The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
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San Francisco Lodge No. 2ss. Broth
erhood Of Railway Carmen of America,
was in regular weekly session the
other night Much business of Inn
portance was transacted. Seven can
oidates were obligated and i've sp-
plicattons for membership received
The delegates who attended the con-
ference Of the Joint Protective Board
relative to the physical examinations
submitted a report. The committee
had a hearing before the railroad on
cials. who took the matter up and
promised an early decision. Ed Coos
sens, a member Of the lodge. who was
killed at the Sixteenth-street slip, was
buried last Wednesday. The next meet
ing Of the lodge win be held April Q.
Reports have been received by Fur
niture Handlers Union No. / that the
employers will concede the demands
to become effective tomorrow. The
scale calls for SO for an eight-hour
day, an increase OF SO cents a day. The
minimum wage is So.
The last meeting Of Gas Workers
Union No. 9S40 was presided over by
H S. Cleveland. There is a movement
| on foot to merge the new union of
water workers with the gas workers.
Communications have been sent East
TO see IL the charter could be changed
so as TO include the water workers.
/ II such action can be taken several
other unions viii shortly be estab-
lished in California There are sew
erai places where men in the gas busi-
are not suf1cient numbers to get
charter By including the water work
ers this objection would be obviated.
Ten candidates were initiated at the
last meeting OF Canmakers' Union No.
205 and several applications are await
/ ing action The annual outing and
family reunion will be held at Ell
Campo on Sunday, April IA.
George B. Benham's report to the
Labor Council on the proposed eight
hour day law for carmen, which was
before the recent Legislature, and the
reasons for fits failure to become & law
are of interest in organized labor. In
part his report reads;
A long and interesting fight was made for the
carmens eight-hour bin. The fact that 1t In
conductors was the principal topic Of discussion.
Il was held by some excellent constitutional
I lawyers In the Legislature that by limiting the
! eight hours 70 conductors and motormen the bill
would probably be good law IN view Of the fact
/ that these occupatfO were wearing on the
that such law would be good law because of the
necessity Of proper physical and mental condi-
lives and limbs of passengers on the cars, and
also for the safety Of those who might be put
tracks. II was held in a general way that eight
hours work day was enough FOR any person.
The fact that the law would make 1T so that
trsckmen, bookkeepers, clerks, blacksmiths, IN
Epectors, overseers. watchmen. stenographerS and
each and every empioye throughout the State
could work but eight hours was considered By
many Legislators being too ineiastic and
sweeping an enactment These arguments were
before him for signature Against the eight
hour bill being signed protests from carmen Of
Los Angeles were made TO the Governor by
delegation of working carmen, who said their
wages and hours were satisfactory-that ttey
were were steadily employed and were paying FOR
were reduced they could not see their wav
eiear TO get along. as their work was paid for
men and other interests were also presented 70
the GoVernor. -
The strike at the East Chicago Iron
and Steel Mills and the Interstate Mills
at Hammond Ind, has been settled.
and all the men are back at work
10 per cent Increase was granted to
the laborers, equivalent to 1914 cents
q day, making a total of s175 The
agreement was brought about through
the efforts Of the business men OF East
Chicago
Janitors Union will meet next Sun
day, April z, for its quarterly session
and all members are requested to be
present There is a large number 70
be initiated. Many downtown janitors
are joining. Friends Of organized la
bor are urged to assist the union by
asking all janitors for the working
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Bookbinderg Union No. 81 will give
its seventh annual bail at Puckett's
Cotillion Hall on Saturday evening.
April Is. The committee of arrange
ments is as follows: T. F. Garrity
(chairman). d. 7. Powers, J. d. Kelly,
+. ]. Dever, Ed Barry, John Reding
and George Buehn
VIII J. French has been appointed
chairman of the Labor Council Labor
day committee and William p. Nc
Cabe secretary.