The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
DECIDE To RAISE FUND
OF $4,000 EACH WEEK
Every Trades Body in City
Joins in Plan to Help
Members on Strike
LABOR LEADERS ACT
Money VIII Be Handled
by Foremost Chiefs OF
Local Councils
LABOR LEADERS ACT

gigantic plan 70 aid the striking
unions Of the city was launched al the
labor temple last night, when COM
nittee representing every labor union
IN the city decided 10 assess every
union workingman and working woman
emploved in San Francisco the sum of
from 25 10 SO cents a week, the money
10 be used TO pay the strikers their full
wages. The leaders In this latest CO.
operative labor movement say that sSz'-
600 a week viii be realized in this way
and that the funds VIII be forthcoming
Till the strikes are won
The men in charge Of the collection
and distribution OF the funds are among
The foremost labor leaders of the state.
Thev include Andrew Furuseth. Michael
casey. P. H Mccarthy, o. A Tveitmoe,
Richard Cornelius and many others.
They say that each union assessed VIII
be held personally responsible for the
money. which must be turned over 10
the finance committee every week
The meeting lasted several hours.
Il was held under the joint auspices
Of the labor council. building trades
council and carmen, embracing every
local labor union that has charter
The ioint committee is composed OF
"a reoresentatfves of the labor council,
10 from the building trades council aud
six from the carmen's union Richard
Cornelius was elected president and O.
A Tveitmoe secretary
WILL LEVY ASSESSMENT
According TO the plan, every union
man and woman in the city who earns
more than sI2 a week will be assessed
50 cents a week and those earning sl2
2 week or less viii be assessed % cents
: week. The funds will be turned over
20 a committee consisting OF P. H Nc
Carthy O. A Tveitnoe. George Il Bell,
William McCabe, James Bowling and
Richard Cornelius This body viii meet
every night at the Labor temple, hear
reports and outline plans from day
10 day
According TO the plan the assess
ments will be levied commencing this
week Each union viii be required 20
bring its share Of money direct TO the
finance committee, which viii receipt
for IL. Each union viii be held respon-
sible for each member on its list and
viii be required 10 turn out certain
amount each week.
We are confident that We will raise
s22. 900 a week for the benefit Of the
striking unions" said Tveitmoe- Our
plans are complete and will be put into
operation at once. We are sure that in
this way unionism will triumph. for IL
viii be a comparatively easy matter
for US to pay each man and woman
now out on strike his or her full wages
All the unions have entered the strug-
gle with the proper spirit and we ari
50 Wen organized that there is ID
chance for this great project to fail
MeCABE TELLS OF PLAN
The striking unions win win their
fights now, IL ever" said Secretary Nc
Cabe Of the labor council Every
working man and working woman OF
the city who belongs to a labor union
has come 10 the rescue Of the strikers
We will collect $4,000 every week and
turn this over TO the strikers and in
this way I am sure they will be able tc
last as long as their opponents.
A transportation committee to have
cslsrge Of every bus and the proposed
auto omnibuses was appointed. The
committee announced that beginning
next week the fare on all these vehicles
would be reduced 20 cents.
The committees appointed last night
were
nsportation-George D. Kelley, A
E Smith, D. Murray, D. J. McLennon
J. Mcdonald, Charles Schflling, Charles
Cordes.
Ways and means-P. II. Mccarthy
George H Bell, William McCabe, o. A
Tveitmoe, ". H Hagerty. Michael
Casey