The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
Edited by o. M. BOYLE


-1bpuT, More ele ates
tIS15Es r1sas.s9StcogESl7 rss9 from the building
aEszHzZs trades union were
seated in the labor council last night
They represent the carpenters unions
4s3 and 1882. milImen's union 422 and
bridge and structural iron workers
No. 81.
A communication from II. w. kerri-
gan, commercial representative of the
metal trades association, called atten
tion of the council to the fact that re
Gently 81 .O00,0O had been appropriated
for submarine boats for the United
States navy; that bids to the amount
of one-half of this sum had beer
opened. and that the Pacific coast hac
not been asked to bid. Kerrigan asked
the council to communicate with Sena
ator Perkins. chairman of the nava
committee. and Representatives Kahn
Knowland and Hayes and ask them II
use their influence TO secure all or par
of the $4,000 600 for the benefit of the
Pacific coast and San Francisco shiI
building industry. The secretary wa'
directed to carry out the request
Alden Anderson announced that III
would use his vote and endeavors t
have the union label appear on al
printed matter used by the executive
committee of the PanamaPacif1c inter
national exposition.
The council donated $50 to the car
men on strike in Philadelphia and th'
various unions We're requested to con
tribute to the strikers fund.
Secretary Tveitmoe of the building
trades council reported yesterday tha
the trouble between the united glas:
workers and their employers had beer
settled. He said that the trades rules
of the union and of the building trades
council would be enforced and tha
there would be closed shop. The ques
tion of the eight hour day in shops
and warehouses will be taken up by Z
Joint conference committee. The mer
in buildings and on the outside vii
work eight hours The old men vii
return to work Monday. The union viii
meet tomorrow afternoon to ratify thu
settlement.
A week ago last Friday c. z. SharI
of Austin, New. a member of the west
ern federation of miners, asked to b'
treated for an accident to one of hii
hands. He reported to ]. E. Morgan
organizer OF the federation, and was
introduced to the secretary of th'
labor council, who cashed a check fol
sician, who advised him that his hand
would have to be amputated. Since
then he has not been seen in this city
The Pacific coast walters association
Gnc) announces that the use of it
ball is unauthorized and that the asso
ball in unauthorized and that the asso
citation has nothing to do with the af
fair.
Secretary F. E. Maxwell and Busines.
Agent F. J. Kreamer Of the Bay Coun
ties district council of carpenters viii
organize a union of carpenters at Sal
Bruno next Tuesday. The charter ha!
been received and the new organiza
ton will affiliate with the district coun
ell.
Richard Cornelius has been ordered
by telegraph to attend meeting of the
general executive board Of the amalga
mated association or street and electric
railway employees of America. This
meeting will convene at Detroit Apri
IA Cornelius will leave for the eas
in few days.
At the regular meeting of united gar
ment workers union No. 131 Thursda!
night Is candidates were obligated
The Hetch Hetchy proposition received
the sanction of the local.
Last Thursday night "the flying
squad" of the joint committee of th'
labor and building trades council OF
the conservation of the rights granted
to San Francisco for water in thu
Hetch Hetchy valley, under the cap
taincy Of w. H. Urmy, chief of the de
partment of electricity, visited L
unions and two Improvement clubs. A
each place the visitors were enthusi
astically received and were promised
individual support of the work il
which they are engaged. The party in
cluded:
]. J. McTiernan. ]. J.. Field, P.
Holland. J. Bowlan. ]. H. Ault, ]. J
O'Connell, T. Keogh. Harry Gildea, E. c
Loomis, A. E. Cohn. John NJ Hogan
E. T. Crosbie and Frank Schnepple-
The committee of 81 will hold a spe
cial meeting in the building trades
temple this evening for the purpose
of winding up the affairs of a success
full campaign to help San Francisco
secure its rights against the objections
of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
The committee announces that Bal
linger has heard the wave of protest
and he has come down from the upper
landing on which he stood when h
condescended to give permission t
California to examine the reports of th'
consulting engineers. and that before
the people of California get through
with him he will be glad to stand OF
the ground floor"
The building trades council has giver
notice to the employing glass manu-
facturers that unless they are willing
to arbitrate as to the eight hour worl
day, that time, for the united glass
workers, will be enforced Monday
May 2.
The council has been asked to place
on the unfair list the Vermont marble
company because It has been -in ths
ha bit of doing work for the r. o. Eng
strum company, and is still preparing
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