The San Francisco call., 1907-02-04
Labor Notes
Edited by O. M. Boyle

anniversary of the date when Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone were taken
from Colorado to Idaho for the al
legged murder of former Governor
Steunenberg. The meeting is under
the auspices of the trades unionists OF
San Jose Speakers from Colorado will
address the meeting. besides home
talent. There will be an effort to
make the gathering memorable one
The workingmen Of France are de-
sirous that the labor laws of the land
shall be placed in labor's hands to In
sure a proper enforcement. At pres
ent inspectorships of shops and fac
tories are given out, irrespective or
fitness, to pay political debts. News
paper men have been appointed In
spectors of machine or tailor shops.
A barber is inspecting a printing ONCE,
and printer is looking after carpenter
shops. A bill is before the lawmakers
to remedy this evil. One reform prom
ised is the appointment of women In
spectors for trades mostly in the hands
of women. In this way, 1t is believed.
adequate inspection can be made and
labor laws enforced to the satisfac-
ton of those for whom they were In
tended. 1t is said that in very few
cases are inspectors of finished work
in French factories recruited from the
ranks Of labor. Many thus lack me-
chanicaI knowledge, and the work Is
but indifferently performed. Minister
of Labor viviani, who has given many
years to the study Of labor problems,
agrees that inspectors should be drawn
from those who have done actual work
in the lines to be inspected. He be-
lieves that the mechanic will make the
best inspector in any given business.
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Fishermen's Protective Union of the
Pacific Coast and Alaska was held on
Friday evening. Ed Anderson was
elected chairman. The secretary re-
ported that the conference of the
United Fishermen Of the Pacific held
at Seattle on January Is decided among
other things to use its utmost efforts
to have fish wheels and seines
prohibited In the upper Columbia
River, provided, however, that the set
| tiers in that territory may catch sal
mon for their own home use. A plan
| was favored to have the Columbia
River a separate district in the State
Fisheries Department and that all
moneys collected in that district from
| licenses and fines be expended in that
district. It was further decided that a
! request be made to the Washington
State Legislature that the use of fish
| traps be prohibited in the waters OF
Puget Sound stretching from Decep-
! ton Pass to the southern end of Whfd-
| bey Island A weekly closed season for
the tributaries of Puget Sound, to run
/ from g. m. Saturday to p. m. Sun
day, was also recommended Special
attention will be paid to the organizing
work on the Columbia River as we'll
as establishing locals in Southeastern
| Alaska.
A committee was elected to confer
with the different Alaska salmon pack
| ing companies on schedule of wages
and percentage for the season or lSof.
| A quarterly finance committee was
elected. Oficers for the ensuing year
were nominated. All members In port
are requested to attend meetings here
after.
The Union Labor Council of Bakers
| field has moved to new and handsome
quarters, where it will soon give
smoker and entertainment In nonor OF
the progress made during the last year
Events of this kind are taking place
in many California cities, which is In
disputable evidence of the great pros
perity enjoyed by the labor unions of
the State.
To State Labor Commissioner Stat
| ford is due the credit of settling the
miners strike at Grass Valley. Stat
In bringing the miners and their en-
Movers to an agreement within forty
eight hours.
Milwaukee has awakened to the
value of the union label and working
men In that city are holding meetings
with the purpose of furthering its use.
All union men there are asked to do
what is already being done In San
Francisco-that is, requiring the union
label on all purchases and also requir-
ing that the clerks in the stores show
the union button. This is practical
trades unionism
Contra Costa County is undergoing
a trades union revival and the Labor
Council of that section is making an
| active campaign to strengthen and ex-
! tend union principles in every direc-
tion. A particular fight is being waged
against the Chinese laundries in Rich
mond, with the result that the union
laundry workers have been greatly
benefited
The street carmen of Cleveland have
won a notable victory in the new wage
| and time schedule that has just taken
effect on all car lines in that city. The
men are to receive cents an hour in
crease in pay and system of priority
| mas D0en 1nduS Oy WHICH Ln6
| men who have been long in the COM
| pany's service get the choice of the
runs. Provision is also made for over
| time in the new agreement and A L.
| Behner, international vice president of
the Street Carmen's Union, declared
that the organization is now working
on thoroughly satisfactory basis.
| ALI the labor organizations of San
Jose have joined in a call for a mass
meeting to protest against the treat
ment accorded Meyer and Haywood In
Idaho. The date for the meeting has
not been set. but 1t will be within the
next fortnight
| A bill aimed to protect the State from
| the importation of Farleyites in case
of strike is now before the Assembly
under the guidance of Frank Devlin
of Suisun. This bill aims to stop strike
| breakers being brought from without
| the State. It will be remembered that
the character of the strikebreakers who
were imported last summer by the
| United Railroads was very bad. They
admitted. many of them, that they were
| jailbirds and had been imported to
| raise a disturb bance. The proposed