The San Francisco call., 1908-03-20
WORKERS IN SOUTH
FORMING UNIONS.
State Federation Organizers In
stall Strong Locals in
San Jose
Officials Turn Attention Next TO
Trades Situation in Los
Angeles

(TRHbE 81 ssess COUNCIL first vice president
>SzSs65Nc(zS and organizer of the /
state federation of
labor returned Wednesday from a trip
through Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
counties. where he organized the va
rious trades including walters. cooks.
cooks helpers and bar tenders. In
San Jose, he says, a strong union has
been formed. Twelve of the largest
| restaurants of that city have been
unionized and it is expected that with
in so days every one will have been
organized. Organizer Scott still is in
Santa Cruz,
Thompson reorganized the labor
council in Richmond with 20 unions
short time ago. The officers of the
new organization are J. 3. Willis of
the steam filters. president; G. 5. Swee-
ney of the same union. recording sec
retary, and Samuel Dwyer of the
blacksmiths' union financial secretary
! In few days the organizer will go
] to Fresno He has called. a mass
meeting OF the butcher workmen of
Alameda county for next Sunday. The
meeting will be addressed by George
/ A. Tracy, president of the state feder-
alton; Secretary Gallagher of the labor
| council, Leo Nicholson of the label
committee of the labor council and
probably Walter Macarthur.
| T. E. Keough fourth vice president
of the American brotherhood of cement
workers, left yesterday for Los An
geles. where he will remain for week
building up local No. in that city.
! The cement workers have received
! information that within two weeks
| there will be a large number of or
ganzers and officers from information
al bodies in Los Angeles, who will de-
| vote time and energy to unioniZing
| the various trades in that locality.
Cement workers union No. at its
meeting Wednesday received reports
from the business agents which show
that business is improving.
The union is looking for Industrious
boys who are willing to become ap-
prentices to the trade. One of the
prominent members of the union said
that the number of apprentices is not
| limited What is wanted is good ma
terial to make good workmen.
The district council of cement work
ers will meet in quarterly session in
Bent's hall Sunday. The new consti-
tuition will be taken up and passed
upon.
Nearly 500 union men attended the
anniversary smoker of carriage and
wagon workers union No. in the La
bor temple Wednesday night. The af-
| fair was conducted under the direction
/ of c. A. Siskron, John Holland w. F.
McMullen, A. Fitzpatrick Harvey
Crow, Frederick Hoese, n. Miller. Will
liam Sweeney and j. Charcho. and
| after an overture by Professor Weisel
of the musicians union c. A Siskron,
president of the union. delivered an in
teresting address. Others who ad-
i dressed the meeting were j. W. Swee-
ney president of the San Francisco
labor council, W. f. McMullen and j.
A. Holland.
local No. IS, formed recently by the
ama1gamation of locals No. L and No 8.
were installed Wednesday night Frank
J.. McNuIty. international president,
who organized the new local, will re-
main here week. after which he
will go to Los Angeles.
All the subordinate bodies affiliated
with the iron trades council will vote
soon on a proposition to have the coun-
ell join the iron trades new department.
organized in Washington.
George Sandeman, secretary of the
iron trades council has been informed
that the men, including the machinists,
molders and blacksmiths on the Denver
and Salt Lake branch of the Gould sys-
tenn, who have been notified that in
80 days from the time of notice there
will be cut of 10 per cent in wages.
intend to fight the reduction on the
j ground that the company is not en-
powered to break an agreement at will.
There was meeting in Washington,
D. c., yesterday of the heads of the
three international bodies named, to
take action. If the company does not
recede the whole Gould system may be
tied up.
| Elevator constructors union No. s
met Wednesday night for the first time
in Sheet Metal Workers hall in Guer-
rero street. The expected house warm
ing was deferred, the union had
many trade matters to dispose of
which kept the members together until
a late hour. There was a large at
tendance.
Blacksmiths' helpers union No. 316
has elected the following officers: Ed