The San Francisco call., 1909-03-26
FAY RETURNS TO
ORGANIZE CARMEN
Declares That the Discharge .Of
Men for AffiliatiOn With
Organization Is Futile
Electrical Workers Outside Men
Sign Wage Scale With
Telephone Company

Telephone Company
~or1gEErs Frederick Fay
t1zz9S slessss22ss)aogeSI1 general organizer salz
tional amalgamat-
ed street carmens union of America. re-
turned to this city from Detroit. Mich.
where he attended a session of the
executive council. He announced yes
terday plan to call a meeting of the
platform men of the local streetcars
at an early day for the purpose OF
discussing proposition TO better their
condition. He said the action of Su-
perintendent Black in discharging men
who were charged with desiring to
join the union has not had the effect
of intimidating the majority of the
men.
The walters union passed a vote of
thanks to State Senator Anthony and
Assemblyman O'Neil for their efforts to
secure legislation for the union -Four
candidates We're initiated.
The stablemen's union was informed
by the business agent that seven
stables in this city had been uniOnized
since the former session. The dis
trict council of teamsters was given d
The cooks helpers union has ap-
pointed a committee TO select a new
meeting place. F. L. Meyer, business
agent, resigned and Financial Seere-
tary E. II. Perry was appointed to fill
the vacancy.
The electrical workers unions of
outside men have signed the wage
agreement of the Pacific States tele-
phone and telegraph company. 1t is
the same as IL was last year, except
that the cable splicers will be paid 25
cents more a day.
! President Reid of the dual organiza-
tion of electrical workers and NJ. ].
Sullivan of the same association at
| tended the meeting of local No of
| the International body. Just after the
meeting opened a member asked IL
there was any one in the room who
did not belong to the international
The president of the local told them
that they might consider themselves
excused from attendance, and they
quietly retired
The international bakers union has
asked all subordinate unions to vote
on a proposition to establish an ING
ternational printing office in Chicago,
where all work for the affiliated unions
will be done.
At the meeting Of the iron molders'
Wash of the speeis gn eommtes tenn
pointed to interview the trustees Of
Sausaltto on patronizinS home indus
try presented a report. He said that
the trustees had stated that they will
! give all the work possible for the pro-
posed water system TO the home
mechanics.
The union received several applica-
tions and initiated three elected can
didates.
The allied printing trades council is
about to inaugurate a campaign in
| favor of home Industry. A committee
was named to visit large firms in this
city that have a great deal of printing
have the work done here.
G. B. Goodhue has resigned the sec
retaryship of the Franklin printing
trades association and ]. D. Roantree
has been elected to fill the vacancy.
The bar keepers union, local Ne. Al,
will move at the end of the month from
$50 McAllister street to Market street
Monday night $50 was paid in benefits
to members on the sick list. Nine ap-
plications for membership were pre-
sented and three candidates were ini-
tiated.
The members of web pressmen's
union No. viii send two delegates to
! the convention Of the international
printing pressmen and assistants
| union next June. W. l.. Wilson, James
Thomas and c. Murphy have been
placed in nomination. The election will
be held at the first meeting in April
A proposition to reduce the fnitia-
ton fee of the street concrete and as
was defeated at the meeting held last
night. The business agent reported
that nearly every member of the union
was employed at this time.
/
Butchers union No. received a re-
port Wednesday night from the COM
mittee which visited San Rafael last
Tuesday night to the effect that all the
Marin county organizations decided TO
affiliate. with the California federation
of butchers. The same committee viii
visit Oakland shortly to have the union
of that city affiliate with the fedora
annual picnic to be given in Fairfax
park June q.
The executive committee of the brass
and chandelier workers union No. 15s
decided last night to publish a list OF
all fair shops in this city.
Local No. IS of the housesmiths' and
architectural iron workers union at its
meeting Wednesday heard a report
from the committee which is preparing
"a. It reported that it had secured G.
Uth who will give g. character sketch
of "The Village Blacksmith" and John
NJ. Hogan, who. will show the "Chauf-
feur at Work by running a miniature
automobile. The union viii arrange
a baseball game for the benefit OF Ed
ward Harrison, one OF its members
who few days since was caught by q
revolving belt in shop in the PotrerC
and had several bones broken.
The district council of carpenters al
its meeting Wednesday night entered q
protest against an Oakland contractor
who discharged two white carpenters
replacing them with Japanese.
The auditorium of the Building Trades
temple was~crowded to its limit last
might with an audience of workingme mer
and their wives. assembled to listen tC
a lecture by William D. Haywood, for
mer secretary of the western fedora
tion of miners. on 'Unionism and the
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