The San Francisco call., 1909-03-31
BARRIERS TO FIGHT
ALL UNFAIR SHOPS
Will Prosecute Campaign With
-out Levying Assessment
on Members

the m a / & n
against barber shops said to be unfair
was to have been brought up at the
meeting of the BARRIERS union last Mon
day, but upon the report of the finance
committee that the treasury is in a
healthy condition and that an assess
ment is not necessary at this time, the
matter was dropped.
The union decided to have commit
tees VISIT all the labor unions to ask
the members not to patronize any bar
Der shop that does not display the
union shop card.
a statement was made that the pres
ent working hours are satisfactory TO
all parties concerned.
Five accepted candidates were fni-
tiated and eight petitions for admission
into the union were presented.
Bar keepers union, local No, Al, at
its meetino last Monday for the last
time in the old headquarters IN Nc
Allister street was presented with the
largest list of demands for dement's Ior
had In more than a year. The amount
aggregated SIT. Three elected candi-
dates were initiated and five petitions
for membership presented.
lie local IliONSQ EESl5I06J ~ Us ACV
quarters at 1918 Market street near
Eighth In this there is a meeting nall
that will seat zoo, a reception room
reading room and two offices for the
secretary and business agent.
The mattresses union at its meeting
last Monday appointed May Beck.
Emma Reynolds, Josie Hennessey, Anna
Corrigan and Bertha Cooper a commit
tee to get up an entertainment on a
large scale. 1t will probably take the
form OF an indoor picnic IN some large
hall The union received several ap-
plieations for membership
Millmen's union No. 423 at It's meet
ing last night heard a report relative
to a movement for wage scale for
Alameda county. IT was stated that
the unions there will all vote on the
tiated and one member was admitted
by card on transfer from another Ju-
risdiction-
V. L. Schafer has been elected sec
ond vice president of the. drug clerks
union, vice W. NJ Burch- resigned. The
union. having reduced its Initiation Zee.
a number of clerks have presented Pc
Branch s, amalgamated carpenters
and 1oiners, has elected as off1cers Tor
the ensuing term: George Jameson,
pEcSlQenLs G6LcT OOWu, vice PISSA0CAAtF
P Robertson, check steward; J. Cass
and O. Barnes, sick stewards; W. Hatg,
door keeper. Thomas Atkinson, incum
bent, was nominated for district secre-
tary.
William SneIIgrove has been elected
one of the auditors for carpenters
union No. 1882, vice B. J. Sharp, re-
signed. This union will give its sew
enth annual ball in Carpenters hall
April II. The new trade rules govern
ing this and other unions OF carpenters
will become effective tomorrow.
General Organizer Edward Barry Of
the international sheet metal workers
union is in this city on an official visit
and viii remain about two weeks. He
viii address local No. 205 in Sheet Met
al Workers hall Friday night
The building material teamsters have
voted to fine any member 81 for failure
TO wear the union button. The union at
its last meeting added two to member
ship by initiation.
At the recent meeting Of painters
union No. Is IL was voted to purchase
$1,000 worth of stock Of the Los An
geles Labor Temple association This
union will give a ball IN the building
trades auditorium April II.