The San Francisco call., 1908-07-19
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GEH6ALS SN-AAS N
cussed the PROPOSE
ton OF having each of the affiliated
unions provide a history of its organ!-
zation for Insertion in the special Labo-
day edition OF the Labor Clarion, so as
to have, as one OF the delegates said,
in .'getatable" form the story of the
labor movement in San Francisco. The
council reserved a page OF the official
paper for that purpose.
Gabriel SunderfeId offered a drum
corps, composed of Is young women,
for the Labor day parade.
A reply received from the American
federation of labor as to the standing
Of the steam filters union of this city
in the matter of its application for ad-
OF the American federation of labor was
ordered returned TO the Washington
Office as not satisfactory, with a re-
quest for more definite information.
The request Of the machinists' union
of Paducah, KY, that the council in
dorse its resolution that the United
States constitution be amended so as
10 incorporate the words, "Al laws
passed by congress and properly signed
shall be constitutional" was read and
filed without action.
The amount contributed by various
unions up TO last Friday in aid of the
bottle Gamers on strike was about $500,
half the amount it was expected to Sc
cure. The representative of the hack
mems union, in explanation of a failure
to contribute, said that Immediately
after the fire in 1906 the union had a
membership of rs, but only 50 cents on
hand, and that since then it buried %
of its members and paid 500 in each
case as a funeral benefit, so that at the
last meeting, after paying all current
bills. the union found itself with so
cents to its credit
The BARRIERS reported that the master
BARRIERS association wanted TO cut
wages, but that the proposed cut would
not be met. It was asserted that from
present indications it looks as if the
master BARRIERS will soon go out of
business as an association"
The musicians union reported that
the trouble with the Woman's Outdoor
Glen Park league, which was charged
with having employed nonunion musi-
clans TO play at its dances on Satur-
days, was in a fair way OF settlement,
as at the last dance union men fur
nished the music.
The water workers union reported
that the Spring Valley company had
laid off a large numoer of men on the
ground that there was no work for
them TO do.
Delegate Harvey of the bathhouse
porters and employees, who was very
active in an endeavor TO have the
Sutro baths management sign q new
agreement, but failed. reported that
the management had declared that.
while it would not sign an agreement,
1t would not cut wages of union men,
but that it had dismissed union men
and put on others, paying them less
than union rates. One of these left
when he discovered that he was not
| being paid as much as the union
men. Harvey concluded with: L have
been fired from the Sutro baths
A delegate from the horse shoers'
union reported that trouble may be
| looked for shortly because fire de-
partment horses are being shod in non
union shops"
The retail clerks reported that in
the last 10 days it had unionized five
stores. The new headquarters for the
three local branches of retail clerks
gust L
At the last meeting Of the garment
workers union Miss Sarah Hagans was
! elected delegate to, the convention of
the united garment workers of Amer
lea that is to meet in Milwaukee, Wis
| August "a. This organization has pre-
sented to the San Francisco labor
council large number of caps for
wear in the workshop. These bear the
| label of the G. W. OF A and are in
tended to boom the label.
This union will, in short time. urge
/ upon the state and municipal authori-
| ties that have the giving out of con-
tracts for clothing, to make sure that
all goods received under such con-
| tracts are the product of free white
labor.
At the last held meeting of the cooks
union, local No. "A, at which there was
| a large attendance, the business agent
| reported that there was a marked i'm
provement in business. Sixteen appIi-
! cations for membership were presented
and three elected candidates were ini-
tiated. H. ]. Hoehn was added to
| the board of trustees and C. A H
/ Smith was appointed delegate to the
/ San Francisco labor council. During
good of the order" several OF the
members addressed the meeting and
one speaker declared that the local
was fast becoming one of the most
prominent organizations affiliated with
the San Francisco labor council.
The local brotherhood of teamsters
/ of this city has received an invitation
! TO send a delegate to the united team
sters Of America that is to hold It's
| convention in St. Louis August 8, with
which it is not affiliated. but with a
view to have such delegate use his
4 kind offices in an endeavor to bring
about a consolidation OF the interna-
| tionaI brotherhood Of teamsters and
| the united teamsters of America The
proposition will be made the special
order of business of the local organiza-
tion at its meeting next Thursday.
During the last meeting of the long
shoremen's lumbermen's union in the
Building Trades temple. Lawrence
Buckley OF the county clerks office,
who retired from the position of finan-
cial secretary of the union. which office
he filled for a number of terms. was
presented a handsome jeweled gold
locket as a token of appreciation of his
services TO the organization. It was
appropriately inscribed on one side and
| having on the other an engraving Of
the old lumber vessel, Dashfng Wave.
There was a small strike at the
Preside yesterday morning. The gov
ernment is having an oil tank built.
and on Friday some steamftters were
ordered discharged by an agent of the
building trades council because of some
| difference as TO the steam filters
status in connection with the building
| trades section OF the American fedora
4 - lah was alIopad .