The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30

ana IL II does not find a speedy and definite solu-
wrecks the trade union ship
The> trade organisations that keep on fighting
over bones will all soon rest in the boneyard-
They cannot expect anything else 1t Is the logi-
cal and the only destination for them
Trade unionists, II you intend TO preserve your
erEeniEs tons, your noaIs ana your %ag $4,000 ana az
struggles. has achieved for you. you must cease
lighting among yourselves.
Remember that G house divided against itself
cannot stand. and that your maddening ghost
dance around demarcation lines Is producing fu-
ture impossible ehasns between the trades
President J. W. Sweeney presided at
the session of the San Francisco labor
council last night.
A communication from one Of the
local theaters making complaint
against one OF the unions affiliated with
the council, was referred to the execu-
tive council without reading. The
names Of the parties interested were
not made public.
The executive committee was in
structed to take up q communication
from the Vallejo trades and labor coun-
Gil asking for action in the matter of
the Monticello company raising the rate
Of fare on its steamers.
The law and legislative committee. in
the matter of asking the board of
small denominations, reported that the
time is not opportune for such a de-
mand, but that 1t will be after bonds
TO the amount Of s7,00o.0Oo needed for
immediate rehabilitation shall have
been disposed Of The same committee
reported that at the next meeting it
will present the draft OF a bill to be
submitted to the legislature In relation
to weights and measures.
The Labor day parade committee was
authorized to engage a band OF "a
pieces and to offer trophies TO the union
making the best Display and to those
parading rs per Gems Of the member
ship. Richard Cornelius resigned from
that committee on the ground OF press
OF business, and c. Meinert of the sugar
workers union was appointed in his
place.
VIII J. French, chairman Of the COM
mittee on supreme court decisions, pre-
sented a lengthy report in which is
discussed the replies received from
California representatives in congress
on the subject of labor legislation. The
report states that Representative Need
ham did not properly state the case in
the supreme court decision in the hat
ters' case and the resolutions at the
mass meeting in this city some time
ago. The report defends the resolu-
tions and asserts that organized labor
is not seeking class legislation. Tt also
says that Senators Perkins and Flint
and Representatives Kahn, Hayes and
Englebright replied favorably, but that
they did not have an opportunity to
show II they would vote as they wrote.
because the principal matter, the "Sher-
man antitrust law has been virtually
disposed OF.
na1arcfa
did not go far enough and that it ought
in plain terms tell who are the friends
and the enemies of labor and tell who
should and who should not be voted for
Chairman French explained that this
was only a preliminary report and that
another will follow.
Secretary Gallagher said that the
committee had not been instructed as
to the kind OF a report it should make.
and that IL the committee is to tell
who shall be voted for 1t would have
a big job on its hands. He added that
every man should vote for the best
men and declared that is what he pro
poses to do, but he will not at the
next election vote the republican ticket
Walter Macarthur said that IL the
council expects the committee to tell
the members OF the councils and unions
how to vote. there will be one vacancy
on that committee. He said it would
be mistake for the council to indorse
any particular candidate as 1t had once
done, in which case it proved disastrous
TO the candidate He declared that the
time has come when there should be a.
change In the complexion of the con-
trolling power In Washington if the
laboring people expect any, relief. He
spoke at some length in favor of help
ing the American federation of labor
in its political ambition by financing II
It was decided that the report should
be published in the official organ and
a copy be sent TO California's repre-
sentatives and to each labor journal
with request to print 1t in full.
The carriage makers reported that
they had been out four weeks and have
paid $1,000 in strike benefits, that funds
were running low, and asked for finan-
cial aid. There are so shops that have
signed the agreement, but these are
small ones. The large ones are still
holding out