The San Francisco call., 1908-11-03
TALKS WITH MAYOR
ABOUT 8 HOUR DAY
Committee of Labor Council
Works for Concessions for
Ambulance Drivers
Taylor Has Delegation Take
Matter Back to the Board
of Health

sE sEErr Secretary A. J. Gal
frSI5tsl s.s22s. fcouEe1 Iagher and a com
afT5EclSSa mittee representing &
the San Francisco
labor council waited on Mayor Taylor
yesterday to discuss the action of the
finance committee of the board of su-
pervisors in refusing to grant the am
bulance drivers of the emergency hos
pital an eight hour day. After dis
eussing the matter for an hour, during
which ii was asserted the spirit
of the charter is being violated by
making the drivers work Il hours. the
mayor authorized the committee to re-
turn to the board of health, which had
passed the matter TO the finance COM
mittee, and inform 1T that it is his
wish that some arrangement be made
so as to conform, so far as these driv-
ers are concerned, with the charter.
Painters union No. 19 was addressed
last night by Thomas Bayliss, special
organizer of the international union.
upon the condition of the trade in the
southern part of the state. The union
received nine applications for member
ship, admitted Ii members by cards
from other jurisdictions and initiated
II elected candidates.
The following representatives from
I
federation of labor will leave this city
next Friday for Denver Colo.
Andrew Furuseth, Sailors of the Pa
cific; J. B. Dale, State federation of
labor; D. McClennan, San Francisco
labor council; A. ]. Gallagher, Inter
national photo engravers.
These representatives take with them
many propositions affecting the labor
movement on this coast and in this city.
The San Francisco labor councils ex-
/ ecutfve committee at its meeting last
night appointed John o. Walsh of the
! molders' union an organizer for San
Francisco TO represent the American
/ federation Of labor. This appointment
was made at the request of the Ameri-
can federation OF labor and the ap-
/ pOintee will assist the labor council and
the executive council.
The council took up the matter of
/ the complaint OF the shoe makers union
against one of the local factories and
continued the inquiry until next Mon
/ day.
! George Brown was elected by jour
neymen taiIors' union No. last night
delegate to the San Francisco labor
council vice NJ. Nunan. The union In
/ dorsed the proposed amendment for
! evening schools.
The state council of retail clerks held
a meeting in Oakland last Sunday and
/ heard reports from the several officers
( which show that the clerks in the sew
eraI cities represented at the meeting
are doing we'll. and that prospects for
/ improvement are better than they have
| been for some time
Chairman Max z. LIGHT was author
1 ized TO name q committee that shall
arrange for the reception Of Interna-
tional Secretary Treasurer Max Morris
! Of Denver, Colo, who will pay an off,
/ ciaI visit to the several organizations
/ OF this city during the latter part OF
/ the current month
The next meeting will be held in
/ Clerks hall on Van Ness avenue dur
/ ing the afternoon Of Sunday, Decem-
Der 6.
John I Nolan, secretary of the iror
nolders' union. returned last Sunday
from Cincinnati, O., where he attended
/ a session OF the executive board OF the
international body.
The retail clerks belonging to the
four unions IN this city will give 9
social in Clerks hall on the. eveninn
Of next Thursday This will be the
second of a series arranged for faI
and winter.
/ Former Secretary Willie OF bakers
! and confectioners union local No "a
for the purpose of inducing French anc
Italian bakers of this city 70 join
The retail shoes clerks whist team
| will visit Oakland this evening fol
the purpose of playing return game
4 with the whist team of the union OF
that city.