The San Francisco call., 1907-01-13
EDITED BY o. M. BOYLE

met with favor. It was decided to
keep the standard of players up TO
the present high notch.
Local No 1o367 OF the Janitors' Pro-
tective Association held a busy meet
ing recently and installed its new off,
GERS j. r. Mathern is president
Charles Erickson vice president
Charles Shuttelmorth recording secre-
tary, B. Stow financial secretary, ]. w
Spencer treasurer. A. H. Carter trus-
tee, S. Wall guide. z. Goombridge
guardian. Three members were ini-
tiated and applications for membership
were considered from five others. A
new wage scale will be demanded by
the organization in the near future.
Local No. 5s of the Broom and whislz
Makers Union have installed officers as
follows: w. 2. Clark president, James
Martin vice president, Walter f. Smith
recording secretary. L Cue financial
secretary, Franz Neuendorff treasurer
Andrew Stees guide, V. Blanchich
guard. E. ]. Robinson was chosen
delegate to the Labor Council.
The members of Walters Protective
Union No. so have voted to reopen the
polls of the recent election, the ma
Jority received by the winning can
didate for president being very small
and the contest for recording secre-
tary resulting in a tie. J. d. Kirk
patrick won the presidency by a ma
jority Of one over 2. c. Rose E c.
Beck and A. Schlieper ran a deadlock
race for the secretaryship. The cleo
tion viii be held for these two posi-
tions only. the other officers were
elected decisively. The date for the
polling has not been set
The local union of bricklayers OF
the United Brotherhood OF America is
I making preparations to entertain the
delegate from the international organ
ization, William Bowen, on his visit to
the city TO investigate conditions. A,
the last meeting of the union a special
entertainment committee was appoint-
ed TO prepare for a high jinks to be
held in Dolores Hall. Dolores and Six
teenth streets. A big smoker and jolly
up, followed by a welcome from the
members OF the union, will probably
be the programme of the occasion
Bowen Will be taken about the city by
/ the committee and officials of the
union. Twelve new members Were
initiated at the last meeting and ap-
plications from twenty-five were read
Thirty members We're taken in on the
presentation Of cards from Eastern
union has shown an increase from 400
before the calamitys to 1000 at the
present time.
At the meeting of Local No %, Unit
ed Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners Of America. held Friday night,
S16.250 was voted toward the construc-
tion OF the Building Council Labor
Temple on Guerrero and Fourteenth
streets. This sum represents a S5
share for every member of good stand
ing in the union at the time that the
ballot was cast. The union is the
largest carpenters organization in the
world. A large number Of new mem
bers were admitted at the session on
Friday night.
The Marine Cooks and Stewards
Association Of the Pacific at the last
session elected officers as follows: Ed
ward Anderson. treasurer Eugene
Steidle, secretary: Daniel Fulton, first
patrolman; Eugene Burke, second pa
trolman; Leonard Hork gauer. Seattle
agent; Ambrose Martin. Seattle patrol
man: Charles NJ. Dawson. San Pc
dro agent. Conditions along the coast
were reported favorable, with no men
ashore.