Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

~ week, when the announcement
was made that the directors of the
association had secured sufficient
funds for the completion of the build
ing. This will be good news to the
hundreds of members who hold stock
in the corporation, as 1t insures that
renewed efforts will be put forth to
finish the building from the basement
to the seventh story. With the money
secured this week and the stock re-
manning in the treasury 1t will be pos
sible to finish and furnish the building
in a short time, and contracts VIII
at once be let for this purpose.
For five years the directors have Ia
bored increasingly to bring the. dream
of the laboring men to realization
and at last their efforts have been sue
cessful and before another year the en-
tire building will be occupied from
basement to roof by the various or
ganizations of the city. With the COM
pletion of the building will come the
paving of Maple avenue with asphalt.
which will make this property one OF
the most valuable in the CITY,
Machinists' union, No 81, has dis
covered a spy in its ranks and at It's
last meeting he was denounced by the
members of the organization, eXpellea
1 from the union and escorted from the
hall. For some time 1t has been known
to the membership that proceedings OF
the meetings were being reported 10
persons antagonistic to the union, ana
clever piece of detective work on
the mart of Business Agent Hughes
resulted in the guilty member's cap
ture. During his connection with the
union i'm this city the culprit had been
active in supplying shop owners with
names of members, which resulted III
many instances i'm the discharge OF
the men from their positions and acted
as bar toward securing other places
New York typographical union has
just succeeded in signing up another
of the large typothetae offices ana
also the transfer of several publica-
tions with a national circulation from
non-union to union offices
Because of the great amount of
business to come before the Central
Labor council at its recent meeting
the paper on local Japanese condltlons'
which was to have been read by {. ID.
Shields of the Bakers union, was not
given being postponed for one week
A large number of delegates were pres
ent and much business was transacted,
the Labor day celebration to be held
in Chutes park September coming
up for final settlements
Reports from the different unions IN
dicated that conditions generally are
in a healthy state and that nearly an
of the members were at work. ne"
delegates from the Leather WORKERS,
SteTeotypers, Cooks and Brewery
Workers. unions were seated. COM
mittee was appointed to raise tuhds
for the Boxmakers and Sawyers. VINO
have been locked out of the factories
i'm San Francisco.
Among other matters decided on by
the Labor day committee was that no
prizes would be solicited from the mer-
chants of the city to be given sue
cessful participants in sports that day.
and that appropriate prizes would be
purchased by the committee instead.
Organized labor In the past has
turned out in large numbers to cele-
brate its holiday, and this year VIII
proye no exception. Whatever is
reaiized from this annual picnic will
go either directly or indirectly to the
Labor Temple association for the com
pIetion and furnishing of the big
building on Maple avenue. The com
mittee will meet in the temple Monday
night at 1870 O'Clock.
James A. Gray, organizer for the
Carpenters union, who has been IN the
northern part of the state for several
months. arrived in the city saturday
to pass a few days with his family
/, stockton theatrical stage employees
have applied to the American Fedora
ton Of Labor for a charter, and local
union will soon be formed in san
Joaquin county.
Returning from a trip around the
world, Chancellor Day diseourses
iearnedly on the plight of the WORKING
man and affects great concern regard
ing his ultimate wellbeing. Mr.. Day
is fearful lest the American laborer be
reduced to. the condition of some or
those met in his travels in other coun-
tries, where, he says, Il have seen men
working from early morning until late
at night for 10 to II cents a day." Like
most men who know little concerning
the subject he condemns the wicked
influence" of the leaders in the lanor
movement and deplores the spirit OF
unrest among them, Il don't know
how to account for this genera un-
rest" says Mr.. Day. except that the
American working man, with his ann
bition and his spirit, has desire TO
make the most of himself and of his
family" all of which he infers causes
the American to strike out beyond ms
"sphere" and interferes with lndustrial
conditions and traditions with Wnicn
he has no business.
HIS desire to live well. I'm the opin-
ION of Mr.. Day, is one of the greatest
dangers Of the working man In the
opinion of others as we'll qualified to
speak on the subject as is the cham
cellor, the desire on the part of the
American working man to make the
most out of himself and family, TO lift
himself from the level of the coolie and
the pauper is a noble ambition ana
one which society in general is encour-
aging and the labor union directing
BY a decision of the executive coun-
ell of the building trades section of the
American Federation of Labor the
right to organize in any locality where
either organization already has local
union was denied to both the Interna-
tional Association of Steamfitters and
the United Association of Plumbers,
Gas and Steam Filters. There has been
considerable conflict over jurisdiction
between these unions and the executive
council was appealed to with the above
result.
Striking mine workers in Kansas to
the number of 5000 were ordered back
to work this week by the executive
board of the union, pending confer
ence of the miners and operators. The
workmen generally obeyed the order,
and it is believed all will return to
work by July 6.
Necessity for old-age pensions be-
comes more and more imperative every
day as 1t is seen that young men are
being insisted on by those employing
labor A report of the special employ
ment bureau of New YORK, conducted