The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

s(EsSssSlSf~ The ablem en- s I'M
O9A2sslIIIfCl COUNCIL ion by a unanimous
EAkNsAD vote Tuesday night
adopted it's new constitution, which
will be in force as soon as it has been
approved by the higher authorities.
The features of the new organic law
are that any member who is elected or
appointed to office under the national,
state or municipal government must
sever his connection with the union,
and the creation of 500 funeral ben
eft. The union intends to give ban
quet to it's international president dur
ing his stay here.
At the meeting of the holders union
Tuesday night complaint was made
that many of the members were not
being paid regularly and that they suf-
fered considerable hardship in conse
Quence. The business agents were in
structed to visit the employers who
were complained of and endeavor to
have them establish a regular monthly
payday. Three candidates were initiated
and two members were admitted by
card.
committee from the musicians
union will be sent before the finance
committee of the board of supervisors
to ask that the sum of $4,000 be set
parks during the coming year.
The regular monthly meeting of
typographical union No. 81 will be held
Sunday. Considerable Importance at
taches to this meeting, as nominations
for officers will be in order.
Carpenters union No. S4S of San
Bruno, which was recently organized,
has elected the following officers:
President, j. j. Maloney; vice president,
A. Bredlow; secretary, ]. F. Breckner;
treasurer, Aug. Lund; warden, Dresden
Vicklas The local gave a smoker
Monday night. A number of prominent
men in the. labor movement of this city
were present and made addresses.
The tenth anniversary of millmen's
union No. $50 of Oakland will be cele-
brated at Carpenters hall, Oakland.
Saturday evening. The function is in
vitational and is known as ladies
night" A large delegation from this
side of the bay will be present and en-
Joy the hospitality of No. $50.
The chauffeurs' union has increased
its initiation fee to $40. The officers
report that many of the local garages
are dispensing with their Asiatic help.
In connection with a dinner recently
given to the mayor of Vallejo the
walters union of that city has adopted
a resolution in which it "criticises and
condemns the action of our public of
ficials belonging to the ranks of or
gained la Dor and all other members of
organized labor who participated in a
political love feast held in a nonunion
house, where Asiatics and nonunion
cooks and walters are employed, and
which place of business has been for
the last six months and still is upon
the official unfair list of organized
labor" The advisability of making
public the names of all who are af-
fected by the resolution is to be con-
sidered at future meeting of the
union.
Frank Callahan has been elected
president and A. E. Mckinney, secre-
tary of the advisory board of the bar
tenders, walters and cooks unions of
San Diego for the current term. At
the meeting at which these men were
elected a report was presented to the
effect that fcur-fifths of the restau-
rants and cafes in that city had been
unionized and that vigorous cam
paign was being conducted for the pur-
pose of unionizing the remainder.
The difference between Henry Elan
merry, president of the board of police
commissioners, and the bar tenders
local as to the employment of Asiatics
in his saloon and the bar tenders en-
ployed there being given one day off
a week has been adjusted, the pro-
prietor having agreed to comply with
the locals request.
Louis de Bow, chairman of the or
ganizing committee of the national
federation of postoffice clerks, is or
ganizing the postofice clerks of Napa
county.
The street excavators, concrete and
asphalt workers received number of
applications for membership and mi
tiated a class of nine elected candi-
dates for membership at its meeting
Tuesday.
The book binders union has voted
to send three delegates to the conven-
ton of the international body next
June.
There are 100000 coal miners in
North America. OF this number only
900 belong to the united mine
workers.
The Montreal trades and labor coun-