The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
EDITED BY O. M. BOYLE

/ Through the courtesy of George B
Benham, the San Francisco Labor
Council legislative agent at Sacramen.
to, The Call is able to give some in.
teresting data concerning the labor
bills now before the legislature. In the
/ Senate the following bills have beer
favorably reported by committees:
Bill No 40, BARRIERS examiners. introduced
troduced BY Leavitt; No. $40. horsesheors' ex
aminers. introduced by Kennedy; No. 479. hour
capta naYr cor No $50 hours '0h Of labor
ETC.. for children; by Reilly; No 457, armed
guards etc by Wsien: ie No les; appropriation t.a
ferred to finance committed; No 169. election
booths to be open from a. to p. M, b,
Mccartney (passed Senate and now in Assembly
committee on elections); No. 549 hours of labol
for drug clerks by Keane
Constitutional amendments--No. II, free text
books, By Mccartney; No. 10, free textbooks, BY
Willis. both before executive committee.
Other bills of interest to labor in the
| Senate are:
by IS savage; ss No Is, eiecton Of United % % states
road employers liability. by Leavitt, reported
favorably on by labor and capital committee;
No 49, income tax, by Sanford; No 1ss. en-,
No 200 harboring seamen, by Wolfe. passed
the Senate These last two bills are now be.
| for the Assembly judiciary committee
Joint constitutional amendments-No /
against japanese by Sanford: No. ii. Japanese
exclusion. by Black; No 1, arming high schools,
/ by Anthony.
The labor representatives instructed
against this bill.
No. s, abolshing poll tax, by Anthony. :.
The following labor bills are before
| the Assembly:
| No. sci, BARRIERS examiners. by. Coghlen; No.
! DAT Garments eight hour by Johnson; No. 512.
hours of labor for women. by Wilson; No 51S.
armed guards ETC. by Devlin: No. 231. appro-
| priation for Labor Commissioner, by Eshleman
faroTaby reported f,g upon BY labor and capital
/ Coghlan
Other Assembly bills of interest to
labor are:
No 60 railroad employers liability by Lemon
(passed by labor and capital committee and also
passed by the Assembly, No. 55s, free text
books. by counties by committee education
(passed Assembly and now in Senate)
Constitutional amendments-No. 9, taxation on
corpora tiens by Deyiin; No o free textbooks Sl
49, free textbooks by school districts, by Pyle
No rs, employers liability, by Eshleman; No.
These two bills have been indorsed by the San
Francisco Labor Council. In addition. the La
Dor Council has instructed fits representative to
support the proposed bills for the establishment
of State tuberculosis sanitarium and one COW
ering actions for wages due in justices courts
by which the justice may attach and fix attor-
neys' fees.
The following letter has been sent
to every Street Garments Union in Cal
ifornia by the Street Carmen's Union
No. 205 of this city:
There has been introduced in the Assembly and
Senate at Sacramento a bill making 1t a mis-
demeanor to work men on streetcars more than
eight hours per day. This bill. which has been
indorsed by the State Federation Of Labor, Will.
il passed, enable street carmen to obtain the
shorter workday. which is enjoyed by almost
every other craft in California. The street car
men, IN order to obtain concessions from their
employers. must in almost every case tie up the
entire transportation of the city, and thus cause
great loss and Inconvenience to their fellow
unionists and the pubiie generally. So feel
we are justified in asking your support In help
ing to get this law placed upon the statute
you send, under the seal of your union, a letter
to your representatives in the Assembly and
Senate at once, urging them to vote for the
street carmen's eight-hour bill.
E. A. Erickson was in the chair at
the meeting of Sailors Union of the
Pacific The secretary reported that
shipping was fair. The shipwreck
benefit was paid to a member wrecked
on the schooner Endeavorer. 1t was
decided TO purchase an additional num-
ber of books for the unions library.
The educational meetings Wednesdays
are becoming quite popular All men,
bers in port should attend. The sub
ject at the last meeting was The
Shipping Articles: Their Legal Force
and Effect" The lecturer, Andrew Fur
useth, handled the subject in his usual
masterful manner, and those present
were given clear and comprehensive
understanding of the subject. The Ia
coma agent said that shipping and
prospects were good and that men
were scarce. The Seattle agent wrote
that shipping was fair and prospects
good. The Port Townsend agent re-
ported that shipping and prospects
were good The Aberdeen agent said
that shipping was improving The
Portland agent wrote that the situa-
tion was unchanged. The Eureka and
San Pedro agents reported that ship
ping and prospects were fair. The
Honolulu agent wrote that shipping
and prospects were dull.
The Pasadena Central Labor Council
has elected the following officers for
the coming six months: President, G..
l.. Hammond; vice president, e. H.
Morse; recording secretary. G. l..
Keyes; financial secretary treasurer, j.
H. Stewart; trustees-P. G. Lambert
and H. H. Beckhoff-
Clark's bakery has trouble not only
with it's union bakers and cooks, but
the union mattresses have left 1t
seems that the girls claim to have been
badly treated by the chef. This treat
ment, the girls say. has been going on
for some time and they decided that
they would sooner quit than put up
with it any longer. The girls who
struck are backed up by their union.
An agreement has been entered into
by the Garment Workers Union and
the employers whereby the wage scale
has been advanced. and the increase
will be paid from December Is. Back
wages have been paid, and the mem
bers of the union are congratulating
themselves on the successful outcome
of the controversy.
Ed Anderson presided at the meet
ing of Fishermen's Protective Union
of the Pacific Coast and Alaska. The
committee on wage scale and per-
centage reported that it was engaged
in taking down reports from all parts