The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
EAVORS SMALL FEE
FOR INITIATION
State Federation of Labor De-
clares Against Ex0rbitant
Sums Charged

S-saes ,iIssSslo ,sisS COUNCIL sociation, branch
s6fFERc1 No. %. u. S. and c..
will hold its third
annual picnic at Fairfax park on next
Saturday. The committee In charge
announces that gate. and game prizes
VIII be awarded. Four boats of the
Sausalito ferry will connect with
trains for Fairfax in the forenoon and
three in the afternoon.
This branch has taken no action in
regard TO the "walkout" OF the bottle
Gamers, who resisted an attempt to re-
duce wages.
In communication to affiliated
unions the state federation of labor
says: Some unions are charging high
and even prohibitory fees and the
advocates of the open shop are maxi
ing much of this unpleasant fact, and
in general accusing all unions of this
offense, and as high initiation fees are
contrary to the principles of unionism
the state federation recommends to
its affiliated unions a reduction of in
itiation fees to nominal sums
At the meeting of the walters union.
local No 80, TOMORROW night, the mem
bers will act upon the constitution for
several changes At the same meet
ing there will be nominations for Of
fees to be filed for the ensuing term.
Thomas E. Keogh. international or
ganizer for the brotherhood OF cement
workers Of the United States and
Canada has gone to Reno, New, to
organize a union Of the craft at that
place.
The molders' union will have its an
nual outing and picnic at Shell Mound
park Sunday, June 21. The union ex-
poets to have a larger gathering than
it has ever before had.
class OF 15 candidates was in
itiated at the last meeting of the gar
quite active at this time. has a large
membership and nearly all the mem
bers are employed.
The reports presented~at meeting
Of the district council of gas workers
in Labor Council hall last Sunday show
that Of the $40 members in the unions
Oakland and San Jose, only II are un-
employed.
The local union will nominate can
didates for officers for the new term
at meeting next Thursday.
At the last meeting of the printing
pressmen the secretary was instructed
TO make II appear on the minutes that
the recent assault upon men employed
committed by any member OF the
union. The union decided TO engage
legal talent to defend the action COM
menced against 1T by the company.
which charges that the union is inter
fering with its business
The executive committee of the San
Francisco labor council at it's meeting
last night took up the plan proposed
by some Of the cemetery associations TO
reduce wages from SO to $3.50 a day.
1t was decided to take such action as
viii prevent the contemplated reduction
IL possible 1t is probable that the
undertakers' union and the hackmen's s
union may join the Cemetery employees
in the effort TO maintain the present
rate OF wages
Branch No. 8, Amalgamated carpen-
ters. at its meeting last night initiated
one candidate and admitted six mem
bers from other jurisdictions by card.
Engineers union No. 81 will elect
officers at it's meeting next Monday.
At the meeting last night three candi-
dates were Initiated and two applica-
tions were received.
P. H Mccarthy, president of the
state building trades council. left yes
terday for Fresno in answer to a tele-
gram to attend to a lockout In the
Hollenbeck & Bush and the MADEIRA
mills. The owners OF these mills In
sisted last Saturday that the men work
nine instead OF eight hours. They re-
fused and were locked out