The San Francisco call., 1908-05-09
CARRIAGE WORKERS
REPORT COyDITIONS
Claim 80 Shops Have Signed
Agreement With Union
as to Wages

~@ ~@ The wagon and
| CTaIrr sl ~ sgsesss co1EclTl carriage workers
"a iE50slssa union reported to
the San Francisco
I labor council last night that all their
thirty-nine shops have signed the
/ agreement as to hours and wages and
that it. intends TO stand firm in the
matter. 1t was also announced that
every prospect was for an early settle
ment.
| The carriage and wagon manufac-
turers say that there is no disposition
on the part of any manufacturer in
7 this city to make any change of any
kind except that all have refused here
after TO treat with their employees as
a union ION account OF the very un-
reasonable methods adopted in the
past
d. d. Lowney- president OF the car
riage and wagon builders association OF
San Francisco, and Chester H. Weaver OF
the executive committee OF the same
association. in discussing the situation.
which involves the blacksmiths. wood
| workers. trimmers and painters said
that so far the association Is con-
cerned, 1t seems TO be one of perfect
satisfaction"
They stated that the walkout. which
occurred May I. seemed TO be OF
peculiar nature, inasrnuch as there was
scription as regards wages or hours.
the entire matter being that OF the
refusal of all the carriage manufac-
turers and carriage repair shops IN the
city to sign any sort Of a union agree
ment. All of the shops are contending
| for the right to conduct their esta-b-
lishments as they see ht and make
/ agreements only with their own en-
ployes.
J. "Az the matter stands nour fbev
said. about three-fourths OF the estab-
lishments are running and mostly with
! their old help who refused to walk out
While none of the shops is running
full force. stiIl the majority are enn-
ploying from one-half to two-thirds OF
their usual force.
Many of the manufacturers seem to
have little trouble in getting plenty OF
help from the outside. and the only
ones who are not starting up their
places are those who prefer to run
4 their shops with their old help instead
Of with new
The executive committee of the as
ISOLATION asserts that there Will De
no difficulty In regard to all the shops
in the city operating with full force
within the next few weeks and with
I practically new crews of mem"
The district council of teamsters
/ through NJ. Z. Decker. secretary, sent
letter to the council to the effect
| that ii would cease to take cards from
union So OF the brotherhood Of teafns-
4 ters on the ground that the latter had
seeded from the International broth
/ erhOod of teamsters. The matter was
referred to the union complained Of
| A complaint by the manager Of the
auditorium that the bar tenders wanted
! him to name the number of bar keep
4 ers he wanted "a hours before the time
he might need them. and a proposition
| to engage a certain number to be en-
ployed If needed, was referred to the
bar tenders union
| The barber shop and bathhouse pOr-
| ters requested a boycott on the Sutro
baths on the ground that it was not
I living up to union conditions. The
matter. was referred TO the executive
committee
| President ]. W. Sweeney was ap-
pointed to attend a meeting in tho
merchants exchange building next
Monday to act on report TO be pre-
sented on harbor Improvement.
The janitors' union reported that the
/ Lyric hall management had discharged
all it's Japanese and is now employing
white janitors-
/ Bottle Gamers reported that they are
still on strike without any prospect
/ of settlement.
The several communications from
the senator's and representatives on the
subject of legislation favorable to or
I ganfzed labor were referred TO the
/ Injunction committee. which Will make
i comment thereon and have such pub
lished in the Official organ
The request from the mixers union
\ for boycott on the Standard dairy
was held in abeyance-