The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
URGE AID FOR
HOME INDUSTRY
Machinists Say Money Realized
From Bond Sales Should
Go to Local Firms

~uE6 rHIyrss> Machinists' lodge
sIRAIE lp1ssse2ss pss2s COUNCIL 6s Wednesday night
aEHANcls decided to act with
the iron trades
council in its effort to have the au-
thorities give preference to home in
dustry in the letting of contracts for
material to be used in the many i'm
provements to be made with the money
realized from the sale of bonds. Busi-
ness Agent Misner declared that out
siders are already active in this mat
ter and urged that no time is to be
lost in getting to work in behalf of
home industry for San Francisco me-
chanics.
The lodge accepted an invitation to
join with the lodges in Oakland in a
picnic TO be given in Shell Mound park
May /.
Forty five dollars was paid TO MEM
bers on the sick list and $10 was do
mated to the fund for the unemployed.
Nothing has developed in the box
makers and sawyeTs' situation. 1t was
reported at labor council headquarters
yesterday that a number of men, sent
to the two factories to take the places
of the men who are out, refused to ac-
strike is on; also that many of the
men who did go to work quit after
working a day or less There is some
talk of bringing the management of
the factories and the officers of the
union together with view to settle
existing differences.
The smoker to be given tomorrow
night in the Roesch building by boiler
makers lodge No. 205 will be in cele-
bration of the recent amalgamaIion of
the two lodges of the same number.
after a separation which lasted more
Several Of no la lea n :
ers have been invited to address the
meeting. The committee has arranged
program of vaudeville entertainment.
The milk wagon drivers at meet
ing last Wednesday night listened to
the address of the international auditor
of the brotherhood of teamsters, on the
work of the chief body of that organ
ization. The union indorsed the plan
of the farmers union and pledged to
assist it in the work In which it is
engaged,
Five applicants for membership were
obligated at the last meeting of the
retail clerks union. Four petitions
were referred to the committee on in
vestigation. Business Agent A. L. Post
reported that he had unionized another
store in the Mission district
w. G. Rusk, for several terms busi-
ness agent for the theatrical employees
union, has announced that he will not
be a candidate for continuance in that
position at the next election.
The carriage and wagon workers
union has directed a committee to wait
on one of the local laundries TO notify
it that the shop In which 1T is having
its repair work done is unfair to or
ganized labor and ask the management
to transfer such work to any shop that
is recognized as fair.
International Auditor J. Brooks of
the brotherhood of teamsters visited
the brewery workers union last night
dressed the meeting at some length on
matters relating to the international
body.
The referendum vote for officers of
the united brotherhood of carpenters
and joiners of America. 1.142 unions
following for the current term:
William D. Huber. Indianapolis
Ind. president "a 113 votes; majority
LIZ; Arthur A. Quinn. Perth Amboy
majority, S,476; Leonard Fun. Spokane
Wash, second vice president 27.473
votes; majority, 10,437; Frank Duffy,
Indiana; genera secTstary 1o4o7
Chicago ILL.,. general treasurer. no OPP
position general executive board
A.. Post, Wilkesbarre, Pa; William G.
Schardt. Chicago. H.; r. F L. Con-
molly. Birmingham. Ala: John Wal
auist Minneapolis Mimi: W. A. Cole,
San Francisco, and p. c. Foley Edmon-
ton. Alta. Canada Cole of this city
received 27,626 votes out of 42,399 cast
The various unions affiliated with
I the San Francisco labor council have
! been advised to render all assistance
possible to the hatters of the east who
| have been locked out They have been
! requested not to purchase hats that do
not bear the union label.
|
Golden Gate auxiliary to the paint-
ers' union at its last meeting had a
! conference with committee OF
the district council of painters in rela-
| tion to new bylaws.