The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
LABOR BODY TURNS
DOWN EGAN SCHEME
Council Denies Endorsement
When Promoter Fails to
Name His Backers
Gompers' Request for Political
Expression Will Be Car
ried Out

IEmn The San Francisco
EfEzPI5 ls.,2s ss.s,22ss cPuESl1 labor council by
EIHTclzs> unanimous vote de-
cided not to indorse
the proposed ordinance to grant J. j.
Egan a blanket street railroad fran
chise. One Of the reasons for this ac-
ton was that at a meeting of the
executive committee last night Egan
refused to disclose the names of his
hackers.
At the request of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American federation Of
labor. the council decided to call spe-
cial meeting of the council Sunday. No
vember /. to adopt resolutions declar-
ing the stand OF labor men on the po-
litical issues of the day. The request is
in the nature of an Endorsement of the
democratic party platform
Delegates French. Bell, Gallagher,
Mclaughlin, Siskron and McCabe We're
appointed committee to make ar
rangements.
Delegates Casey, Reguin. Misner, La
rue and Johnson were appointed COM
mittee on the formation of an anti-Otis
club
The council elected D. McLennen as
its representative to the American fed
Grafton of labor that is to meet next
month. McLennen received 20 votes.
Dominic Kane 40, and Z. L. Reguin Is.
Anton WahI of the bakers union was
elected a member OF the executive COM
mittee and Philip Johnson Of the typo
graphical union a member of the label
committee.
The council declared itself in favor Of
the proposed amendment TO the con-
stitution having for its purpose the
maintaining of elementary evening
schools out of the state school fund
At the meeting of the cooks union
Thursday night. it was decided to
change the meeting place. l. Fourni-
guer. J. McDonough and John Brand
staller were appointed to secure new
quarters. The union passed vote OF
thanks to H. B. Lister for his efforts
member who had been arrested for a
misdemeanor. Three candidates were
initiated.
walters union No. 80. at its last
meeting. initiated three candidates and
the candidacy of Judge Sturtevant was
that conditions in. the trade in the
city are improving.
The ball to be given by the BARRIERS
who has become blind will be given
Sunday night In Cotilion hall. and not
Saturday. as has been announced in
some OF the papers.
The. members of machinists' lodge No.
SIS. have declared themselves as oppos
TO the resolution pledging the Asiatic
exclusion league to the support of the
platform and candidates OF the demo
cratic party. w. r. Haggerty. z. #
Miener and J. T. Began were appointed
a committee to attend the session of
the league tomorrow afternoon and
that body how the, machinists stand
on the proposition.
The district council of painters has
instructed its business agent to wait
upon the board of fire commissioners
to inform that body that the tax payers
of San Francisco pay the f1remen to
attend to fire duty and not handle
brushes in the painting of FIRE hydrants
and other work which should be done
by members of the painters, trade.
D. d. Sullivan of the pressmen's
union has been unanimously chosen to
represent the Sacramento federated
trades council in the American fedora
tion of labor in the convention in Dem
yer. Colo, next month.
The building trades council at It's
last neeing was notified that the COM
position and felt roofers union. the
sheet metal workers union and the
metal roofers' union had Endorsed the
candidacy OF Judge Frank j. Murasky.
It received a letter from A. S. Alex
ander, in Los Angeles, announcing that
union conditions are improving in that
citV.