The San Francisco call., 1908-10-08
TRANSFERS AND
DRAYM[N TO MEET
Joint Committee Will Try to
Settle Difficulties of Two
Unions

cEn HEhss> A joint committee
SzEF6sTEJsEp San Francisco dray-
mems association
and the brotherhood of teamsters will
meet this afternoon in the teamsters'
hall in Bryant street to make negotia-
tions looking toward a settlement of
the difficulty between the teamsters
and the draymen.
After a lengthy meeting of the dray-
mems association last night the con-
ference committee reported that it had
met a similar committee from the
teamsters' union and asked that the
men return to the scale of wages which
were in effect before the fire, which
would mean a reduction OF so cents in
the present scale.
At the close of the meeting the con-
frence committee was requested to con-
tinue negotiations with the teamsters
until settlement is reached. The i'm
portant meeting of this week will take
place this afternoon, when both COM
mittees will confer.
Electrical workers union, local No.
13, at a meeting last night refused to
recognize the international brotherhood
grand officers elected at a convention
held in ST. Louis last month on the
ground that the convention had been
called by the executive board of the
international when it should have con-
vened at the call of the executive COM
mittees of the various large local unions
throughout the United States. A reso-
luton which was adopted last night de-
clared that the st. Louis convention
was d farce and that f. ]. McNulty,
the present grand president, would be
who was elected at the ST. Louis con-
vention. The local electrical workers
pursued the course taken by locals Nos.
61, 116, $40, AS and 4S9 of Los Angeles.
f<1 rrr4lI
be forwarded to the general offices of
the international brotherhood at Spring
field, Ill.
communication from the retail
stating that c. H. Brown & Co. have
conformed with the union rules.
Carroll Young. an executive officer of
penters and joiners. spoke before the
district council of carpenters last
night at a meeting in the labor temple.
Delegates to the convention who re-
turned during the week reported upon
their work at. the convention.
Housesmiths' union, local No. rs. ap-
pointed a baseball committee al meet
ing last night and appropriated $50.
which will be devoted to the purchase
of athletic goods.
Moses Foss, one of the oldest mem
bers of the carpenters union, local No.
1oS2, has a; .Tr written o; an article which ap-
ternationai carpenters union. con-
corning Asiatic exclusion on the Pa
eific coast In union circles the article
Foss declares that the Pacific coast
eXpends thousands of dollars for the
support. Of Asiatics and San Francisco
alone is compelled to pay $500
month for the policing of Chinatown.
A communication from the American
federation of labor received yesterday
by the local labor council says that
the international flint glass workers
union has been barred from the fedora
tion because of it's noncompliance with
international rules.
At its last meeting brick layers
the state conference to be held in Los
Angeles next month The delegates
elected are John j. Caughlin Neil Gal
lagher and Charles Noonan.
F. e. Maxwell. secretary OF the dis
trict council Of carpenters, returned
yesterday from Salt Lake, where he
attended the convention
The annual ball of the retail clerks
union, local No. 1872. took place last
night in the clerks hall, S21 Van Ness
| crowd attended and the floor was un-
der the management of S. Selleg and
J. Davis,
The. retail clerks announced yester-
day that the Clarion, clothing store
in Fillmore street, had been unionized.
Delegates from the local plumbers
unions who attended the convention at
Indianapolis last week will arrive in
San Francisco Saturday The dele
gates are Larry Bennett. Jack Cofeld,
In 0C Va nC1r IN
| liam Cahill, Walter O'Connell and FL
w. Savage of the steam filters union.
The law and legislative committee
meet tonight to discuss proposed
| amendments to the state constitution
increasing the salaries of state off,
cials and a proposed amendment ex-
tions. Hiram Johnson, representing
the Hibernia bank and savings and
loan society and the German savings
bank, Will appear before the commit
tee to argue in favor of the extension
of corporations life. A member of
the Commonwealth club will oppose
Johnson
The announcement made by the geo.
logical survey at Chicago that com
mon brick has proved itself the victor
over many newer and more fashion
able building materials in a severe
fire test has been received with much
interest by the local building trades
workers. Two samples of brick were
subjected to severe heat, one taken
from an old foundation and the other
practically new. Fifty per cent of
the new brick was split, while 20
per cent of the old brick was not
damaged Natural building stones be-
haved worst of all the materials
tested.
Members of stationary firemen's
union local No. Sc enjoyed a house
warming in their new headquarters at
Electrical workers hall last night. The
social affair took place at the close of
the business session.