The San Francisco call., 1909-02-18
SENATOR DISCUSSES
NAVY PIECE WORK
Labor Council Receives COmmn-
nication on Subject
From Perkins
Navy Department Finds That
Operation to Limited Extent
Is a Success

~sclE6 EES1ss Secretary Gallagher
EIzzoTsl llss2s 2sasa2ssJceaaeIl OF the labor council
>saN Ss5I5SIzS3) received a letter
! from Sen o r
l.George c. Perkins yesterday in relation
to the matter of piece work at the Mare
island navy yard. The senator writes
that he laid the matter before the navy
department and received a letter from
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sat
terlee in which is the following:
The piece work system to limited extent has
been in operation in the New York and Mare
tional with applicants for employment TO register
Tor either day work or piece work, as they may
see tit.
| The shoe clerks union will give a
ball in king Soiomon's hall next Mon
day night IN observance of the ami
lYeFsary of the birth of George Wash
Iington.
This union has changed its meeting
night from Mondays to Fridays. At
the meeting of March it will take up
the recommendation of the district
council of clerks in relation TO hours
for shoe clerks.
Bakers and confectioners' union No.
"a is making arrangements to organize
la helpers union 1t is said that there
are many men who are classed as help
erS who are required. for less pay than
is allowed iourneymen bakers, to do
IJourneymen's work.
The PAYERS union has sent protest
ito the board of public works asking 1T
not to approve bill presented by
Haley & Tibbets for paving a block
in Commercial street between Davis
and Drumm. They declare in their
protest that the work was performed
by alien labor and is not up to the
standard.
At the next meeting of the labor
icOnncIl n effort will he N have
that body take some action along the
line of assisting the cigar makers in
placing hl. union made goods in all saloons n
asked TO take the matter up with the
knights of the. Royal Arch.
The attention of the labor council is
to be called to a matter that is attract
ing the attention of the garment work
ers of the east. 1t is, in effect, tha
some manufacturers are placing on
their goods a label that, at first glance,
has the appearance of that used by the
unions of garment workers. The
council will be asked to act in case
such labels are. used in this city.
Butchers union No 1 at its meeting
last night announced that all meat
markets and pork shops in the city will
close at noon on Monday, Washington
birthday
AS many members of the union. in
frock and aprons, as can leave the city.
lOSSlQeF with the drum corps, VIII 20
to San Rafael next Tuesday night to
pay visit to the local there, which is
to have gala night
The elevator conductors union at its
meeting last night was addressed by J.
w. Murphy, the senior past president.
The union initiated eight elected can
didates and received II applications for
membership.
The district council of painters at
| the meeting last night appointed Will
| liam Wulf as press committee to fur
nish news of the organization The
meeting was addressed by W. NJ. Page
and w. Wulf in regard to the bill now
before the legislature to provide means
TO enforce the safe scaffold law.
! Electrical workers union No re-
Iceived a communication last night
from the executive council of the in
ternational brotherhood of electrical
workers. giving notice that it must not
recognize any union that is not affili-
|ated with the brotherhood of which f
j. McNulty is the president, Peter W
Collins secretary and j. E. McCadder
/ treasurer. Under instructions in the
letter No. is not to admit to member
ship on transfer any one belonging tC
any local not affiliated with the Nc
1Nulty organization