The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
PAY DAYS CHANGED
AT TIE NAVY YARD
Mechanics and Clerks Will Get
Money Four Times Each
Month in the Future
Businessmen of Vallejo May
Have to Revise Agree
ments With Employees


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are to be paid four
times every month, instead of bimonth-
ly, as in the past. The pay days will
be on the 1st, Sth, 18th and 22d of the
month. The mechanical and clerical
force will be paid at the same time,
instead of separately. as in the past.
The new rule will require an increase
in the pay Office and other departments.
This new rule will affect the bust
nessmen and the retail clerks in VAL
lejo. Under the old rule the clerks
agreed to work on the two pay nights
in the month, but it has. not yet been
determined whether they will work the
without changing the agreement now
in force.
/ The attentions Of the labor organiza-
tions of this city has been called TO a
movement in the east ON the part OF
a number of labor unions to eliminate
from their respective constitutions the
clause which bars the discussion OF
politics at meetings of the organiza-
tions. The leaders in this direction
assert that they are moved to this &C
tion by the changed conditions in the
country, and demand that such a step
must be taken for the better protection
| of organized labor. They point TO the
istand taken by Samuel Gompers as
precedent for entering the poiiucal
arena.
The wage earners' suffrage league,
while IN San Jose recently, organized a
branch of the league there with II
members from the laundry workers
union and three from the mattresses
union. A committee from the parent
league, which is located in this city.
will visit the Garden City for the pur-
pose of adding to the membership of
the new organization.
The labor and trades council of VAL
lejo has indorsed the request of the
San Bernardino typographical union to
protest against Lyman NJ. King as
candidates for presidential elector on
the ground that he lis an ardent ad-
vocate of the open shop and another
Harrison Gray Otis as to organized
labor" The council voted to use all
honorable means to defeat him.
Painters union No. 19 at its next
meeting will consider a proposition to
tax the members cents per capita for
the purpose of maintaining business
agent in Oakland. This union at its
last meeting initiated II eligibles. w.
G. Walsh was chosen as the manager
of the unions baseball team.
B. B. Rosenthal, organizer for the
international upholsterers' union, re-
turned from the north yesterday. He
reports that he organized strong un-
ions at Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
and addressed the, central labor council
at each of those places on the political
situation. He will remain in this city
few days and then go to Los An
geles to organize the upholsterers
there.
Electrical workers, local No. 537. has
elected NJ. Durkin, T. Cummings. c.
Goodharts and NJ. ]. Sullivan as dele
gates to the San Francisco labor cOun-
ell.
The sugar workers union has elected
the following as delegates to the same
council: Charles Meinert. H. w. Kru-
ger and H. sager-
Blacksmith's helpers union No. 316
has elected H. W. Evers and Theodore
Kettleson to represent 1t in the San
Francisco labor council.
There will be meeting next Sun
day of the Asiatic exclusion league,
which will be addressed by several
speakers on the subject of the ex-
clusion of undesirable persons from the
orient.
James McGrady has been elected
financial secretary of the bar tenders
union local No. Al. vice Joseph E. Vera,
resigned.
Gas and Electrical fixture hangers
union No. 404, /. B. E. W., at les last
meeting adopted a resolution of conf
dence in Frank J. McNulty, president;
P. w. Collins. secretary treasurer, and
president of the international body.