The San Francisco call., 1908-04-08
BAR LIQUOR FROM
MINERS FUNCTION
Grass Valley and Nevada City
Unions Decide to Entertain
Without Alcohol
Coffee, Chocolate and Soft
Drinks Used at Social Ses-
sion After Meeting


of the recent in
stallation in Grass Valley of the officers
of the Grass Valley miners union,
Grass Valley surface workers union
and the Nevada City miners union.
which draws attention to the fact that
while there was a social time after the
ceremony, there was plenty of coffee,
chocolate and soft drinks, but that all
kinds of alcoholic wines and liquors
had been cut out. 1t also calls atten-
ton to the resolution adopted that
hereafter there shall not be served any
malt vinous or spirituous liquors at
any function of these unions.
Painters union No. 19 at its last held
meeting was advised by the reports
from the business agent that there is a
marked improvement in the trade. Five
applications for membership were pre-
sented and three elected candidates
We're initiated.
Carpenters union No. 1852 has de-
cided to dispense with the entertain
ment which had been proposed in cele-
bratien of the sixth anniversary of the
institution of the union, which falls on
April "a. 1t was decided to have a
first class entertainment and ball on
that date next year
Subordinate lodge No. 25, inter-
national brotherhood of boiler makers.
iron ship builders and helpers of
America. has removed from Polito to
Kendrick opera hall on Valencia street.
near Sixteenth, and the meeting time
has been fixed for the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month This lodge is
arranging for its twenty eighth annual
outing to FL Campo. May II. The pro-
ceeds of this affair will be given to the
sick and funeral fund of the lodge
The label committee of the San Fran
cisco labor council will hold a meeting
next Sunday to discuss proposition to
publish list of fair houses for distri-
button in the unions affiliated with the
council At the same time the question
of publishing list of unfair houses
will be discussed.
The benefit ball recently given by the
laundry workers union in aid of Chris
tine Bergner. one of its members. whose
lower limbs were cut off above the
knees by railroad train In Alameda
county netted s1.424. This union has
appointed c. Linegar. D. j. German and
F. Graham a committee to cooperate
with the laundry wagon drivers union
in the matter of ascertaining who of
those who formerly patronized union
laundries are now having work done by
Japanese and Chinese. President Black
of the union has been granted a vaca-
ton for two weeks.
President Cole of the district council
of carpenters has taken upon himself to
discover what individuals are adver-
tising for carpenters. offering high
wages. collecting good fee. and then
sending the men on wild goose chase.
The waitresses' union at the last
meeting was addressed on the subject
of Equal Pay for Equal Work" The
union initiated six elected candidates.
The bar tenders union held its first
meeting In the new headquarters last
Monday night, when warrants to the
amount of s57 were drawn in favor of
members on the sick list Two candi-
dates were initiated and eleven applica-
tions presented.
The book binders union will give a
ball in Cotillion hall on the night Of
May 2.
Retail clerks' union No. 42s had a
smoker in Duboce hall last night which
was presided over by j. w. Sweeney.
president of the San Francisco labor
council. The object was to discuss the
proposition to build hall in this city
for the use of the several unions of re-
tail clerks. The meeting was addressed
by the chairman of the evening, George
Lippman, and E. G. Solomon, president
of the union: Albert Cohn and Edward
Healey In addition to speeches, there
was vaudeville program, several ex-
hibitions of boxing and refreshments.
The committee In charge was A L.
Post Stephen Mackay, G. George. G.
Brown and Ernest Solomon.