The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
CARPENTERS Will
FINANCE fight
Funds Promised to Garry on
Agitation in San Mateo
County

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SIsz9Es slYysssa2ss Yss2s sseelEsO of the brotherhood
of carpenters and
Joiners of america has sent word to
Secretary F. E. Maxwell of the bay
counties district council of carpenters
that all necessary funds will be sent
to finance the fight for union condi-
tions in San Mateo county.
call has been issued by President
Harry White of typographical union
No. 21, Fred Ewald of stereotypers'
union and W. H. Parker of mailers'
union to form an allied printing trades
council. The meeting is to be held
August 23 in typographical union
headquarters. The representative from
No. Fl are President White, Vice Presi-
dent Bennington and Secretary Mich
elson.
the state building trades council paid
Sacramento few days visit last week
and was present at the last building
trades council meeting in the capital
city.
Plumbers and gas filters union No.
442 at its last meeting succeeded in
electing its fifth delegate to the inter-
national. This was the sixth election.
The delegation will be: Robert Wilson.
Henry Koch, Tom Casserly, Tom Far
rell and George Smith. Walter e.
O'Connell will attend the convention
with credentials from the state asso-
citation of plumbers. He is also first
vice president of the international
The convention will be held in ST.
Paul in September
Ed Osborn was chosen marshal for
Labor day parade at Saturday nights
meeting of building material team
sters' union No. 216 His aids will be
William Rother and J. v. Byrd The
local paid its weekly assessment to the
Los Angeles strike fund.
Word comes from the international
convention of the brotherhood at Pc
oria, I'LL, that Peter Burke, a promi-
fent member of 216, has been honored
by being elected second vice president
of the organization. The convention
adjourned Saturday.
Burke IS now in Portland in charge
of the teamsters' strike in that city.
The latest advices from him are that
has decided not to call general strike
at this time.
Word has reached this city that the
electrical workers in Arizona have won
big victory. Heretofore the telephone
company In that state has refused to
recognize the union and has been pay
ing its Iinemen only s65- to $50 a month.
The terms upon which the strike has
been settled are thus stated by Presi-
dent H Morrin of the Arizona district
council of electrical workers: THE
company agrees to hire union men
only; the wage scale will hereafter be
81 for an eight hour day; all overtime
Will be paid at the rate of time and
half"
the last meeting of bakers union No
"a. The local appointed the following
committee to unionize the French, Ital-
ian, kosher shops and bakery of the
Seventh Day Adventists: e. Schaerer,
d. Schwarting, S. K. Leman. NJ. Zet-
schok and w. M. Wright. The union
win parade labor day with band.
President Neiss was in the chair at
the Sunday meeting of photo-engravers'
union No. s. The local voted S400 to
pay the expenses of H. r. Hipkins as
delegate to the October convention of
the international to be held in Louis
Vile, KY The delegate is instructed
to vote for Mathew Woll to succeed
himself as president or the organ1Za-
tion and also vote for John w. Hogan.
a member of No. s. for first vice presi-
dent Hipkins will do what he can to
bring the convention of the photo
engravers to San Francisco in 1915,
the fair year. He is also instructed to
try to have some of the money of the
international deposited in Pacific
Coast bank friendly to organized labor,
and to vote for the retention of the
clause in the constitution electing off,
GERS on the floor of the convention, in
stead of by referendum.
President Neiss and Business Agent
Hipkins were appointed a committee
to sign up such commercial shops as
are not in the association. The 81 a
day rate agreed upon to take effect
June / is now in vogue. This is the
only union of the craft which has a
fat rate. It will probably be followed
by other locals in the near future.
The union indorsed the Asiatic ex-
clusion leagues resolution condemning
Dominick Beban, Nathan Coghlin and
Milton Schmidt, members of the last
legislature, as false to their pledges.
The parade committee was authorized
to procure a float and tho expense for
same was advanced. Each member will
carry a shall flag in the procession.
All apprentices were instructed to be
in the parade. a
The following officers have been
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