The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22


provides that all metal work belongs
TO the metal workers and that all wood
work covered with metal belongs to the
joint district councils Of carpenters.
President Cornelius of Carmens
Union No. 205 returned from Sacra-
mento yesterday. He has nothing but
praise for the lawmakers who stood
by the eight-hour- day bill. There
were only fifteen votes recorded
against il in both houses. two in the
Senate and thirteen in the Assembly.
This vote shows that should the Gov
ernor veto the bill there is sufficient
strength to pass it over his head.
Cornelius said: The passage of the
eight-hour bill by the legislators of
California marks a great stride in the
progress of the streetcar men Of the
State in particular and of the United
States in general. Similar efforts have
been made and are now in progress in
all the States of the Union. 1t remained
for California to put herself first on
record as favoring the eight-hour day
for the men who have in their hands
the safety of the travelling public. The
lawmakers of California have shown
by their action that they fully appre-
ciate the situation which confronts
the employees of the different traction
companies of the country. They realize
that the street railway employees have
been hampered by the fact of their be-
ing in the shadow of the old horsecar
days, and that has retarded their pro-
gress toward better conditions to
which they are justly entitled.
The man on the modern up-to-d date
street railway is called upon to ex-
pend ten times the energy which his
predecessors, the horsecar drivers and
conductors. were called upon to give.
The traction companies of the country
have taken advantage of this fact, and
while introducing every modern ap-
pliance that economy in operation may
suggest, have enlarged their cars, sub
stituted electricity for horsepower and
are carrying several times as many
passengers per car as was possible
under former conditions, and still per-
sist in demanding that the men now
! operating the swift-moving, up7to-date
/ electric car get no more for their
services, and in fact less, when COM
pared with the cost of living and the
requirements demanded of them by the
( employing companies, than the men
who formerly operated the streetcars
of the country, The action of the law
/ makers Of California will meet with
/ the unqualified support and indorse-
ment Of every right thinking man and
woman in the civilized world. So all
| hail to California; First in industrial
peace, first in war-if necessary-to
maintain her honor. and first in the
heart of every patriot of human pro-
gress."
large delegation went to Oakland
Wednesday night to celebrate the
/ formation of a retail clerks union. The
meeting place was well filled and the
speeches instructive. Those who adj
dressed the gathering were H. V. Car
ter, J. B. Cunnin CHAM, A B. John, w. j
] Hennessy. 7. Fox, ]. K. Jones, ]. Ra-
boil, z. A. Levy, ". P. Petry, H Young
/ E. q Cushing. Harvey Coey and A. B
! installed by Max z, LIGHT, first vice
president of the international. and who
/ has been very active in the organiza-
! tion of the new local: Past president, A.
b John; president. H V. Carter; first
vice president, A. B. John; second vice
president. Joe Kettlewell; financial sec
retary. Harry Roessner; corresponding
secretary, Ray Garwood; treasurer
George A. Deweese; trustees-W. San
derson, ]. A Kingdom and w. Vameli
guide, J. j. Brennan; inside guard. II
/ Coey; outside guard. Joe Silva. After
the business meeting banquet was
served.
Drug Clerks Association No 472 re-
Gently held the largest and most en-
thusiastic meeting it has had since its
| organization in 1901. The occasion was
the final discussion of the ways and
means of meeting all the exigeneies
that might arise in the adjustment oi
the new wage scale and the ten-houl
State law. which will go into effect
March J. All proprietors have received
a very courteous communication in ref
erence to the new conditions, and many
Of them have responded, expressing
! their willingness to cooperate with ths
Drug Clerks Association and grant ths
request. The affairs of the associa.
ton are in a very hourishing condf
ton, IL having in its membership fulIy
80 per cent of the registered licen.
tiates of San Francisco and the BAY
cities and are fully able to take car,
of any Of its members. A special meet