Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-13
LABOR NEWS

| its regular meeting TUESDAY evening,
| April 7th, with a large number or the
members in attendance. After the reg
ular routine of business had been gone
over and dispensed with, the special
order of the recommendation of the
executive board was taken up, and
motion was made that the recommen-
dation be concurred In, and that the
union advance the sum of $500 to the
Labor Temple association. The motion
was carried unanimously.
The reports of the various shop del
egates were received and conditlons
seem to be improving, especially In the
union laundries.
Two thousand five hundred shares OF
stock sold and $1,000 in cash collected
| in less than three hours was the record
at last weeks Labor Temple mass
meeting. And that is not all; appI-
cations for stock are coming IN rast
| and collections are better since the
mass meeting than they have ever been
| for the same period since thls great
building was first conceived.
The meeting was called to order at
2.4b %. m. by Vice President Chandler,
who presided. The huge hall on the
second floor was completely filled with
men and women.
Director Gerety was the first speaker
and set the affairs of the Labor Temple
and it's possibilities as a money maker
before the audience in such clear-cut
manner that he won them all TO MS
way of thinking.
| w. A. Engle, secretat 2 of the Cen
| trail Labor council, was then called
upon and gave a good talk, showing
| what a valuable asset the Labor Tenn
pie is, not only as a revenue producer,
but as a moral factor in the COM
| munity.
Mr.. Engle vas followed by F. G:
Wheeler secretary OF Carpenters
union No. 15S Mr.. Wheeler is cap
able speaker and interspersed MS re-
marks with humorous anecdotes that
took we'll with the audience. He called
the attention of those present to the
vast amount of money which has been
paid in rentals by the labor organiza-
| tions of this city in the past, ana
showed how short-sighted such pol
| Icy was.
The chairman then introduced w. E..
Terry, A. F. of L. organizer or Wash-
! ington, D. c. Mr.. Terry has been
| heard many times since his arrival IN
| this city several months ago, and Is
always a welcome speaker. He COM
mended the management of the Labor
Temple for the great showing they
had made in the face of many diff
culties, and said the progress OF this
| institution was very gratifying When
compared with that of others In this
| CITY during the panic. He challenged
any one to show him another under
taking of similar magnitude where the
officers and directors received not one
cent of remuneration and where there
was not even a suspicion of one cent
being misspent or squandered in any
way. He said it was a matter OF con-
graduation that the association had
been able to pay all obligations and to
know that there would be large num-
ber of men working on the building in
q. few days and all receiving good union
wages.
The last speaker on the list was F.
J. Spring, attorney for the association,
| who proved to the satisfaction OF all
that the building of this magnificent
temple would give organized labor
a standing in this city that it could
not hope to attain in any other way.
%
Organizer Terry, who has been hand
ling the tailors struggle in Los An
geles and doing general organizing
work for the A. r. of L., left for San
Diego Tuesday morning. where he will
spend few days looking after the
tailors of the city by the Silver Gate.
Press Feeders, No 81, held their reg
ular meeting Tuesday evening and
elected officers for the ensuing term,
which resulted as follows: President,
Chris Ploeger; vice president, j. B.
Archer; financial secretary, Tom
Tracy; treasurer, Mrs. Gertie Mudgett.
Chris Ploeger and ]. B. Archer were
elected unanimously as delegates to the
twentieth annual convention of the I.
p. p. & A. W., to be held at Mobile
in June.
The plan of the Union Labor confer
ence, which was held at the Labor
Temple Sunday, March 20, was adopted,
and the Feeders are going to show
organized labor the meaning of the
word boost.
E. A. Gerety has received a letter
from former president of the Central
Labor Council, F. p. Mcmahon, who
is now engaged in contracting in Lau-
der, Wyo.
w. D. Huber, who guides the des-
tinies of 100000 carpenters throughout
America. has left the east for this
coast. He will visit all the large cities
on his way out and while In Salt Lake
City will make arrangements for the
international convention of the Broth
erhood of Carpenters, which will be
held there next September. President
Huber will reach Los Angeles on April
goth. and the carpenters are making
preparations to f1ttingly receive him.
81
Mr.. Duffy, third vice-president of the
Bricklayers and Masons International
Union of America, now in Los Angeles,
is suffering from an abscess on his
neck.
Electrical Workers. Union, No. 81, in-
itiated two new members last Thurs
day night and otherwise had rousing
good meeting. Chairman MeGillivray
rivals Speaker Cannon as a presiding
officer and maintains the best of order
throughout the meetings.
s.
William A. Mann, who has been
missed from around Secretary's row
during the last week, is in San Jose
attending the state convention of
plumbers.
In the selection of j. G. Chandler to
succeed e. p. Mcmahon, who recently
moved from the city, the Central La
bor Council has done well. He is one
of the oldest members of local union
ism and of extraordinary activity. He
has been a member of the Labor Tenn
pie board of directors for long time
and is now vice president of that body.
He Is also treasurer or the largest
Union in the city, Carpenters 15S.
The new president is man OF high
character. and, like his predecessor, is
ot4eEot,,a,. from fOfnYtc0ntS. He