The San Francisco call., 1908-10-14
BARRIERS BOYCOTT
TEN CENT SHOPS
Members of Unions Will Be No
tilted of War Declared
Against These Places
Bar Tenders Reduce Initiation
Fee From Fifteen Dollars
to Five

fIRA1Es CEns1as Esas cogEcl1 the journey men
~SaNT55SSIsSo BARRIERS union last
Monday night the
bylaws relating to the payment of a
So per week benefit in case of sickness,
in addition to that allowed by the in
ternational body, was adopted. A cam
paign will be inaugurated against 10
cent shops, which are springfhg up in
various parts of the city ana which are
said to be unfair, as they do not pay
union wages nor keep union hours.
The union voted SO TO the American
federation of labor anti-inJunction
fund.
1t was decided to frame a new con-
stitution, and a committee will be ap-
pointed to draft one.
A barber shop on Turk street was de-
clared unfair and a committee will be
appointed to visit the retail clerks and
bar tenders unions to call their atten-
tion to this place, which has been
largely patronized by members of these
organizations.
The union was visited by a commit
tee of the bakers union who asked for
assistance for ball to be given Oc-
tober "a.
The union instructed the secretary to
send an appeal to all labor organiza-
tions to attend the ball to be given
for the benefit of A. A. Wentworth, q
blind barber.
The bar tenders union at its last
meeting elected A. Condrolle treasurer
to fill an unexpired term. 1t was voted
to reopen the charter and reduce the
initiation fee from S15 to S5 until next
January, a strong effort Is to be
made to unionize every bar tender in
this city.
A vote of thanks was passed to
Stephen p. Drake, international ofncer,
for having Strengthened out tangle In
the book keeping of the union.
The union has returned to its old
location at. $50 McAllister street and
will meet there in future
The reports at the meeting, which
was a very large one, showed that
the union at this time is in -four
ishing condition.
Forty dollars was paid to members
on the sick list.
Max Morris. international secretary
of the retail clerks organization, who
was expected here this week, will not
be in this city until the first week in
December.
The retail shoe clerks on last Mon IN
day, after routine business, played the
first of the second series of whist and
defeated the Oakland union.
The retail clerks met last night ana
initiated a class of Is clerks working
in Fillmore street store.
The retail grocery clerks will initiate
class of 10 at the meeting Of the
union tomorrow night.
Millmens union No. AZ at it's meet
ing last night received report from
its delegates who attended the recent
convention of the united brotherhood OF
carpenters and joiners of America al
Salt Lake The matter of most inter
est presented and indorsed was that
the unions proposition that 1t Will not
handle material of the craft imported
from the east that does not bear the
stamp that proves that 1t was made
under similar conditions as in San
Francisco. Two candidates were infti-
ated and two were admitted by card.
The union Will reorganize its baseball
team.
Street and concrete workers union
No. S5 admitted four candidates at its
meeting last night.
Five electricians in the employ of the
Bay Shore railroad. members of cleo
trical union No. 537. are on strike be-
cause the company was two months
behind in making payments. and when
wages were asked for the company Of
fered some of it's bonds, which were
refused.
Secretary Gallagher of the labor
council waited on the company's Off
GERS and was informed that the COM
pany can find plenty of men who will
work for half cash and half bonds. II
is expected that in the course OF a few
days the matter will be satisfactorily
adjusted.
Mattresses union No. AS has ap-
pointed the following as committee to
take charge of the ball it will give
| shortly: Cora Schade,- floor manager;
Anna Zack, assistant; Mabel Thomas
Bessie Blodgett, Badie Brown, Anna Ri
vera. Myrtle Patterson, Lena Rice, Ma
! bel Sharf and Hilda Hausman.