The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06
UNION LABELS TO
Be GIVEN IMPETUS
Effort Under Way TO Promote
Greater Efficiency of Or
ganized Labor Symbols

The new branch of the label trades
/ department of the American federation
. OF labor. --hich is to be organized in
the san Francisco labor council next
Friday night, is TO be composed of
every subordinate ahliated with the
council and having label badge or
button TO designate the trade. Those
composing it viii he selected from the
. representative 10 the council. one from
each union. The building trades coun-
eli viii be asked to send delegates to
the new organization. At this time
there are 3 national and interna-
tional unions in the label trades de-
partment. representing an aggregat ton
Of 100000 members. While the new
/ organization is not intended to displace
1 the label committee Of the labor coun-
ell. ii viii DO much in the way of
bringing union labels to the front.
The following committees have been
appointed to serve the musicians union,
local No. 6, for the current term:
Agitation committee. II. Haywood I:
hall committee-G. J. Price, f. Magnus.
j. H. MattheSon, T. Heitman. Charles
Foster J. u. Hynes: examination COM
mittee-A J. Tickner. j. Dewey. &.
Horst. W Delaney. a. Nendt.
At the last session of the board of di-
Heiser. l. q. Lauray. a. c. ParrOtt and
Z. r. Webb, suspended for nonpayment
of dues, We're Teinstated; q. w. Jewett
was suspended for nonpayment of a
fine H. Morton was recommended for
conditional membership, and Miss NJ
AngeIoty. Lacy Dobronyi and Lee b.
Grabbe were admitted on transfer
cards.
Thomas J. Dignan job printer OF
this city. has announced his candidacy
for delegate from this city to the next
international convention of the typo
graphical union.
Next Thursday the various local
chapels Of the typographical unions in
this city viii vote on the proposed NOR
tuary benefits and other measures. This
provision. which it is intended to in
corporate in the laws, is a reduction of
the per capita tax and journal sub
scription from 45 TO 40 cents; monthly
assessment of one-haIf per cent OF the
total earnings monthly in addition to
the old age pension tax. and mOrtuary
benefits of SIS for membership of one
year or less. $125 for one year and not
more than five. s175 for five years and
not more than 10, s275 for 10 years and
not more than j., and $500 for 10 years
and over.
On recommendation of the organizing
committee of the building trades coun-
Gil that body refused to seat Henry s
Barus as a delegate from the carpen-
ters' union, "as the board is of the
opinion that the best interest of the
council would be subseryed by refusing
10 accept the credentials of Brother
Barus.~ The committee further recon-
r7ended that the district council of
carpenters investigate the standing OF
Brother Barus in regard TO his union
ism in order to determine whether or
not he is a fit person to preside over
union Of their craft
Tho walters union is now located IN
it's new headquarters at 81 Turk street
At the last meeting IS candidates were
Initiated. making an increase of 20 in
membership in the last two weeks. The
union is considering a proposition to
have a celebration and ball
The hosting engineers union at its
last meeting made d donation of 800
to the widow Of G. Scully. member
who was recently accidentally killed.