The San Francisco call., 1910-03-04


of the subordinates of the brotherhood
in this city and vicinity He left yes
terday for the North Pacific states.
f. The committee of the labor council
appointed to confer with the Common
wealth club to discuss labor problems
has been invited to attend the clubs
informal dinner at the St. Francis next
Wednesday, when there will be further
discussion on labor matters.
The walters union last Wednesday
heard a report from the business agent
that a lumber of restaurant proprie-
tors have in the last 10 days sup
planted their Asiatic help by white men.
Eighteen candidates were initiated
The bay district council of carpen-
ters was addressed Wednesday night
by p. H Mccarthy a $ president of the
state building trades council in re-
gard to the recent dedication of the
building trades temple in Los Angeles.
The law and legislative committee of
the labor council at its meeting last
night discussed the various phases of
the tenement house law and will pre-
sent its report to the council tonight.
The laboring men employed on city
jobs in Spokane, Wash, are making a
fight to receive from the city all that
the city pays to it's workers and to
abolish the practice of a rake down
for the city boss 1t is said that many
of these employees are foreigners, who
are under the impression that they
must pay a certain percentage of their
wages to 1.-THE city padrone" in order
to hold their jobs. Some of the en-
lightened labor leaders of that place,
who are of the opinion that the la
borer is worthy Of all that the city
has agreed to pay him. have taken the
matter in hand and have induced May
or Pratt to declare that there should
be city labor agent or commissioner
whose duty it shall be to see that the
law is enforced and that the men em-
ployed on city jobs receive all that is
coming to them for labor performed
An effort is being made there to IN
crease the pay of laborers from sZ.io
to SO per day.
communication from Spokane.
Wash received in this city says that
Spokane is a city of cooks and that
"the Falls City is gaining rapidly
reputation for it's supply of unequaled
chefs Although there is no preten-
sion to rival the gay capital of France
there will probably be a rivalry on
down through years if the present rep
utation of the city for good COOKS con-
tinues to increase.
Herman Robinson, for many years
a general organizer for the American
federation of labor in New York, has
been appointed a commissioner of Ii
censes for the city of New York at a
salary of $4,000 a year In talking or
this appointment Mayor Gaynor said:
.If ali labor leaders had the habit of
silent thought and discretion and al
ways looked before they leaped, as does
Herman Robinson, it would be well for.
us ALL"
The postoffice clerks of this city, as
well as those all over the country, are
making a strong effort to have the
bills now before congress passed IN
the interest of the working portion OF
the postal department. They are work
ing to the end that postoffice employe
shall be placed on the basis of merit
rather than on political pull
..
Electrical workers union No. has
decided to give its annual SMOKER on
the night of March 10 at place to be
selected later.
Steam filters union NO. 10 met IN the
San Francisco labor. temple Wednesday
night and made a donation to hesteam
filters of New York City, who are on
strike for an increase of so cents a day.
One candidate was Initiated and two
applications were presented. The next
meeting will be. the quarterly one.
Housesmiths union No. rs has de-
cided to- have a ladies' night in the
auditorium of the Building Trades
temple on Saturday, April 8. K. Lewis.
B. Richardson. B. McGuirk, Henry Lay,
T. Scahill, C. Hague and I. Ayers were
named a committee to make arrange
ments for this event.
Butchers union initiated Seven candi-
dates at its meeting in the Labor tenn
pie Wednesday night.