The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
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S-sAAAs1S following as candi-
dates for Offices 10 be filed at the next
meeting. July j. when the polls VIII
be opened from S o'clock in the morn
ing until o'clock in the evening From
the number of candidates for each once
it is apparent that this union, which
was organized July 25, 1858, is TO nave
an exciting time:
For president-P. .. Barthorn,
Thomas Ford /. Z. Richardson, John
McFeeley: for first vice president
Thomas Murtle, Frank Mckenna; LOT
second vice Observation-Disclosures Grant,
for recording and corresponding secre-
tary-Hugh McKevitt. J. II. Dolan, Dan
J O'NeiI, T. c. Mercadante; for hnan-
ciaI ecretary-Alfred c. Holmes; for
freasurer-Robert Buckley; for sergeant
at arms-Wiuiam OLeary, George
Greaves, jeremiah Hurley, Joseph de
Nader: for trustees-George . Rellly'
George Lane, Thomas McCann, wesley
Fowler c H Wise; for business agent
u D. ATahoney. John Wise, Ed H.
Foley, David Kean; for delegates TO
city front federation (three TO be
elected)-Alfred c. Holmes, j. ID.
Mahoney. Ed II. Foley, Thomas Ford
Hugh AIcKevitt; for janitor-Lawrence
Hanlon, Peter Kelleher, John Reimer,
Dennis Sweeney, John Gallagher, A
I Olsen. c. r Goodrich. The election
ham. Timothy Reagan, Michael Bergin.
Judges: J. A McKeeley and Andrew
Erickson, clerks. and Thomas Ryan
and Michael Doyle, sergeants.
Gas workers union No. 9S40 has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: H S. Cleveland, presl-
dent: Thomas Clasby, vice president
a r Coleman. recording, and J. j.
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Kearns, treasurer; J. c Lutz, gu1oe'
Joseph Lawless. guardian; George w.
Bell, business agent; c. w Asmussen'
George W. Bell. William Knell, B. Cert,
3. Curter, +. Geherin, George webster
William Hoey, c. J. Lutz, o Mcleod,
Edward Moran and H j. Sullivan. e1-
ecutfve committee; G. w. Beu, }. ).
Breslin. A f. Coleman, B. Cert and
Edward Parsons, delegates to the labor
council This union is to present Its
new schedule Of wages tomorrow
At the last meeting of local No. SO
hosting and portable engineers OF the
international union Of steam engineers
the resolution adopted by the bulIdlng &
trades council condemning the IAN
e-uage used BY Brigadier General Fun
SION in his reply % the invitation 10
parade the troops on July was m
dorsed The officers of this local VINO
are to serve for the next term VIII
be installed at "A Eddy street at the
next meeting.
At the last meeting Of the Marin
county building trades council the fol-
lowing officers Were elected; >. w.
Naioney. president; William Barber
vice president; Timothy c Lynch, re-
cording ana corresponding secretary
H. 7. Hambly, financial secretary
Bert Campbell sergeant at arms; }. w:
Malonev. business agent The councn
Endorsed the action Of the state build
ing trades council by levying 80 cent
per capita tax on all members OF the
unions in Marin county in aid of the
striking carmen, telephone operators
and Iinemen Of san Francisco.
new local Of the musicians union
was instituted in Petaluma last Tues
day by +. Borgel, district officer. The
new organization starts with 16 char
ter members. Harry F. Smith was
chosen president Of the new organiza-
ton. The charter is to remain open for
80 days.
san Jose laundries, the Red Star,
Troy. St. James, United States and
Kelly Brothers, and the Enterprise
laundry of Santa Clara have issued
signed statement in which they say:
We have concluded to stand to our original
proposition. namely. concecing the wage scneoule
ana q hour week 10 be WORKED OUT as . iollos >
Monday, eight hours; tuesday, "Sonesda! i'
Thursday and Friday, nine hours SATURDAY
hours.
promise with the workers We have met WIN
their committees. and those from the various
union organizations. We have threshed tne mat
ter out almost day after day, ana night aIuer
night III Is simply a case now where we must
IoSl ol1f for our interests. Our plants are lying
arn cd he
we viii open up with what heip we can secure
So far as we are concerned the union knows our
terms and we consider it would be useless Ior
rs 10 baVe anv more conferences. We viii stand
bv our final decision scheduled before
The workers declare that the reason
they refused TO accept the proposltlon
of 81 hours from the proprietors is tnat
while the offer is apparently eight
and a half hours a day it means in
fact nine hours the greater part of the
week and seven hours on Saturdays,
which would be but very little i'm
rrovement on the old time schedule.
They want eight hours straight.
The carpenters union Of Eureka,
Humboldt county, VIII at its first meet
ing in July install the following Of
fcers: John B. Klinger, president; sam
uel :. SilkwoOd, vice president; Everett
Logan. recording secretary; Z. I. Car
ricio. financial secretary; S. W. Parker,
treasurer: Perry Burlingame, warden,
and John W Calkins, trustee.
Complaint is being made by union
men that the Southern Pacific has
brought a lot Of Hindus TO san Luis
Obispo and has put them to work as
section hands on the road, supplanting
the white men formerly employed.
The Burlington railroad after twenty
years Of opposition has recognized the
brotherhood Of locomotive engineers
and signed the first agreement as u
scale of wages with that organization
since the great strike of 1885 The
brotherhood has discovered that there
is truth in the old saying, "All things
come to them who wait"
The trade agreement between the
smalgamated society of carpenters and
5oiners and the united brotherhood of
carpenters has been extended to Sep
tember j, in order TO afford the gen.
eral council at its next meeting an op-
portunity to further deliberate on the
proposition TO amalgamate.
Mark Jardine. who was installed re-
corrfO srfo the office of maVOr of