Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-28
ALITTLE LABOR LEAFLETS
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New York to attend meeting of the
executive board of that organization.
During her stay here Miss Daley nego-
tiated agreements with several of the
largest factories and made arrange
ments for opening two new white
goods establishments. At a special
meeting Thursday to bid goodbye to
Miss Daley sixteen new members were
taken into the union. Twenty appli-
cations are on file.
More calls for electrical workers are
being received at headquarters than
can be supplied, notwithstanding the
! fact that the presence of the interna-
| tional president, Mr.. McNulty, has had
the effect of increasing the member
ship. President McNulty will leave soon
for his home in Springfield, Ill.
Reports from many unions indicate
that the proposed change in the per
! capita tax to the Central Labor coun-
ell will be carried in nearly all of
them. Affiliated locals realize the
necessity of having a strong parent
body and are vigorously advocating
the increase, which is to take effect, if
adopted, July 49,
At the meeting of the Central Labor
council Friday night a paper was read
/ OH L nG - nun lIdDtls lnCoO tiutc.-
| tional features are proving instructive
to the delegates and have become
established features of the meetings.
| Next Friday night the subject will be
the japanese question and will be
handled by c. D. Shields of the
Bakers union.
There are four generations in the
Gompers family now carrying trade
union cards. Saul Gompers, father of
Samuel Gompers president of the
American Federation of Labor, is a
cigarmaker and a member of the
Cigarmakers' union, as is the president
of the Federation of Labor. Samuel
| j. Gompers, son of the president is a
member of Columbia Typographical
union at Washington, d. c., and Miss
Florence Gompers, daughter of Samuel
j., is a member of the Stenographers
and TypeWriters union in the same
city. Saul Gompers, the eldest of this
quartet, is 50 years of age.
George L. Berry of San Francisco,
and well known in this city, was re-
elected president of the international
Printing Pressmen's union at the con-
vention of that organization held in
Omaha this week.
Frank Sesma has again been elect
ed as business agent and secretary of
the Bartenders' union, and President
Hassell will serve another term in that
office The election was held Tuesday
in the Labor temple
An open meeting will be held by
Bricklayers' union, No. 2, in it's hall
tomorrow night, to which all brick
layers are invited. e. A. Gerety Of
this union has returned after an alb
sence of several weeks from Los
Angeles.
Monday night Cooks union, No. 27,
will elect officers for the coming term,
and on the following night the IRON
molders will select the men who are to
guide that organization for the next
twelve months.
Steps looking toward the federation
of the four big railroad mems unions
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
the Order of Railway Conductors, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers-have been taken and the
men are being sounded at each division
point throughout the country. 1t is
planned to consolidate the unions SO
that one grievance committee can do
the work that four committees now
do, saving time for railroad managers
and facilitating the adjustment of diff
ferences.
Members of the police department
will not be given one day of rest in
! seven, as proposed by a communica-
tion from the Central Labor council
to the police commission last week.
Scarcity of patrolmen was the reason
given by the commission for the de-
nial of the request.
National labor commissioners at the
closing session of their convention in
Rochester elected Charles p. Neill,
United States commissioner of labor,
as their president The name of the
association was changed to the Inter
Labor.