The San Francisco call., 1909-01-04

Smith, assistant auditor of freight
accounts, pointing to the Christmas and
New Year greeting cards sent out by
that department, for, on the first page.
were the names of George D. Smith and
then Archie Craig, office boy.
"Oh, that" said Smith, carelessly," is
done to show him that we are not
afraid of him."
The Great Northern will desert the
Flood building some time during the
year and take up quarters in the new
Palace hotel in the location it had
Before the fire.
The next meeting of the Western
classification committee will be held at
Mobile, Aia.,, January 10.
Julius Kruttschnitt and William
Hood are making an examination of
the work that has been done on the ex-
tension of the Southern Pacific along
the west coast of Mexico.
II. p. Anewalt. assistant general
freight agent Of the Santa Fe, spent
New Years at Paso RobIes.
Howard Tibbets. official photographer
of the Southern Pacific. is spending a
few days in the southern part Of the
state.
H. A Buck of the Pennsylvania lines
will leave this morning for Reno on
business.
D. w. Cook. traffic manager of the
Erie, is in the city, having returned
from trip to the orient.
Machine hands union No. us. which
for some time has held its meetings in
Maehinists' hall, at 22S Oak street, has
taken hall in the San Francisco Labor
1t will meet hereafter the second and
fourth Tuesdays Of each. month.
The building laborers, excavators.
street, concrete and asphalt workers
union will give a smoker in sheet
metal workers, hall next Tuesday night.
The janitors' union will hold special
meeting next Sunday in the labor tenn
pie, when there will be addresses on
the advisability OF better organization
and the benefits to be derived there
from.
The upholsterers' union reports that
during the last 10 days business has
been slack, more so than 1t has been
during the holiday season for many
years. 1T also reports that many firms
are handling unfair goods and asks the
labor council to look into the matter.
! c. FL. McConaughy, third vice presi-
| dent international brotherhood of cleo
tflcai workers, has received information
from the east yesterday that the rep
fesentatiyes of the dual organization
named at the recent session of the
American federation of labor to meet
| a committee from the original organ
| lZatien in conjunction with H. G. Ham
1lton. named as arbitrator by the A.
r. or l.. to settle the existing differ
ences, had gone back on its agreement.
Also that the dual unions committee
sent word to Hamilton that it did not
care what the A +. of l.. did in the
matter. The result of this" said Vice
| President McConaughy, will be that
the executive board of the A F. of l..
viii decide in favor of the original or
! ganization at its meeting on Janu-
ary H.
The following have been nominated
for Office by stabiemen's union No. 404
1or the ensuing term: For president.
John OConnell and Nj. j. Regan: vice
president, j. B. Coughlin and Patrick
W heian recording secretary, John f.
hllllan and William Matheson; secre-
| Lary- y-treasurer. Paul Borultan and W. b.
Brownlee; business agent, T. Carlson,
John O'Fallon and James Sutherland
a.e Gele gates to labor council. z. Carlson,
Hanson Anton Nelson, John O'Fallon
and M J. Regan: trustees, ID. B. John
ston and Robert Norris.
The Typographical union at its last
regular meeting indorsed the bill of the
! direct primary league and the PROPOSE
/ tion of the Sacramento typographical
union that the printers in the state
! printing Office be paid the same maxi
mum wages that are paid highest rate
| printers in the state
The union initiated two candidates.
issued - withdrawal cards and re-
eeiyed 80.
The webb pressmen's union at its
| last meeting decided to give GeorCa
Berry, the international president, a
! banquet next Monday night
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