The San Francisco call., 1910-09-20
union TO FINANCE
A FRENCH BAKERY
Cooperative Plan of Manage
ment Will Be Tested in
Local Establishment

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Gsz9Es gsses sseesseogNe!O means committee of
EEaI bakers union No.
"a. at the meeting Saturday night. was
augmented blythe following: j. Fam
ford, Richard Winters and George VIM
terrowd 1t was decided to place into
the hands of this committee authority
to establish French bakery on the
cooperative plan The union bakers
assert that they have been forced to
this move because of the failure to
unionize the French and Italian baker
les in the city. The new bakery will
be run on strictly union lines and un-
der the best of sanitary regulations.
The bread will be thoroughly adver-
tised and organized labor is expected
TO patronize it to the exclusion of all
other French bakeries. In addition to
the three names above. E. Schaerer, d.
Schwarting, s. K. Leman. Max Zetschok
and w. NJ. Wright compose the COM
mittee, which will be In charge of the
affair. Four candidates were obligated
at the meeting.
At the last meeting of musicians
union No. 6. the following committee
was appointed on Hindu immigration:
j. A. Spencer, F. Borgel and w. II. Lee
1T is stated that in the Admission day
parade there We're 665 union musicians
Chairman Eisfeldt of the twenty fifth
anniversary committee reported that
the occasion would be duly celebrated
and that as soon as possible the date
would be announced. All strike assess
ments, including the week ending Sep
tember "a, must be paid before Septem-
Der 80 to the financial secretary. Mem
oers are requested to be as prompt as
possible. Those who fail to comply will
become delinquent September 80. The
na{
current quarter amount to 81.
Answers from political candidates
are beginning to come in to the queries
propounded by the labor council some
time ago. These answers will all be
published in a short time
Thomas F. Graham, president of the
Santa Clara county building trades
councli, is running for sheriff in that
county on the democratic ticket Ora
nam is popular among the rank and
file of organized labor and will poll a
Dig vote at the coming election.
At the recent annual convention of
the International photo-engravers
union in Louisville. KY, the follow
ing officers were elected: President
Mathew Wull of Chicago: first vice
president. J. w. Hogan of San Fran
CISCO; secretary Lewis A.
schwartz of Philadelphia. The next
convention viii be held in Detroit.
H. Frazer was In the chair ar tba
last meeting of marine cooks and
stewards association of the Pacific
coast. Thomas Ellis was elected to
represent the association at the state
Iederation of labor convention in Los
angeles, october 8. Nominations for
10 he
union VIII be made at the meeting next
thursday. at union headquarters. and
the branches. San Pedro agency will
nominate on September 26 The cleo
ton VIII be held at four consecutive
meetings, beginning October 81. The
agent at Seattle reported shipping
SLOW. and the agent at San Pedro
stated that shipping was poor.
Five candidates were initiated and
several applications received at the
last meeting of building material
teamsters' union, No. 216. Routine
business occupied most of the evening.
The usual assessment to the Los
Angeles strikers was paid.
The report of the executive COM
mitee of the Asiatic exclusion league
took up much of the session of the
league Sunday It states that of 1876
farmers organizations written to. in
complete returns show that 81 are on
posed to Asiatic labor and that white
labor is preferable. To bring pros
perity in the rural districts of the
state. 1t is suggested that the large
holdings be divided into small farms.
Candidates for political preferment
have been asked to send in their opin-
ions upon the oriental question
whether it is desirable that more
Asiatics be allowed to come to this
country. These answers will be pub
lished for the enlightenment of the
Returns to the International steam
laundry workers union are sufficient to
state that Fred Grahame member of
the San Francisco local. has been
chosen president.
1t is asserted that about 5000 ma
chinists are on strike for better condi-
tions throughout the country The To-
cal union, at its last meeting, voted to
assess each member 81 per week until
the difficulties are all settled.
Aged and disabled members will be
kept on the membership roll in good
standing by hosting engineers union,
No. s59, without the payment of dues
or assessments.
At Sundays meeting of janitors'
union two were added to the member
ship roll and several applications are
pending. The local took recess and
it developed that most of the mem
bers declared their intentions for
voting for Walter Macarthur for con-
gress from the fourth district.