The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
TYPOS REFUSE TO
PAY COUNCIL TAX
Breach Between Union and All
lied Printing Trades Coun-
Gil Widens
Urged to Patr0nize Home Indus
try and Union Label; Em=
ployers Send Letter

San Francisco typographical union
No. 21 at its regular meeting last Sun
day in the Labor temple voted not to
pay the allied printing trades council
the per capita tax demanded and
claimed to be due since last August
The typos contend that they are not
bound to obey the orders of an organ
ization that does not comply with the
laws.
The union was addressed by Dele
gate Eide of the Fresno farmers union
and Organizer Feeley of the tobacco
workers union on the subject of pat
ronizing home industry and the union
label.
The union appropriated $50 with
which to advertise the printers label.
Communications were received from
the Franklin printers association ask
ing that the union act in harmony with
it in the matter of working agreements,
and from P. II. Mccarthy returning
thanks for support given him during
the recent, municipal election.
The union made cash donations to
the Swedish strikers, the tin plate
workers and the striking machinists
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
During December the union received
55 transfer cards and issued A.
The board of directors of local. No.
6, musicians mutual protective union,
at its last meeting admitted to member
ship by initiation Miss +. de Shield,
Miss e. Randall, G. Bellingeri. G.. p.
Chatterley, ]. Helget and u. Papera.
]. d. Bryson of Los Angeles, J. Sund-
berg of Seattle, w. Jones and W. J.
North of Everett and Fl. C. Holland of
Victoria. b. c., were admitted to mem
bership on transfer. G. Brayle and c.
f. Davis were reinstated on payment of
back dues.
Owing to a possibility of a shortage
of members of local No. for engage
ments for the last day of the year the
board has given consent to all local
contractors to engage members of
neghboring locals whenever members
of No. are not to be had.
The veteran treasurer of the local,
enty-tifth anniversary of his birth a
few days ago.
The following have been elected of
fcers of local No. Al of the bar tenders
union
j. Matney. president; j. Tracy. hrSt vice preSl-
dent; g.. Helberg, second vice president; H..
Wright. recording secretary; Daniel L. Regan,
financial secretary; Al CondrOtte. treasurer: j..
0'Grsdy business agent; !. Mathey assistant
business agent; trustees-J. O'Grady. II. Wright
and j. Tracy: executive board-W. Peru a..
Schneider. J. Tracy. G.. Bowman, III. Maginnis
delegates to the Joint board-D. L. Regan. A..
Schneider and W. Peru: delegates to the labor
and the allied provision trades coupcils-D. L..
Egan. il. Maginns. i. Mathey and ]. Peru: J..
Schnibben inside guardian: ]. Beniest, outside
guardian; physician, DIR: Edward Bunnell-
Frank Wandress of the Call chapel
David Cooper of the Chronicle chapel
and Cornelius Schmitt of the Examiner
chapel have announced themselves as
candidates for the position of delegate
to the international convention of the
typographical union. to be held in Min
neapolis in August, 1910.
The BARRIERS protective union. com
posed of employing BARRIERS, will give
its thirty-second anniversary in Maple
hall Sunday evening, January 16. This
will be a strictly invitational affair.
Next Friday being New Years eve,
the San Francisco labor council will not
be in session. All business scheduled
for that night has been postponed until
the first Friday in JanIIary.