
1884 Ellis street. The organizing. COM
mittee will appear before the local joint
executive board of Brewery Workmen
Wednesday, January 8, at the hall, 26O
Noe street.
Typographical Union No. 21 met Sun
day afternoon in Labor Council Temple
with President Tracy in the chair.
Eight candidates were initiated and
twelve applications for. membership
were received. Will J. French, Leo
Michaelson and w. Fl. Ellis were elect
ed delegates to the Labor Council TO fill
vacancies. The secretary treasurer re-
ported having expended s127S.75 for
j relief for the past fiscal month. Suf-
fcient money was appropriated to turn
the cemetery plat into lawn and to
replace wooden headpieces with stone.
| Another member will probably be sent
| to the home in Colorado Springs in a
short time. President George A. Tracy
was given leave of absence to attend
/ che Stockton convention of the State
Federation of Labor
The following officers were elected
Saturday night by Building Material
Teamsters Union No. 216 at Eintracht
Hall: President. Thomas McHugh;
vice president, ]. Murray recording
secretary, E. Mccormick; financial sec
retary j. ]. Monahan; treasurer. o.
w. Swanson; conductor, A Yoast; SER
geant at arms, Robert Simpson; busi-
ness agent, Peter Burk; trustee, Frank
Conroy; delegate to the Stockton con-
vention of the State Building Trades
Council, ]. J. Monahan. Ten delegates
to the Building Trades Councif were
! elected.
Bakers Union No. "a has moved into
it's permanent headquarters on Mission
street, near Fourteenth. This union
| now has as handsome headquarters as
any in town and holds q five-year lease
on the building. Since the earthquake
! its headquarters has been at Geary
street and Central avenue, but owing
to the wretched condition of the street
car system the members found it al
most impossible to reach that district,
so it moved south of Market street.
Bush Finnell, attorney for the Citi-
zens' Alliance, has asked for the dis
missal of the suit of the Seattle Brew
ing and Mailing Company against the
San Francisco Labor Council, the In
ternational Union of United Brewery
| Workers, the Pacific Coast Brewery
Drivers and each individual member of
these unions, in the United States Cir
cult Court. This is the action that was
brought to restrain the defendants
| from prosecuting the boycott levied
! against the plaintiff and to recover
| $4,000 damages alleged to have been
suffered through the boycott. Judge
/ de Haven has dismissed the case at the
request of the Citizens alliance repre-
| sentative, as the brewery workmen
won their strike and were granted
! their demands Under these conditions
the suit fell fiat and has been stricken
from the docket.
The following officers were elected by
Musicians Union No 6 at its last meet
| ing: President, Charles III. Cassasa; vice
/ president, NJ. r. Walten; recording Sec
stmr Strathflan, from Tacoma, for United
! Kingdom.
-. for anfl and Narr Xorir