The San Francisco call., 1910-05-04

sas. Kansas and Nebraska.
Delegates representing 5000 machin-
lists on AZ railroads assembled Monday
In Minneapolis for the fourth annual
convention Some of the Questions to
come up for settlement will be a propo-
sition to place control of business
agents in the hands of the consolidated
district officers. This plan has been
favorably received by the membership.
Its main purpose is to systematic the
work of the agents through central
control that their efforts may result in
greater good than is derived under the
present system. Wage schedules will
be considered. These include an eight
hour day. In most places railroad ma
chinists are working nine hours a day.
The management of the railroads main
tains that it is impossible to operate
on shorter hour schedule, but the
president of the machinists combats
that with the statement that with mod
ern machinery there is no question
about the ability of the shops to take
proper care of the rolling stock and
without any material increase of forces
1t is highly probable that President
van Lear and Secretary Treasurer
Lewis Harthill will be reelected.
Hereafter no dues will be collected in
the stores from members of retail
clerks union No. 432. Each member
will be required to attend meeting
to procure his working card and paw
MS dues. The union is sending a com
mfttee to all affiliated locals requesting
union men and women to insist on see
ing the card of the salesman waiting
on them. If no card can be shown it
Is asked by No. 432 that the wouldbe
purchaser go somewhere else where
q of
the salesman. Many employers. in or
der to get their names in the monthly
circular issued by the union, are com
pelllng their clerks to carry paid IN
card. The clerks propose asking the
Labor day committee of the labor coun-
Gil and building trades council to be
careful and patronize no firm not strict
~ union In buying uniforms and re-
gala.
Ihe united brotherhood of carpenters
and Joiners of America has over 1000
locals in THIS country and Canada. IT
mas combined membership of more
CHan zoO,OU0 1t Is the largest organi-
zatlon or skilled mechanics the world
mas ever known. The dues are rs cents
per month for beneficial members and
oO cents for semibeneficial members
some or the objects of the organization
are: To discourage piecework: to en-
courage an apprentice system and a
hlghef standard of skill; to assist each
other 10 secure employment; to reduce
the hours of daily labor: to secure ade-
quale pay for all work; to furnish aid
In cases of death or permanent disa-
olnty and by legal and proper means
10 elevate the moral, intellectual and
social conditions of the members.
The New York building trades coun-
VIII De submitted to the city officials.
me scale is based on the union rate of
wages paid in that city Following is
the schedule as prepared:
AsDestos workers $3.50, helpers So so. hIue.
81 ~ hniia' nsggers, bridge and curb settlers,
carpenters I and trainers, So; cabinet makers, S4.
rfgrers ssa s g9ncrs6a masons, 50; derrickmen and
decorative art glass wsskers S.: elevator con,
structors, So electrical workers 81 So electrical
S4.50; portable holsting engineers 81 5ne bonss
shorers, movers and sheath pliers, $3.50: bonse
Smiths Sn,d and bridgemen. $3.50 and after July i.
l9lo, 30; metallic lathers. so and after Ian.
uary l, 1911, So; marble cutters and settlers 81.
msrbe ssva saryers 500 marble poIishers. s45o
mosaic workers, $3.50: machine stone workers
81; machinists, $3.50; plate and sheet glass
gas filters $500 painters, 81: rigeersi 81: roof
ers. "a; sheet metal workers coppersmiths fin
smiths and metal roofers. So; steam filters.
lathers, $3.50. V'o0' "o0u
At meeting Monday night of the
Joint council of teamsters President
robin of the international made a mas
terly address on trades unionism. The
council injorsed the boycott of the
milk wagon drivers union No. 298 of
Oakland on the Glover Leaf dairy.
The boycott on the Russ cafe prose
inry4 y41I .14.-
workers has been declared off. The
place has changed hands and has been
unionized.
The following canvassing board has
been elected by typographical union No
21 to take charge of the election for
ofhcers May IS: Frank Mooney, Jo-
seph A. Rae. Robert Allen, Val Hanlon
and H. Z. Bennett.
Unions Ask Investigation
SPOKANE, May 3.-At last nights
meeting of the Snokopa rolo~