The San Francisco call., 1910-01-01
UNIONS WILL HELP
De LARA'S CAMPAIGN
Building Trades Council Votes
to Pay Expense of Meeting
in It's Auditorium
Lecture to Be Delivered on Im=
prisOnment of MeXiCanS in
JaiIs of Arizona

The building trades council at its
meeting Thursday night voted to meet
the expenses of holding a meeting in
the auditorium Of the Building Trades
temple tomorrow afternoon at 2:S0
o'clock. for the purpose Of listening to
an address by L. Guitterez de Lara in
behalf of Mexicans who are now in an
Arizona prison on charge of violating
the neutrality laws.
De Lara accompanied John Kenneth
Turner. author of "Barbarous Mexico"
on his tour in that country while Sc
curing material for his book. He will
endeavor to enlist the support of the
laborihg men OF this city in his efforts
TO arouse congress TO investigate the
manner in which men were tried and
ordered into prison by United States
authorities. as he says, at the behest
OF President Diaz.
In the matter of the protest of the
plasterers against the ruling of the
council as to the jurisdictional dispute
with the cement workers about the
right to do certain work, the council
ruled that both parties be permitted to
do the work in question according TO
the agreement OF 1908, pending final
determination of the dispute by the
general presidents of the American
brotherhood of cement workers and of
the operative international plasterers-
association.
1t was announced that the trouble
with Dyer Brothers, charged by struc-
tural iron workers No. rs with employ
ing nonunion men and otherwise acting
unfairly. had been investigated and an
agreement satisfactory TO all parties
had been reached.
The council took UP the matter of a
jurisdictional dispute between the long
shore lumberrlen and the lumber
clerks, and after hearing all the facts
decided that the longshoremen have
the handling of all lumber up to
certain stage. the clerks tallying the
same, after which either organization
may handle the lumber. The council
advised the two unions to consolidate.
Local No. :. brick layers union, has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term:
E. L. Nolan president; H. Henon. vice presi-
dent; IL Tbuener. recording secretary: Frank
treasurer: John Kiernan. conductor; F. Morgan,
sergeant arms; Thomas Day, Thomas Walker,
William Haynes. trustees: d.. O'Dosn. ]. Ring
rose. George Keely. arbitration board: Frank
HamilI f. /. Nolan. Charles Noonan. D. o'Dosn.
" keeIy- c; Simons, delegates TO the building
trades council
Charles Noonan will represent the
union at the state building trades
council convention in Monterey.
The united glass workers union has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
$ Goodman. president: c. E. Bridges. vice
r. French financial secretary; D. B. Dlnnen.
treasurer H. AppaTiUs. warden; ]. " Smith,
J. y. Wright. Joseph Banks. finance sommittee'
D. e. Dlnnien. W. /. Flagler, Il. Snyder, T.
kloss ). Goodman, delegates TO the building
trades council.
The following members of the milk
wagon drivers union have been placed
in nomination for Offices to be filled by
election. Wednesday, January 5:
For president. william Tibbals. Frank Sails
bury. john z. Crowley: vice president. e. J. De.
secretarv. VI. z. Decker, ". II. Wohn. B. Doyle;
recording secretary. Joseph o'Des. William Ri
ley Charles Gielou; trustee for two years. Au-
gust Schempf r. /. Smith J. A. Moncrief;
trustee for one year, A Leyden, H. B. Hughes,
Charles McCann.
The central labor council of Stockton
has entered upon a new scheme for
the purpose of raising funds for the
building Of a new labor temple in that
and Will run a moving picture show
there. the profit to be used for the
purpose named. The council has taken.
the theater for six months with a
privilege of extension OF the lease for
an additional six months.
The annual report Of the cigar MAX
ers' international union to December
l shows that the income from all
sources was ss24sS2 The disburse-
ments during that time were: Sick
benefits, sls4.755; total disability and
funeral benefits, S220, 97s; out of work
benefits, s1o1,4s3; loans TO members,
s46.elS.
The following have been chosen as
the officers of brewery drivers state
association for the current term:
George Wagner general secretary; NJ.
W Silk general treasurer; J. Peters,
j. Manzenhouer and T. Z. Hsrahan,
trustees.
AT 2 meeting TO be held in the
Building Trades temple next Monday
night the plasterers' union will re-
ceive the silver trophy awarded for
the attractive display ii made during
the Labor day parade.
The wood. wire and metal fathers
viii next Wednesday night select
delegate to represent them in the con-
vention Of the state building trades
council in Monterey.
The stationary engineers union has