The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
MACHINISTS WILL
REPORT ON SHOPS
One Man From Each Establish
ment Called TO Meet ExeCu-
tive Committee
Lodge Adopts Memorial to Con-
gress, Asking Amendments
to Federal Statutes

HpWr At the last meet
fTS76TS l1NIoslroITsT7 ing of San Fran
l7TS5=E27zES| cisco lodge No. 6s
of the international
association of machinists, the donation
of $40 per week to the striking ma
chinists of Pittsburg, Pa, was dis
continued upon receipt OF information
that the strike had been settled. The
lodge was informed that the strike OF
the maehinists and others on the Den
yer and Rio Grande is still on. The
lodge decided to send q memorial to
congress asking for an amendment OF
the Sherman antitrust law, by the
passage of the Wilson house bill,
No. 2O,5S4, also asking for the passage
OF the Pearce bill. No. "a, and the
adoption OF legislation relative to the
extension of the eight hour law on all
work done for the government ]. S.
Buckley was elected delegate TO the
San Francisco labor council vice A. H.
Erwin.
The executive committee decided to
meet with a committee from each shop
in the lodge hall in Oak street tomor-
row night 4 representative from
each shop was ordered to attend this
session. H. NJ Burnett was elected to
I'LL a vacancy on the board Of hall d.
rectors. warrant for s45 was drawn
III Ol Oh LilG SIGN list
Two candidates were initiated and one
retiring card was issued.
In view OF the fact that the fleet
viii arrive on the regular meeting night
the meeting was postponed until May 7.
The musicians union. local No. 8. pro-
poses TO revise its price list for 1903,
and with that idea in view, President
Cassasa has appointed the following
r4cs DO
chairman; A. Weiss. W. H. Kretchmer,
J. E. Joseph. c. Trainer. R. L. Yanke.
G. Kenney. F. J. Eppstein. c. Weisel,
\. L. Ritzau. G. MerzbGch, J. D. Hynes,
F. Lyman, E. L. Mathews and E. H.
Slissman. The committee has been in
structed to prepare a satisfactory.
thoroughly Ineligible and noncon-
ficting price list
President Cassesa having had sub
mitted TO him question to ascertain
il an extra charge must be made for
rehearsals held for banquets. recep
tons and dance engagements has
ruled, and his ruling was sustained
by the board OF directors, that re-
hearsals for any engagement for which
the established price list does not in
clude rehearsal without extra charge
must be charged for"
The three proprietors OF carriage and
wagon shops called on Secretary Gal
lagher OF the San Francisco labor coun-
ell yesterday and wanted to know IL IL
was not possible to effect a COM
promise. They stated that they un-
derstood that they would stand with
other shops on the proposition not to
Sign an agreement. but did not un-
derstand that. IL would go to the ex-
tent OF resulting IN a strike. They as
serted that they did not want a strike
The secretary stated that under the con-
ditions, as he understood them, he did
not see any reason for a compromise,
as the agreement presented is the
same that has been in force for a
year and a half Yesterday several
proprietors signed up" and harmony
was restored in their shops.
The efforts to unionize a French
laundry in the mission which employs
a nonunion fireman. who will not join
the fremens union and whom the
proprietor will not discharge, have
failed. The laundry is run on the CO.
operative plan. One Of the share hold
ers is a member of the laundry work
ers' union. All the other employees are
members of unions, yet it is claimed
that the fact that a nonunlon fireman
works there makes the place unfair
and that the unionists ought not to
work there. The laundry drivers
union has announced that 1t will not
take any part in the controversy, hav-
ing decided to keep hands Off" The
matter is now before the labor council