The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
Labor Notes


A torch light procession next Monday
evening and literary exercises in the
Valencia theater will mark the celebra-
ton of the twenty fifth anniversary of
the institution of the sailors union of
the Pacific. The sailors will assemble
in uniform at headquarters at East and
Mission streets at $50 O'Clock and, with
band playing, the men formed into
companies of $50 each, with torches
and fireworks, will parade through the
principal streets TO the theater Ed
ward Anderson will be the marshal and
E. A. Ericsson has been chosen 10 lead
the advance guard of so men. At the
ltheater there will be addresses by for
mer Judge James G. Mcguire, James
H Barry, Herman Guddtstadt and A.
J. Gallagher. There will be a program
OF music song and specialties by
Billy" Hynes and Dick Whalen.
Walter Macarthur, editor of the Coast
Seamen's Journal, will preside at the
meeting in the theater The union eX-
lie and all seamen in port to attend the
exercises.
Local No. 913 of the brotherhood of
painters. paperhangers and decorators
of San Mateo presented a petition to
the general Office asking for permis-
sion to withdraw from the San Fran
cisco district council of painters. The
council has been notified that it must
file a copy of the petition with the
council so that there may be an answer
TO the same.
The district council has directed the
the secretaries of all locals in its juris-
diction TO call in all apprentices and
ascertain how long their applications
have been on file, and that each secre-
tary furnish the council a list of the
ehgibles to membership in locals. and
also a complete list of all appren-
tices. also the time they have served
was declded that all applicants who
have been in a painters auxiliary two
years must join their respective locals
1t was decided that all members
working in the jurisdiction of Vallejo
who have left the San Francisco dis
trict council, and are residents of VAL
lejo. must deposit their cards with
Vallejo local No. s76.
Some one wishing to play a joke
on Hugh F. Mcmahon, president of
the Anti-Japanese' laundry league. tele-
phoned to Japanese laundry to send
q man to get the washing from room
IS at a rooning house in Sixteenth
street, the one which is occupied by
the president. The clothes collector
called there. but did not find the
president in. so he made inquiry of
the landlady, who informed him that
there must be some mistake, "as Mr.
Mcmahon belongs to the laundry driv-
ers' association and is president of
the Anti-Japanese laundry league
which is fighting Japanese laundry
workers. He surely is not going to
give his washing to a japanese"
After the landlady went back to her
room the japanese made a soliciting
tour of the house. The following day
he called at the house and carried away
what is known in the trade IS "a four
dollar bundle" TO laundry for another
roomer The Japanese was sent on a
good customer.
The funeral of the late Emmanuel
Campbell. who was the conductor of
the building laborers. excavators.
street concrete. and asphalt workers
union and one of the charter members,
took place yesterday morning from
Mission Dolores church and was at
tended by a large delegation from the
union. The decedent was an old resi-
dent of the state. He was captain of
the first steamer placed on the Stock
ton line of river boats, inaugurated by
Captain webber of Stockton. He was a
veteran of the civil war, having served
in the navy during that war
On the occasion of his recent visit TO
Sacramento George ". Bell. business
agent for the gas workers of this city
and an officer of the district council of
gas workers, called on the gas workers
union of that city and addressed the
meeting. explaining the new wage scale
presented by the district council and
signed by the Pacific gas and electric
company. He also spoke of the high
standards the laboring men should
strive for and attain in order to main
tain a place in the community to which
merit entities them.
The printing pressmen and assistants
international union has issued an ap-
neal TO subordinate locals to assist it
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