The San Francisco call., 1910-04-23
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

lowing officers: President, James
O'Connell international president of
machinists; first vice president James
Valentine, international president of
iron molders; second vice president.
James w. Kline, international president
of blacksmiths and helpers; third vice
president, ]. Franklin, international
president of boiler makers; fourth vice
president, j. Daily, international presi-
ident of metal polishers; secretary
treasurer, A. j. Berries of the pattern
makers union.
The garment workers of Texas are
endeavoring to have the Texas state
federation of labor indorse a PROPOSE
ton to have the legislature pass a law
requiring all prison made garments in
tended for the general market labeled
as being made by convict labor They
also desire a law compelling the in
spectton and placing of all factories in
which garments are made on sanitary
lines.
Statistics recently secured show that
in 1888 50 per cent of the deaths among
cigar makers were due to tuberculosis;
in 1890 the number from the same cause
dropped to 35 per cent and in 1905 to "a
per cent. In 1888 the average life of
the cigar maker was 80 years and 5
months and in 1905 it was 46 years and
IL months. The records of the interna-
tional Typographical union also show a
decrease in deaths from the white
plague. In 1892 the number of deaths
from that cause were 40 per cent, seven
years later the number had been re-
duced to Al per cent and in 1907 there
was still further reduction to SO per
cent These figures show the result of
concerted action in each trade in secur-
ing sanitary conditions in places where
members are employed.
In Sacramento the electricians union
No. $40 is a stickler for the enforce
ment of its laws and regulations, and
if member does wrong he is given
notice and if he does not heed it he is
brought up before a trial committee
without delay. Recently a member was
told that he must not work for the
Union oil company, as the institution
was not fair. He paid no heed to the
warning and refused to quit when or
dered off by the business agent He was
tried found guilty and fined S10O. He
can not work on a fair" Job until he
pays the fine and agrees to abide by
the laws of the union.
At the last meeting of the sailors
union Of the Pacific reports were re-
SeiNSu as TO SnlpplnS from the various
agencies as follows: Tacoma, shipping
fair and prospects good; Seattle, ship
ping fair; Port Townsend, shipping and
prospects poor; Aberdeen, shipping fair,
prospects uncertain; Portland shipping
fair; Eureka, situation unchanged; San
Pedro. shipping fair, prospects medium;
Honolulu, shipping good. prospects un-
certain; San Francisco, shipping fair.
Marcel Willie. general organizer for
the international union of bakers and
confectioners, was in Sacramento this
week, doing good work in assisting the
baking interests in that city.
The state federation of labor of Texas
has decided by large majority vote
that hereafter all officers of the fedora
tion are to be elected by secret ballot
and in that way eliminate politics from
that body.
The federated trades assembly OF
Fort Worth has arranged program
for the dedication of new labor tenn
pie there May /. The temple will be
the headquarters of the labor unions
having an aggregate membership of
5000.