The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26

WANTS PRISONERS
KEPT OFF STREETS
Labor Council Secretary Thinks
Men Should Labor on Jail
Grounds
Organizer Finds Carpenters at
MarysviIIe Working Nine
Hours

Y j
fEEHzas San Francisco labor
council. who has
taken considerable interest in the move
10 put prisoners at work on the streets
ana highways, with a view to be able
70 present a comprehensive report TO
the council visited the county Jail Tues
day. Gallagher said:
he 5sii. in my opinion. is an institution that
sneolo De condemned, az il is a place entirely
ul1t N which 10 detain human beings, even
thougn taey are Of the degraded class which
lnoges are forced to send there. Ii is disgrace
enst IA tSat institution The place. however
be Il said 70 the credit Of Sheriff Dolzn, is kept
clean and IN as sanitary condition ss is possible
streets and rosds is that they need exercise.
Ny investigs tion satisfied me that they do need
exercise. but they should not be put 10 work 10
the detriment OF free labor.
The city owns so acres Of ground surrounding
the jan which. with but little trouble, could be
utilized for producing vegetables for the prison
ers and maybe for other city institutions. That
would give the prisoners plenty OF exercise and
day. This cannot be done at this time. how
ever. for the reason that the city has rented the
sr se 70 1rss no G pay SEC yesT tbs
attention Of the authorities TO this matter. and
see If the lease cannot be ne.Cked
James A. Gray. state organizer for
the state building trades council, re-
ports that he recently visited Marys-
Vile and found carpenters working nine
hours day. Gray expresses the opin-
Ton that II is the only local under the
Jurisdiction OF the council working nine
hours. April l a demand will be made
by the building trades council OF Yuba
county for an eight hour day
Secretary Sandeman Of the iron
trades council received a message yes
terday from Grand President Klein of
the blacksmiths international union
conveying the information that the
managers of the Gould system having
refused TO rescind from its position in
the matter OF reducing the wages of
the men on the road between Ogden
and Salt Lake, all the men in the iron
trades have been ordered out
At the last meeting of the iron trades
council ]. !. Nolan. T. A Reardon and
George Sandeman were named to assist
the special committee OF the labor
council in its effort TO have personal
damage cases taken up in the superior
court and disposed of by trial in g rea-
Of the council. volunteered to assist the
committee.
The secretary Of the San Francisco
labor council has received information
to the effect that the farmers progress
sive league, an association of producers
in the Sonoma valley and north of
there. has indorsed the proposition ad-
vanced some time since that farmers,
laboring men and general wage earn
ers combine with view to secure leg
tslation not only beneficial TO the three
classes named but TO the state at large
Bar tenders union No. Al intends TO
move its headquarters from $50 Meal
lister street to q place TO be selected,
as the present location is inadequate.
A committee was appointed to report on
q new location
The meeting held last Sunday in
Oakland under the auspices Of State
Organizer A NJ Thompson of the
state federation of labor with a
view to unionizing the butchers of
that city and vicinity was attended by
a large number of persons interested.
1t was ADDRESSED by President George
A Tracy OF the federation, Secretary
Gallagher of the labor council, J. W.
Sweeney. president of the council, and
the state organizer. There was q strong
feeling along the line Of enlarging
the existing organization. Since the
meeting q applications for member
ship have been received and the pros
poets were yesterday that In the
next two weeks every butcher in Ala
media county will be a member of the
union.