The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
ADVOCATES LABOR
MEN AS TALESMEN
Secretary Gallagher Reports
That Judges Believe Union
Men Should Be Jurors
Plumbers Present William Ca
hill With Diamond Locket as
Token of Appreciation

Secretary Gallagher as a special COM
mittee appointed TO interview the supe
rior judges on the subject of trial
jurors reported to the labor council
last Friday that the judges We're of
the opinion that the laboring men
should be mindful of their duty as
citizens and serve on juries whenever
they could do so and by assisting in
that way it would remedy the evil OF
the professional juror
Legislative Agent John l. Nolan has
sent a lengthy report to the San
Francisco labor council giving a de-
tailed account of the various labor bills
that have been presented to the legfs-
lature The majority of these will be
considered in committee this week.
The senate committee has recommend
ed the passage of the bill that pro-
yides that all goods manufactured of
"shoddy'' shall be so marked.
Alexander Dijeau, who was sent to
the labor council as a delegate from the
musicians union, and against whom
protest was presented by Sixth Inter
national Vice President Burke of the
brotherhood of teamsters, was seated
last Friday night, on the ground that
he had been regularly elected. The
protestant was advised that if he had
any charges to make against Dijeau he
should make them in the regular way
During the session of the plumbers
night William Cahill, president of the
state federation of plumbers, was pre-
scented with diamond set locket as a
token of appreciation of his work for
the trade and the people generally by
inventing trap" said to be the great
est invention in the plumbing line. The
union Endorsed a bill to be presented
to the legislature having for its pur-
pose the creation of the office of state
inspector of plumbing.
The San Francisco labor council has
been advised by the secretary of the
board of fire commissioners that the
matter of allowing the stablemen of
the fire department the salary named in
the charter will be considered in the
making up of the budget for the next
fiscal year.
The following named have been in
stalled as the officers of the broom
makers union of this city: W. +.
Turner president; Steven Niclxlet, vice
ing secretary: W. P. Smith. treasurer
Charles HUI, guide; c. Fell, guard and
trustee.
f. j. Robinson was selected as dele
gate to the san Francisco labor council.
The new officers of the garment work
ers Union were installed at the meet
ing held last Thursday night in the
for membership We're admitted
The proposition of the federated
trades council of Sacramento that the
city trustees of that city shall pass q
local ordinance to prohibit the employ
ment of aliens on any work ordered by
the municipality has met an obstruction
In the shape of an opinion from Cor
poration Counsel r. Platnauer to the
effect that such an ordinance would be
uncoE gtional. In reply to this the
comm OF the council having the
matter - charge says section l of artf-
United States, to which the counsel
drew attention. does not apply and calls
attention to section of article XIX,
constitution of California, which says
that No Chinese shall be employed on
any state, county. municipal or other
public work except as punishment for
crime" The committee takes the posi-
ton that if aliens who can not become
citizens are barred from being employed
on such works as quoted, that those
who are not citizens come under the
same rule The committee also calls
attention to the fact that the state or
Iowa has an enactment which declares
that no person not a citizen or one who
has declared his intention of becoming
one shall be employed on any public
work The committee will continue It's
efforts to have. the ordinance passed.
The journeymen butchers protective
and benevolent association had an en-
ioyable masquerade ball in Masonic
opera hall, Fifteenth and Railroad ave-
nues, last night.
Sheet metal workers union No. 104
at it's last meeting subscribed for $4,000
worth of stock of the labor temple that
is to be erected in Los Angeles.