The San Francisco call., 1910-05-17

boiler makers lodge No. % to discuss
matters to be referred to the conference
committee of the iron trades associa-
tion and the iron trades council
The union carpenters of Stockholm
are asking for a raise in wages to
take effect July next. They want
minimum of so cents an hour.
Members of cement workers union
are requested to attend the meeting
tomorrow night. A vote will be taken
on revision of the bylaws. and the
union will be asked TO subscribe for
stock in the proposed Panama-Pacific
exposition.
E. ]. Baker, general president of the
united brotherhood of leather workers
on horse goods, is travelling throughout
the middle west in the interest of his
organization. He finds the membership
firm for the eight hour day and looks
for settlement on that basis. In an
interview he said: Wherever l go
find the employers most courteous.
They are willing to grant the increase
in wages, but so far refuse to give us
the eight hour day. We have not had
single man leave the ranks of the
strikers, with the exception of those
who have gone back under our terms,
and why should we give in? / be-
lieve we will VIM
Much interest centers in the result of
the election of typographical union No.
Harry White are candidates for the
presidency and the friends of each are
working with much energy to elect
their favorite. Leo Nicholson has no
opposition for secretary.
oh
which has been enforced by the inter
national book binders union has been
discontinued
At the recent meeting of the execu-
tive board of the united brotherhood of
carpenters in indianapolis the Chicago
district council of carpenters, through
a committee, presented to the brother
hood a bronze tablet to the memory
of the founder of the organization.
Peter J. MCGUIRE. The tablet will be
placed in the indianapolis headquarters.
The state federation of labor has in
formation that branches of the Asiatic
exclusion league have been organized
in Los Angeles, Fresno and Oakland.
Sacramento will establish branch
next week. The state federation at
it's last annual meeting requested all
affiliated central bodies TO join in the
crusade against the AS1dtlcS.
The plan outlined by the joint COM
mittee having in hand the organizing
of-unskilled labor in this state provides
for the appointment of a subcommittee
TO prepare bills to be introduced in the
next session of the state legislature
covering the following subjects: To
make it compulsory upon employers to
pay their help within certain specified
time from the termination of employ
ment and to provide a penalty for non
compliance; to make it unlawful for
employment agents TO accept a fee or
remuneration from persons seeking en-
ployment; or if this should be found
not feasible to draft bill making it
compulsory upon employment agents
to refund the fee to employees who have
worked less than a specified period at
the particular job for which the fee
was paid the establishment of state
employment agencies; the appointment
of a subcommittee to draft an ordi-
nance and to petition the proper au-
thorities to establish municipal en-
ployment Office in the city and county
of San Francisco; to appoint two or
ganizers and place them in Oakland
and Fresno under the Jurisdiction OF
the executive officers of the joint COM
mittee. f"
Following are the subcommittees:
On state egislation-Walsh, Tveit-
moe, Roonan and Scharrenberg. On
municipal employment ofice-Walsh,
Phillips, Johnson and Scharrenberg.