The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27
CARPENTERS CAST
VOTEFOR OFFICERS
Insurgent in Labor Ranks Has
Large Following Through
out Country
Edited by o. M. BOYLE


rrw The 100000 mem
zsZslsess.!Gls|tso5Es:D les.l bers of the united
SEza fEs brotherhood of car
penters and joiners have been voting
the last week for general officers and
the result will not be known for sew
eral days. William d. Huber, the pres
ident, is at the head of what is known
as the regulars" while William G.
Schardt. HIS opponent, is termed the
'insurgent." Schardt is chairman of
the general executive board and has a
large following in certain sections of
the country. On the Pacific coast he
will receive comparatively small vote.
but he is making q determined fight in
the east and there are some members
who think he may beat Huber for the
presidency. His long connection with
the brotherhood in the capacity of
chairman OF the general executive
board and as an international organ
izer has made him a strong candidate
for the head OF the brotherhood In
addition Schardt has served several
years as president of the Chicago fed
GRAFTON of labor and in many other ca
pacities has been prominent in labor
circles. He is credited with having
had much to do in erecting the hand
some headquarters building in Indiana
polls.
On the Schardt ticket is John Wal
quist for member OF the executive
board. and 1t is said he viii add
strength to the ticket. Another candi-
date who will help the so called in
surgents" is Charles II. Bausher OF
New York. He is seeking reelection
on the executive board. Peter Nc
Laughlin, secretary of the Philadelphia
union. is also claimed as an "insur-
gent"
William d. Huber has been president
since 1898. when he was advanced from
vice president to fill the unexpired term
of President Williams. In 1900 Huber
was elected president and reelected at
the Atlanta and Milwaukee conven-
ttons in 1902 and 1904. The Milwau-
kee convention adopted the referendum
as the means Of electing general Of
ficers, and Mr.. Huber was reelected by
the membership in 1906 and 1908. At
the last election his margin was not
large. His friends claim he has a
hard battle on his hands. but believe
he will pull through.
Frank Holt. at one time an officer
in cooks union and an international
organizer, is sick in the city and
county hospital His many friends in
the labor movement hope for speedy
recovery.
The label section will hold an open
meeting Wednesday night. December
z, at which able speakers will be pres
ent. In addition to the speech making
there will be stereopticon views thrown
on canvas, showing the various union
labels and emblems of organized labor.
The section purposes issuing 10000
wallets. upon which will be shown
many union emblems. One thousand
pledge cards are also to be issued.
Mrs. Hannah Nolan will represent
the woman's label league and no one
in the movement is better able to
speak on the objects and aims OF the
league. One of the speakers will be
Rev. William Nat Friend, who is ever
willing to show his friendship for those
principles for which organized labor is
ba attling.
The next meeting of the Alameda
county branch of musicians union No.
s will be held at 1855 Broadway, Oak
land, Thursday, December 1. All mem
bers are requested to attend. The nom
mating committee has submitted. many
names for the different Offices in the
gift of the union. Nominations can be
made until December /.
A birthday party was rendered
Charles Schuppert last week by some
20 or so members of musicians union
No. s. The party took with them one
or two auto loads of eatables and later
a band of 20 pieces appeared in front
of the residence and seranaded the
honored guest. Schuppert Is one OF
the most popular members of the union
and this method was taken to celebrate
his birthday.
Five candidates were obligated at
the Friday night meeting of carpenters
union No. % and four admitted on
clearance cards. The vote on general
officers for the brotherhood began Fri
day and the polls were open until Sat
urday night. Tt is generally conceded
that No. % cast its vote for the pres
ent officers.
The labor council has decided for the
cemetery workers in their dispute with
the carpenters as TO the carpenter who
makes wooden boxes at the cemetery
As the mans time was mostly taken up
in cemetery work it was deemed ad-
visable to have him afflate with the
cemetery workers union.
All arrangements are completed for
the mattresses ball to be given in
Golden Gate commandery hall Decem-
ber 8. A large number of tickets have
been disposed of and the committees in
charge are preparing to take care of
large crowd.
1t will doubtless surprise many peo-
pie who think of labor unions as or
ganizations solely for the purpose of
forcing higher wages from employers
to learn that a large part of the energy
and funds of almost every trade organ
ization is devoted to various forms of
friendly aid and mutual protection In
the aggregate these unions have paid
out many millions of dollars as death
sick and out of work benefits They
take care OF their fellow craftsmen in
jured at work and they maintain en-
ploy ment bureaus which serve a most
useful purpose. Some unions have
established sanatoriums where mem
bers who are ill may be treated at the
general expense. They provide pensions
for those who have been permanently
disabled by accident, and in a few in
stances palatial homes for the old and
decrepit members are financed
The following nominations have been
made by cooks helpers union No 10:
For president, William Wilson; for vice
president. W. B. Casey and James Sulli-
van; for recording secretary. James
Lewis and c. w. Barnum; for business
agent William Connolly Louis Spinos,
James Collins. r. B. Fremont. o. Smith.
Louis Thomas, John Stacom. E. Fenl