The San Francisco call., 1910-12-22
SHOE CUTTERS TO
TAKE AN APPEAL
Expulsion OF Union Will Be Com
sidered by American Fed
Grafton of Labor
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

royrNErs> Word comes from
GRAoss pssss9psHlcogNclO the east that the
s4s EEzgtsa expulsion of shoe
cutters union from the labor coun-
Gil will be taken up by the
executive council of the American
federation of labor January Is. Presi-
dent Tobin of the international boot
and shoe workers union claims that the
council exceeded It's authority and that
the aggrieved union was following the
instructions OF its international organ
lzauon. lie belleVes that the interna-
uonal body has paramount authority
over the San Francisco labor council
in the case at issue.
e. A. Erickson presided at the last
meeting of sailors union of the Pacific.
The secretary reported that shipping
was quiet. Balloting for officers was
proceeded with. The agents at Tacoma,
Seattle, Port Townsent. Aberdeen. Port
land AMI Eureka reported that shipping
was somewhat improved in sailing ves-
sells. but prospects were uncertain.
The executive committe of the iron
trades council was in session yesterday
morning discussing the position taken
by the metal trades association in refer
ence to the recommendations submitted
by the arbitration panel in the 8 hour
a day controversy in the iron industry.
The conclusions reached by the COM
mittee will be placed before the iron
trades council at its meeting tomorrow.
Upholsterers' union No. % met at 343
Van Ness avenue Tuesday night Two
candidates were obligated. The charter
was ordered draped for 80 days in
memory of Charles Lampe, who died re-
Gently, A committee was appointed to
arrange a benefit ball to aid a son of
a member of the union who has met
with misfortune. The affair will be
held in Dreamland rink in January.
B. B. Rosenthal was made chairman
of the committee.
Bricklayers' union No. initiated one
and admitted two upon travelling
cards at the Tuesday night meeting.
The following nominations were made.
the election to take place next Tuesday
night:
For president D. Hopkins. E. L. Nolan. George
Beagly and Charles Noonan: for vice president
t. G. Stark and James h. Murphy; for financial
secretary and business agent, F. c. Hamill; for
recording secretary, Harry Thuener; for treasurer
NJ. ]. o'Donnell and J. Dunzweiler; for trustees,
John Mccarthy No. 2 W. J. Davies, D. Bartell. s.
A. Corey and Sid HUM; for arbitration board. J.
T. O'Brien, William Haynes, J. S. Mazza. J. A.
johnson, J. X. White, Sid HUM and James Ask
ham; for delegates to the building trades coun-
ell. George Keely, John Tracy, John Mccarthy
No l. Charles Noonan. Ed Watson. Frank
Hamill. George Beagly. D. Hopkins, James Ask
ham. James Coulter and Patrick Garrity; dele
gate to the state building trades convention in
San Rafael, George d. Keely.
The following officers were elected
at the last meeting of coopers' union
No. 65:
President r. F. Cough; vice president, ]. P
Kelliher; recording secretary, |. p. Beban; fnan-
cia secretary, Joseph Cresse; treasurer, S. j.
Cook; delegates to the labor council. Joseph
Cresse. S. J. Cook, j. p. KeIliher and Walter
Randolph.
A smoker and high jinks will be
given in the Labor Council temple
January 10, at which date the off,
GERS will be installed.
At a recent meeting of clerks union
of Vallejo it was decided to affiliate
with the state federation of labor. A
delegate was chosen to represent the
local at the district convention of re-