Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
~LITTLE LABOR LEAFLETS
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NJ Baldauf; delegates to Allied Prlh Ii,
ing Trades-J. M. Byrne, w. c. Harris,
w. T. Phillips delegates to Central La
Dor council-E. Ferguson, Ben T. TOD
inson, G. NJ. Thorne. These oIncers
will be installed at the next meetlns
of the union. May 49,
Thursday night the building trades
held a mass meeting in the social nan
which was well attended both by union
/ and non-union men. An enjoyable en-
tertainment bad been arranged by the
/ committee in charge, which consisted Of
vocal and instrumental music, reclta-
lions and speeches by Jack WOODS
and Stanley b. Wilson Postmaster
/ Flint was on the program for talk
| to the building mechanics, put at the
/ last moment found ii impossible TO at
/ tend. Much interest is being taken by
] the council i'm the coming Elks' parade,
when a typical California bungalow
will be entered as the councils con-
| tribution to the success of the event,
| 1t now is in course of construction, and
will doubtless attract much attention
| from the eastern visitors.
s.
/ Secretary Goodwin, in charge of the
| free employment bureau of the build
/ ing trades, placed fifty-nine worlfmen
| in positions during the last week. In
| some branches of the trade he has re-
/ ceived more calls for men than could
| be supplied. This indicates healthy
condition in that branch of industry.
! Manor Alexander has received q let
] ter from a resident of Des Moines ask
| ing information regarding the relative
| cost of living in Los Angeles compared
| to other cities in the country The
| letter has been turned over to Secre-
tary Butler of the Central Labor coun-
Gil, who is an authority on this sub
ject, and he has furnished the Iowan
with complete facts and figures
Circulars have been received by the
different locals from Secretary Mar
| tin Lawlor of the United Hatters of
America thanking them for assistance
rendered in the trouble with the manu-
facturers. The Cigarmakers' Interna-
tional union has voted to assess each
of its members so cents each to be
| given to the hatters. This will make a
total of about 100000 from that organi-
cation alone. The steam engineers have
voted an additional 25 cents a member
to the same cause.
! s.
There was a meeting of the commit
tee from the Building Trades which
! mas IN Charge the HOdJ lOI lue Ems
| parade last night at the Labor Temple.
Arrangements for taking part in the
industrial division were discussed.
Machinists' International union has
just issued a statement which shows
that more than half million dollars
has been paid out in out-of-work and
sick benefits in the last year This
organization is in good financial con-
nd fbo 1oprcbiU IN, this pitU
is growing rapidly, several new mem
bers being taken in at every meeting.
Announcement is made that $4,000
employees of iron and steel companies
in and around Pittsburg will receive
an advance of 10 per cent in wages,
beginning June l.
New delegates to the Central Labor
council from the bartenders, electrical
workers, ice wagon drivers and cigar
makers were seated at the meeting
Friday night. Since moving to the
new hall the attendance has shown a
marked increase, organizations which
heretofore were not represented by del
egates because of the poor quarters
having no difficulty now in getting rep
resentatives to attend.
Under the head of good and well
fare" last Friday night at the Central
Labor council, Mrs. German delivered
a carefully prepared address on "The
Banking System of California" in
which she roundly scored the commits
sioners for their alleged laXity of en-
forcement of the banking laws.
From the headquarters of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor comes the
announcement that the request issued
by the executive council for funds to
appeal the contempt case against
President Samuel Gompers, Vice Pres
ident John Mitchell and Secretary
Frank Morrison has met with gener-
GUS responses, and that $109,523 had al
ready been collected for that purpose.
The local unions responded nobly in
this cause.
At the meeting of the Asiatic Exclu-
sion league in San Francisco this week
the executive board reported that the
organization is growing in extent and
importance. The proposition to boy
colt employers of Asiatics and those
who patronize the race was declared
unwise and not advantageous to the
objects for which the league was or
ganized. Among those who spoke on
the subject of Asiatic exclusion were
Francis Drake, formerly of this city,
and Attorney Fred j. Spring.
An agreement has been effected at
San Bernardino by which the members
of the Order of Railway Conductors
will be placed in charge of the Santa
FEES motor cars, which nOnunion men
have been running at 1925 a month.
The agreement applies to the Los An
geles and Valley divisions. The de-
mand of the Brotherhood of Train
men for an additional brakeman was
refused and the matter will not be
carried further.
The strike of the brewery workers at
Butte, Mont, has been settled, three of
the five breweries signing two-year
agreements with the union, the men
returning to work under the conditions
existing prior to the strike, with the
exception that they are granted a
seven-hour Workday on Sunday
1t may be of interest to Los An
gelans to know what the Chicago Trib-
une says of the cab drivers now on
strike i'm Chicago, in refutation of these
Angeles direct wire" hal
lucnations. In summing up the situ-
alton and commenting on the financial
loss to the drivers because of the
strike, the Tribune says:
1.-The strikers are compensated for
their loss of wages by the fact that
they have enjoyed the first weeks va
cation in many years, and have had an
opportunity of getting acquainted with
their families. Only three strikers de-
serted the union during the week, and
nearly 300 strikers returned to work
for employers who have signed the
agreement calling for $12 a week of six