The San Francisco call., 1908-09-18
ADMITS PILE
DRIVERS UNION
Building Trades Council Holds
an Enthusiastic Meeting and
Hears Addresses
Delegates TO Convention of the
United Brotherhood of Car
penters Are Present

TMR,s The building trades
ffss5Tst IsM.G2ssl lfeosNsI1 council last night
(zzNSS (zzNTszSTESS received into the
organization pile
drivers union No. az and seated John
H. Ryan. Don o. Cameron, C. NJ. Hook
and T. McDermott as delegates.
The council was addressed by Will
liam Sexton of Los Angeles. ]. H Nc
Murty OF Santa Cruz and ]. ". Gano
and E. Kelly of San Jose. who will
leave today with other delegates for
the convention of the united brother
hood of carpenters in Salt Lake City
Monday.
Thomas Casserley, William Pugh and
Charles A Nelson, candidates for the
assembly, were Endorsed by the council.
The longshore lumbermen's assocfa-
ton at its meeting last night elected
]. c. Williams and Henry Wolters dele
gates TO the Pacific Coast federation
of longshore lumbermen that is to meet
in Portland, Ore, Sept. 81.
Business in this trade was reported
as very active. The association has
25 applications for membership to act
upon at the next meeting.
There is 10 be meeting next Mon
day night in Walters hall in Eddy
committee OF the walters union, Ge-
neva union. Pacific coast. walters as
sociation, cooks association of the
Pacific and the cooks union. This win
be for the purpose of harmonizing the
conditions in the several organizations
named.
The following are the delegates ap-
pointed to attend this meeting:
Walters union-R. L. Grimmer, J. ]. o'Brien,
Samuel Taback.
Geneva uniOn-Frederick Luers, Il. Grossie. r.
Zettler-
Morgan. William Wolf.
Cooks ssOciation-Louis Fournig,er, Victor
Cooks union-stephen P. Drake. o. E. Henley
c. F. F1eishmsnn.
The controversy between the
plumbers and steam filters, of several
years standing, has been referred by
the executive council Of the American
federation of labor to the convention
OF that body. which will be held In
tion that it be referred to the build
ing trades department of the BODY
was. also made.
The steam filters are not pleased
with this disposition of the matter.
They hold that they are entitled to all
the steam filters in their organization,
but that II they are not they want to
proposed action Will not settle the
matter. but, on the contrary, will only
prolong it
Cooks union, local No. a.. had a
smoker IN its hall at $50 Eddy street
last night, at which there was a large
attendance. Frank Holt president of
the local, was master of ceremonies.
During the evening there was a pro-
gram of musical and literary. num-
bers, including a violin solo by Ernest
Kirby and vocal selections by Edward
Yarrow.
The meeting was addressed by H. B.
Lister, the unions attorney.
Blacksmiths' union No. 1913 has been
officially advised that the followinx 2
named members OF local Ies of Salt
Lake City have been fined 800 each
and placed on the roll of dishonor for
strike breaking on the Denver end
Rio Grarde:
George sanborn. card No. s2ss: Fred
erick Gutke. 92s7; Herman Lord,
3S011: William BrommeIl. 3ls47;
Thomas Grey, 35641; David Cooker
56314: Frederick Robinson. 1883, and
William Brfnton. 32575.
Electrical workers union NO. IS at
its last meeting admitted six members
from other jurisdictions by transfer
cards, Three accepted candidates
were received into membership by ini-
tiation. The union ordered the pay
ment OF $3.50 to members on the sick
list
c. Radebold has been elected bust
ness agent of pressmen-s union No. "a