The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14
WATERS UNION EXPELS
STRIKE BREAKING MEMBER
Vote Is Unanimous Against
Man Who Broke Rule
and Operated Car
COOKS AID STRIKERS
Laundry Workers and the
Employers Will Sign
Agreement Today
COOKS AID STRIKERS


Nrr7D> The headquarters
(IsAsSs lDsasG2s)eogsSyEs ss2 of walters union
zNs5INcU No. so will be re-
moved from Scott
street to $50 Eddy street near Larkin
next Monday. At the meeting Wednes-
day night the first drastic measure by
union in connection with the car
strike was taken. A member was ac-
cused Of having played false to the
union by giving comfort to the enemy"
in acting as a motorman for the United
Railroads. The offense was proved and.
there being no defense. the accused
was expelled from the union by a
unanimous vote. This union has sew
eral OF its members who will have to
answer to a charge of riding on the
cars. Their cases will be taken up at
the next meeting. All members will
be required to attend the next meeting
as at that time action will be taken on
the request OF the carmen's campaign
committee to levy an assessment on
the entire membership for the benefit
OF the unions on strike.
Cooks helpers union No. 10 at it's
meeting Wednesday night admitted
two candidates to membership. A
weekly assessment of 25 cents on each
member was levied for the benefit of
the striking carmen. The election for
officers will be held June 27.
At the conference meeting of the
laundry workers executive committee
and the committee of the laundry pro-
prietors to be held this morning the
articles OF agreement will be signed
and all members of the union will be
requested to return to their respective
places in the several laundries. While
the strike has been settled, the laun-
dries, 1t is said, will be short handed,
for the reason that quite a number of
the employees tired waiting for the
termination of the strike and left the
city and have secured places where
they are now employed. 1t is the
opinion of the officers of the union that
in a short time all the vacancies will
be filled.
The ladies' tailors' union at its meet
ing Wednesday night assessed each
benefit of the unions on strike This
union is adding to its membership by
initiating candidates at every meeting
The glove makers will meet in the
Labor temple tonight and nominate
candidates for Office for the next term.
The charter of this association has
been reopened for three months.
Local 404 international brotherhood
of teamsters at its last meeting
IN Union hall, after listening to an ad-
dress by member of the carmen's cam
paign committee, decided by unani-
nous vote to assess its members so
cents each a week for the purpose of
helping those on strike. Alexander Dr.
jeau was elected unanimously to rep
resent the union in the international
convention to be held in Boston August
5. The union decided to parade on
Labor day.
There will be a special meeting of
the carmen's union on Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock, when several PROM
inent labor leaders will deliver ad-
dresses on the strike situation.
The iron molders' union will hold a
| meeting in Dolores hall tonight for
the purpose of voting on the PROPOSE
tion to return to work
The street construction workers held
a meeting last night at 1133 Mission
street. The union was visited by a
committee from the labor council
which called for the purpose of obtain
ing information as to the position of
the union with the railroad company
as the matter was now before the ex-
ecutive committee of the council A
report will be presented to the labor
council tonight A communication was
received from Secretary Wiltcutt of the
railroad company to the effect that the
company would pay the men the
amount due each The secretary OF the
union said the men had no desire to
strike, but that If the company did not
do the right thing there would be moth
ing left for them to do but to quit
work The union, he said, would await
the action of the labor council tonight
before taking any action regarding a
strike
Coopers' union No. 131 at it's meeting
last night levied an assessment on each
member of so cents a week for the