The San Francisco call., 1908-12-02
SHORTENING THFDAY
OF IRON WORKERS
Agreement Made With Metal
Trades Association Goes
Into Effect
Important Step Toward Cement
ing Bonds of Amity Between
Capital and Labor
An important step


p ing the bonds of
amity that have existed in San Fran
cisco for more than a year between
-capitaI and labor. Under an agree
ment drawn up in June Of last year
between the California metal trades
association and the iron trades council,-
ny which the strike. existing at that
. time was settled. an understanding was
reached by. which the wOrkday of the
employees should be shortened at vari-
Gus times until the. eight hour day
prevailed. Heretofore the men have
been working under a nine hour sched-
ule. Yesterday marked the day for
the frst change The working day for
the men in the iron trades Will now
be eight hours and As minutes. -,
The change was. made yesterday
without the slightest hitch. Both sides
have stood firmly by their agreement
and have shown a. mutualiy satisfac-
tSrv spirit
NThe day OF eight hours and 45 min
utes win continue until June l Of next
year. when the time. will be shortened
10 eight hours and 80 minutes On /
December ], 1903. the workday viii be
shortened 10 eight hours and 10 min ]
utes, and after June J. 1910, the. eight 1
hour schedule viii prevail.
J.. This agreement is regarded as one j
Of the most progressive steps the state 4
has known toward the solution of: the
differences arising between capital and
labor.
The metal trades association has be-
gun an active campaign for the en-
couragement Of home manufacturing
From both the standpoint of the en-
ployer and the employee the home In
oustry idea has been commended to the
public,
Max Morris, international secretary
treasurer of the retail clerks union,
on his way to this city. from Denver
Cello. will arrive tomorrow evening.
he viii attend a meeting of the state
district council Of retail clerks in
Clerks building in Van Ness avenue
Sunday morning. In the afternoon he
will address a general meeting Of re-
tail clerks Later he viii be the guest
Of honor AT a banquet given him by
! the district council, and in the evening
he VIII attend a reception and social
Bar tenders union, local No. Il. win
nominate candidates for Office for the
ensuing term, at the meeting next
Monday night; also on the following
MONDAY. The election will be held at
headquarters, December %, from 10
O'Clock in the morning until 10 O'Clock
az night The union paid s14 to mem
.bers on the sick list and received
seven applications for membership. The
working button for December is black
on yellow.
Painters union No. 10 Monday night
donated 500 to the machinists on
strike on the Denver and Rio Grande
sented and five. candidates were mi
ateh.
meeting Monday night to vote on
amendments to the International by
viii hold an election for officers for
the ensuing term at the meeting De-
oembeT 9. B. Kluck has been honli
Lebon and George Enos. for financiaIs
Eecretary; NJ L. Meyers J. King and
D. Lasky for business agent
At the meeting Of the walters union
last Monday night after the initiation
of several candidates il was announced
that after the meeting next Monday
night Delea Griswold, a we'll known
socialist. viii entertain the members
with vocal selections.
BARRIERS union. local No. 14s: had
g short. meeting last Monday night.
W B. Currier. having gone into busi-
ness on his own account, resigned as
business agent. President: George w.
Price was elected agent for the 9unex-
pired term. -Four candidates were
obligsted and six applications We're
Haekmen's union. local No. 224. VIII
night for the purpose of elecfing off,
GERS for the ensuing term
In line. with. the. idea Of endeavor-
ing to induce. the Sacramento Business i
men 10 have printing done at home and
discontinue placing their orders with
eastern firms, the allied printing trades
council Of that city is gathering in
Te.rar 44.~rr fc -. lcr
booklet form and z, copy sent to each
merchant and businessman with a re-
guest that. it be carefully read and
duly considered
This report. will show the strength
OF organized. labor in. the capital city,
the number Of persons employed under
union rules. the. number dependent on
such members, the earnings Of each
class. the cost of the necessities of
life and how much these persons con =
tribute to the trade of Sacramento.
The merchants and businessmen will
be asked how they would feel and act
II the members of organized labor ]
made arrangements to obtain their :.
supplies from. an adjacent city, which
would take a great deal Of money out
trade.
:. The Vallejo trades and labor union is
still wrestling with the" aEti-Japanese
laundry. problem and the organization
having the matter. in charge. is still
4
charged with giving their laundry to
Japanese la5lndrynlen- During the last
meeting. City Trustee J.. F. O'Reilly
stated to the council that he had been
put down as patron OF Asiatic laun-
drymen. He denied the accusation and
asked that the. matter. be investigated
by the executive committee. 1t is said
that many more Will shortly notify the
council that they are not: patronizing
Japanese laundries,
T. B. Dale. who represented the state
federation Of labor in the convention
OF the American Federation of Labor at
Denver. Colo, has returned TO his home
in Vallejo
a IL. McQuilkin of. Chicago. secre-
tarv and general manager of the In
land Printer" technical school. is in
fhfs city on a visit. He called at the
once of the typographical union yes
ferday- and presented Secretary Leo
Nicholson several specimens Of illu-
minated printing Which are perfect
Imitation of the class of engrossing
done by hand.
g The nillmen Of Sacramento have un-
der consideration proposition to
amend their constitution, which pro-
vides that any member of the union
-,-l,- se. .a-r7r,1ovad O11tsidp of a mill on /