The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
BUILDING TRADES
CONVENTION READY
Action Having Bearing on State
Election Is Expected to
Be Taken
Great Labor Gathering Will
Open Tomorrow Morning
in Monterey

Politics will occupy part oil the
time of the state building trades CON
vention which opens at Monterey at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
1t is said that the convention will
take action that may have an impor-
tant bearing on the state election next
fan. more especially in relation to the
selection of candidates for state SEN
ators and assemblymen and the laying
of pipes in the direction of p. H. Nc
Carthy's ambition to be governor of
the state.
This. gathering of the building sec
ton of organized Tabor in California
viii probably be the largest that has
been known. There viii, be in at
tendance the following state officers:
p Il. Mccarthy. general president; Q. A.
Tveitnloe, general secretary treasurer; e. l..
Dam. general counsel; J. b. Bowen, hrst vice
president: Thomas Graham. second vice. presi-
dent: NJ. G. Bernhard. third vice president; NJ.
+. ConDOrs, fourth vice president; James a.,
Gray, fifth vice president; John Coeheld, sixth
vice president: F FOrgett, seventh vice presl-
dent: F. H. Pratt. sergeant al armsi j. W.
Bibby b. T. c. of Alameda county William A.
Sexton. B. T. c. of Los Angeles; William Mar
shall B. T. c. Of Marin county: W. J. Dekerson'
B. 4. 4. OF Monterey county, w j. A1ohLe'AhSAas
b. T. c. OF Sacramento county; E. Clancy, B.
T c. of San Francisco; {. u. Bass, Is. l. I. OF
San Joaquin county: A. : Brown, b. I. - ol
San Mateo county; w G, Mathewson, - l. =,
of Santa Clara county; John Gerow, B. y. {. Of
Santa Cruz county; W. A. Nichols. Is. T. &. OF
Sonona county: o. Z. Larkins. b. T. c. of Yuba
county. executive board: "a delegate at large
from 20 councils, one representative from each OF
267 subordinate unions and six fraternal deie
gates representing the farmers unions ana lhe
Asiatic exclusion league.
WEI COuEO nv MAYOR
This convention. which is the ninth,
viii be welcomed by the mayor of
Monterey, who will turn over the key
of the city to the presiding officer.
A Roncovieri, San Francisco's su-
perintendent of public schools, has
been invited to, lecture before the
convention on the subject of indus
trial education and to give an account
of what he observed in the trades
schools during his recent tour of the
principal cities of Europe.
The Monterey building trades coun-
ell has prepared an elaborate pro-
gram of entertainment for the mem
bers of the convention, In this is in
cluded an automobile ride over the II
mile drive and a banquet.
REFLECTIONS ARE INDICATED
The indications are that the incum-
bent general officers viii be continued
in Office, bat there viii be a scramble
for the vice presidencies
The delegates as. far as credentials
have been received are:
SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING TRADES coUN-
GIL
Delegate at large-L. F1aherty.
Amalgamsted sheet metal workers No. l04-
Amalgamated carpenters branch No. 2-W.
W. Free and.
Amalgamafed carpenters branch No. o
James Dewsr.
Bridge and structural irons,warkers No. b.
Building material team drivers No. 2I6-
J. j. Morris.
Brick layers No. Charles Noonan.
Cement workers No. Charles +. Osgood.
Carpet mechanics union-Joseph Foley.
Casters and modelers-H.-H.- Leary-
Carpenters No. DIV. w. Lawlor.
Carpenters No. 4S3-S W. Sullivan.
Carpenters No. 10S2-James French.
Carpenters No. l64O--G. $. Brewer.
Carpenters No 1913-Joseph +. Pankewicz.
Elevator conductors and starters-R. G. ZiesZ
Elevator constructors No. S-Chester Leatheam
Electrical workers No. 6-Richard G. Alex
ander.
Building laborers. excavatOrs street. concrete
and asphalt wOrkers-William f. Dwyer
Felt and composition rOofers No. 25-Edward
c. Travis.
Furniture handlars-F. c. Burns.
Granite cutters-Charles j. Coyle.
Gas and electric fixture hangers No. 4O4.-
Harry Hansen.
Housesmiths and architectural iron workers
No Isl Vaughan
Hosting engineers No 59-James J. Murphy.
Journeymen stone cutters-John T. McCon7ille.
I.aborers' protective association (H. C.)-Pat-
rick O'ToOle.