The San Francisco call., 1908-05-27
URGES WORKERS TO
HAVE DEFENSE FUND
President of Brotherhood of
Electricians Suggests a
Larger Death Benefit

Et Hgrs> Grand President
GSL5Tal lsss92sS lcoGEcTTl Frank ]. McNulty
20 fs5scIsSS of the international
brotherhood of cleo
trical workers. who has been in this
state for some time paying official
visits TO subordinates of the order in
this city and elsewhere attended the
last meeting OF locals SO and $40 in
Sacramento. and at the close was the
guest at a banquet rendered him by
the two locals. In addressing the as
semblage. in response TO a toast. he
urged the creation of a large defense
fund. one so large as to be useful in
cases of differences between employers
and employees. He also advocated the
Capitalization Of sick and death benefit
funds He held that If such funds were
paid from the treasury of the interna-
tional body, instead of being paid by
the individual unions. better results
would obtain and that il would then
be possible to raise death benefits from
500 to $500 and sick and disability
benefits from So to $40 per week.
Journeymen BARRIERS union, at its
meeting last Monday night, decided to
work all Memorial day, as the fol-
lowing day is also holiday. 1t was
decided that none Of the BARRIERS will
work on July 4, which falls on a Sat
urday, but the shops will be open on
the next day during the usual hours.
Secretary Koch has been instructed to
revise the list of union barber shops
in the city. nearly 500. and to request
the shops to furnish notice of change
in ownership if any. The union
initiated four applicants for member
ship and six petitions were presented
There is to be a conference this week
of representatives of the cemetery,
workers, hackmen's union and under
takers helpers for the purpose of max
ing a full inquiry into the troubles
between the managers of cemeteries
and the cemetery workers. 1t is stated
that, in addition TO q threat by some
of the cemetery associations to cut
down wages on June I. that any en-
ploye who accepts an office in the union
Of the workers is at once dropped by
the management, and a consequence of
this is that the union cannot have any
officers.
The committee of the San Francisco
labor council to which was referred the
political propaganda of the American
federation OF labor and the letters re-
ceived from the California representa-
tises in congress on labor legislation.
met last night in the labor temple and
adopted a report that will be presented
to the council next Friday night.
The Mattresses union, in observation
Of Memorial day, viii keep the office
of the secretary in the Jefferson Square
building closed all day. Saturday.
Three candidates were initiated at the
meeting last Monday. Cora Shade.
secretary of the union, has been i'll in
the McNutt hospital for ten days.
The carriage workers union reports
that one more shop signed the agree
ment yesterday. 1t was announced that
two large delivery firms decided yes
terday TO take their work away from
two OF the large shops that have not
yet signed and turn the same over to
others.
Richard Cornelius of the carmen S
union returned from Spokane yesterday.
He reports that the difficulty with the
traction company in that city has been
settled, and that the company has de-
cided TO meet the demand for increased
pay and shorter hours.
The material teamsters' union will,
at its first meeting in June, nominate
candidates for Offices of the union who