The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04
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TO ESTABLISH HOME
Clerks In Postal Service Discuss
Provision for the Aged and
Incapacitated
Shoe Workers and Employers
Have Not Yet Come to
an Agreement

~oUEr9 The last .egular
S1sL5IL sgsasq2ssSo9gss-1 meeting II the
sEzzs postofRce clerks
union Of this city local No. ?. was at
tended by a greater number OF mem
bers than AZ any previous session in
The history OF the locals. During the
session there was an interesting dis
cussion on the subject Of establish
ing a home for fncapacitated post
once clerks, similar to the one es-
tabltshed by the printers at Colorado
springs The local viii take a re-
ferendum vote on this matter at its
next meeting and the subject viii be
acted on at the convention Of the ma
rlonal federation TO be held in St
Louis next September.
Inc local has made the following
nominations for officers TO be filed
during the next term:
President. Frank King; vice presidents. Walter
Hancock and jack Made - recording secretary.
William Mayer; hnsnc,l secretary. Charles
henry Bearnsi vsrdens, Prank Martel and Ma
man kornheld: guides. William Lanthier and
Daniel Slatterys delegates 10 San Francisco lsbo
ooqneiL Joseph Raymond. Louis de Bow ana c.
The boot and shoe workers report
that the trouble with the Bucking-
ham & Hecht factory is still on. and
mat the factory is still shut down.
A conference was held last week with
me management and the men offered
10 return TO work at p cents a dozen
for Welting instead OF u cents. as
was formerly paid, but the manage
ment after having offered 20 cents
dozen, declined 10 accept the workers
proposition and announced that it
would pay but Is cents, the same as
is paid in the east. The workers ex-
planned that in the east operators welt
one kind Of shoes only. while in this
city they are called upon to welt
three different kinds. This, the work
ers claim. entails a good deal Of extra
work and care They announce that
the United boot and shoe factory has
reOpened in the past few days and
pays q cents, the regular price for
welting.
At the meeting of local No. 6 OF the
quarters next Thursday afternoon the
members viii consider the quarterly
reports OF the officers and the report
or the committee on uniforms.
During the last session Of the board
Of directors Of the local J. and L.
Psmies were admitted to membership
by Initiation; Mrs. x. Murphy, s. Car
ter, w Dickman. p. Griffin, NJ. $.
Morse, E J. Murphy ST. and ". B.
Hickey were reinstated TO member
snip in good standing. The acting
president, d. NJ. Wright announced
that the names of those who are de-
linquent for dues and assessments will
he announced at the next meeting and
they VIII be suspended.
The laundry workers union No. So OF
Oakland, Of which John Ward is the
president and John o. Walsh general
organizer. has started a campaign Of
agitation IN the City of the Oaks
against japanese laundries. The union
has information that within the last
few weeks a white man OF that city
has started five Iaundries ostensfblv
for himself and has sold them to Japa-
neSe. who pay him u per cent on his
investment and the same rate monthly
n they take a mortgage. He intends
10 establish i've more TO sell to Japa-
nese.
Local No 6. International brother
hood OF electrical workers, has elected
the following members as officers for
the ensuing term:
George NJ Fisk. president; R. G. Alexander,
vice president; P. Conway, recording secretary;
II. Lazarus. trustee; Philip Dunn. foreman; ]. J.
Madden and l. NJ Clsussen. inspectors; James
Boyd. press secretary; William F. Holmes,
Charles Niedick, J. r. Smith. J. L. Rice. ". H.
Morgan and y. A. Cooke. executive board: H. V
Lempke. Leo Msmlock- 3. Altman, c. z. Tanner.
r. J. Kiefer. D. Il. Holmes and .. J. o'Brien.
" r. Urmr. A. Eiken. r. g. Alexander and
James Boyd. delegates 10 building trades council
The riggers' and stevedores' union
has elected the following as officers
for the ensuing term:
President. Thomas 2. Bryant, first vice presi-
dent. John r. CresrT, second vice president
Alexander Campbell; recording secretary. John
r. Dolsn; financial secretary. John .. Mahoney;
treasurer P J. Noone: sergeant al arms, Mi
chael Hogan; business agent. NJ. T. Doyle; trus-
fees-Philip G. Green. Frank Mckenns- John
MrKeou. David 0'Keefe. Samuel Sullivan; jsnitor,
Eugene Hayes; delegates 70 the city front fedora
uon-Tbonas ?. Bryany, Daniel J. o'Neill and
samuel Sullivan
The sign and pictorial painters union
has elected the following as officers
for the ensuing term:
George Watson. president: 2. P. Gilmore vice
president; H. Z. Peletier. conductor; A KoppeI,
X z. Tucker. delegates to building trades coun-
ell. X Kennedy. g DsgGert. &. N. Stein and
C. b Gilmore, trustees; " J. Burchell, business
agen1.
r. T. Davis and A. J. Petersen have
been elected delegates to the San Fran
union Of leather workers on horse
goods; D Regan. J. O'Grady. James
McGrady. P L Hoff and Harry Nc
Guinness as delegates from the bar tend
ers' union, and Frank Salsberg from
the milk wagon drivers union.
san Francisco typographical union
no. q has granted its president,
George A Tracy, a leave Of absence |
to enable him to attend the next meet
ing Of the national arbitration board
that is TO meet in indianapolis July 81
The EEfen has under consideration a
proposition to fix the hours in book
and Job Offices at from in the morning
10 3 in the afternoon, and that men
shall be required TO work between
8 o'clock and midni gbt, that the price
shall be one and q half the regular
scale and double price for all work
after midnight.
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