The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16
CARPENTERS ELECT
CLARK PRESIDENT
Union No. 1882 Fines Mem
Der Fifty Dollars for
Riding on Car
LAUNDERS TO RESUME
Will Return to Work in All
Except One Shop in
Mission Street
LAUNDERS TO RESUME

xruyr EsEnHs> Local union No.
(TR16T 6Ts11msos 81 1smsoass co1NclIS 1882, united broth
x6NfSaNz5sS erhood of carpen-
ters, elected the
following last Friday as officers for the
current term: A. B. Clark. president: T.
K Thompson, vice president; 7. e. Max
well, recording secretary; G.. C. Camp
bell, financial secretary; E. w. Hutch
inson, treasurer; A. e. Verlinden, con-
ductor; c. E. Charleston. warden. The
local initiated three applicants. It tried
member for riding on a streetcar
manned by strike breakers. found him
guilty and fined him $50.
The laundry workers will all, that is,
all who are in the city, be at work to-
morrow morning. with possibly the ex-
ception of those employed In one laun-
dry in Mission street near Twenty sixth.
1t was reported at headquarters that In
that laundry nonunion engineer was
employed, and an order was issued for
bidding any union man or woman to re-
turn there so long as the nonunion man
was employed. A special committee will
call on the proprietor to INQUIRE into
the matter. While the Iaundries will be
shorthanded the number of absentees
is not SO great as 1t was reported a
few days ago.
Hosting and portable engineers
local No. SO has elected the following
as officers for the ensuing term: J. J.
Kingston, president; p ]. Naughton, vice
president; r. Taller. recording secre-
tary; j. A. McCann, financial secretary;
w. Miller. treasurer; H. wittee, trus-
tee; j. Rosblom, J. Miller. C. Hardy.
auditors; Robert Wilson, conductor:
Manford Duke, guard; ]. A. McCanr.
j. j. Kingston, j. Rosblom, Harry
Witte, delegates to building trades
council; r. Tailor, F. Miller, J. Breen,
delegates to the city front federation;
]. j. Kingston. j. Rosblom, r. Tailor,
delegates to state advisory board; ]. ].
Kingston, business agent.
The brotherhood OF teamsters will
meet in K. of r. B. hall tomorrow
night for the discussion of matters
of special interest to the members.
The hod carriers association levied an
assessment of SO cents a week on mem-
bers to help the striking unions.
There are few national labor organ
izations that were in existence SO years
ago. The following table tells of the
unions of a national character that
were brought into existence in the
United States IN the long ago:
International typographical union of North
Tack makers protective mion Of III. United io00
states and Canada ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1854
Stone cutters union ....................1S 1854
Hat anishers' International association Of
Iron molders' union Of North America 1853
Grand International brotherhood OF iocono-
Cigar makers international union Of Amer. 900
BRICK M layers and ms:ons. international is0a
union of America .................... 1865
Order of railway conductors of America. :. 1855
brotherhood OF locomotive fremen ........ 1873
international union of horse shoers Of United
States and Canada ......................iS75
Amalgamated association OF iron and steel
window glass blowers association ....is79
Granite cutters national union. 1877
brotherhood OF railway trainmen .........-1 1888
The brewery workers union, repre-
senting $4,000 men, thrown out of the
American federation of labor because
1t refused to withdraw engineers, fire.
men and teamsters from the union, has
contracts running two years and more
in all of the largo brewing centers and
these cover fremen. engineers and
teamsters as members of the union
These different branches of the brewery
workers union are no longer members
Of the federation of labor, but with
the brewers it is the general opinion
that they will stand alone as an asso-
citation as several other organizations
stand alone today.
In discussing the San Francisco car
strike, Edward ]. McCullen, editor of
the labor department of the st. Louis
Times, says:
Men have right to strike, to withdraw peace
fully their services any time they see at, al
though there may be occasions when the Justice
Of such action is open to question, yet it is an
vast majority Of the American people. to i, per.
if they do it peacefully. But under no cir.
cumstances can a resort to violence in these
cases be justified.
The sincere, earnest men in the trades
unions must must make up their minds to expel from
less acts. Half of the latter day hostility to
trades unions never would have come into ex-
few men Who union bat DO o.
understand true union principles.
The brick layers unions throughout
the country are voting this month on
the question of af7liating with the
American federation OF labor.
From October. 1901, to February.
1907. there has been paid by New
York typographical union No. an
aggregate of $72,s44 toward the sup
port of the union printers home at
Colorado Springs.
The united association of plumbers,
gas filters and steam filters is en-
deavoring to raise a fund for the pur-
pose of establishing a home for aged
and infirm members similar to that Of
the typographical union.
AS the result Of the recent confer
ence between the typographical union
of Toronto, Can, with employing
printers a five year agreement was
adopted. BY the terms OF that agree
ment the men of the allied printing
trades get an eight hour day from the
1st of the current month. Printers
pressmen and book binders receive an
increase of 50 week. It is further
provided that in Is months there shall
be an additional increase of 81 and an
other of 81 three years after June !,
1907.
i The stationary firemen will hold 4