The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
SHOE CLERKS HOLD
SOCIAL GATHERING
''At Home" to Be Repeated
Every Second Thursday in
the Month
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

Ew The retail clerks
Esl9sssa2ss))as5EsjO union at its last
EfNTE meeting initiated 10
members and received five applications
The membership of the local is increas-
ing at each meeting. 1t is the aim of
the organization to bring every shoe
clerk in San Francisco into the union.
Arrangements are about completed
for the shoe clerks night next Friday
evening when both union and non
union clerks will be entertained.
varied program is being arranged and
light refreshments will be served
The -'at home" given by the union to
its friends Thursday proved success.
1t has been decided to give social
every second Thursday in the month.
The working card committee contin-
ues it's work and organized labor is he
ing educated to call for the clerks
union card when purchasing.
In his report to the convention in
Des Moines of the united brotherhood
of carpenters and joiners secretary
Frank Duffy said that the member
ship has increased in two years from
cities had been consolidated, 50 locals
being involved. He showed that wages
had been increased, working hours re-
duced, the piece system practically
abolished, better working conditions
established, the sick taken care of and
the widows and orphans remembered
and protected.
The history of this organization
shows great Improvement. 1t has spent
more than S2,000,000 in sick benefits,
$2,514,166.75 in death and disability
benefits S2.129,947.09 in improving the
trade, s378,500 in support of sister or
ganizations in distress and more than
100000 for educational purposes.
Duffy said that within the last few
years more than $11,000,000 per year
had been received in wages. which was
directly due to the organization of the
craft.
The San Francisco building trades
council is one of the principal subor
dinate gatherings of this vast army of
building mechanics.
| The iron trades council was in ses-
sion last night and referred the agree
| ment arrived at by the industrial
dispute to the II locals composing the
! council. Each organization will take
vote on the compact proposed The
metal trades association, composed of
employers, will likewise pass on the
! document.
The following committees were in
| charge of the ball given Saturday
night by bakers and confectioners
union No. "a in the Auditorium:
Arrangements-Martin Neiss. chairman; vii
liam Wright. secretary; Adolph Liebrich. Pau
Gruderley, Emil Eisold, Paul Klein, Anton Wahl
Theodore LiDdqvist and Emil Kuhn.
Reception-Emil sehaener. Paul Gruderley
Emil Eisold. Martin Kneiss. Adoph Liebrich
Paul Klein. Anton Wahl and William Wright.
Floor manager-Anton Wahl; assistant, JOIN
McCabe.
1t was stated at bakers headqua rters
! yesterday that the Oakland union bak-
ers had won a victory over the French
! bakeries. 1t was said that 13 French
bakeries in Oakland would abolish the
seven day baking a week. Hereafter
| these bakeshops will close Saturday
| evening. boycott was put on one ul
the French bakeries by the bakery
! wagon drivers union. A union shoI
was induced to make French bread anG
use the union label. The drivers ad-
vertised this bread to their customers
and worked up good trade. Wher
the French bakeries saw their custom
slipping away they signed six day
compact.