The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22
BLAMEs SALVATION ARMY

BLAMES SALVATION ARMY
At the recent session of the Dominion
trades and labor council held in Hall
fax, N S., it was reported that the Sal
vation Army, through its agencies in
Great Britain and America, has assisted
large number of workmen to reach
the dominion side and that these i'm
mi grants in industrial centers had not
only tended to depress the labor mar
ket but also to furnish strike break
ers. This matter was discussed by
committee at which Business Agent
Iohn Barnett of Toronto represented
the council and Brigadier General
Howell and Major Lambert the Saliva
tion Army. At the conclusion Of the
conferences the Salvation Army officials
announced that hereafter no more
skilled mechanics will be brought to this
side under the agency or the organlza-
tion they represent This means that
while the army is ever ready to help
the unfortunate and the downtrodden
il will not allow itself to be used as an
agency for the furnishing OF strike
breakers.
During the last session of the San
Francisco labor council acting Secre-
tary John I. Nolan read a communica-
ton from a large retail firm in the Mis-
sion district. announcing its intention
to keep its place of business open week
days until O'Clock, ''as for a long time
It had, in order to comply with the
rules of the retail clerks union, closed
at o'clock, but as other stores are
permitted to remain open after that
hour without any interference from the
o'clock and throw our trade to other
stores in the same line"
HELP FOR STRIKERS
Machinists' lodge No. IS. I. A. O. NJ,
at its last meeting, received an appeal
from the machinists, blacksmfths and
boiler makers on strike on the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad, and ordered
its weekly donation increased from $40
to SIS and made special donation Of
SIS.
The attention of the lodge was called
to two men named Sample and Harris,
who ii was represented, are soliciting
advertisements for a souvenir of the
are using credentials from machinists
lodges outside the California district
to aid them. 1t was decided to inform
all unions and merchants that No. IS
does not approve of the methods of
these men. The lodge received three
applications, elected like number to
I membership and reinstated four men,
bers. Forty dollars was paid in sick
benefits.
There are % locals Of the interna-
tional union of journeymen plumbers
gas filters, steam filters and steam fit
ters' helpers in the jurisdiction of Cali
fornia, distributed as follows: In
Bakersfield. Chico. Eureka, Fresno,
Long Beach, Marysville. Oakland, Palo
Alto, Pasadena, Petaluma, Point Rich
nond Redlands, Sacramento, Santa
Cruz San Diego, Santa Barbara, San
Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, San
Rafael, Stockton and Vallejo.
TO REPRESENT MUSICIANS
The following named have been
placed in nomination to represent the
musicians union in several organiza-
tions with which it is affiliated: For
delegates to the state federation of
labor, Theodore Eisfeldt, ]. Green, H
Menke, c. T. Schuppert; for delegates
to the San Francisco labor council, c.
T. Schuppert, ]. w. Spencer, G. Selo and
NJ Mannheim; for delegates to the Ala
media central labor council, J. d. Scott,
C. Porep and J. J. Matheson.
All the unions affiliated with the
American federation of labor are, by
referendum vote, to declare for or
against a proposition to lend $50. 600
from the defense fund of the federation
/ to the executive council, the money to
/ be used in the erection of a federation
building in Washington, d. c. There
/ is now in that fund $104,850, The
amount loaned is to be repaid annually
in $2,500 installments.
At the meeting of musicians union.
/ local No. s, to be held in December.
there viii come up for discussion an
amendment to the constitution tn the