The San Francisco call., 1908-05-01
BANQUET VISITING
LABOR OFFICIALS
Building Trades Council Gives
Dinner in Honor of Inter-
national Officers

D wRr The building trades
(TEEot Yssssp2sS tc65EcTIl council of this city
~<zS Ss7SzTsSS was the host last
night in the ban
quet room of the Golden Gate hall at
a banquet given in honor of the visit
ing international officers who came to
this city to attend the dedicatory cere-
monies Of the building trades temple.
The visitors are James Kirby of Wash
ington, of the building trades section
of the American federation of labor;
William d. Huber OF the united broth
erhood of carpenters and. Frank J. Nc
Nulty of the international electrical
workers.
There were about five hundred guests
at the supper f. c. Mcdonald of the
tile settlers union was introduced as
the toastmaster and he called for re-
sponses to toasts as follows:
State Building Trades Council of California y
p II. Mccarthy; National Building. Trades
Council. James Kirby: international 0rgani-
5stiens.,. William D. Huber; Trade Unionism .
moe; Labor legislation Cleveland L. Dam.
Among those prominent in the Labor
movement who were in attendance
were the following:
J; B. Bowen. F. C. Maxwell. Thomas Max
well. James A. Gray, J. ". Maloney, T. w
ens W e9 a i.Es. E Smith SeI.nD Is@es His
Yoell, F. Flagler, z. A. Clancy. H. H
Davidson. A. A clute, W. Il. Urmy. J. E. Per
ford e C. Loomis. Earl Johnson, ], E. Macdo-
geiii H;y Iheiler W II. Harvey. w. N. Page,
A Z; 2; Nicholas E. G Crawford. J. GOTf.. R. NJ
Walsh. F; Kramer, I. G. Lynch. a. L. Hollis,
Thomas Carson. B. J; Collins: W. wishart H.
Bayliss. 81. D. Beg, George T. Woven, ]. ].
Monahan. Frank Berger, D. ". Muller, ]. B.
Fleming, J. Griffin. John Foley. ". o'cOnnor.
Walters union No. 80 at its meeting
last Wednesday night adopted the fol-
lowing minimum scale of wages for
members Of that craft from May 3
until the close of the celebration in
honor of the fleet:
Cash houses: Full day, 10 hours or less, So;
three hour watch, Sl.50; two meal watch, six
SourE or less, 81 20; overtime, per hour, 80
hoNrs or less. $3: three hour watch, 81. 50 over
time, per hour. 80 cents.
The union voted $50 FOR the relief OF the
members of walters union No so who were
sufferers by the recent fire in Chelsea, Mass.
James W. Kline. president of the interna-
tionsl brotherhood OF blscksmiths and helpers
union No. I6s Of this. city, says.
Il was called to Washington, D. c., TO con-
suit with others the Southern railroad case
where a reduction demanded for all crafts
IN all mechanical and transportation depart
ments. by President Finley. joint meeting
was held by all concerned and hat refusal
70 accept the reduction was determined upon.
Ehe group Of railroads under the jurisdiction Of
President Finley are demanding the same re-
ducuon, but have held OF pending the decision
OF the Southern which | think will settle all
For ten years We have been working for an
advancement in wages TO keep pace with the
rising prices, and now before three months OF
the panic has passed a reduction IN wages is
asked. This is II always has been-the
wage Garner gets bumped. We refuse TO
carry the burden OF somebody's blunders. Il
was panic made TO order-to kill legislation
not in the interest OF the systemic bring the
present administration in. disrepute with the
robbing OF the people
The president draws attention TO conditions
on various railroads and. after telling in de-
tail Of the attempts to force men 10 accept
piece work. he writes:
. information comes TO that there Is no
break in the ranks Of the men. and If the man
agements insist In. introducing piece work, they
wiz fight TO a finish
Second Vice President John J. Mockler is
attending TO the strike the Denver and Rio
Grande.
I'VE have a good many men out of work
at present, having been forced by circum-
stances 10 assist Morgan the Magnificent to
carry on g successful panic. While cannot
prohibit these highwaymen from reducing the
force SnG hours, prohibit them from re-
ducing wages. and l hope the crafts will take
note Of the joint boards organized In Washing
ton, ID. C.. New Haven, Conn, and other places
for our protection There is honor among
thieves, but none among the Wall street fnan-
ciers. ] am proud of our men. They are stand
ing as solidly together as the rock Of Gibraltar.
/ predict "a successful shooting Of the rapids
With your continued assistance we will anchor
In peaceful water