The San Francisco call., 1910-05-17
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

HgMns A new contract be-
sI@sAgEs @ gss2 )cogEcIs tween the united
EsAh1Az brewery workmen
ana employers was signed yesterday
for the coming year. The various
unions in the brewery business will
ratlfy this agreement at their next
meetings. The beer bottlers will re-
eeive from rs cents to $3.50 week
increase. No material changes from
iast years contracts are made with the
other locals, except few minor ones
with the drivers.
international Secretary Proebstle,
VINO has been in San Francisco for a
week. has left for Fresno and Los An
geles. He will remain in the southern
part of the state a few days, when he
VIII leave for his home in Cincinnati
The brewery workmen rendered him a
banquet while in this city.
Hereafter there will be only four hol-
ldays recognized by the brewery work
men-July 4, Labor day of the A. F. of
L., Christmas and New Years.
committee from teamsters' union
NO 80 Is arranging a ball and enter
talnment, the proceeds to be given to
James j. Mcnamara. who was recently
injured severely. The affair will be
hetd In Saratoga hall. 213 Valencia
street, next Saturday night.
w. A. Cole, member of the inter-
national executive board of the united
brotherhood of carpenters and joiners
for the Sixth district, returned yes
terday from Indianapolis and reported
labor conditions decidedly improving
IN all eastern centers and rapidly
spreading all over the country. He
said:
BUSINESS in the building industries
IS improving throughout the country.
Even in Los Angeles the report comes
that business is very good The execu-
tive board received and acted favora bly
upon greater number of wage in
creases and better conditions than at
any previous meeting of the board.
Outside Of the building trades the same
conditions were observable"
Bakery wagon drivers union will
hold special meeting Saturday even
ing, May 2S, to discuss the amount of
STOCK 1t will take in the proposed big
eAposision. 81, t'sil me union was addressed
on this subject by B. B. Rosenthal. A
movement is on foot to organize the
French and Italian drivers
Building material teamsters' union
No. ZIG met for the first time last
A2e'e u 10y CNcHiHS III buljQlng Trades
Council temple with President McHugh
In the chair. Seven candidates were
obligated and five applications for
membership received. The question of
subscribing bonds for the proposed in
ternational Panama Pacific exposition
viii be taken up at a special called
meeting. Business was reported good
Permanent organization was effected
at the Saturday meeting of the home
Industry committee of the building
trades council. 1t Is hoped to get the
cooperation of the labor council and
the various Improvement associations
of the city in this movement. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President.
Eugene A. Clancy; secretary, w. NJ.
Page; executive committee. Henry
Neidlinger, j. Fredericks, Eugene A.
Clancy, l.. Flagerty and w. H Page.
The subordinate unions in the build
Ing trades council will be asked to
appoint five delegates each to Join in
the work of building up home industry.
This committee will meet monthly.
An agreement has been reached with
the employers by which journeymen
book binders are to receive an increase
per day of 25 cents. The minimum will
be $3.50 a week. The union did not
get all it asked for, but the membership
is satisfied. The agreement will run for
three years.
most important meeting will be
held tomorrow night in Polito hall by