Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13
kLITTLE LABOR LEAFLETS
" BY NE MelERNON. 80

to work and to give or withhold his
patronage"
Equal suffrage for women, which
was Endorsed by the Central Labor
council last week. Is engrossing the at
tention of the people of Chicago. A
meeting was held in the Fine Arts
building last Saturday by Political
Equality league, having as its guests
the Mems Equal Suffrage league. The
meeting was in the nature of gather
ing of the suffragists preparatory to an
advance on the Legislature tomorrow.
Representative James Kittleman.
chairman of the Illinois house commit
tee on charter legislation. pledged him
self to fight for the cause of the women
in the legislature. John p. McGoorty
delivered an address describing the
good results to be obtained for clean
government when the women were per-
mittd to take action In the political
field.
Mrs. Catherine Waugh Mccullough. a
well-known woman suffragist. outlined
the plans to be carried out by the wom-
en- at the Illinois capital. Organized
labor is arrayed almost solidiy with
the cause of the women. and petitions
are being forwarded to the representa-
tives and senator's asking that the
women be granted equal rights with
the men.
Organizer James A. Gray of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters. who has
been in Oakland for several weeks in
the interest of that organization. re-
ports activity among the members in
bringing in new applications for adj
mission. The building trades of that
city are about to erect labor temple
in that city. to cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
A circular has been received by the
Central Labor council from the union
label trades department of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor calling on all
wage earners, organized and morgan
lied, to contribute 10 cents each on
April IL, the money to be used for the
support of the hatters who are now
locked out in the east. 1t is proposed
to ask for an additional contribution
each month, to be used for this pur-
pose so long as the trouble lasts. The
circular has been Endorsed by the
unions here and contributions are to
be asked for the coming week.
The national peace conference. which
will meet in Chicago May 3, has sent
an invitation to the Central Labor
council of this city to have representa-
tives at the meeting. The conference
has recognized the potency of organ
lied labor in all national movements.
and desires that 1t be represented in
that body. Hon. ]. M. Dickinson, secre-
tary OF war, is president of the peace
conference Jane Adams. vice presi-
dent, and Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of
Chicago. chairman of the executive
committee. The meeting, which ex-
tends over three days. will be adj
dressed by several of the most noted
men in public affairs in the world.
The Building Trades council of this
city will hold a mass meeting of those
engaged in the building line in the
Labor temple in May. committee
now has the matter in charge.
Mattresses union No. 9s- has elected
new delegates to the Central Labor
council, notification to the secretary
last meeting.
G. ID. Shields of the Bakers union
was elected trustee of the Central
Labor council recently, and w. A..
Wanna of the Laundry workers menu
Der of the executive committee.
At the next convention of the Inter-
national Printing Freshmen and Assis-
tants' union the local organization will
be represented by William Kirkland
as delegate George Peterson was
elected alternate. The convention Will
meet in Omaha in June, when many
matters of Importance to the organiza-
ton will be discussed and acted upon.
BARRIERS union NO 295 is rapidly in
creasing it's membership, each meeting
seeing several new members added to
the roll. On next Thursday this union
will give another smoker and enter
tainment in the social hall at Labor
temple, to which all BARRIERS union
and non-union, are invited and will be
made welcome. Arrangements for the
smoker are being made by w. A. Engle
and c. NJ. Fielder.
At the meeting of the Central Labor
council Friday night Fred J. Spring,
attorney for the Labor Temple assoc
citation. addressed the delegates on the
subject of Organization" Women
in Municipal Affairs" was to have been
handled by Mrs. Wilson OF Toronto.
but owing to absence from the city
the program had to be changed. At