The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16

cNI1 MMnna communication to
41nAoE sssitjc COUNCIL the labor council
Asz8S was read last night
from the navy department at Washing
ton, in which 1t was stated that three
submarine boats would be built on this
coast, either at the Union iron works
or at the Moran works in Seattle. The
department claims it has no authority
to have these vessels built in this city
Delegate John OConnell stated to the
council that his union, teamsters' No.
SIS, at its last meeting had voted to
take $4,000 worth of Geary street
bonds when again thrown on the mar
ket
The BARRIERS. presented their new
wage scale and it was referred to the
executive committee.
The council voted to send two dele
gates to the Los Angeles convention
of the state federation of labor.
The Admission day festival committee
asked the council for a subscription
to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary
of the state The executive committee
was instructed to send a reply to the
communication.
1t was stated that the cracker
bakers union had voted to disregard
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committee in changing the wage scale,
and a meeting has been called in the
Labor temple for tomorrow, a. which
the union will be addressed by the
following committee from the council:
A. j. Gallagher, B. B. Rosenthal and
John O'Connell If the union should
strike it is evident 1t will not have the
support. of tine council.
Encouraging reports were read from
Los Angeles. Nineteen shops had signed
the union agreement and several more
are arranging to hire union men. The
general campaign strike committee is
sending about $4,000 per week to Los
Angeles.
The jurisdictional dispute between
PAYERS union No. Is and the granite
cutters union was referred to the exec
utive committee.
Several former members of the mu-
sicians' union complained to the council
of the action taken by the union in
their cases and the difficulty will be
settled at the next meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee.
The council indorsed the resolutions
recently pa ssed by the varnishers' and
po1ishers union urging labor unions to
withdraw their funds from the banks
and place them in Geary street bonds.
The delegate from the pile drivers
union announced that his organization
street bonds.
The following nominations were
made: President, John A. Kelly; vice
president, B. B. Rosenthal; recording
| secretary, A. j. Gallagher; financial
secretary, J. j. Kinny; treasurer, James
McTiernan; sergeant at arms, P.
O'Brien; executive committee, John
O'Connell, Charles f. Fleischmann. Miss
Rose Meyers, K. ]. Doyle, A. l.. Hollis,
J. j. Murphy, S. T. Dixon. w. H. Urmy,
w. F. Dwyer, P. Latour. S. Shulberg, B.
B. Rosenthal NJ. E. Decker, Michael
Casey, J. Brown, N. F. Smith and Her
man Lay; directors of Labor Clarion.
M. A. Lomasney. r. l. Wisler, M. II.
Canny and G. w. Radebold; law and
legislative committee, NJ j. Roche.
Theodore Johnson, C. H. Parker. M. E.
Decker and F. Zimmermann for or
gambling committee, j. Keran, E. Ford.
c. Erickson, S. Shulberg, W. l. Flagler,
s. Selig, Joseph Ault, J. Tauser. ID. 2.
Hagerty, j. DESPITE and l. Flaherty;
trustees, j. w. Spencer, Charles Schu-
bert and John Mclaughlin.
The executive committee of cooks
union No. A has recommended to the
local that it change its present head
quarters at Fourth and Howard streets
TO 135 Hayes street. The proposed new
quarters will give the cooks one of the
best homes occupied by labor organi-
cation in the city. The present quarters
have grown altogether too small for the
organization. The matter will be dis
cussed before the union at the meeting
next Thursday night.
The district council of painters at its
last session elected ]. Tuite a delegate
on the arbitration board suggested by
the Commonwealth club.
Today the committee having charge
of the subject will sign up yearly
agreement for the council.
Several resolutions were introduced
at the last meeting of painters union
No 1s. bearing upon the salaries of the
officers This matter will be taken up
and settled at the meeting next Mon
day night.
J. J. Kingston, organizer for the in
ternational hosting and portable engi-
neers has just returned from the
northwest. He finds that in Portland
the teamsters are making a good fight
and he believes they will eventually
win out. In Seattle, Spokane and other
places conditions are improving, but
much cheap labor has been imported,
and it will be a hard fight for organ
lied labor. He is hopeful. however, of
successful outcome throughout the
northwest.
The local unions are sending in do
nations to the general Labor day COM
mittee for prizes on that day. Among
the latest to subscribe are wood carv
ers and molders No. /, SIS; amalgamat-
ed sheet metal workers, $40; steam en-
gineers No. 64, $40; laundry wagon
drivers No. 256, SIS